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


Direct examination by Mr..
Murphy:
Q. Mr.. Townley, may I ask where
you live, where your residence is?
A. Ny residence is in North Da-
kota, am living in St Paul.
@. You claim, as / understand,
a. Yes. sir. ..-
Q. What part OF North DalSotaT
A. Fargo.
Q. But you are actually residing
. in the city OF st. Paul. MINI?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Are you q married manF
A. Yes, sir.
Q. What is your wife's first name
A. Margaret.
q. May ask IL Mrs. Townley is
at present in st, Paul?
A. She is not just now.
@. Away temporarily?
A. Yes. sir.
@. She expects to return?
A. Yes. sir.
Q. want to direct your attention
to some OF the claims YOU have
scheduled here. the claim Of the
International Harvester Co, Beach,
y. D., in the sum OF $1.S45 and an
other claim OF the same concern. g.
3e2, scheduled as secured claims. I
win ask you whether you have ever
paid those. or notP
A. I don't think have.
Q. You know don't you?
A / think haven't paid them. I
q. wen. have you made any ar
Tangements TO take care OF those
plnfFuap
A. Not outside Of the present ar
ranEement
Q. By that. you mean these bank
ulptcy proceedingss
"A. Yes.
q. You have made no special ar
rangement with that creditor 10 take
care OF the claims9
A. No, sir.
q. No agreement To take care OF
them or pay them in the future?
o. And no payment has been
made them prior 70 the commence
ment OF these bankruptcy proceed
ings on these claims?
a. Not since 1912.
@, Do YOU know whether within
the four months preceding the bank
ruptcy any property was turned over
to them on these chattel mortgages
or otherwise?
A. No property was turned over
TO them by me.
q. was any turned over In your
behalf BY any other person2
A. Not thatI know Of. there may
have been some adjustment between
creditors that don't know anything
about
q. Now, with reference to the
creditors. Lowell brothers. the same
situation obtains? Did YOU make any
payments to them?
"A. I haven't made any payments
to anybody since 1912.
Q. None whatever to any o. these
creditors2
"A. No.
O. That covers all Of them 80 we
won't have to so into them in detail ?
A. Yes. sir.
q. Nor have you made any agree
ment to take care of them in the
bankruptcy proceedings?
q. NOW. since 1914, your business
has been that OF president and man
ager of an organisation known as the
Nonpartisan league?
A. Yes. sir, since the spring OF
8. Prior to that time. you were
engaged in business in farming
operationsf
didn't farm any after that year.
q. What was your business be-
tween 1919 and 1915. when the
organization Of the Nonpartisan
league was erected?
A. / worked for land company
q while.
Q. Where was that?
"A. Illinois.
Q. THAT concern owe you any
money?
a. Not that know of. That is
a land company that the Schusters
belong TO.
Q. And Adlers?
A. No, / don't think It is Adler a |
schuHter. he is associated indirectly
with them, but / didn't work TOT
Adler, I worked for Schuster.
q. You had some farming opera
lions in Colorado?
A. That was prior to 1912.
q. Since 1916 when the Nom !
partisan league was organized you
had been engaged in managing and
in and about. the affairs Of that
ors anization?
IA. Yes, sir.
@. You were the original orlgina~
tor Of it were your
A. Yes, sir.
%. Are YOU a member on itG
A. Not in the sense that / pay |
the membership fee. I am not.
O. You are not in that same sense
that the ordinary member pays q
fee2
"A. That is correct
q. But you, as I understand tt I
are president Of the organization
"A. Yes, sir.
8. The organization exists through
several states?
A. Yes, sir.
q. Minnesota, North Dakota. and
South Dakota
al. Yes. sir
@. Montana?
q. Idaho? And wisconsin?
Al. Yes. sir.
aa6 tts distinct state organization3 j