The Dickinson press., 1900-12-22
Secretary LiodeIje in Trouble.

A dispatch says: THE Grand Forks
grand jury created a great sensation by
returning six indictments against Andrew
Lindelie, secretary of the enforcement
league. Lindelie was at once arrested,
but furnished $4,000 bonds and was not
placed in Jail"
Of the matter the Forum says: 1.-THE
indictment of Secretary Lindelie of the
Enforcement League. will be a surprise
to many, and some will feel-it's a retri-
button ovcrtaking an-too active young
man-who is out after the almighty--sl
as they allege. The evidence upon
which Mr.. Lindelie is indicted does not
SAVIOR of the best, and those who believe
in him-feel sure the outcome will sus-
tain the secretary-who has been quite
energetic and active for enforcement
all of which brings down the enmity of
the b. p.'s upon him
A dispatch from Grand Forks dated
Dec. 10, says: 1.-THE case against Secre-
tary.Lindelie of the enforcement league
in which perjury is charged, is attracting
a whole lot of attention. 1t required
several hours to get a jury. The first
witness called by the prosecution was M.
c. Gaulke, who served as a member of
the grand jury recently in session which
returned the indictments against MI.
Lindelie. Mr.. Gaulke testified that the
defendant had been duly sworn when
called before thelgrand jury, that he had
been asked as to whether he had receiv-
ed any money from O'Leary, the chief
witness for the state, and that Lindelie
had declared at that time that he had
never received money from O'Leary at
any time. Later in the day he said Lin
dele admitted that O'Leary had left
500 on the table at his house. Martin
Johnson, E. K. Ramsey, Fred Burgett
Henry Steanberg and Geo. H. Wilder, all
of whom served on the grand jury testi-
fed to practically the same thing as the
first witness examined. In cross exam
lining the witnesses it seemed to be the
purpose of the attorneys for the defense
to bring out the fact that though the
money had been left at Lindelie's house
which is not denied by them, it was not
accepted by the defendant, and was left
on the table in his house under protest.
After the six jurors had been exam
ined the prosecution called F. J. O'Leary,
who testified practically as follows:
In August of 'o8 he came from Lari-
more, where he was in business, to Lin
delie's house in this city, Tor the pur-
pose of seeing if he could not be pro.
tected in selling liquor providing he paid
for it. He said that after a consultation
with Lindelie he gave the latter 500,
and that the latter promised to notify
him by letter if other members of the
league should attemptto start any action
against him. Shortly afterward he says
that he received the following letter
from Lindelie, and that the signature
"Jack" is the one that had been agreed
upon:
"rhe committee demands action against
you and your partner right away. can
not prevent it. x y What day war
rants will be out, l do not know. y x =
The rumor is that you have been bootleg
ging, that accounts for the committees
hostility. Jack"
When Lindelie was put on the stand
in his own behalf he admitted writing
the letter signed "Jack," also admitted
having the $500, which he claimed
would have teen paid back at any
time had O'Leary called for it.