Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-08
DIXON INDICATES
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testimony OF the BoVeEuoT SeHiu oS
used for impeachment, only.
The governor then told of the report
that Conley had three pieces OF land
he wanted to sell to the state. one a
piece of 120 acres, while one was 500
acres upon which had been built many
brick buildings, with a ditch alone
worth $4,000 and for which Conley
wanted $4,000 or $50 an acre.
Have you any ill feeling or malice
toward Conley?" asked the attorney
general.
Not in the least" replied the gov
erpor.
Did you regard Conley as fit or
unfit for reappointment?'
Thought Change for Better
NO answered the governor, Il
thought l could get a better warden
than Conley had been. l thought that
for his sake and my W and every
body else's it would be better to make
a change"
When asked why he had sen Mac
Donald to Deer Lodge the governor
entered into a statement to which At
torney J.. F. O'Connor objected upon
the grounds that he was not combining
himself to an answer of the question.
The governor said he was addressing
HIS TeIldTkS 10 Tie Coult, " MI
O'Connor replied he understood that
but that this was a law suit and be
would insist upon the witness keeping
within the bounds.
Governor Dixon then said stories
had come to him as to the lootlng OF
the commissary and that a witness had
told him a story of a hale hour dur
alton covering the matter.
Again Attorney O'Connor objected
and the court instructed the governor
that he would have to c~onfine himself
to the question.
Reads of Great Conspiracy
Il am trying to tell the reasons for
this investigation" said the governor.
Il have been reading of this great
conspiracy into which | entered
Here he was again stopped by an
objection but succeeded in saying he
started the investigation because a
witness had told of the footing of the
commissary of thousands of dollars
worth of goods. Another objection
was entered and the governor proceed
ed:
There has been a great wastage of
the states property. III fact. / was
in a quandrary to know what to do.
Macdonald came into my office quite
accidentally while on his return from
Chicago. wanted someone to go over
there and investigate and as he had
been a county attorney / thought he
would be a good man to do the work
He did not want to go at first and
wanted to know how long it would take
! said two or three weeks. I said /
wanted to get the truth to be fair to
the state and fair to Conley-"
Objection Is Sustained
Objection entered by Judge Car
Rasch of defense counsel to the line
of testimony was sustained.
Mr.. Rankin asked, What instruc-
tons did you give Macdonald"
II said get the facts replied Mr..
Dixon, go to Conley and get explana-
tons. He may be able to clarity the
situation: I want only the truth"
What did you tell Macdonald about
Conley's refusal to consult with him 2
asked Mr.. Rankin.
Well" replied the governor, "a day
or two after MacDonald's appointment
Conley and his counsel came into my
office and asked me to convene the
prison board. His attorney then said
he refused to let his client appear be-
fore Macdonald. | saw Macdonald
later and told him nevertheless to &c
right ahead and see Conley.'
was there ANY 1utIllihtlOu tHdt sou
wanted any particular results?' asked
the attorney general.
Says Wanted Only Truth
Absolutely none,' said the govern
or. only that l wanted the truth. ]
had no more feeling against Frank
Conley than ! have against one of these
newspaper correspondents indicating
the newspaper men covering the trial
VI xL4- a-a,, rsr.nI e.
the attacks which had been made upon
him in some Of the newspapers relat-
ing to this case, wheredpon Judge
Horsky informed the governor that the
court was not being influenced in the
least by any of the newspaper stories
and suggested:
"One canno always believe every
thing in the newspapers
This led Attorney O'Connor to re.
mark:
NO, if that were not true ther. are
some institutions that should BIZ
brought before the court for contempt.
The governor said that a month be
fore he made the change of wardens
Conley had told him his time was uT
and he was ready to leave on a mo.
lutely no i'll will against Conley, that
he had hardly known him and he
thought he had talked to Conley only
two or three times before this.
After the governor had been excused
from the stand. the state called Ware
Beley. member of the house of repre-
sentatives during the last two legisla
tive assemblies from Wheatland county
who testified as to a conversation with
Conley while a member of the commit
tee on appropriations during the last
session.
He said Conley had told him there
should be an appropriation of $4,000
for the purchase of 100 acres of land
near the prison and that the water
right and bitches upon this land were
alone worth $4,000.
Under cross-examination. he said be
did not know Of any Dixon and anti
Dixo factions in the house, although
there was division upon some measures
and that he belonged to the '67 solids
which he said also included Macdonald
of Flathead and Brockway of Yellow.
stone.
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