The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-23
CHECK PAID BILLS
FOR DYNAMITE
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receipt and had them signed"
who signed the s505 check?"
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/ $50 WIN SlSuSu luc pupo SiiO@iA
q did MT"
did YOU know about it,"
Yes, NJ. Wood told me about Il.
1t was when We were paying of tbs
attorneys who had worked for us dur.
! ing the strike. Mr.. Wood told me he
had paid Mr.. Atteaux s5o5 he had In
Cured as expenses during the strike"
A notation OF Sept. 8, on the back
of one or the vouchers in Duelles
handwriting was the subject OF a
searching interrogation by Pelletiel,
| who wanted to know what it meant.
"T think that / had the voucher out
about the time that these indictments
were returned and made that nosa-
ton then" replied Duelle.
You are sure that you did not take
1t out to determine the expenditure
for some one?" demanded Pelletier.
! ''Oh, no sir"
Nov, as a matter OF fact, wasn't
it very unusual for you to pay out
money without statement accom-
panying it?"
no, / make such payments often
in the regular course of events
"WeIl, tell me some"
There are lawyers fees and en-
ployes and officers expenses that 1
pay in this way
! DO you pay politicians with checks
in this way?"
eS~.1aJ .-sdt,r e,r1ifirtono
| Witness finally said that he could
not remember who ever received
money In this way, but he was sure
that there we're many who receiver
money from him on these vouchers.
| WAS Mr. Atteaux in the office OF
| the American Wooden Co. during the
striker"
HE was"
How often?"
"Every few days"
Remember when the dynamite was
| discovered in Lawrence?"
YES, sir"
"see Mr.. Atteaux in the Office that
day."
II did not"
THE day before. or the day after?'
81 don't think So
See him on the 16th?''
81 might have"
who did he come to see when yon
saw him."
Il don't know. He would go to the
purchasing department in all prob
ability
did he go to see you during Janu-
AIRY, 1927
Il don't recall that he did any busA
ness with me during that month.
did .ou never see him with Mr.
| Wood in January, 1922"
81 did"
i "when?'
i about the 2sth Of January. He
was present In a meeting called III
4 Mr.. Woods Office to discuss the strike
at which various persons were pres
ent"
"Was Mr.. Wood in his office be
I tween January 12 when the strike
broke out and January 90, when the
dynamite was discovered?"
Not for any length of time. f1e
was very i'll at the time; sick in bee
and I visited him at his house
Wasn't he in the office the day be
fore the dynamite was found? 2"
NO sir; | don't think So"
i Are you sure9"
Pretty sure"
You are sure that you did not see
Atteaux in the Offices Of the wooler
company on January 10 and 2o?"
Il am"
| Now, are you certain that there
were any other days in January, d
i February that you can state positive
4 " You did not see Atteaux In tn,
Officer"
a 81 did not keep track of his com
ing and going"
/ But you did on these two particu
lar dayss"
Eyes, there was a reason why
should place those two days becaus'
OF the events in Lawrence"
4, ibid you see William NJ Butte
! with Mr.. Wood, in the Iatter's Office
during January, 1922
Il did"
when was it?"
THE latter part Of January"
Another wrangle between counse
followed, the defense strenuously oh
jecting to this line of questioning. Blu
Tho court ruled that the widest lat
tude was to be permitted at this time
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