Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21

chairman.
bank the promissory note for S220.S5
payable to o. L. Bruner and signed
George Z. Goldberg and Marie Colberg.
Only small effort was made to collect
the note.
Goldberg said when he gave me the
note" declared the witness, that it
was only a stall and that he never
would have TO pay it"
Anderson further testified he re-
turned the note to Bruner Nov. Is,
1912, the day Marie Goldberg, alias
Marie Tavern, was convicted in county
court and fined 5000 and costs.
The sum of $50 was paid to Sheriff
Bruner by Philip Dingeldein, truck
gardener of South Rock Island, for
the release of an employee. Jacob
Ohoutski. bound over to the grand
jury. Dingeldein said Bruner wanted
800. but he offered $50 and the offer
was accepted. He said he gave the
money to the sheriff with the under
standing that it was to go towards
securing a bond. Dingeldein testified
to the return by Bruner to him of the
$50 about a year later. The state
maintains that this was done by the
sheriff to escape detection at a time
the grand jury was probing into the
affairs of his Office.
Court Works Late.
The half dozen or more witnesses
called through the wearisome session
of yesterday afternoon, which did not
come to a conclusion until 5:35, Judge
Graves holding over the usual 3
o'clock quitting time, with the state
ment, I'D like to do some business
before this day is ended" were put
through a most minute cross-examina-
ton by the defense. AS a result of the
close questioning they succeeded in
striking clear from the record the en-
tire testimony of Charles B. TruXell,
candidate for sheriff. the final wit
ness of the day. He was brought to
the stand by the state in an effort to
connect the conversation between
Bruner and Dingeldein when the $50
was alleged to have been paid. After
the cross-examination Prosecutor
Wood admitted the evidence as given
was immaterial and consented to its
erasure.
To be protected against any mis-
statements in the examination of Mrs.
Mary Zimmerman, the first witness of
the afternoon, the defense engaged
Ben DeJaeger, desk sergeant in the
Moline police station, to listen to the
evidence furnished through Peter
Meersman, the states interpreter. No
objections were entered by the de-
Tense to the way the Interpretation
was handled. 1t was brought out from
v,ffn that the sion n1
her visit to the court house in COM
pany with her husband and Mr.. Van
Speybroeck, she spoke to the states |
attorney through Van Speybroeck as
an interpreter, but that she actually |
paid over the money herself.
Collected $3.50.
She stated that before going to the |
court house she had collected $50 |
from three different parties, $50 from |
her brother and the same amount from |
EACH of two East Moline saloon keep |
ers. The $3.50 was taken because it
was not known at the time how much
would be necessary to secure her ]
husbands release.
How much was il you paid to Mr.. |
MagiIl?" asked Attorney Dietz on !
cross examination.
Either S131 or s132.'
Are you sure that was the amountf"
Yes"
Did you count it?" i
Yes"
WAS it paid in bills or currency"
Paper bills with some small |
change"
In introducing the first scrap of evil
dence in the Goldberg case, charged as
one of the overt acts in the alleged
officials. Prosecutor Wood bridged The |
objections of the defense and intro
duced as peoples exhibit No. AZ a |,
Photographic copy of the promissory /
note for $220.S5 made in favor OF
Bruner and signed by the two Col |
bergs. On the witness stand Walter |
KittiIsen. former deputy. recognized |
the handwriting on the exhibit as his !,
own and told of the circumstances of
filling out the note under instructions |
from Bruner.
In the discrimination OF o. F. |
Anderson, the cashier Admitted that
he turned the unsolicited note over TO |
Attorney Wood for the purpose OF
having It photographed. Also that he
held the note sent to him by Bruner
for knowledge as to the financial stand \
ing OF the Colbergs for period OF
about seven months before returning |
il 10 the sheriff.
did you report to Bruner what
CoIberg told you. that the note was
stall inquired Attorney Kenworthy
NO" replied the banker.
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