The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-04
~GUARDSMEN REFUSE
ENTRY TO OLSNESS
AND SEVERAL AIDES
Insurance Commissioner Fore.
ed to Wait on Examiner
as Probe Begins
DOOR LOCK IS CHANGED
Insurance Chiefs Demand for
Representation at Ex-
animation Granted
DOOR LOCK IS CHANGED

With national guardsmen still on
duty at the offices Of the state hail
department under orders Of Governor
William LANCER, preliminary plans for
su audit Of the departments affairs
were agreed upon Monday forenoon
by Fred w. Cathro, Of the state ex-
aminer's office, and 8. A. Olsness,
commissioner Of insurance.
Commissioner Olsness and several
of his assistants were denied admit
ance to the hail department offices
Monday morning by the guardsmen,
who have been on duty since Friday
night with the exception Of two hours
late Saturday, until the arrival Of
Cathro.
The guardsmen,s orders are to per-
, NIT no one entrance without permis-
sion Of Cathro, who has been instruct
ed to make complete audit" Of the
department.
Monday mornings development fol-
lowed on the heels Of confession
Saturday by E. ]. Heising, erstwhile
manager Of the state hail insurance
department. that he had obtained
81 $50 from the department illegally
through forged warrants, the first Of
which was perpetrated in 1927 and q
second later.
Make Working Agreement
Following their conference, Cathro
and Olsness announced that the au-
dit apparently would proceed with
relations between the examiners ana
insurance departments amicable.
AS the parley opened, Cathro an
nounced that he had had installed
a new lock on the front door Of the
establishment. He proposed to keep
one key himself and turn the other
over to Olsness, but the insurance
commissioner refused to accept the
key, declaring he would prefer that
Cathro have possession OF the keys SO
that no one from the department
could gain entrance except Win
Cathro.
Declaring that the insurance de-
partment is even more" eager to have
the departments affairs audited than
the examiners department. Olsness
said that nevertheless he would de-
mand certain protection" and rep
resentation" during the audit, point
ing out that neither he nor the de-
partment, but rather only one official,
had been 'impeached."
Names Aslakson.LaFrance
He proposed that the deputy insur-
ance commissioner, A. r. Aslakson
and the accountant Of the hail tnsur.
ance department. z. Everett LaFrance.
be the only persons having knowl-
edge OF the combination Of the vault.
Cathro agreed to this suggestion.
In view OF the fact that several
knew the combination to the vault.
Olsness suggested that the combtna-
ton Of the vault be changed and that
Aslakson and LaFrance be the only
persons invested with knowledge OF
the new combination. This sugges-
ton also was acceptable to Cathro.
Cathro demanded the right to ex-
: amine all Of Heising's correspondence
Of . public" nature. declaring that
after examination he will be willing
to return all private correspondence
to the suspended manager Of the de-
partment.
The examiner said he had no In
tention to interfere with the normal
course OF business Of the department
and said that. Is far IS he Was con.
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