The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-12

on hand Hall locke dit over, said he
knew nothing about 1t, that he de-.
pended on the head Of the department,
and that Mr.. Walla, who was away
had the keys to the cash
box.
Brennan asked if Hall had not urged
Edwards, too, to go hunting. Edwards
replied that he could not say that
Mr. Hall had urged him. ~ ~, /
3.., Safe Sealed. . y.;.,,.
Edwards, Brennan and ThOrberg,
deputy state examiner. went to the
secretary Of states Office at noon
Monday in the absence of Hall and
Walla and sealed the safe. That eve
ming they returned, while Hall and
Walla were in the office. 1--WE went
to the safe and noticed that two seals
were not on the safe," said Edwards.
"The third one, which had been
placed on the combination. was still
on but barely attached. We asked
Walla to open it. He did so. Our in
tention was to count the money on
hand in the safe. After the safe was
opened, Walla went to cash drawer
IN his desk, took out number of en-
velOpes with stamps, checks and cur
rency in them, and placed the cur
rcncy from the safe on top of it. Bren-
nan asked Walla where the currency
had come from, and Walla said from
his desk. The total when counted
still showed shortage of $175.63.
which Walla explained was accounted
for by Carlson, a clerk in the depart.
ment. having about that much, repre-
senting receipts from October % to
October %, on his person"
}s A" W. Carlson. placed on the stand
later. testified he did not carry any
of the receipts of the office away with
him. :. ., ~ rtD: a. '.r
Edwards continuing told of check
ing over deposits in the state treas
urer's office and finding consider
able sum in unidentified checks which
he later discovered represented 1918
business. Hall later denied knowl-
edge of 1918 applications, which were
finally discovered by Thorberg of the
state examiners Office. The safe in
the secretary of states office again
was sealed unon Edwards discovery
that 5000 worth of 1918 business had
come in, and upon reopening the safe,
Edwards alleged, the amount Wnlcn
should have accompanied these appli-
cations was not to be found. There
were found applications covering sos
of current business, but no money
was attached. The safe In Halls
private office, which also had been
sealed. was ODened and found to con.
tain three silver dollars
d Considerable time was devoted to
an effort to prove that the secretary
of states monthly reports did not
account for cash carried on hand.
Stutsman, for the defense, contended
the question arose largely over a diff
ference in methods of bookkeeping.
Endorse Checks.
A. w. Carlson and Harold Wright,
employees OF the office, told of endOrs-
ing checks drawn in their favor by
Mr.. Hall. at the request OF Mr.. Walla.
both admitted that the secretary OF
state owe dthem nothing and that
here was no particular reason why he
should draw checks in their favor, and
that they had received no proceeds
from these checks. Carlson said he
handled the cash October 20 and put
1t all in the safe; that he did not have
in his possession the SITS which Walla
was alleged to have credited him with
Martin Thompson, another emplOye,
told of endorsing two checks drawn
by Hall In his favor. The secretary
of state, he said, owed him no money,
and he drew nothing from the checks,
one for 1925 and the other for $25 .55,
which he endorsed and returned to
Hall.
No Currency Listed.
Miss Margaret Wynkoop testified
that she attended to listing of checks
and drafts and the making of deposits,
but that no currency had been brought
to her to deposit until October 80. She
never saw currency listed or heard OF
its being deposited.
Frank GARNER, a Norton township
farmer, who said he had voted three
or four times for Mr.. Hall, told of
transaction in cattle which he had
with the secretary of state and Mr..
Walla during the past summer. c. H.
Olson, secretary of the Automobile |
Mutual Insurance Co. identified a
check for $71.44 which he had given
Hall in payment for life insurance
policy and which had been deposited
wit hthe state treasurer to the credit
Of the automobile registration fund.
Mary Parsons of the secretary Of
states office told of having listed ,
checks and drafts for deposit while
employed in the automobile registra-
ton department last summer but said
she did not know what became of the
currency, if any came into the office.
Miss Edna McMahon testified briefly.
M'DonaId a Tartar.
Alex Macdonald of Glencoe proved
a tartar for the state He denied any
of recent efforts on the
part of Hall to borrow money or ne.
yotiate a note, and declared Hall new
or had attempted to borrow any
money from him. He was promptly
dismissed. T. w. Streeter. cashier It
he Farmers State bank of Baldwin,
old of an alleged effort of Mr.. Walla
IN Sunday evening, October %, TO
negotiate a loan, and of cashing
through their Bismarck correspondent
check for $500 drawn to the favor Of
:. NJ. Walla by the Hanson-Holid:y
70. OF Baldwin. He testified that he