Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-22
GET / GOODS J } ! on
Hall, ] ,lS0lR||'DE|;R 5 | / ! E /.
LANCER MADE, !.
SAYS WITNESS
Walla Made Such 4 Charge, ,
Stutsman Declares. s on j q, !. !.
s@8 Stand. s.-S i.
Hall. Took no Money From
Cash Drawer, Statement.
4 Attributed to Walla.

II - a
Bismarck N. d., Dec. 22.-Eugene
NJ Wallas did state that he intended
to laY.a trap for Governor Frazier
and for Attorney General LANCER by
hepa TO his home and there
getting the goods on them" lin the
presence OF concealed witnesses; Eu-
gene ,Walla did say that the governor
had some nlysterious> interest In the
prosecution of Thomas Hall and he
did say that Attorney General Will
liam LANCER hinted at immunity for
Walla, saying TON Hall is the man
we're AFTER" today testified Attorney
w. II. Stutsman Of Mandan vice
president of the Merchants National
bank, former chairman of the North
Dakota railway commission and chief
counsel for the secretary Of state.
Stutsman testified as to a conference
he had had with Walla few days
after the, double arrest. when Walla
had called on Mrs. Hall and asked
to see the secretary.,.of state, who
stutsnian PERSUADED against his will
to accompany HIM (Stutsman) to the
Wallas home. There Stutsman confer
ired with Walra in private, whilee the
Walla in another room: Z
+ Says Hall Took No Money.
| St,ltsman said:' t@
| '.Walla told ME that Hall had TAX
en- no money out Of the cash drawer
cash drawer but. Walla. .Walla said
he had cashed some checks 5fgrS Mr..
Hall and, had also. taken slips for
amounts with which the secretary OF
state had been. accommodated and
that these had gone through, i
'.tict Goods on Tom,
II ri Wa ia. said peep lss had beer
4lcominEi to hi.a -cQntinuall,sf stni tsse
Eattorneys generals, Office, telling him
! he had better get the goods on Tom,
or Tom would get the goods on hinl
and that Tom was preparing to double
tcross him; hes said the attorney gen.
eralt had had him. in the sweat bon
]! for two days and that he was on the
verge Of nervous collapse and didn',
know how much longer he could
stand 1t. It has come to him, he. said
that If, he would get the goods or
Hall he lWalla) would be let off with
a misdemeanor charge. -
|, Governor Interested,
Then Walla tcld me about a secret
drawer in his Office and wondered
whether he couldn't get $,4OO. slip il
in there!i;and have Bank Examiner
Waters find it and let on that it haG
been there all the time, Gene also
was, going to trap Langer. 5, I've got
a scheme he said, when: these peo.
pie from the attorney generals once
come to me for an answer. will re.
fuse to have anything to do with
them and will insist that the cover.
nor. who is interested in this .prosecu.
ton. and the attorney general come
themselves, when we will have som.
concealed witnesses and we will traI
them into making some admission
and get the goods on them y,
II told Gene. don't know mucf
about the governor but rather doubt
ed that he would walk into such {
trap and that I did know Bill Langel
very we'll and l was quite sure hi
wouldn't be caught that way.";'
Halls Standing Good.
\ Questioned as to Halls standing il
the community, Stutsman declared
It always had been good. AS to hi
!, credit with Stutsman's bank the wit
ness said it was limited only by tn,
statutory restrictions as to tn,
amount which may be loaned an in
dividual borrower. Stutsman statet
that he owed Mr.. Hall $4,000 and wa
in position to pay her wheneve
she asked for the money ana he sale
that the Halls owned three-quarter
of land west of the river. at least on,
quarter, Of WHICH he. knew to b,
Iclear.
i Immunity Bath for Walla.
Stutsman told of a conversatio,
with, Judge E. T.. Burke. counsel 10
Walla, a day or two before the clos
of the preliminary hearing, In WhicI
Burke informed him ~that Gene wa
4 going on the stand and testify agains
Hairsand take an immunity bath an,
that the state could not use his owl
evidence against him. Burke sal,
4 Walla would testify that Hall ha,
taken some of the money and Stuts
man pronounced 1t damned lie.
He Informed Burke that he had tn