The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-28

did not care to discuss the matter, For
un, june 23, o5. In spite of the state
!, rnerlts published i'm local Norwegian
paper contrary to the assertions in
same paper, it is not the board that is
prosecuting the charges of insanity
against the Johnsons. The statement Of
| this Norwegian paper was the truth as the
original party was never used as a witt
ness this made the board the prosecuting
party. a#
Forum, June II, o5 / Many reports
have been in circulation concerning them
according to one story the father Of the
lllnfortlulates married first cousin"
This statement is an absolute falseiood.
Who circulated these falsehoods around
town? and what did they do it fors II
The evidence introduced is. as fol-
lows. Mayor Wall and Assistant POST
master Mr.. Alfred in Fargo postofice,
| their chief witnsssesI will consider later.
Mr., Simon Fraser said / walked differ.
ent from other people do not believe
that this statement can be proven the
truth. L
Mr.. Angus Fraser quoted from con-
Iversatlon. What have those fiends gain
ed by their nleanness, etc. Ii | had had
the moral support Of the Fargo people
/ could have had this tooth crown on
the market long ago and advertised
largo all over the country. He said
he had known me nearly all his life and
knew nothing against me, but thought
was different now from when boy,
butt he made no conclusive statement
as did the other witnesses.
Mrs. Fl. B. Jenson, said / had built a.
cistern so small that it would only hold
about a barrel of water and an addition
to the house so small it was abnormal.
These two statements can easily be prov
en falsehoods She also made the state
ment that had said the leaves of a
book (History of the Scandinavians in
this country had cost SIS a page, the
statement was. misleading or false
hood the author had told me it had
cost $25 a page to gather the statistics
therein this statement | had repeated
Deputy Sheriff Bingham said object
ed to being searched as he was not in
the room he made this statement on
hearsay and the statement was not en-
tirely true; they deprived me of all
papers, money, even my lenses, every
thing except my clothing. Mr.. Clapp
made the statement that a person don't
need lenses except when reading. /
called his attention to the fact that DR..
+. M. Darrow Wore not only one but two
pairs of lenses and wore them all the
| time. This is the sum and substance of
the evidence introduced. Mr.. Tenneson,
my attorney, said "yotl have no evidence
and might as well dismiss the matter. .. .
but that was refused They kept me at
a great expense for nearly two weeks.
The board had to Investigate that mail
matter, a subject and circumstance in
which they could not have been in posi-
ton to prove whether the statements
+ made We're or were not the truth. AS
/ stated before they said the man /
fmet who said he was Postmaster GEN
feral Payne was a detective inecontradic-
ton 70 the Associated press and several
P..8O. employees. 1 asked DIR. E. M.
Darrow if he went down to the IL. O..
department to enquire about some mail
matter if he expected storbe metsby a
detective. de said yes.-,I. am very sorry
now that i did not ask him why. They
finally deprived me of counsel and ex-
PEELED everyone from the courtroom,
even the court stenographer ESQ these
are no court records), and then asked
me what expected to name my tooth
crown. What / knew about the secrets
of the formulas for porcelain body (the
dental manufacturers put great value on
these secrets1 and what price placed
on patents No. 65o, 100 and 666,I43, and
ln expected to sell them and turn in
with the trust take it for granted
| that they did not ask me the last ques-
ton to irtimidate me to let go of my
interest in those two patents to the Dem
ital Manufacturing Trust, but that they
asked that question on the grounds that
| in their (the board's) opinion, that any
person that would have any business re-
lations with the tUnholy Combine" is
showing signs Of mental deterioration.
| threatened to enter suit for these
proceedings, but was told that if $I
| did might be sworn into an insane
asylum entirely regardless Of the fact
of whether was sane or insane and that
| the Fargo people were so excited about
the matter that it might cost me my life
I on the same principle that the mob de-
Imanded the life of Jesus Christ or the
anarchists Of Chicago. ] don't believe
that the Fargo people are so bloodthirs-
lty as this. 10 illustrate such condi-
ltion Of affairs said have heard that
there is a district in Wyoming called
@Hole-in-the- Wall said to be occupied
Iby ho.sethieves, bandits, outlaws and
lcriminals Of every description. / said
icould any intelligent human being be
induced to have anything to do with a
member Of such an order. He said no.
II they made a proposition to form A
bogus stock company to steal all the
stock Oh the western ranges would any
sensible person accept such stock as a
| gift ? He said no Would you like to
Isee6 civilization brought down to this
level? He said no, but as bad as these
lontlaws are they don't pose as .IIoly
lof Hottest Saints, and mix with civili-
zation as human vampires disguised in
lsheep's clothing.
Mr. Alfred, assistant postmaster in
Fargo postoffice, beside the testimony I
have before published in Fargo,
told exactly when and to whom
| j had sent registered letters,
Iso i will quote the u. S. Postal Laws,
| Section No uo1 SPostfnasterss and enl-