Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-13
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPECIAL
SESSION OF THE CITY COM.
MlSSlONERS.
Continued from Page Eight
o EXAMINATION.

Nv tIy just oI"sN !
G.. That place was not a blind pig?
a.. No sir. ...
@. And this barrel Of beer that YOU
spoke about. wherever it came from, was
brought In there by these hack men ana
drank there that day?
A. That night.
g. And that was all there was to it,
Just one temporary occasion?
Ti1oMAs FORTUNE, a witness for the
complainant, was duly sworn and testi-
fled as follows:
by MI. REGISTER:
@. Your name is Thomas Fortune?
Q.And you reside in the City of Bis
ularck?
\. Yes sir.
q. You know A. + Mcdonald:
Q. DO you know three houses down
here west of the Weather Bureau in the
bottoms?
a. Yes sir.
@. Have YOU since May /, 1871. seen
the Chief of Police down there?
\. l have seen him there Il couple of
times.
Q. Do you know for what purpose he
went there?
a. No sir.
g. You know how long he stayed there
ON these two occasions?
4. One time in particular he stayed
there quite u while. His horse was tea
to the back end Of the lot.
.. How long would you say it was?
\. Half or three -QuarterS of an hour.
q. You don't know for what purpose
he went there?
\. Nc.
Q. You were down there"
\. l was working there ON the railroad
side track
9. Two or three times is ali?
A.. Yes two or three times.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
BY MIR. HANLEY:
q. These two or three times, about
when was it, Mr.. Fortune, if you rcmem-
Der?
A. One time was two years ago last
Summer.
=. That would be the summer of 1910?
A. That was one time, and one time
was in 1911, in June.
Q. These two times, once in the sum-
mer Of 1910 and once in the summer Of
1911 is all you remember?
\. Yes sir.
O.. You were working around or near
that place during the Summer of 1911,
weren't you?
\. Yes sir.
G. So that you had Il chance to OBJ
serve people thai went to this place.
a. I would be looking dOwn the hill
there.
Q. How long during that summer
were you working in that vicinity so that
you could observe?
y. About four or five weeks one time
in the Summer and another time about
three weeks or a little more probably.
@. Now this time that YOU say the
horse was tied there, that was in 1910
or 1911?
A.. 1911.
@. As | understand it you did not see
the Chief himself?
A.. ! saw him 20 there horseback.
@. That was the SAME occasion that
you saw the horse tied"
4. Yes sir.
g.. You are sure it was the Chief?
a.. Yes sir.
O.. You did not know what the occa-
sion was-whether he had been sent for:
A.. l suppose it is his duty to go there
any time he is called upon.
9. There was nothing particular suS-
piciOuS about the circumstance.
COMMISSIONER II NCKLEY:
O.. Mr.. Torture, at this time you were
working on the railroad track?
Q. And MIR. Mcdonald hitched his
horse back OF the building?
A.. Yes sir.
9 Could l,S you see the horse?
@. 1t would not have been possible for
him to have gone away and come back
again and you not notice it?
A.. Don't think it would.
RE.cRoss EXAMINATION.
9. There was IL road running around
there?
@. Not on the road that he tied the
horse?
A.. No, at the back Of the building.
r. l.. WATKINS, a witness for the
complainant, was duly sworn and testi-
fled as follows:
DIRECT EXAMINATION.
by MIR. REGISTER:
@. What is your name?
A.. +. l. Watkins.
@. What is your occupation?
A.. Superintendent of North Dakota
enforcement League.
@. And where is your residence?
A.. Bismarck.
O.. How long have you lived in Bis
marck?
A.. Since Il year ago last August.
@. Are you acquainted with A.. +. Nc
Donald?
A.. l am.
c.. Have you ever had any talk with
4. r. Mcdonald since May |, 1911, with
reference to conditions here?
\. Very little, if any. | don't know
that ! have had any.
O.. Did you ever have any talk with
him with reference to his knowledge Of
the bawdy houses?
O.. DO you know whether there were
any places making sales Of Intoxicating
liquors from May |, 1911, up to the pres
cnt time. here?
A.. l do.
O.. Of your " knowledge?
a.. Yes sir.
O.. How many different places do you
know of your own knowledge?
A.. | think about Is or 1G. possibly
Q. From your own knowledge you
state that because you have been in the
places or ave knowledge directly?
A.. | have positive knowledge. Many
times have been in them and bought H.
quOr. '
@. You did that in connection with The
work you are doing?
A.. Yes sir.
q. Ever see Mr.. Mcdonald in any of
thecs places?
4. Not except in the service of pa
rers. ..
O.. Now what would you say as to the
police officers of the City having knOwI-
edge or ought to have knowledge of these
places that they were running there dur
ing this period?
MIR. HAN.EY: | just a to call the
petitioners attention to the fact that
there have been no objections made, and
we do not want to try this as a technical
proposition, but any opinion that this
witness would have as to the enforce
ment of the law or what condition the
Grief of Police would have knowledge OF
is 4 question this Commission has got
10 decide. | would like to have the Com
mission bear it in mind that this is not
competent testimony.
NH. REGISTER: I Will withdraw the
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