Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-02

Z, 1871.
real owner Of the Nonpartasan
Publishing CO..
Townley then produced the books
OF the publishing company. Brtnton
says, and showed him where several
Thousands Of dollars were owed4to the
Nonparttsan Publishing CO.. by the
Nonpartisan League for subscriptions
to the Nonpartisan Leader part Of,
each membership fee paid in to the
Nonpartisan League being the nnem-
ber's subscription to the Leader.
Townley further told Brinton, the
latter declared. that he, T0wnley, had
an agreement with the boys" that
he was to control the publishing COM
pany and 1t was this money due from
the Nonpardsan League for sua,scrtp-l
tons that he was using in oonnec-
ton with the Florida scheme.
The letter which Was introduced In
to the Ease was written by Mrs. Lun-
din from Brooklyn, N. Z, following
the death Of her husband in Mime
apis, where he had gone on sisal
trust business. The letter was adj
dressed to J.. w. Brown, that being
the name which Brinton used when
in Florida at the Sisal trust planta-
ton, he said. The letter was dated
October g., 1920, and the portion of
it bearing on Townieys connection
with the sisal trust was as follows:
Text OF Letter
II did not see Mr.. Townley hut
hts attorney, Mr.. Paddock, and
through him, MI. Townley treat
ed me nice.
mi. Townley paid the hospital
and the doctor, bought the coffin
and sem Lundin's body 70 Miami.
I got my fare back, and $75 OF
$50 in cash. I do not remember
exactly how much.
Mr.. Paddock seemed to know
that the place In Silver Palm was
mortsaged for 3 1920, and so 1t
was. He promised that it would
be paid, and that I should not
worry " the mortgage. He
four times. Ne
NaHe said that MI. -Towrley was
looking after my interest and I :
would have my share IN the Sisal
enterprise jest the sarae, but how
much or In which way he did not
say"
Among the other d~oucrnents pre-
sented was a schedule Of the assets
and liabilities Of the Sisal trust mad
out on the letter head Of the Nom
partisan league, which showed that
n!ne-fpurteenths Of the capital stock
Of the COMPANY belonged to a party
schedule, g-tnton said, had been made
up By Town1ey for his guidance when
his and j. r. Waters took yer the
management OF the S!sal trust from
J. ]. Hastings.
There vas also a bill made out By
J. J.. Hastings for his services. thie
contained an item Of seven hundred
dollars as Expenses Of T. "A. Box ez
inspection trip" made at the request
of J. w. Brinton.
The lame J. W. Brintor. howeve,
was written in over an erasure while
the est Of the document was typed
name Of A. G. Townley> had stood
where his now appears and that h<
had altered the document at Town
ley's orders in order that the league
boss might n be coupled up with
the Sisal trust in any a ,
castings Notes in Evidence
When the court adjourned a line O.
testimony was being developed LEADING
up to Brinton's alleged placing Of
worthless check in the Scandinavian
American bank at the request of o. e
Lofthus and VIM. L@mke with a viey
to deceiving the supreme court. I,
this connection a number Of notes ant
renewals given by j. j. Hastings, an
other officials Of the sisal trust we-
placed In evidence all over the objec
tons Of MI. Weeks.
During the course OF the hearr,
today, Mr.. .LeSueur took ~ Brtato,
throughout the entire information. fl
ed by the state against him, Rrintor
in each case verifying and aneplfyin;
the testimony he CAV before in tn,
house Of representatives investigate,
committee last winter.
Several new features DEVELOPED Il
the course Of the testimony, chic
, among which were ON details OF tn,
methods used by the league fnanciers
On Cash-Raising Trip
, IN this connection Brtnton testine'
nesata and Iowa, In 1918 with J.. J
Hastings. and F. 3. Wood. the objec
being to raise ready cash for tn
Observation-Disclosures bank. Hast
ings told Brtnton, the latter claimed
that the bank was badly II need o
funds, having been sucked dry by tn
N~onpartisan league and subsidiar.
The money raising trip was a fat,u-
but on returning to St Paul, Brtnto1
raised $4,000 OF paper from tn
Observation-Disclosures bank ant
taking It to Fargo, deposited It in tn
bank, he said.
Part OF this paper, B-inton said
consisted Of certificates OF deposi: is
sued to the Equity Cooperative Pack
ing Co., Of Fargo, according to the wit
ness. Hastings, he said, told him tina
the Equity zones had no need o
these temporarily and had given tn.
bank permission to raise money OF
them.
Hastings also said, according to
BrtIton, that when be and Porter
Etmbell purchased their Interest
In the Bank Of North Dakota the
N~onpaxtsan league furnished
5000 directly toward the per-
chase, and TINT the remainder Of
4 the money needed was raised by
the two f~nancders on acookamnda-
ton notes.
When Hastings became involved i,
the Valley City bank scandal, Erinto1
eaid that Tpwnley declared he woul'
have to sever his connection with tn