The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-02

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a copy left with Assured. Attach or
iginal to Proof of Loss.
(Note: There are two HDme adj
justments, like above, signed by same
parties, ingthe sum of 1925 and $500,
respectively; also two Westchester
adjustments like above signed by
same adjuster and witness, in the
sum of $3.50 and $306, and tsyo sGer~
man Alliance adjustments, same firm,
ETC., in the sum of $306 and $3.50, re-
spectively, with same signatures, etc.
not printed because Of repetition).
The adjustments were made and
after waiting for a long period of
time for the two thousand dollars to
come from these Insurance companies
I went to minneapolis to nd out at
the companies head Offices. The COM
pany showed me their records there,
that one draft for $4,000 and one
for $4,000 payable to T. Kelley, the
party insured. was on the 18th day OF
September, 1917, sent to w. NJ. RAIDER
at Raymond, Montana. Therefore I
saw RAIDER, who denied ever receiving
the drafts until July, 1918, when he
said he received them from the COM
pany and then they were cancelled.
Although he said he had the drafts
in his possession, he refused to let
me see them or turn them over to me,
saying, he was ordered by the COM
| pany to send them back to Minneapo-
lis as the company wanted them there.
When the drafts got back to Mime
apolis, through my attorney there in
ST. Paul, Mr.. Arthur Lesuer, / had
the two drafts photographed, show.
ing the name, T. c. Kelly, to whom
the drafts We're made payable was:
forged thereon. So there is a very.
good reason. Mr.. RAIDER says he did
not see the drafts until July, 1915
and then they were cancelled. OF
course that it alright for RAIDER to.
say, but the records of the main, Of.
flee says they were sent to him Sep
TENDER II, 1917. What want to
find out is, who forged the name of
T. C.. Kelly on these two drafts. If Mr..
RAIDER did not do the forging, his
actions in the matter plainly shows
that he knows who did it and wants
to protect them in the forgery, as he
cannot nor does not deny that the
name, T. c.. Kelly is. forged on these
two drafts. But Mr.. RAIDER, who
says he is now cashier of the First
National Bank of Raymond, Montana,
and as the records of the insurance
company shows, he is not only an
insurance agent, but figures very
prominently in the two thousand
dollar hail insurance swindle. He
sues T. C.. Kelly for the collection of
the two notes: one for $4,000 and one
for $4,000. On the $4,000 note he
asked for $4,000 attorneys fees for
collection and on the $4,000 note he !
asked for $500 attorneys fees for
the collection and he went on the
witness stand and swore that $4,000
was rea enable attorneys fee for
the collection of the $4,000 note and
that $500 was a reasonable attor-
neys' fee for the collection of the
$4,000, and his lawyer sworn on the
witness stand also that these attor-
ney's fees were just and right. OF
course, you could not blame, Mr.. Lew
is, the attorney, as that is his end of
it. Keep the attorneys fees as strong
as he can. The case was tried here
in Plentywood on the 18th of De-
cember last. OF course when the
case went to the jury there was moth
ing left for the jury to do but find
for Mr.. RAIDER, as tried all could
to show that Mr.. RAIDER had these
two drafts amounting to $666.OO OF