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

him after he was in there? A. Yes,
he told me that. @. Did he tell you
whether or not they locked the vault on
him? A. Yes they did. @. He told
you that too, did he? A. Yes 0,
Did he tell you whether or not he got
out by his own efforts, or by some
one else's? A. He said the janitor
helped him to get out, MI. Dionne.
Q. Did he tell you about what time
he. got out? A. Well, he got out
about ten minutes to seven, or some
thing like that. @. Your best rec.
election is that he called you about
ten minutes to seven? A. About
that time yes sir, l cannot say with.
in afew minutes time. Q. l don't
expect that of purse A. That was
about that. @. That was about the
time you recall, hat is what your
memory is now? A. Yes sir. @
And he told you that he called you
ist as soon as he got out Of the vault !
Where could he get access to his tel.
ephone? A. Yes sir.
@. All the matters which I have
gone into are all that he told YOU
about the transaction before you
started out to trail, if you could these
supposed robbers? A. Well he tolc
me about Anna Hovet.
@. All right, what did he tell yor
about her? A. He said that she was
out when the robbers came in, that she
was out when the robbers came in.
Q. Yes. A. And that she came
back and tried the door, the side door;
the side door was locked and the short
fellow opened the door, and he sale
come in sister, or something of that
kind.
@. Torstenson told you that? A
| cannot recall whether Torstensor
told me that or Anna Hovet told me
that.
@. ! am trying to find out what
Torstenson said. / couldn't get at
what Miss Hovet said, the law don't
permit me to go into what she told
you about it. Go on and tell me what
Torstenson said about the short mar
calling Miss Hovet sister, or some
thing of that kind? A. He said,
come on, sister, he said, and take your
place right there on the corner, or
right under the table, or something
of that kind.
@. And did Torstenson then tell
you what Miss Hovet said to him. or
anything? A.. ! don't recall that ne
said that Miss Hovet said anything.
@. Do you recall whether Mr..
Torstenson told you what happened.
If anything, to Miss Hovet after this
remark addressing her as sister was
made. A.. don't recall at this time.
@. And did you recall anything
that he told you as to what Miss Iovet
did after she was told to take her
place around the table, or some place,
wherever it may have been? A.
She did as she was told.
Q. And did he tell you where it
was that Miss Hovet was placed. A.
1t seems to me that it was under the
table or in that corner, / think it was
under the table.
@. Mr.. Torstenson told you that.
as you recall it, did he? A. Mr..
Hurd cannot state positively whether
he told me that or not, but | think
he did.
@. Your office is directly across,
this east and west corridor from the
T~reasurer's office, is it not. A. Yes,
@. And it was there in the same
location on November 30, 1926. was
it not. A. 1t was the same as it is
now. @. 1t was the same as it is
now and been that way for a number
of years. A. Yes sir. @. Even to
prior November 80, 1926 A. Yes
sir.
@. And you are familiar, of courst
at least in a general way with the
furniture in the office of the County
Treasurer, are you not? A. Well
| cannot say that | am. @. We'll
you have been in there a number OF
times? A. Yes, / have been there
lots of times. @. You notice two
tables out there on the floor of that
office, do you? A. Yes sir.
Mr. BABCOCK: Objected to a.
not proper examination. Mr.. Hurd:
will connect it up. The Court.
Objection overruled.
@. Those are the two tables that
were in there that night, are they not ?
A. Yes, / think though, sometimes
those tables are in different places
in the room.
Q. They would be moved around
from time to time. AYES sir.
@. You don't recall at this point
just what particular location the tab
les were. Thpv were thpra ~ +ba.