The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-16

description Of it? A. Where was II
insured?
Q. Fargo? A. Where was it stor,
Q. 1914 Eleventh avenue south. A
We have had two or three Of these
cars and probably that is one of the
garages, that we kept them in.
@. l am asking you this, If you
did not insure this particular car in
your own name, A. G. Townley? A.
/ don't believe / did.
@. Will you say you did not? A
No, did not, IL must have been in
sured in my name. didn't insure il.
IL might have been done by the Of
flee.
Q. The application for insurance
was taken out in the name Of A. G..
Townley, and signed by A. c. Town
ley? 1t might have been, but don't
believe it. / have no recollection OF
insuring the car.
q. That was an Overland car, now
will ask you If you didn't have a
policy on a 1915 Hudson, 6 cylinder,
40 horsepower roadster? Sometime
along the spring Of 1917? A. Insur-
ance police?
o. Yes sir. A. I don't think so.
1t might have been done by the Of
fee. It might have been taken out
in my name.
@. The application was signed by
your A. 1 don't think 1 signed the
application.
Q. If one should show that you
had signed II, you will admit you are
mistaken? A. Yes, sir.
@. You won't say positively that
your recollection is clear on that? A.
No, won't, but 1 am quite sure.
@. Have you any definite Tecol-
lection OF these cars? A. Yes, sir,
I know the cars.
@, Do you know where they are
n6WG A. think the roadster is in
ST. Paul / might add here that
these are only two Of probably a half
dozan or a dozen Of that kind OF cars
that have passed through the hands
Of the organization.
q. Now, let's 60 back to another
proposition, have you any stock IN
the Scandinavian-Amertcan bank at
a. anybody holding any stock in
that Institution for you? A. No:
q. Or in any other bank in the
O. Or slsewhereH A. No, sir.
q. You say you only drew 100000
a month out Of the National Nonpar-
tisan Ieague7 A. Yes sir.
September, 1917, you say you only
drew $4,000 that month? A. II
said my salary was 100000, 1 might
have drawn more or less &c.,
8. You won't say you didn't draw
92sOO.00T A. / didn't draw k26OO.Oo
on my salary account
= O. You would not say there were
not checks drawn to A. 9. TownIey
in that month for S26Oo.oOT A
There might have been more than
that I have drawn checlzs-for your
information, I would say this mnch |
probably in the sum Of $1,000 or
' q. who is W, G. Johnson A
DS q. For whomF A The NOnpar-
a. works on a salary there7 A.
q, Small salaryT A. Yes sir,
$4,000 or 1880, I don't know what
1t is.
,,src5 Ia nut in the Exchange Bank
Of ST. Panl, in July, 1917, check Tor
$4,000, drawn on the publishing com
nanv and credited to his accountE A. I
What time was that? -. -,
o O. July, 1917 A I don't know
as 1 can explain the detail OF the
matter. might say rumors 70 the
effect that the league funds and the
publishing company's FUNDS were
about to be tied up by some kino OF
proress might have prompted US TO
nut some money IN his name.
O. You remember buying Q great
number or a big number OF Country
Gentlemen from q representative
from Brainsrd, Mimi
4. Yes. sir. -,. s,s
you buy at that timef About o.
VA "a No. It wasn't 10000
q. Pretty near that, wasn't It?
g. Wen, q involved quite a sum
u a think the check for the first
bunch Of those papers was $500.
q. Do you know the gentleman
With whom you dealt?
A. / would know him II "a"
q. The check was drawn by you
A. q. ToWnleyT
A. Yes. sir.
q. ParB0nalRy2
IA. Yes, sir.
q. Signed by you perSona1yE
IA. Yes, sir. , !
q. What were the other cnecAs
Fou drew later on? 8
A. Wen, might have drawn an
sH-Ta or I might have bought an
aTfonnobiIa and drew a check to pay
q. On your own accountT
q Do YOU carry-an account now? !
s. Personality I mean, as an c
a. Yes, sir.
- TVbere IN that account kept? a
I The National Exchange bank. Y
a "a thsre anything in it? Il
A 1 don't know how much there Z
d. You can't ten US right now? a
q we would like to know how A
rFSrsh cash you have on handF
Issarv Is $500 per month, was In Il
aahS fhs other day. and the once a.
,Tst there needed money tor certain Il
title expenditures, ana drew
.o1ple OF checks.
q. On your own ACCOUNT Il
a yes. sir, in the sum OF $1,000
nj advised the office that the checAs
pers drawn for the expense or the W
and asked them 70 take s.
!. - - tbnaa checks. And they were Va
: ! ~ = CHARGED against the account Of "
- manager there. When l was in
"a ufate Of North Dakota here l m
rev a check for the price OF Ford te
utnmobfle on my own account or = ct
az a dozen automobiles and that ~
800 yvouId have been taken care OF ~
zhen / rot in to the ONCE and the -
arfiss who got the automobiles
s0III6 have been charged with them. =,
81 You might, as A. O. TownleT ~
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