The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-02
citizen Of the United States "a. Yes
Testimony Of Christian Batter.

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Testimony of Christian Batter
Mr.. Barnett: Now, you understand
my question. Mr.. Baltzer. / am not re-
ferring to the oath you took i'm the Of
flee of Herman Hardt as clerk, but
am referring to the oath taken in the
court room before Judge Burke? A..
oh. before the Judge?
@. Yes? A. Why
O. Now let me ask another ques-
tion AS matter OF fact was any oath
administered to you in the court room?
A. So far as / know there was, yes;
all at once
@. Now, tell me what that oath was,
what did the clerk say when you held
up your hand, what did you. swear to-?
Al. I couldn't remember what was said
II can remember that once we stood up,
all at once; don't know how many
there were there-sto up there and
were sworn in all at once, and I pre-
sumo that was the time.
@. Well, now. we will take that
time. Now, what did the clerk say to
you, what did you swear to them "A.
Ii don't know whether we did swear or
not. / think there was no question
asked, and we didn't swear at all. only
the applicants think were the people
that swore.
The Court: The applicants? a..
The ones that swore
Mr.. Barnett: Well, there was no
oath administered to you in the court
room? A. I don't think so.
@. Was the name Of each applicant
called? A. No sir, not that know.
@. Well. you were there all the
time: you were witness in all these
cases. weren't you, or most Of them
IA. Yes sir.
@. Did any witness take the witness
chair? A. No sir.
@. No questions asked of any wit
ness or any persons in that room that
day? A. No sir.
O. Now. you are sure about that,
are you? A. Yes sir.
@. That the applicants did not take
the witness chair and were asked ques-
tions by anybody? A. No sir.
@. And you as witness for these
applicants were asked questions by
anyone? A. No sir.
@. And after you have refreshed
your recollection 1T is your impression
now or your opinion that you were not
sworn in the court room? A. No sir.
The Court: Are you sure, Mr.. Bait
ger, when these citizen applications
were taken up that you were not asked
to hold up your hand and swear that the
testimony which you should give in
the matter i'm hearing before the court
should be the truth the whole truth anC
nothing but the truth, so help you God
A. Yes sir, I am sure.
The Court: There was no such oatl
administered? A. No sir.
Testimony Of Got+Iieb Jahnke.
@. Well, were you present on th'
2sth or October, when the final hearinI
was had before Judge Burke? A. Yes
/ was
@. Was there any questions asked
Iabout Mathilda Schultz at that time
A. No sir.
O. Were you asked any question:
about any of these people for whom
you were a witness? A. | was not
/ q. About how many people wer'
there there OH the 2Sth of October. a
the time the Schultzes were naturaliz
ed? A. cannot tell exactly; nigh
be about twenty or twenty five PEG
pie there in the room.
/ @. How long did it take to natural.
lie that whole bunch of twenty OF
twenty ave people? A, Didn't take
very long. Elm
i O. We'll, about how long? "A. Well
/ couldn't tell how long it took to write
the papers out and everything, but
believe it was not longer than about
an hour we were in the room there.
@. Was Judge Burke there? A
Yes sir.
@. Did he ask any questions? A
He did not
@. Did he ask any Of the other wit
nesses any questions? A. Not to my
knowledge.
@. You were there all the time