The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-21
PLAINS
ENTRIES
ON BOOKS
Miss Mary Jorgenson, Book
keeper at Courier-News
Recalled to Stand
TOLD ABOUT The ENTRIES
Said Certain Changes Were
Made to Accommodate
$1,000 Entry for Papers

| When The Courier News Guild .
More case was resumed this morning
before Judge Pollock in district court,
Miss Mary Jorgenson, the competent
bookkeeper at The Courier-News~fe for
1.-THE last three or four years through
| the various changes Of management Of
that paper. was recalled to the witness
stand by the plaintiff.
When Miss Jorgenson was on the
stand Friday morning last, she stated
that it had been her custom during
the sole ownership Of A Y. More Of
| the paper, to submit to Mr.. More a
she would either send Mr.. More
through the mails or hand them to
him in person if he happened in the
office about closing hour. Judge Young
asked counsel for the defense to pro-
duce these reports in court this morn
ing.
Four of them were introduced as
| exhibits. Miss Jorgenson testified that
| they were prepared by her on the
typewriter and in her handwriting.
| When asked if she knew where the
other reports she had submitted to Mr..
More were, she said she did not know.
Another examination was given Of
the ledgers kept during the More
ownership and particular attention
copies Of The Courier-News on July
81, 1913, which has already been the
subject of so much comment during
| the proceedings Of this action, and
| upon certain changes made in other
items to provide for this $1,000
entry.
A certain entry of $119 for sundries
| in the cash book, Miss Jirgenson said
was not now as she originally entered
1t. She said it har originally been en-
tered in two items, one for $98.S8 to A.
M. Baker for railroad fare, and the
second for $21 to A. M. Baker for
railroad fare. <T..
Miss Jorgenson said when Mr.. More
asked her to make the $1,000 entry,
she told him it could not very we'll be
done as the July books were closed.
After examination of the books by Mr..
More and herself, she said he suggest
ed that these railroad fare entries for
Mr.. Baker be combined and entered as
sundries. This would give the space
of another line for the $1,000 entry for
extra papers.
The witness stated she made this
change in Mr.. More's presence using
liquid ink eraser, and that it took her
about ten minutes to do the same. On
another ledger she stated that in order
to make this entry come out right, she
was compelled to take out the whole
page from the books, rewrite 1t SO as
to straighten out the addition of this
entry. This she said would show in
the books a gain of $341.20 when in
reality there was loss of $642.70.
Miss Jorgenson stated she made this
change at Mr.. Mores request and in
his presence either on Aug. or on
Aug. and 1t was not later than the
latter date The books from Aug. 16
! to %, appeared in the handwriting of
(; someone else, which the witness
! identified as that of Miss Kuppich who
/ took her place during her vacation.
Counsel Pollock began the cross -ex-
| animation of the witness just before
the noon hour adjournment She stated
that she received her information for
| figures entered to subscriptions from
reports of Mr.. Dickson, the circula-
| ton manager.
| When asked by Mr.. Pollock if she
| did not also receive this information
from Mr.. Dugan who was Mr.. Dick
sons predecessor, and from Tom Hull,
| wro preceded MIR. Dugan as circula-
tion manager, Miss Jorgenson said
she had a slight recollection OF receiv-
! ing some sort of reports from Mr..
Dugan, but she did not remember
anything of the sort that Mr.. Hull had
submitted
Mr.. Pollock asked il her daily re-
ports to Mr.. More, four of which were
introduced by Judge Young, had not
been prepared on blanks which were
| lespecially designed for the circulation
1managsr's 8 daily report to her as book
Keeper.
Miss Jorgenson stated these blanks
| had ben designed for subscription re-
iports from the men on the road work
ling the smaller towns and in the
country for the paper, and that she
Ihad simply utilized them I'M the alb
sence OF anything else as convenient.