Arizona republican., 1919-10-28
WITNESS TELLS IF THREE YEAR
 FIGHT AGAINST
 ALI I l OFFICIAL
Pandolfo Accused Of Being Implicated In Numerous Stock Selling Schemes By New Mexican Bank Officer
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

CHICAGO, Oct 27. - Alexander Shipley, president of the Clovis Ma tional bank of Clovis, New Mexico, re- cited the details of a three-year fight against s. c, Pandolfo, head of the Pan Motor company, when called as a witness for the government today in the trial of the officials of the cor poration who are charged with using the mails to defraud.
 He said the feud began in Clovis, N. M., when he and Pandolfo engaged in a public debate on the merits of the Pan Motor company as business enterprise in the course of which the banker denounced the plan of Pan dolfo to enter the automobile manu- featuring field as stock selling fraud and advised residents of the town not to Invest in the shares.
 This was July 19, 1916, and the fight has been continued ever since without interruption. Later, as result of the controversy, Pandolfo filed a S25,0O islander suit against Shipley and the banker retaliated by beginning crlm- inal proceedings against the promoter. In 1919 both contestants entered into an agreement by which both islander suits were dismissed but within few weeks the fight apparently was again renewed with more Vigor than ever. This time the vigilance committee of the Minneapolis branch of the AsSo- ciated Advertising Clubs of the World and a representative of the Minnesota capital issues commission joined hands with Shipley in tracing Pandolto' s early record in the southwest and 1t was learned that the Pan Motor com pany head had years before induced a large number of persons in Texas to buy stock in the Alamo Life Insur- ance company, the origin of which was never completed.
 During his testimony Shipley re- ferred to Pandolfo as hot air mer- chant" "a practical dreamer" and a "grandstand stock salesman"
 On cross examination, Attorney Carl Cummins for the defense, asked Ship ley if he had ever been indicted for cattle stealing in Texas. Judge Lan- dis sustained an objection to the ques- tion made by government counsel but the banker insisted upon answering.
 When I was a boy IS years old 1 was in the cattle business in Texas with my father and brother" said the witness. Me and my brother were in dicted for stealing a yearling on com plaint of a neighbor. It was all due to a misunderstanding and the indict- ment was dismissed without a trial The man who caused my indictment is now one of the best friends I have
 Earlier in the sessions Mrs. Sarah E. Clark of Belen N. M. caused some excitement by testifying that Miss Florence Coleman an employe of the Pan Motor company visited her at her home after she had been subponaed as a witness in the case by the govern ment and gave her $60 to pay her ex- penses to St. Cloud Minn. to inspect | the company's plant. Mrs. Clark re turned the money and declined to make the trip.
 When Judge Landis demanded al l explanation of the alleged attempt tC interfere with a government witness | counsel for the defendants informed 1 the court that MT. Pandolfo had sent | Miss Coleman out west to interview | stockholders who might be called as witnesses and had provided her witt 1 $500 for expenses.
 Judge Landis then issued a sub ! poenae for Miss Coleman and allowed l the subject to temporarily rest. George B. Baxter testified that il | 1916 while he was cashier of a banl ! at Melrose, N. M., Pandolfo called or him and gave him three shares of stocl ! in the Pan Motor company for signing letter stating that he considered tn,
 automobile manufacturing business {; | profitable industry. He said the let
 ter was given with the understanding
 that it was not to be used in sellin,
 stock. When he learned that the let
 ter had been used in violation of thi | understanding, Baxter made an un
 successful attempt to have the 1ette ] returned. ,