Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-20
.HAV|VER EXPECTS To
SCORE THIS WEEK
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PRE-.
SENT. HIS STAR WITNESSES
IN PACKING HEARING.
MESSENGER, FLAck AMI
OTHERS TO BE HEARD
Fairweather, Receiver cavanagh and
Morris Williams Expected to Give
Valuable Testimony Revealing
Shady Trat.sactions in Handling
Fun1a Of Concern.


Func,s Of Concern.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 20 Attorney
General II. NJ. Havner will put on his
most important witnesses this week
il, the Associated Packing Company
hearing which promises to continue
thru the remainder of this. the sixth
week. of the expose. They include
George Messenger former state
superintendent of banking. L. w.
Tom Fairwcathor, former mayor OF
Des Moines and former president OF
the Associated Packing Company.
John Cavanagh, receiver, president
Of the Des Moines National Bank.
and Morris Williams. OF Ottumwa
The, Linden bank has handed many
of the notes of the packing concern
given by purchasers of stock. Mes
selIger formerly owned the Linden
bank and Attorney Genera Havner
claims it is still owned by his fam
lily.
Ia. L. kingman, farmer neal
Grimes. has filed an answer in the
district court here to SUR brought
against him for the collection OF
note given for stock in the Associated
Packing Company, in which he not
onlysfights any collection of the note
but also asks for the return of the
money which he has already paid
on the note.
Calls Company Swinslis.
In his petition Kingman declares
that said note was given as part
payment OF subscription for stock
in swindle known as the Associated
Packing Company"
He declares further that early In
the year 1919 Woolf Teitel and r. Fl.
Frisby and others conspired together
to go thru the form of organizing a
corporation ,by filing pretended
articles OF incorporation and electing
dummy board of directors and by
procuring from said dummy board
Of directors O contract for commits
sions of % per cent on all stock IN
said pretended association that they
and their associates might, procure
subscriptions for. That said pre-
tended corporation was to engage in
the business OF operating Q. packing
plant in Des Moines.
THE victims of their swildle were
to be farDiers and others having a
sentimental interest in establishing
an independent packing business but
the sole intent and purpose was that
the said institution should be or
ganized on paper and should exist
long enough until they, the said
Woolf Teitel, r.. Fl. Frisby and as.
sociates could take subscriptions for
said pretended capital stock, receive
the cash for their 25 per cert and get
safely but Of the country.
"Ip pursuance Of said conspiracy
Woolf Teitel, r. I'll. Frisby and others
did elect dummy boaId of directors
employing said Woolf Teitel and his
associates under, the style of the AS
sociated Finance Company" to pro-
cure subscriptions to the pretended
corporations and for their said work
it was agreed that Woole 1'eitel ana
his associates were to receivt the first
% PEI cent Of every subscription
taken E e igfssf.J
The petition further alleges that
the note held by the Crimes Savings
Bank was purchased with full
knowledge, of said circumstances
surrounding the organizing; Of said
corporation" and therefore was not
purchased; in good faith. He asks
that the note be cancelled.
In counter petition he asks the
return to him OF the $537.5o already
paid to the Grimes bank
Officers Indicted.
The expected close late his week
OF the Associated Packing Company'x
suit to dislodge John Cavanagh as
receiver of the company will not
write 'finis" on the airing of the
company'si affairs, whatever may be
it's result.
Even tho the court should de-
eide to dismiss Cavanagh as receiver,
some thirteen former officers and
stock salesmen OF the company still
face criminal proceedings. q
Five of these cases will be heard
lin Polk county. Indictments have
been returned by the grand jury
against r. Fl. Frisby, former vice
president and general manager of the
company; j. A. Priestly, president of
the Priestly Engineering and Con-
struction Company which held the
contract for the building Of the pack
ing plant; Woolf Teitel. pre- sident OF
the Associated Finance Company,
which had charge of selling the stock
in the packing concern; and San
Landswick and Garry Haines, lead
ing figures In the conception and
promotion Of the project.
The indictments all charge con-
spiracy to defraud, and the live are,
expected to come to trial shortly
after the conclusion of the present
hearing.
In Appanoose county, C. Fl. Lewis
and c. D. Foster. both Of whom sold
stock in the packing company and
whose activities have been related
frequently by witnesses in Judge Nc
Calls court in the last week are
under indictment Their triill will be
held at Centerville.
Hold Two at corydon.
In Wayne county Harry Bentley
and Fred Wood, who have also been
mentioned at intervals by witnesses
in the present hearing, are under in
dictment at Corydon, with three
counts pending against each Of them,
all charging the obtainment Of money
under false pretenses.
j. C. Huntington, another. packing