The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-23
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Early in the afternoon he began an
arraignment Of A, NJ. Baker, reading
some of his letters to DR.. Guild to the
jury. These letters showed con-
clusively, Judge Young commended, that
Baker and A. Y. More were linked
hand in hand in the effort to unload
The Courier News ON him.
One of Mr.. Bakers letters which he
quoted at length, proclaimed The
Courier-News the leading newspaper
in North Dakota and in Fargo. In
this letter MI. Baker said THE Fargo
Forum used to be the leading news
paper in the city of Fargo, but now
The Courier News was the leading
newspaper in the city and state"
This letter received by DR.. Guild
was in answer to q letter sent to Mr..
Baker and addressed to Mr.. More, so
that both got it.
Advised Guild to Come.
The correspondence between DR..
Guild M A. Y. More and A. NJ. Baker
was reviewed in detail before the jury.
In one letter, written July II, DR..
Guild asked Mr.. Baker and Mr.. More
If The Courier-News was paying.
Then he went on to tell of his early
printing experience n of the fact
that he could raise 100000 to invest
in a paying property, that he had two
sons whom he wanted to get into
business with him, that he was 48
years old, and he did not care to con-
slider The Courier News proposition
unless it was paying.
Judge Young read Mr.. Bakers reply
by telegram, which said to come, that
1t was impossible to describe this
property and all it's advantages by
correspondence, that it was the cad.
ing progressive newspaper in the state,
that the progressive party was next to
the dominant party in North Dakota,
and for DR.. Guild to come to Fargo
that More would pay expenses one
way"
This was the answer from Baker
to the letter DR.. Guild sent to Baker
and addressed to More. When DR..
Guild asked if the paper was on a pay
ing basis and said he did not care to
consider the proposition if it was not
paying, Baker told him to come" said
Judge Young. What more could any
sane man think than that it was pay
ing,
And this was from Baker who knew
all about how the carriers were not
getting their pay, Baker who knew all
about the Hatcher deal Baker who
knew all about Hatcher's indictment
by the federal grand jury. Baker who
knew all about the Hatchers' bogus
notes deal.
And yet Baker tells him, in all sim
certify he says, there is no better stu
alton than right here. and this just
after Metcalf and Halbert started to
buy the PAPER and got their money
back. Mr.. Baker even goes so far as
10 tell DR.. Guild that if he could only
raise the money himself he would buy
the paper He wanted Guild to think
it was such a great proposition that he
was just aching to take it himself if
he could only raise the money to buy
this delightful thing-The Courier
News.
The Progressive Party.
Mr.. Baker lays much stress on the
progressive Iarty's backing of DIR
= Guild if he would only come here and
buy The Courier News" continued
Judge young. He says the progress.
sive party ran second in the state cleo.
ton at the last election, that it has q
fine party organization. DR.. Guile
himself test. fed that the progressive
party's. organization. so far as he could
/ find out, consisted Of A. Y. More ant
Dorr Carroll of Minot and one or two
others.
"But Mr.. Baker was full of informa-
. ton at that time. willingly he told al
" been added to The Courier News by
a newspaper contest. But he SAID
( nothing about Hatcher being indicted
nothing about Hatcher not paying the
prizes and all that. But he safd now
was q good time for another contest.
I mfr. Baker tells DR.. Guild the for.
" mer owners of The Cour1er-News paic
$13,500 to the old Fargo Call for it,
n Associated Press franchise. J. J. Jor.
( dan, owner Of The Call for many years
who sold it to The News, said tina
was not so, that he sold the Associated
q Press franchise for $4,000, And Mr.
0 Jordan said he sold the whole plan
for $17.552.1O. He was a republican o.
the old schoul selling out to the repre-.
sentatives ot the democratic party, hi
I political opponents, SO 1t was altogeth'
: er probable he was estimating every
Q thing at it's correct value.
"'Yet Mr.. Baker tells DR.. Guild In hi
. letter that the former owners bough
: the Associated Press franchise from
The Call for $13,5 500. That was
- cheap lie of Mr.. Bakers. 1t is a III
THAT remains u~ndisputed.
10 Wouldn't Uphold More.
"Mr. More told the jury on the wit
II ness stand a nice story about how
when he got back from Minneapoli
Aug. s, that he went to The Courier
News office and talked the matter O
~ the 81, 200 over with Mr.. Baker, tina
the two called Miss ~Jorgenson into MI
II Bakers private office and asked her
: she had closed the books for July
/ When she said she had, Mr.. More toll
9, the Jury that Miss Jorgenson hersel
e volunteered the idea of how to max
u the entry 80 that it would work in a.
right.
e TN order to make her out q liar =
To told the Jury that. why, when he cam
Of to that even Mr.. Baker wouldn't lie fo
t.; More, even Mr.. Baker wouldn't d
that. .
ts Young Sprans Sensation.
FNow just let me read a portion c
id Mr.. More's testimony in this case o
direct examination" and Judge Youn
read the testimony from the record I
. the jurors.
"Here Mr.. More said he went I
Minneapolis on Aug. 5, where he sper
the day of the 5th with DR.. Gull
there. He t~estifies that On the nigf
of Aug 5, DR.. Guild started for DE
Moines. and he left Minneapolis fc
Charles city Ia. He testifies that h
spent he day Of Aug. 6, at Charlie
city, returning to Minneapolis thu
night, reaching there the next morn
ing.
"Mr. More testihes that he spent til
day Of Aug. Z in Minneapolis, return
ing to Fargo that night and arrivin
here the morning of Aug 8. Now tn;
is Mr.. More's own testimony.
Contradictory Exhibits.
tsNovv we introduced in eyiden(