Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-12-11
defendant in this action, Sven J. Sven

me if he hadn't always helped me when
| needed help? Haven't I let you have
things when you needed them, when
you were sick or the family were sick?
l answered that he had. The question
was repeated and I told him that he al
ways had. "Now, will you help me out"
said Mr.. Healy, "or in other words. will
you do what l want you to-" I told
him that / would. He wanted to know
if | would agree to not appear against
Mr.. Swenson.
Register: Mr.. Mason, we're you the
complaining witness in IN action started
in this court August %, 1891, wherein
the state of North Dakota was plaintiff
and Sven J. Swenson was the defendant,
charged with selling aud keeping for
sale intoxicating liquors against the laws
of this state?
Mason: I was.
Register: And it was in an action against
said defendant that you were subpened,
as you have testified?
Mason: 1t was.
Register: And it was in that action
that you referred to as not appearing as
a witness?
Register: Now go on from that point,
Mr.. Mason, where you said you were not
to appear against Mr.. Swenson.
Mason: l told him I would do what
be- requested me to by not appearing.
That is all the conversation we had at
that time.
Register: Mr.. Mason, did the defend
ant, Swenson, at that time state any
thing?
Mason: The interview was ended
with mn uvrr% ~,,f cf &l1 ~Asoo ;rAo
the store. The office is in the rear of
the store in a room by itself. I went out
of the office and left Mr.. Healy and
Swenson in the Office.
Register: Was the door locked at
this interview in which you aud Mr..
Swenson and Healy were present.
Mason: The fastening of the door
was defective and it wa necessary to
turn the key to keep the door closed.
Register: What else did you do after
leaving this office?
Mason: Mr.. Healy called his son and
told him to give me some money.
Register: Did he say how much?
Mason: He gave me SIS. That was
the understanding between Mr.. Healy
and myself.
Register: What was it given you
for?
Mason: 1t was given me on janitor
work at the Baptist church.
Register: How long did you remain
in the store after receiving the money?
Mason: Not to exceed fifteen min
utes.
Register: Did Mr.. Swenson come out
of the office while you were in the store
or not?
Mason: I do not remember.
Register: Did you have any further
talk with Mr.. Mason or Healy before you
left the store at that time?
Mason: I did not.
Register: Where did you go from the
store?
Mason: I went to the Northern Paci-
fc depot.
Register: When did you next see
either Mr.. Healy or Swenson?
Mason: I think I saw MI. Healy at
the church the next Sunday after. I
think I saw Mr.. Swenson the same day
on the street, but had no conversation.
Register: Mr.. Mason, do you remem-
Der the day of the week this first CONVEX
sation took place and the time of day?
Mason: It was the latter part of the
week in the forenoon.
Register: As a matter of fact at their
first interview which took place in
Healy's office were you indebted in any
sum to Mr.. Healy?
Mason: I was.
Register: Had you been trading with
him prior to that time and if so about
how long?
Mason: [ have traded some with him
since he opened his store, 1 do not re-
member just when that was, last fall or
spring.
Register: How long prior to October
1891 had you been %janitor of the Baptist
church?
Mason: About a year.
Register: Now, MI. Mason, state fully
the next time you saw Mr.. Healy or
Swenson, the defendants, in relation to
Your first interview.
Mason: 1t was on Monday the 23d of
November, 1891. I had two objects in
going to the store, Mr.. Healy's store;
one was to do some trading and, the
other was in the matter of not appearing
as a witness in the case of Mr.. Swenson.
| told Mr.. Healy that there was a
balance due me on the %janitor work. He
thought L had overdrawn. I did not
trade any then. This was between 9
and 10 o'clock in the forenoon, I spoke
to him in relation to what I had agreed
to do and we had some conversation
about it. I asked him if Mr.. Swenson
voted for him, I wanted to know if Mr..
Swenson did as he had agreed to by Mr..
Healy. OF course if he had, I had de-
cided to fulfill my agreement, and then I
worked there awhile after that.
Register: Did MI. Healy reply to the
question you asked him or not?
Mason: He had answered the ques-
ton I had asked him. He said he
thought Mr.. Swenson had supported him
(Healy). I think that is all the CONVEX
satlon we had at that ii ne in relation to
that matter.
Register: State what occurred next.
Mason: I helped him in the store. In
the afternoon I worked awhile piling
some wood for him. He called me to his
store; after a few moments he took me
to the Office and [ met Mr.. Swenson and
Mr.. Healy. The same subject was
brought up; I asked him if Mr.. Swenson
had fulfilled his agreement; I couldn't
say what his answer was; I asked MI.
Healy some questions in relation to this