Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-21
TO RESUME :.
HEARING ON
JUNE SIXTEEN
Adjournment Taken in Equity
Case to Allow Defense to
Secure Evidence.
ATTORNEYS FOR STATE PUT
IN SOME STRONG EVIDENCE
Affldavits Presented Yesterday
Corroborative Of States
Charges.
ATTORNEYS FOR STATE PUT
IN SOME STRONG EVIDENCE

Fargo, N. D.. May 2O.--Adjourn-
ment in the Equity. Cooperative Ex-
change case was taken this afternoon,
at late hour, until June 18th.
This announcement followed a long
conference between the attorneys re-
presenting both sides and the court
after the attorney generals forces had
concluded the reading important ex-
cerpts from many of the aflldavits fill
ed in the case, leaving the remainder
of the at1idavits flor the consideration.
OF the court in chambers at some lat
er date.
Manahan's Stump speech.
When the plaintiffs announced that
they were ready to rest. Attorney
Manahan. for the defense, sprang to
his fee: and began another stump
speech, but the court informed him
that he would listen only to argu-
ments on the motion, and the ambi-
tioIs efforts OF Manahan were tenn
porarily restrained. ~, sss
lie then announc ced@ that the de-
fense would require more time to Sc
cure their evidence and the attorney
gnerals fol ces announced that they
would consent to reasonable ad-
journment. ,..sr. ..... ...g
Judge Pollock announced that he
wanted both sides to have ample op-
portunity for the presentation Of tes-
timony and to secure a fair hearing.
After some discussion the adjourn
p,opt IN Tuno 1S ,uoc TO koD
Corroborates Charges.
Affidavits presented today were re-
garded by those in the court room as
strongly CGrrobOrative Of the charges
made in TIE complaint filed by the at
torney general.
Some of them were by managers Of
Farmers elevators, others were by
grain dealers in Minneapolis. Dis
crepancies ranging from Il small
amount to as much as twelve cents
per bushel were charged against the
Equity Cooperative Exchange in some
Of the alfldayits.
Traced the Cars.
! Cars were traced and Identified by
their numbers, tending to show that
they were sold at very much higher
prices than reported by officials OF
the Equity Exchange. -s"
Other af1davits tended to show that
grain dealers in Minneapolis made a
practice of purchasing wheat from
shipments made by North Dakota far
mers to the Equity Exchange from re-
presentatives of that concern, then
selling it to firms on the chamber OF
commerce at sufficient advance to
make big profits on the deal. The
prices received by these men were the
same that could have been secured
had the grain been shipped direct to
the commission firms.
The shippers not only lost the diff
ference in price but also the COM
missions paid the Equity Exchange
was the contention. The attorney gen.
erals forces are confident that they
have made a strong showing, which
entities them to have the court name
a receiver and declare the charter of
the Equity Cooperative Exchange an
nulled. IT,,
Forecast Dismissal. @m~
Attorneys for the defense say the
charges have, not been substantiated
by the affldavits and that they will be
able to present facts that will refute
the most serious charges so far pre-
ferred and that the case will be ulti-
mately dismissed.
Resolves Into Grind. T
The hearing continued this morn
ing without any events to enliven the
session except few quiet voiced tilts
between the counsel for the Opposing
sides. The work settled down largely
into monotonous grind Of reading
the many affidavits and dispositions to
the court Judge Edward Engerud.
who assisted Attorney General Lindc
and the deputy attorney general, Mr..
Murpaly, was on the floor the entire
reading the voluminous doc
Crowd Thins Down.
The crowd was considerably thiE-
ner in the court room this forenoon,
not over half of the seats being occu-
pied, and there was a noticeable alb.
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