The producers news., 1927-07-15
PlentywOOd Banker Charged
With Horse Stealing
Continued from last Week.

know as a matter of fact and haven't
you seen time and time and time
again one horse getting from one pas
ture into another where there is only
a two wire fence around it? A. l
have seen that.
Q. Beg pardon? A. 1 have seen
that.
Q. And if the mother of a colt
should go from one pasture into an
adjoining pasture, it wouldn't be at
all strange for a colt to follow its
mother, would it? A. No.
Q. The fact of the matter is you
know they would, naturally, don't
you? A. Yes.
Q. Now, what did you say the
brand was upon this one year old
colt? A. A R
Q. Was that a mare or gelding +?
A. Gelding.
Q. Now you say that you first
learned of that colt had disappeared
a week or ten days ago, is that right {?
A. What?
Q. l say, you first assertained that
that colt had disappeared a week or
ten days ago, is that correct? A. Dis
I appeared a week or ten days ago? =?
Q. Well, may be wrong, but l
am asking you if that was your testi-
mony? A. No, l found it.
Q. When did you first learn that
the colt had disappeared? A. Last
spring when l couldn't find it.;
couldn't find mare or colt, either one.
Q. You mean the spring of 1927?
A. 1926.
Q. 1926. We're you at that time Oc-
cupying premises adjoining Mr.. Riba's
place? A. Yes.
Q. Did you make any inquiry of Mr..
Riba as to whether or not he had seen
colt of that description? A. Yes.
Q. And when did you have this con-
versatiOn with Mr.. Riba? A. When
ne was rounding up his horses.
Q. When was that? A. l don't
know the date.
Q. Well, I don't care about the
date. Can you give me the month
or year? it would help some. A. It
was later on.
z. Well, later on then what? I as
sumo 1T was later on when you dis
covered the hCrse was gone but what
do you mean by later? Was it six
months later on or wear later on or
what? A. 1t was shortly after seed
ing time.
Q. 1926? A. Yes, sir.
z. That would probably be along in
June, July, or August somewhere
along there? A. l suppose it is
somewheres in June.
@. And where was it YOU had this
conversation with Mr.. Riba about the
month of June, 1926? Down there on
his place.
Q. l understand Mr.. Riba has quite
number of places. Can YOU tell
me about where it was? Down at
the old townsite; the place down
there
9; That is the old Riba place /?
A. What?
Q. That is the old Riba place > Up
on the hill, is that what you mean +?
A. Yes.
=. Who was present at the time you
had the talk? A. Harrison Malcolm
was there for one.
Q. Anyone else? A. don't re-
member who it was; / know Harrison
was there.
Q. Are you quite certain he was
the only one there besides you and
Mr.. Riba? A. No, l am not.
z. What is your best judgment? ?
Were you and he alone or was some
body else there? A. Harrison NAL
colin was along.
=. | say, what is your best iudg-
ment as to whether or not you and
Mr.. Harrison Malcom and Mr.. Riba
were the only three persons present
when you had this talk? A. Well, l
don't remember of anybody else be-
ing there.
Q. What time of the day was it :?
A. In the afternoon.
y. Whereabouts on the place did
you have the talk? A. Right down
there by the barn.
Q. What was said /? A. I asked him
Il ne seen a mare with that brand
on and Mr.. Riba told Malcolm
O. That is, the A r brand? A. No.
z. What brand? A.. x S on the
right shoulder.
Q. Yes, and what did he saw?
A. He said he hadn't seen it.
Q. What did you say? Al asked
him to bring it in if he would see it.
Q. What did he say to that? A. He
said he would.
q. When next after that date did
you have any conversation, if at all.
with Mr.. Riba, in regard to that colt
A. No.
Q. That is the last and only con-
versation you ever had with him in
regard to the animal in question =?
A. Until l found it.
Q. When did you find it? A. About
ten days ago.
Q. Beg pardon? A. About ten days
ago.
Q. And did you have any conversa-
ton with Mr.. Riba after you found
the colt? A. Yes.
Q. Where? A. He called me into
the bank there.
Q. You say he called you in? A..
Yes.
Q. And who was present during
that conversation, if anyone, besides
you and Mr.. Riba-? A. There was
Malcolm and young Marsh.
Q. Harrison Malcolm? Yes. sir.
Q. And which Mr.. Marsh? A. I
don't know his first name; he worked