The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-04
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Miss Mary Jorgenson, ~bookkeeper at
The Courier-News for several years,
was recalled to the witness stand this
morning when Judge Young commenc-
ed the rebuttal for the plaintiff in The
Courier-News- Guild More case before
Judge Pollock in district court.
The defense rested about II o'clock
when Counsel Pollock concluded with
several witnesses heard this morning.
1t Is believed the testimony will all be
which is being watched with such
great interest throughout the state
will reach the jury by tomorrow eve
ming or not later than Wednesday
morning.
When Miss %Jorgenson was recalled
to the stand, after the rebuttal had
started, she told the incidents Of the
midnight call of Glenn r, Townsend,
former city editor of The Courier
News, whose testimony about this visit
was heard mid excitement and hilar-
ity Saturday afternoon.
Called al 1880 O'clock.
She said she was out of the office
part Of the afternoon of the day Mr..
Townsend had called. At 1920 o'clock
that night she said he telephoned her
saying he wanted to see her either
lndL nlSHC OF Lue next morning. Sne
said she asked Nm If it were about
Mr.. More.
The witness said Mr., Townsend told
her it was about Mr.. More and that it
was important. She said she told him
he could come UP to the Anderson resi-
dence then in that event and that he
answered he would be right up. She
said he did not come until after the
courthouse clock had struck 100 and
| that was thTnn TOinTfnd oftor 9
o'clock when he left the house.
On admitting him into the house,
Miss Jorgenson said Mr.. Townsend
asked if anyone could overhear them.
She said she told him no one could.
Then she said he told her that Mr..
More had asked him to see her. that
Mr.. More had understood that she was
to be a witness the following day, and
that he wanted her to tell the truth
about the $1,000 entry on the books.
She said he showed her a telegram
he had with hin which was signed
by Mr.. Stedman of Minneapolis. She
said she read the message. which said
in substance that everything was
ready to close the deal the next day,
provided Mr.. More would keep $780,
900 interest in the paper.
Miss Jorgenson testified that Mr..
Townsend further old her DR.. Guild
was contemplating bringing another
boOkkeeper from the east who would
be asked to TAX stock in a corpora
ton which he said the plaintiff was
going to organize. Mr.. Townsend told
her, she said. that Mr.. More had told
him to tell her she need not worry
about her position for he would take
care Of her in case she lost her pres
ent position with the Guilds for tell
ing the truth. She said she told Mr..
Townsend she didn't fear about los
ing her position.
Several times. she said. he asked if
anyone could overhear them and she
told him no. She said this interview
lasted about twenty minutes all told.
Called Her Again.
The witness said early next morn
ing at $50 o'clock Mr.. Townsend call
ed her on the telephone again. This
time she said he told her he had
something else of ven more import
ance than the night before to tell her.
She said he wanted to know if she
would meet him that morning at the
N. P. depot.
Miss ~Jorgenson said. while she told
him he thought he certainly must
have told her everything he wanted to
tell her at midnight, when he called,
that she agreed to meet him at the
station, and set 8 o'clock as the hour
for the meeting.
She said she went to the station at
the appointed hour. accompanied by
cir. Anderson, but that MI. Townsend
was not there.
Interviews With Mr.. Mere.
Miss Jorgenson also testified about
two interviews she a with Mr.. More
since this action was started. One of
these was in the office of Tom Sullivan
in the A. o. U. w. building along in
February, and the other was in More
Bros. office shortly before the trial be-
gan. Mr.. Sullivan here mentioned was
former advertising manager Of The
Courier-News n not George Sui
Ivan, the circulation manager, who
testified Saturday morning.
At MI. Sullivan's Office, Miss Jorgen-
son said the interview took place in
the evening. She said she was sum-
moned there by telephone and met Mr..
More, who, she said, told her he had
asked her to come there because the
Guilds seemed to always monopolize
her time whenever he went into The
Courier News office.
At that interview she said Mr.. More
told her he thought DR.. Guild was very
foolish to bring this suit, that it
would certainl hurt the paper and that
the only thing which was not as it
ought to be was the 81, 900 entry.
The second interview she said took
place In More Bros, office on Front
street. On that OCCASION she said Mr..
More told her DR.. Guild had threaten
ed to shut down the paper, and that
II he did, Mr.. More wanted her to keep
on at her job and speak to the other
employees to keep at their posts and
to go on getting out the paper as he
did not want to lose his franchise.
About the Entry.
Miss J~Qrgenson testified again this
morning about the 81, 900 entry. She
said When 1t was made that Mr.. Bak-
er was nowhere around, as Mr.. More
had testified, that she n Mr.. More
were alone n made the alteration
on the books. She said there was no
reference to any checks being drawn
to make this correspond on the books.
She said Mr.. More never said DR..
Gulld wanted this change made.
Charles Morgan Called.
Charles Morgan, formerly connected
with The Courier-News under Mr..
Mores sole management and prior to
that with The Forum, was another
witness for the plaintiff for the rebuff
tai this morning.
Mr.. Morgan testified that he receiv-
ed a telephone call from Mr.. Parker,
in the employ Of the defendant at More
Bros. offfce, the evening before Miss
Lorgenson was first called to the wit
ness stand. He said he was asked to
meet MT. More in front Of de-
Lendrecie's store.
When he appeared in front of the
entrance Of the deLendrecie store. he
said, Mr.. More came out Of the store
n asked him to walk down Front
street ahead of him to More Bros, Of