Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-16
B|RINITON
CHARGE MADEBY
LEMKE, REPORT
Brinton Declares He Has
Dared Lemke to Haul
Him Into Court"

!, Bismarck. n. D., Feb. 16.-"I arm
j informed that the attorney general
j has prepared a complaint charging
Brinton with perjury" said Attorney
{ jority members of the enate audits
committee.
h seante hearing yesterday after
!. noon dragged along for two hours. It
: was nearly six o'clock and there were
: not over a score of spectators left
!. when committee members got into a
, , little debate Of their own.
!. II move that this committee re-
: call j. w. Brinton to the stand and
!, dence and read the same n his state
|. ments into the record the same as Mr..
|, Cathro''. offered Senator Murphy, In
;; dependent.
= "Brinton has been allowed to tell
: all he pleased before the house COM
, mittee, he made definite statements
and swore positively that Cathro en-
bezzled funds" said Sinkler. "Mr.
; Cathro has a right to refute this"
I'D like to know what the courts
usually do in cases of this kind" Sem
ator Ployhar, Independent. asked
Sinkler.
The Attorney then declared he was
informed that a perjury charge was
to be made.
t"- TIIAtO > DuTS
z Brinton was advised Of the state
mcnts.
] He grinned.
That's what w been daring them
to dO-ge me into court" he said.
Refutation of testimony taken be-
: fore the house audit committee by
reading of prepared statements by
, .Cathro. was attempted by Attorney
) Sinkler and Cathro. They denied that
1. Tho Stnt nal l,1
Q $5,00O.O00 on deposit outside of the
state. Cathro saying the actual aver
age was ~$3.447.0 900 per day.
! Sinkler asked Cathro what the re-
y suit of thc failure to sell bonds had
, been and the chief of the league bank
8 unwrappcd a great bundle of papers
: and read. this lists, failure of local
, banks, foreclosures of many farm
.'*loans; inability to aid banks and aid
! farmers in meeting mortgage pay
/. ments and other opinions.
! Mr.. Cathro. did you ever take one
penny from the Bank of North Da:
!. kota?" asked the lawyer.
II did not" asserted Cathro.
i Cathro Is Indignant
Have o ever done anything but
!, what YOU considered for the best in
{ terests of the Bank of North Dakota
Il have not" Cathro answered, brist-
, ling with indignation. These were
{ samples of all the questions asked.
, h attorney and Cathro read into
the record an explanation of why the
$4,000 draf. on the Bank of North
: Dakota, by a Minneapolis bank was
unpaid for some ten days; records on
the bond transaction which fell thru
due as the league claimed to activi-
ties of the "forty-two tax payers:
many details on the kind of bonds in
I tended to be sold: Cathro's denial OF
B his alleged willingness to ''sail'. and
tho whole story of how he came tc
i take the Job. The attorney had Cath.
: TO publicly explain why he took mones
! from the state for all his living ex.
!, penses besides his $4,000 a year sal.
l airy. Also how he had worked from
IA to is hours a day since omins te
I Bismarck.
Nothing Wrong With Bank
rs there anything at all wrone
with the bank. Mr.. Cathro"" askeG
Attorney Sinsler.
Nothing that / know Of"
Apparently the object Of Attorne,
Sinkler throughout the questioning
was to have Cathro deny or explain
a way as far as possible any da1nagins
testimony brought out in the hearing!
held by the house committee, al
though he has been careful to avoit
touching on points that might prov,
embarrassing.
Mr.. Cathro had evidently