The producers news., 1924-04-25
T. w Mckee continued.

recess and thereupon the following
proceedings were had:
}. w. MCKEE, continued:
MR.. ERICKSON: The understand
ing IS you withdraw your objection
to evidence concerning the note?
NIX. PAUL: Go ahead. We are
not admitting the note, but you may
question this witness regarding it.
MR.. ERICKSON: Yes. Q. Was
the defendant Taylor on the goth day
of June, 1923, indebted in any way
to the First National Bank cf Plen-
tywood? A. Yes.
Q, How much? "A. $3.50, as
remainder it.
Q. How was that debt evidenced? :?
A. Note.
Q. When was this note given, do
you recall? A. l couldn't say-two
or three months before that time.
Q. And after the conversation
with Mr.. O'Grady, which you just
just testified to, what. if anything,
did you do with this note? A. |
mailed it to Mr.. Taylor at Mr..
O'Grady's request.
Q. That is, before mailing the note,
what, if anything, did you do to it {?
A. | marked it paid, I guess.
Q. Did you at any time ever have
a conversation with Mr. Taylor con-
cerning this note after you had mail
ed the note? A. Yes; I met him a
few days later, and I asked him if
he got the note I sent to him in the
mall and he said yes; that is the only
L.,
about it.
Mr.. ERICKSON: That is all.
CROSS EXAMINATION, by Mr..
Paul:
Mr.. PAUL: @. You say this note
was given two or three months prior
to that time that is, prior to the
goth 70 June, 1928? A. Yes; as l
remember it, some such period as
that
@. And had you known Of the
execution of the note two or three
months prior to the goth of June
A I couldn't say.
@. What? A. I don't remember.
@ When was this indebtedness cf
Taylor's incurred to the First Ma
tional Bank? A. I can't remember
when the note was given or what it
was given-it was given for money
or credit or something. I don't re
member.
Q. Do you recall an occasion, Mr..
Mckee, when Mr.. O'Grady was try
ing to borrow some money from you
in connection with campaign expenses
in 1922? A. I do.
Q. And do you remember O'Grady
and Taylor coming to the bank for
the purpose of arranging for the
loan? A. Yes.
@. And was the loan made? A.
q. q. At o'Grady's request? A.
Yes.
@. And this note is a renewal OF
the note that was given at that time,
isn't it, that you are talking about
A. | rather think so; l believe Sc
Q. Yes; of course it was. Now
prior to the time that this indebted
ness originated yOU recall, don't you
that O'Grady was the man that was
trying to borrow the money from
you, and that you would not loan il
to O'Grady? that is correct, isn't it
A. l believe it is.
q. And as result Of your refusal
to loan the money to O'Gradv.
OGrady brought Taylor down ano
had Taylor sign the note and on the
strength Of Taylor's giving you the
note you loaned the money to him ?
A; | believe that is right.
2. SO that this Indebtedness was
an Indebtedness of O'Grady as well
as Taylor, even though O'Grady's
name may not have been signed as
principal? A. Yes; I believe that
is right.
Q. AS matter of fact, O'Grady
signed the first note, didn't he? A.
l couldn't say positively to that. I
am not sure.
Q. You wouldn' say that he didn't
A. | wouldn't either no.
@. What is your best recollection
as to the amount of the note? A
S25O-two hundred fifty.
Y. That was on June 20, 1928? A.
About June 2Oth.
y And when you say it was $3.50
dc you mean the principal? ? A. The
principal, yes.
Y Or the principal and the inter
est A. The principal was $3.50.
Q. Now, whom did you have the
1lrst conversation with concerning the
proposition Of obtaining some more
money from the county to deposit II
the First National Bank, that is il
connection with this transaction? A
Why, 1t was O'Grady, as I remember
it.
Q. And where was this conversa-
ton had? A. In the bank.
Q. In what bank? A. First Ma.
tiOnal Bank.
Q. And where? Plentywood? A
Yes.
Q. That is, O'Grady came dowr
to the bank there? A. Yes.
Q. And you engaged in a conver
satlen concerning obtaining som,
! more money from the county to de