Word: isserman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Observation Was ..." No point was too small for the defense to seize upon. Two Marxist books, entered as evidence, were shown to the jurors, and they thumbed through them. Up popped bald, stooped Lawyer Abraham Isserman to protest: "I would like to have the record note that the examination of the exhibits occupied a period of time of about ten minutes and in that time the jurors did not read the documents...
...down in disgust. "I have noticed several times," he said, "that when papers are handed to me here that you lawyers would then have it noted that I did or did not read them and how long I took to read." He didn't believe, he added, that Isserman could tell about such details from where...
...Court pleases," Isserman persisted, "my observation was that the jury did not read. They riffled the pages. I would like to note it is now 10:55 and the jury had the documents before them a short period . . ." On & on Isserman went, until the judge said heatedly: "You have stated your objection . . . Now sit down...
Lawyer Abraham Isserman tried the goad. "When your honor interrupted me to misconstrue-" he began, but that was as far as Lawyer Isserman got. Said Medina in a level voice: "That is an impertinent statement ... If you keep this up ... there will be a day of reckoning. Perhaps this is an effort to wear me out.* That is not the proper conduct of an attorney. It may wind up by breaking me down, though I hope it doesn't. I tell you now-stop it! . . .If you persist you must take the consequences...
...Rabbi Isserman denied that he had used these particular words, but the damage was done. The five Catholic board members of the Round Table resigned at once. Said the angriest of them, Surgeon R. Emmet Kane: "It has been very difficult to stimulate enthusiasm among the Catholics of St. Louis for the Round Table. . . . Rabbi Isserman has torn down everything we have been striving for." Thereupon Rabbi Isserman resigned, too, asked the others to reconsider. At week's end,, none...