Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-16

erS. ana that ne was ignorant OF the
fact that Mr.. McInerny had consulted
the continued operation Of the brew
Iery after the closing Of saloons in
Polk county. Mr.. Watkins had not
warned MI. McInernys that he believ-
ed from hearsay that the brewery was
violating the state laws. Nor had Mr.
Watkins heard any one deny that the
brewery was operating openly and
above board.
MI. Bangs asked the witness:
KNOWING this Il be the fact, did
you, Mr.. Watkins. tell Mr.. McInerny
ing violated"
The witness answered:
mo, sir. that's not my method"
The following exchange OF ques-
tons and answers took place between
Mr.. Bangs and Mr.. Watkins:
@. Nov, conceding that you knew
all you have told the court, did you
really deem 1t necessary to sit around
in the night time eating watermelons
for the purpose Of making investiga-
tons, or did you do that for the pur-
pose Of furnishing material for a
good story to be printed in h news
papers. or was the motive a comblna-
ton of both?"
I...r "a IIO0AAAA6 W ~ NA0 ~ g. y#..H
A. my only purpose was to get
North Dakota and Minnesota"
Q. You mean to say then. Mr.:
Watkins, that you had no desire to
make the raid in order to get publ
city or make startling headlines"
A. Yes. sir. The raid was only an
incident"
9. Did you know. or didn't you.
| fhof q a. cnario1 o0rracnnnHonf nf tho
Fargo Courier-News accompanied the
raiding party on the night of July 81,
and did you know that no
had been taken to give other papers
an opportunity to have. their special
correspondents on the ground?
A. II had nothing to do with
that"
Q. "You mean that you did not
attend to the publicity phase Of the
matter?"
q. Did the attorney generals Of
flee attend to the publicity end?"
Mr.. Bronson: I object. This is
improper examination"
The COURT objection sustained"
O.. did you notice that extra edi-
ton copies Of the Fargo Courier
News were sold in this city. and. that
they were distributed from Mr.. Bron-
sons office where the newsboys came
to get them?"
A new objection by MI. Bronson
was sustained.
T.. You had nothing to do. then,
with the newspaper arrangements?"
A. No. But I concurred."
The "Invisible'' Sign.
Mr., Bangs made an attempt to in
! duce the witness to tell about the
meeting in the Presbyterian church on
Sunday evening, July 20, but was
overruled on objection by Mr. Bron-
son. Mr.. Bangs then said that he
was trying to find out whether or not
the witness had any prejudice in the
matter, and to what extent he and the
league were endeavoring to influence
public opinion. A new line Of ques-
tioning then was followed by the
cross-examiner. ?
O.. You said, Mr.. Watkins, I be-
lieve, that you spent about 20 minutes
in the lobby Of the brewery office dur
ing your first visit there? I take it
that 0 made observations because
you had come for the express purpose
Of gathering evidence??" Z
IA. Yes, SIR" : =
@. did you not see two signs
placed on the partition.
A. 'No, not on that o~ccasion?"
@. do you, mean to state that you
did not see signs that were staring you
right in the face?"
A. "I made no observations on
that point"
The witness testified yesterday that
on the occasion Of a later visit he had
noticed one sign, while another had
escaped his notice. III
@. Didn't you see a sign saying
that the brewery under. certain cir
cumstances would give information to
state authorities" p
A. 1.-THE question has already been
answered" sa,
What the Sign Said.
Shortly before noon the sign was
exhibited in the court room and it's
contents read into the records, as fol-
lows:
Notice. ~
We will give information to author
tiles on both sides of the river If we
find any person taking their beer to
be delivered to illegal sellers Of beer
in either state. Our contract with you
is that o will not sell it. Signed
j. H. McInerny.
h cross-examination was contin-
ued:
raid start?"
A. I'm Mr.. Bronson's Office"
@. who were there"
A. Mr.. Brennan, Mr.. Bronson,
Mr.. GOWN, Mr.. Finwall, a reportr for
a Fargo paper. the Polk county, Mimi,
sheriff, a few others, and myself.
Some of the men were there only part
Of the time
@. Did the sheriff Of Polk county,
Mimi, come to North Dakota?"
A. H vas there"
@. How did o go over to East
Grand Forks?"
Mr.. Bronson objected, but was over
ruled.
a. I'VE went in three automo-
biles''
@. Were you deputized as a, sher-
in?" sef-
A. Yves, sir"
@. "Where?"
A. "In Mr.. Bronson's ofice?"
Q. Were you actually deputized
by a Minnesota sheriff right here in
North Dakota?'
A.. yes"
@. did you see Mr.. LANCER, Mr..
Bronson and Mr.. Brennan hold up
their hands and be sworn by the Min
nesota sheriff."