Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-13

as a barn by somebody the cow being In
there?
4. Yes. Mr.. Campbell's COW was in
there.
q. And your object in talking to the
Chief was to get the barn back?
a. | could not say that was my boject
| wanted to clean that stuff out Of there
and get the man that had IT.
q. You wanted to get your own lock
back on there SO you would be in posses
sion Of 1t?
A. That was not my object. ! wanted
done with the boozer who put 1t in Their
That was my main object.
q. When you and the Chief went In
there there was nobody present?
\. No one.
Q. NO one drinking there?
4. No.
@. TWO barrels of beer out of which
A.. Yes sir.
Q. Wa it locked when you and the
Chief went there?
A. Yes. it was locked.
Q. You had to break open to get in?
\. Yes sir.
@. And when was that-what time?
\. Well, | don't know as ] could say
what time 1t was. but 1t was along pretty
late in the fall. Something like a year
ago.
@. The Chief seemed to be anxious to
help you?
4. Yes. he went over all right.
G. Wiling to do anything to correct
matters if things were not right, wasn't
he?
A. Well. lie Just went over with me
and said we would 80 over and investi-
gate. | told him that as I came w to
the barn that there was someone IN there;
.-l,-s mani 1oS,r 10 prr tho thing OH
! went down there in order to eaten
somebody in there. ] allowed waiting
around there until n or two o'clock and
whcn somebody went in | would come al
ter the Chief, but when | got right close
to the corner of the house / believed !
seen the door open, and | just walked
right up easy, and got right up by the
door, and it was open, n Of course l
would have had to step around for any
budyto seer me, and ] heard someone in
there putting bottles in a sack.
G. Now, we van to make his record
as short as we can. Now with reference
to a person putting bottles In a sack
the Chief wasn't there at that time?
A. No.
O.. There was nothing as far as you
know toindicate to the Chief who had the
place? ,
4. NO. The Chief came with me and
we went out to investigate II.
@. Now, with reference to your meet
ing six soldiers-you met six soldiers
there?
A.. Yes sir.
O.. Was that the same day that you
had had the Chief look in the barn or
\. The same hour.
@. You did not see the soldiers in the
place, did you?
A.. ! walked behind six soldiers from
barn-I walked behind these men
and they stopped right at the kitchen OF
house.
@. But of course the Chief wasn't
with you then?
o, believe you said something to the
effect that you wanted the Chief to arrest
a. Yes, l wanted something done who
ever it
@. You didn't know who it was?
\. No sir.
@. You didn't make any complaint, Mr..
ANsbury, did you?
4. Yes sir.
A.. I mean q written complaint? En-
to speak to the Chief
A., Yes, I told him, | thought 1t was
right there at Campbelrs. They was
drinkin' then in there.
.. You figured that what was going
in there should be stopped wasn't 1t?
~. dSu L StoppC" Z
@. Are they drinking in there yet:
4. 1t was stopped after some We're ar
rested and sen to Jail a while after that.
@. The only thing l am getting at is
whether there was anything in these cir
cumstances concerning the Chief-that
the Chief was in there drinking with
thcm-you don't claim that? .
A.. No, he would not 80 in there. !
said something. | could not just exactly
use the words. ! mentioned that they
were drinking in there and ] heard voices
in there and think there was where the
whtskey came from. and him there
was the man who came from the old
barn.
q. You heard him tell Mr.. Campbell
to close up that place? -,
A.. Yes. the Chief says Whose stuff
is that in there" Campbell says. Il
don't know He says. Whose cows
that?' And Campbell a That is my
cow" And the Chief says. Now look
here Campbell, 0 just take that stun
out of there" and he says. 81 WILL
@. And at that time there was nothing
to indicate there was any blind pig
there, excepting the two barrels Of beer?
A.. Not much said after that time.
PRESIDENT WILLIAMS: Cut out as
many Of the technical question sas possi-
REDIRECT EXAMINATION.
BY MIR. REGISTER:
@. Did Mr.. Mcdonald take the two
barrels of beer into his possession at that
time?
4. No sir. not while ] was there.
JOE VALID. a witness on behalf VI
the complainant. was duly sworn and tes-
''e' :" oiREcT EXAMINATION.
BY MIR. REGISTER:
9. What Is your name?
a. Joe Valid.
c.. Where do you live?
\. Bismarck.
c.. And what is your business?
g.. ] am not in business.
g.. What have you been doing for the
last year?
A.. Was on the police force and have
been working as guard at the peniten-
ti3ry. .
@. When were YOU on the police force?
\. About two years agO.
O, Now, after you got off the police
force what did YOU do? DO you rcmem
Der particularly? .
\. Yes, | went to jamestown and
worked in the hospital.
@. And then after that you came back
here. and where did you work then?
4. Have not done much.
Q. Were you working at the Clootcn
barn about November. 1911?
\. Yes. Kept books there: .
G. How long were you working there?
a. TWO or three months ] guess.
q. DC you know A.. +. Mcdonald?
A.. Yes
@. DO you remember about \. +. Nc
Donald coming to the barn there during
that time and making a statement about
some beer?
\. No, not in my presence.
Q. Js It a fact or Is 1t not that Mr..
Mcdonald came down there and said to
the people who were there, DO you boys
some beer? I know where there Is
or words to that effect?
a. was not there at tho time.
q. You did not hear Mr.. Mcdonald
any such statement as that?