Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-12-19

A. Not a cent.
Holt get? wv '' ' NN III
A. l could not tell. l suppose the whole
Q: ask you if that team was not Healy
Brothers?
A.. l could not say. He might have
hi ed Healy Bros team. l could not say,
@. l ask you if those two laborers were
not II of them your OWL boy and another
a man in your employ?
A. 1t might have BEEN. l could not
Q. Did you tell Mr.. Holt to put the bill
for the whole of the work in his own
name?
A. 1 did nothing of the kind.
y. l ask you If it is not a Fact that Mr..
Holt only got So out of that sun of Sl3? y
A. / never got II cent.
@. Is it not a fact that your team did
go out there to the poor farm OH that coca
sion with y0ur knowledge and consent?
A. l don't remember anything of the
kind. If he wanted my team, of course he
got it and of course he paid for it.
:. q. Did Mr.. Holt pay you the difference
in this money over and above what he
kept?
a. If he had my team, he paid for it.
q. AS a matter of fact, did he not pay
you all but the three dollars of the pro-
ceeds of that warrant?
A. | don't remember. l stated If he had
my team, he paid for it.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
In the fternoon Mr.. Ecklund's testl,
mony was continued. He claimed that all
he did was with a single purpose of doing
justice to the county and all parties con,
cerned.
Martin Bourgeois, Andrew Schonert, E. S.
Pierce, Harry Harris and Eugene Sperry
we're called and testified on minor points
for the defense.
The defense then rested its case.
MIR. Edgerly was called by the plaintiff
in rebuttal, and testified as to the date
when certain bridges were allowed for.
Mr.. Holt was called by the plaintiff, He
said that he lived in Bismarck and was a
timer by trade. He said that some time
in the month of November 1889. Mr.. Healy
called npon him and asked him to go out
to the poor farm TO- make some repairs on
the pump there. The following are the
questions put by Mr.. Ball, and the answers
made by Mr.. Holt on this point:
y. What was the conversation that took
place between you when Mr.. Healy called
on you?
A. He said there was a pump that
needed repair; that is vas broken in two
and part had fallen int the we'll, and lie
wanted someoge to- repair it, and would
help. He said everything would be
ready next morning to 60, the rig and help.
Next morning l came down and every
thing was ready-the two men and the rig.
We went out and repaired the pump.
@. What two men were they?
A. One was William Healy and the 9TH
er was a man by the name of johnson.
~ Hhn ~no Inhncor ln ,,o,, f~or,
him?
A. Yes, l know him.
O.. Whose employ was he in, or what
was he doing?
A. I think he was working most of the
time for M. Healy. l would not be sure.
He was doing some carpenter work at the
poor farm some time.
@. Whose team was it?
A. Mr.. HeaIy's.
@. You went out there with those per-
sons and did the work?
9. Did you afterwards make out a bill ?
Q. This bill, which is in evidence, is for
$3.50. How did the bill come to be made
out IN your name for the team and help?
A. At Mr.. Healy's request.
@. What statement did he make in that
regard or concerning that matter?
A. About the time of the meeting of the
county commissioners, he told me [ had
better get my bill before the board and
make it out in my name. l asked him
about the price Of the help and rig, and he
stated the amounts and l put it on the bill
that way and put in my time.
Q. Put in your time at 81?
A. Yes sir.
Q. When the ordes was drawn, who re-
ceived it from the county auditors office ?
A. did.
@. Did you go after it?
A. l did.
Q. What did you do about it?
A. l got the warrant and sold it. | saw
Mr.. Healy a day or two afterward and told
l had the money and was ready to set
tie. He told me to take out my part what
l thought was right. l told him a days
work, and l took So or S s. 25-I won't swear
positively which, n or the other-and
gave him the balance.
O.. You put in the laborers at SO a day
OH Mr.. Healy's request?
A.. Yes, that is the price he gave me.
Q. Three dollars and fifty cents is the
price he gave you for the team?
A. Yes, sir.
This was all the testimony, and both
sides rested. In the morning at 9 o'clock
the attorneys will address the jury.