The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-28

cent per year, ne SAID, while IntereSt
on the loan from the Bank OF North
Dakota was only five and three
quarters per cent. An excess or
| profit" resulted, Gammons said, and
the legislature in 1927 set aside a
fund for the military history from
this excess Not all of the military
history fund was placed on c. d., he
! said.
Mrs. Gammons spent full time on
her work for the first nine months
| and part time for the next seven
months on the job, receiving SITS
for the full-time and 500 a month
for the part-time, Gammons said.
When she completed her work she
still had about $85 due her. It was
| understood that her pay was to be
deferred until interest payments came
| due, he said. When interest pay
ments were received, regular vouch-
ers for her salary were made out and
he cashed the cashiers checks, pay
| ing her from his own account. These
vouchers, he said, were filed with
the records of the industrial COM
mission in the usual fashion and re-
corded in a book for that purpose.
In 1882, Gammons said, the c. d.
was reduced to $4,000 and the in
terest cut to two and one-half per
cent. The last interest payments,
he said, in his memory were for 1925
and $l25. Sometimes he paid Mrs.
Gammons in cash, other times by
check.
Higgins Cross-Examines
Under cross-examinatiOn by As
sistant Attorney General Milton K.
Higgins, Gammons said vouchers
made out for Mrs. Gammons' salary
| totaled in the neighborhood OF 81 ,875.
He said he could remember making
one cash payment of $500 to her, and
declared that he did not now have
any of the Cancelled checks which he
had made out to her.
The first $4,000 was turned over
to the military history fund in July,
1927, he said, and another similar
amount was turned over couple OF
months later" He also testified to a
transfer of "some $4,000" near the
end of 1927.
On April l, 1929, he said under
ross-examination, Mrs. Gammons
returned to the employ of the motor
vehicle registrar at a salary of $50
month. She was doing the bulk OF
her special work at her home but
made frequent" calls to the indus
trial commission office while estab-
fishing the new set-up.
In 1924 he said, he was authorized
by an industrial commission resolu-
ton to hire, fire and pay" employees
of the commission.
Entries in the book listing vouchers
were made by him personally, in his
own handwriting, Gammons said.
Bitter argument developed when
Higgins asked Gammons about an
1929 deposit made by him in 1927
Sullivan leaped to his feet Immediate
lily, Directing to the question on the
, grounds that it was "immaterial. anc
: irrelevant, not relating to the trans.
action involved in this case" IF thi:
. question is permitted" he shouted tt
! Judge Jansonius, I'VE might just a.
we'll open up the records clear bach
!, to 1924 and begin systematic review
of all transactions. We can carry thi!
, case through the summer under thai
procedure"
q Judge Orders Recess
i At this point Judge Jansonius callet
: recess until a. m. Friday and callet
8 the attorneys into consultation. Point
: ing out that there must be some linn
6 | it to how far the state can 60 in re
! farrinO IN other cases tn nrOve intent
r the Judge asked Higgins to presen