Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-10-25

ances from that time up until the
time of the robbery, | was able to
ascertain approximately the loss at
that time. | can state what that
amounted to without referring to my
record. The cash loss was approx
mately S~45,650.00. There was be-
tween fifty and fifty-five thousand
dollars of securities taken that b.
longed to the county. On the 18th
day of December, a proof of loss WA
made up and mailed to the Nations.
Surety Company of New York, which
proof of loss was made from the rec
ord of what was in the safe at the
time of the robbery.
Shortly after the robbery, an Off
cal or agent of the defendant comp
any came to Plentywood and made AN
investigation. They must have an
rived three Or four days at the most
after the robbery occurred. That
was Mr.. H. l.. Hart from Heiena.
He was state manager of the comp
any. Shortly after that another rep
resentative came, Mr.. Clawson whom
l was advised was counsel for the
company. In addition, Mr.. Larson.
the State examiner and Mr.. Latham.
deputy examiner arrived at the same
time as Mr.. Hart. There was an eni-
ployee of the defendant companj that
made ar examination. | think his
name was Schammell or Schimet.
He proceeded to check the records
when he got there and represented
himself as being an accountant. Both
Mr.. Erb and Mr.. Schmel were by Nh.
Clawson and Mr.. Hart represented to
me a being in their employ. ! be-
lieve these people arrived therein
within three days after the robbery.
Don't know just the dates but they
had access to the records and pro
ceeded to examine them their own
way.
Q. will ask whether or not you
assisted in every way possible to give
them access to all records which you
had. A. / did. @. And gave them
all the information which you had.
A. did. @. And did you ever de-
!, cline in any way to give them access
: to any records of the county? Well,
| not records of the county, no. Q.
e What is the answer? A. No, not
0 any records of the county. @. Did
you ever declined any of those gentle
2 men access to any of the public rec
t ords in your office. @. They had
S access to all records in the office.
@. And did you assist them in every
!. way possible to obtain access to all
| those records? A. / did. Q. And
d obtained all the information which you
could furnish them? A.. ] did
(WITNESS CONTINUING):
n Relative to the loss, / first notified
s Mr.. Riba and Mr.. Erickson that same
night, and | believe ! sent a telegram
d to the company in the morning, or In
structed Erickson to do so in my be
half. Anyway, the company repre-.
f sentatves arrived Immediately. Out
!; side of the notification ! gave the
h company Of the robbery, after we as
d certained the loss and numbers anc
e descriptions of securities stolen
caused notices to be printed of those
Y securities and mailed them TO al
e banks that | could think of. ! alst
had a notice published in the loca
h paper and also n the .Sew York Bonc
f. BUYER. Exhibit No. SO is a form O
j. notice which I caused to be published
and circulated. The notice was pub
| lished in the Producers News, a loca
h newspaper, and | received a thousant
le comics that were mailed to various
hanks in the northwest and the bank
is where the bonds that were taken wer'
Re payable and also had a copy OF
rs published in the Bond Buyer, New
d. York. That publication, as far as
D. know carries general news of the bon
r. market and various bond issues and
ne circulated among the bond buyers an
p. bankers throughout the country.
ut have seen exhibits "a and 3d.
er before. | obtained it from the Wells
.A D..
id Dickey Company, "a bond house i
he Minneapolis, and were a concern fror
he whom | received some of the bond
On that were stolen. They were one o
ba the firms | notified. This letter wa
to received in response to such reques
es made by me through them they CIV
f. what publicity they could to stop pay
on ment on them. EXHIBIT 34-A is
he copy of the notice which was publishe
he in the Bond Buyer, concerning whic
k | testified. The list ] had publishe
id of stolen securities was true and col
nd rect as to all bonds. There was
r. printers error which showed in til
IS. description of the warrants shown
at them as library fund warrants, II
DIS stead of warrants. ] observed all til