Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-06
ANDERSON FREE
Tried by a j Try in District
Court andI Found Not
Guilty.
Defendant Fardner is Still
Looking for his Other
Witnesses.

Looking FOf HIS Otller
Witnesses.
The greateT portion of the popula
tion of Oakes was at Glendale last
week attending session of the dis
trict court, Being deprived of their
liberty temporarily to testify in the
case of Henry A. Anderson, charged
with enlightenment.
The case is one which really grew
out of the fire which burned the 500
depot in spakes last August, although
he was not directly charged with be-
ing responsible for the fire, but was
charged with being short in his cash
with tho company at that date, and
many of those who believed him
guilty as charged assumed to also
believe that he burned the depot to
cover up the shortage. Leaving out
all question as to the shortage, the
idea that he burned the depot to
cover it up is very poor logic, as the
head Offices in Minneapolis have q
very complete check on the business
of the station, so that burning the
depot would cover up nothing, His
shortage, if there was any, could be
IS easily traced oat from that end as
from the station records, a fact which
Anderson we'll knew.
For some time previous to the fire
Mr.. Anderson had been speculating
on the board of trade in Minneapolis,
and it is not denied that he lost some
five or six hundred dollars in his
deals. This fact furnishes the only
motive that circumstantial evil
dence can build upon. Anderson
claims that he lost his own money,
an d this claim m was not disprove6 IN
court. Mr. Anderson alsq<claims
that he lost several hundzed dollars
in currency in the fire, y6ich is the
way he accounts for Ne actual short
age, which he doeS6ot deny<ezisted
in the station ACCOUNTS. R also lost
about two hx6dred dpfars of his
personal r, 3 1Fsperty vbteh burned in
the ffe; ~
At H6at time &e train from the
! easNtrived atM p. m, and left for
ltbe east agah at 8 in the morning,
while ap96er train went west at 6 in
The moNin8. Mr.. Anderson had not
Only " attend to the work of dis
Atshinghthese trains at night, but
WIS on dbty all day at the station.
Ear this reason he was behind in his
| wo1k of mailing the regular reports,
as yell as III remittances of money
collected. q
sosfar as tie trial by jury goes, is
perhaps not exactly correct to say
that ID was affair one, for the reason
that the positivesevidence as to COL
lectionssand remittances was of such
a fragmentary nature that it was i'm
possible Tor Anyone to say, from lis
tening to the questions and answers,
whether there was any shortage or
not. Then again, if there was
shortage, as charged. was it embez-
element on tie part of Anderson
through the wheat deal or was it
burned in the fire.
The trial last id for three days, and
went to the j9ry Saturday night.
About II O'CLOCK they brought in
verdict of not guilty, and Anderson
was discharged.
Mr.. Anderson 7 vas man who was
we'll liked by the patrons of the sta
ton. He had always borne good
reputation, and the outcome of the
trial seems to give general satisfac-
tion in Oakes where:he is we'll known.
Robert GardneL an Ellendale
joint keeper who was under $500
bonds was called for trial Monday
evening. He plead pot guilty and
asked the court for tipe to get wit
nesses. This was granted until next
morning we understand, but during