The evening times., 1911-04-17

at that time or at that place, and I am
going to bring In the court record on
mat matter and 1 am going to show YOU
peyond reasonable doubt that that man
lied like q horse thief. That during that
January term that l opened the court.
Judge kneeshaw took possession of it
Immediately afterwards and tried what
is known as the .Schaffer case. He tried
MIN on two charges of grand larceny.
and Immediately after he got through I
TOOK charge OF the court and went on
with the Wright murder case, and the
record will show that there wasn't a
continuance or recess taken from one day
70 the next, except from Saturday until
Monday and over Lincoln's birthday, and
yet this young man steps in here, right
from Wehe's law school, and swears pos
ievely that he saw me do that, saw me
Walk right In, in a drunken At late in
the afternoon when I ought to have had
court open and walk up to my chair and
adjourn court until the next day, pre-
an absolute out and out falsehood, and
am going to show you that Here is
another young man who saw mo in one
OF the unspecif1ed cases at Minot. and
that is this man Kelso. It Is q long story
and am going to hurry through 1t. 1
was called about the latter part of Oc-
tober-I haven't the exact date-to hear
some motions for Judge Goss, October.
1910, and l went up there-and this
brings in the detective business. When
l made that trip my detective was with
me; Dan Brennan's detective and We
he's detective was with me: I didn't
know 1t then or I might have been a lit
tle more discreet; l wouldn't have gotteh
In Kelso's way. This detective wanted
to buy a farm for his father-i law and
wanted to buy hotel or restaurant for
himself. and I took him out like any
good, green North Dakotan that has q
farm to sell and needs the money to paw
the interest on some of his mortgages,
and took him out and showed him a
ne was going to buy. but hadn't produced
any money. and invited him to 60 to
Minot with me. for fear someone else
would get him, and make him come
through. and therefore I was foolish
again. because he is thes detective they
nave Identified. He came to Minot and
that afternoon heard some motions.
and that evening I didn't see him. I
suppose he was watching me from some
point OF advantage don't know, but I
didn't see him around that night. At the
motel l met an old friend that I used
to know, George Stevens. haven't got
him here, because he is in Montana
some place. and after visiting a while
we went up to my room and discussed
the prospects in Montana, and We talked
until bedtime and then went to bed. The
next day was Sunday and got up and
met Judge Murray Of Minot and he invit-
ed me to his ONCE and we visited there
for while and with three or four other
old friends. l told them about this
young man that was along with me, this
Martin, the detective. and that he was
trying to buy farm and was looking
for hotel property and he claimed to
nave money, and II they knew of any
thing to put him wise to 1t. as I thought
1t would be q good thing to get him
to leave 1t at Minot or Devils Lake, 80
Judge Palda suggested as long AZ he was
looking for that kind Of proposition
that he would take his automobile and
snow MIN farm. and he got his auto
mobile and we went out to what "a
known as the Slocum farm, near Minot.
and spent two or three hours walking