The Monte Vista journal., 1920-10-30

- give MACON. Why had resigned.
saA 10 sos~stAi, such = piece II pos
s,hle psbiic,ty. rovnicy's attorney
puhitsAed . resignation for tao In
h,s papsr 20 ~ To publicly commit
ne b~sos. I committed myself
They never dreamed that ! would
"hov my a~eh" b~caus~ they al
vsya reasoned that ! couldn't AZ
ford 10 because Of my connection
With rovaiey and tho sisai enter.
prise. Hut there they made mis-.
take. I said they made y mistake
when they put me- In the hank. And
0ae mistake G-uesaiiy leads Ia 9th.
err. They made = mistake whom
they published = resignation With.
out my authority. and they mad.
another mistake when they thought
! would rcmain silent aud assume
The bSvden Of their wronRdoine for
. bustn~ss consideration. A. soon
~ ! read tho una authorized rc.ix-
nation. which I never signed. I gave
Mr. nrintaa = signed statement r--
pudiatinx the League hos.cs. Town
ley'A attorn~y and his newspaper
sad all thosr connected with the at
fair. When I returned to North
Dakota found conditions stili
worse IL the bank-and the League
aghtins with iis hack to the wall
with tho juno primaries on. de-
ctded to remain silent until after
election ~ the fsrmcrp were M,
responsible for the condition Of NJ.
fatr~. and In the mcaatimc went to
rownlcy to secure my hrst years
aalary ~ manager Of his sisal COM
pany. He told mo he was broke. his
various treasures empty. and I re-
ceived nothing but promises. II
waa here that Townley was forced
to abandon his Florida promotion.
and I later found that he planned
on rcpuaiatink me and the entire
Florida dsal--and saddle the whole
burden Of financing the enterprise
spoa me personally. which may
have 70 do. 10 took the matter
up with an attorney. and We pressed
Mr.. Townlcy. ! wrote several let
tsrs to his new financial SECRETARY
at Townley's request-demandinG
moAsy due mo. In the meantime
Brinton had taken the hank situa-
ton ~ with the Governor. had ~.
ceived the cold shoulder and had
made public my statement given
him in Miami regarding my resiEna.
tion. This brought on an attack
upon me By the editor Of tho Fargo
League paper. who knew nothing
Of Townley's Florida deal. and I was
charged with blackmail. The editor
was fred. But Townley refused TO
retract because that would force
him to acknowledge his ownerxhip
OF the Florida land. then brought
the suit which Ia now pending IN
Cass county. referred to heretofore
In these articles.
] Am making this statement for
Mr.. Brinton for publication no that
the public may know why have
been called . blackmailer. and why
am not now considered u good
Lacquer by Mr.. Townley and his at
torncy. William Lemke. regret
that I ever entered the Bank of
North Dakota. II was mistake on
my part-ss didn't realize at the
time the purpose which Townley
and Lemke wanted the bank for
and I honestly believe the League
bosses realize they made mistake
when they put me In charge Of their
stsal enterprise and the big State
bank. They say now. publicly. that
was not big enough for the job.
And confess I was not. II was too
big job for any honest mantle
way they wanted Il run I could 20
on and give more details regarding
the Bank OF North Dakota and the
sisal enterprise. but these details
will all come out In the court pro-
ceedings now pending-and I pre-
fer to try my lawsuit in court.
Signed. X. WATERS.
So you now have the story of
Townley. the dreamer. the promo