Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-30

both for business and political
reasons. Their case was an absolute
failure, so great and absolute fail
ure that the Webster World and the
Waubay Clipper-and Black was in
and out OF the trial several times
could not even find reason for men.
tioning it. 1t remained for the
Aberdeen American, which will prin,
anything in the hopes of advancing
Crawford's interests, to get scoop
in this case and print column oil
lies which cannot help but revert
upon the perpetrators. The CORES.
pendent concludes his article as
follows:
"Mr. Ebert's testimony was
straightforward and apparently very
candid, and, owing to his being an
old resident of the county, and very
highly thought of from a standpoint
of integrity, the story, as told him,
is generally believed to be true. The
other gentlemen who are represent
ing the lumber companies, and were
subpnnaed and were examined,
undertook to deny that any such
arrangements had ever been in oper-
alton. This, however, was not alto
gether a surprise for any different
position on their part, would be a
direct confession of being guilty of a
crime. The people here have for a
long time suffered from these condi-
tions and there seems to be a great
deal OF interest manifested over the
investigation. 1t is understood that
the attorney generals office is going
to relentlessly follow up this sort of
schemes and do all in its power to
bring the violators of the law to
justice"
Mr.. Ebert's testimony was an
entangled mass of II heard" and 81
believe" and 81 was told" and 81
thought" of man who had told a
story to an officer of the law while
not under oath and then was afraid
tc swear to it when placed on the
witness stand. And, lowing to his
being an old resident OF the county,
and very highly thought of from a
standpoint of integrity, the story as
told by him is generally believed to
be true" This is very uncharitable
on the part of the boxers. Use
Ebert as far as they can aud then
set him up for target to be shot at.
What about Ebert's reputation !?
Let's see. He was employed by the
Lampert Lumber company. When
Mr.. Chard resigned as manager of
the Lampert people, Mr.. Ebert was
given the place. We will ask him if
he got all the lumber that was
checked out from Mr.. Chard and
in to him. We will ask him if 1t is
not fact that when it came time for
the Lampert Lumber company to
check him up If he was not .in the
position Of manager who did not
have the lumber, did not have the
money,or did not have notes1 to the
value of the lumber, or did not know
where it had gone. We will ask him
il the Lampert Lumber company did
not take the charitable view of his
case and figure it was incompetency
rather than dishonesty with him, and
we will ask him if there is not large
amount OF lumber which went out of
this yard while he was manager for
which.they got absolutely no returns?
We will ask Mr.. Ebert If he does
not feel like an ingrates We will
tell him that he bears that title and
hills the bill OF an migrate to every
one else. He certainly should have
been glad to have returned to the
farm and tried to forget his lumber
experience, only remembering how
good the Lampert Lumber company
had been to him.
"The other gentlemen" John
Williams, p. j. Roth, w. HI. Chard
and Anton Karpen, who are repre-.
senting the lumber companies, and
were subp9naed and were examined
undertook to deny that such arrange.
ments had ever been in operation,
This. however, was not altogether a
surprise for any different position on
their part would be direct comics.
sion of being guilty Of a crime
The Aberdeen American may believe
the foregoing statement but there il
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