The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-03
ENEMY BACK OF ARREST
OF EDITOR F. X. KIRSCH

Warwick, N. D., Oct. 8. - In the
The Warwick Sentinel, charged with
the crime of forgery in the third
degree, the facts were brought out at
the hearing held before the county
court at Minnewaukan last Friday
morning, that the matter first arose
over a civil action before F. x. Kirsch
who is a justice of the peace at War
wick and who has been in that
capacity for the past seven years,
The parties in the action were J. p,
Coenen, a farmer residing near Hamar
and a man by the name of Hattelstad,
who was defendant, and a man well
known in that section.
The settlement in Justice court was
for $50.78 and it was agreed between
both the plaintiff and the defendant
that such settlement be made by Civ
ing two notes which the court was
instructed to draw The amount of
SCOTS included 81 costs hat the plain
tiff in the case had paid *the justice
beforehand and which the defendant
agreed to pay to avoid judgment in
the case.
After the notes were drawn it was
discovered by the plaintiff that the
justice had made an error and omitted
the costs. The man Hattelstad had
signed the notes. and had left the JUS
tices' office. A npte that the justice
had drawn for $40 was corrected to
SIT so that the: matter would be
righteously adjusted and the defend
ant in the case who returned to the
Office an hour or SO later was appraised
Of such fact and assented to the
change for the amounts of the two
notes for .$27 and $23.7S. and as they
now stand was the agreed and the
correct settlement.
The Justice admits making the cor
r%ectiOn, having no interest in the notes
Whatsoever and merely acting in good
faith in his official capacity and do
ing, absolutely what was right in as
much that the parties had agreed to
the original amount. The notes were
left with Justice Kirsch for collection
who placed them in his safe for keep
ing on July IA. About the middle of
August the oWner of the notes called
for them and they were turned over.
A few days later the notes were given
to q harness dealer at Warwick by
the name of Rebillard who is said to
be an enemy Of the justice on account
of a half-page advertisement that is
being run in The Warwick Sentinel
for a st. Paul Harness Co. n which
insertion was caused by the ma Re-
billiard taking out his ad in The
Sentinel owing to an article thai the
publisher had inserted relative to a
new dray line and which new business
enterprise Rebillard appeared to have
established much to the chagrin of the
publisher, who being a booster thought
dray line in a small town suffi-
Gent. The mar who operated the secL
ond dray line in Warwick was Hattel-
stad, the defendant in the civil &C
ton before Justice Kirsch and also is
employed by the man Rebillard at
intervals in his harness shop.
There are many other facts that
connect materially with the case and
the matter will be tried at the next
term Of the district court to be held
in Benson county, the second Monday
in December. The friends OF Editor
Kirsch in the state will be pleased to
note that the matter, is net of a seri-
Gus nature and will be. able to draw
their conclusions from the above,