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

theside door.
Q. Was it locked when you arrived
there, or unlocked? A. The door
was open / think. @. When you ar
rived inside of the office, you recall
whether Mr.. Torstenson and Miss How
ct were? A. When | arrived at the
office? Q. When you got inside of
it? A. No, they were not there,
but I don't recall just exactly where
they were in the room. They were
along the center of the room some
where | believe.
@. Sitting down o r standing up,
or doing anything, or what? A. No,
they were standing up. There were
papers strewn all over the floor.
They might have been looking the
papers over, / don't recall.
@. Do you recall the length of time
listening to what Mr.. Torstenson had
to say? A. Not very long.
@. Would not be over a couple of
minutes at the most? A. / think
perhaps I was there ten minutes.
@. Did you 60 inside of the vault :?
A. l was inside Of the vault, yes.
@. And looked things over in
there? A. / just went in and looked
around, things in general. l didn't
look things over very closely. ] did
not have time to.
@. You didn't pay any attention
to the papers which you saw strewn
over the floor in the main office. A.
Well. l saw all kinds of papers there
and documents. @. You did not
stop to look at them7 A. No, / did
not. @. You made no examination
of them 1T all? A. l just see that
they were papers that belonged to the
Treasurer's office.
Q. Did you look over. the top of
the grill work to see whether there
was any dust on it or not? A. Com
ing into the main office? @. No,
the grill work over the counter where
the money was taken i'm A. No.
@. You didn't make any cxamina-
tion up there at all? A. | did not.
@. Did you make any investigation
to determine whether there were any
finger prints?- A. / looked over the
safe, and l couldn't see any.
@. Which safe did you look at?
A. / looked at the screw safe. /
think | looked at the other one too.
| think / looked at both of them. !
looked on the vault door.
@. On the vault door? A. |
looked at the vault door. @. Did
you find any finger prints there?
A. No, / couldn't see my, | don't
think. @. Did T~orstenson tell you
whether or not these people had on
gloves? A. / don't recall whether
he told me hat the had gloves on or
not. / believe he said they did, ] am
not so positive about that Mr.. Hurd.
whether he did or not.
@. Did he tell you that each of
them had a revolver in his hand?
A. Yes sir. @. And did he tell you
they had a glove on both hands. or
either of the hands, or either Of them
had gloves on? A. / don't recall
whether he said that or not. Q.Was
that the only examination for finger
prints that you ever made? A. Well
/ have looked upon them @. /
mean, in this office? A. Yes, it is
yes sir. @. Now then. when you
first picked up the tracks, which you
have mentioned to the Jury, they
were out east of the Court House,
were they? A. Yes sir. @. That
is the point where you first picked
them up? A. Yes sir. @. And
how far east from the east door of
the east and west corridor, the door
that goes out toward the back build
ings? A. Well, | think maybe forty
feet or fifty feet, something like that.
@. Now these back buildings are
toilets, are they not? A. Yes there
is a toilet there, but the commissioner
room runs out right close to this room,
it goes over north and south.
Q. Is the commissioner room, is
that still east of the Clerk & Record
er's room? A. Yes quite a ways
east. @. We have an exhibit here,
numbered 40, that just outlines a por-
ton of the Clerk & Recorders office.
If you will turn it the other way
you will get north. That is where
your left thumb is, north. A. | can
make it out for myself. @. That is
all right. First, when you leave the
door at the extreme end Of the west
corridor? A. Yes. @. Which is
here? A. Yes, that is here. @. No,
that is the door outside of the grill
work. Here is the door going out
back. A. Yes.
@. Now then when you pass out