Show double crossing doctor eliy says that a new york boss in the early testified before an investigating committee that when a constituent asked a f favor avor he made a record of the name nam e and fact and it if he intended to giant the petition he marked a cross after the name sometimes he would change his mind in which case he added a second cross in his testimony he would say bay 1 I crossed smith I 1 double crossed jones possibly this his is the origin of the espres lion tion double cross as aa used today |