The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-07-15
1. Here in Bismarck.
!. What place in Bismarck?
l. It was on Main street.
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Q. What place in Bismarck?
A. It was on Main street.
Q. In whose presence7
A. Well, there was Mr.. McOurdy
and Roberts and Conrad.
l Q. Mr.. Conrad7
A. Yes.
| Q. Mr.. Conrad Is from the Quicl
Print?
A. Yes.
@. You never were present at an,
meeting between any members of tn
Board of County Commissioners ant
any representative of the Bismarcl
Tribune, yourself personality
A. No, I haven't.
@. In fact insofar as your know.
ledge of this matter Is concerned YOU
entire knowledge is confined to what
you read in the Commissioners Pro.
ceedings?
! A. Yes, sir.
/ Q. And that exclusively?
A. Yes.
Mr.. Sullivan: That Is all.
|. Mr.. McCurdy: That is all.
L. e. Heaton.
Mr.. L. 4. Heaton, having been
called as an adverse witness for cross
examination under the statute, and
having been first duly sworn, accord
ing to law, testified q follows:
Cross examination under the stat
ute by Mr.. Sullivan:
Q. Your name Is Mr.. L. 4. Heaton?
A. Yes.
Q. Your residence, Mr.. Heaton?
A. At Mckenzie.
Q. You are more than twenty one
years of age?
A. Yes, a little.
Q. And you are one of the sign
ers of this petition in this case against
these county commissioners, Solder,
Swanson and Tiedman?
A. I am.
Q. Where did you sign it, Mr..
Heaton?
A. On that paper.
@. And where did you sign it?
A. At Mckenzie.
Q. Who was present at the time
you signed It?
A. Mr.. McCurdy, Mr.. Conrad and
~ guess that is all.
@. Mr.. McCurdy the attorney in
this action?
A. Yes.
q. Mr.. Conrad is Mr.. Conrad of
the Quick Print Company?
A. I think so.
Q. AS I take 1t, Mr.. Heaton. your
knowledge concerning the matter is
confined, I assume, exclusively to
what you have read In the commis-
sioners proceedings.
A. That is-yes, that is the large
part Of it.
Q. Well, you have no personal in
formation concerning the allegations
in this petition other than what you
have read in the commissioners pro-
ceedings?
A. And heard talked over.
9. And heard somebody else say?
A. Yes.
Q. In other words it would be from
what you know yourself In the mat
ter, your knowledge Is confined to
what you read in the paper as a part
OF the county commissioners proceed
ings2
A. It is.
@. Anything else you might have
said would be hearsay, what you
heard somebody else say was no per-
sonal knowledge Of your own3
A. No.
Mr.. Sullivan: That is all.
l Mr. AkArsgNAVys a. -
p. p. Bliss
p. P. bliss, having been called q an
adverse witness for cross examination
under the statute, by the defendants
and having been first duly sworn &C.
cording to law, testified as follows:
Cross examination under the stat
ute by Mr.. Sullivan:
Q. Your full name is Mr.. p. p
Bliss?
A. Yes.
Q. You reside whore, Mr.. Bliss7
A. Mckenzie.
q. You resided there for q con-
siderable number Of years?
A. Since 1906.
9. You are one OF the signers upon
this petition or affidavit in conuee-
ton with the county commissioners
Solder, Swanson and Tedman?
A. I am.
Q. Where did you sign It Mr.. Bliss?
A. The paper2
@. Yes.
A. At my farm.
Q. And at or about the time 1t is
dated?
A. Yes.
Q. Who was present when you
signed It?
A. Mr.. Conrad. Mr.. Mccurdy and
MIR. Orr.
9. Mr.. Orr?
A. Yes.
q. Mr.. Orr and Mr.. Conrad are
connected with the Quick Print here
in Bismarck?
A. believe so, yes.
Q. Is 1t likewise true that your per-
sonal knowledge concerning the mat
ter Is confined to what you read?
A. In the commissioners proceed
ings.
q. In the commissioners proceed
ings, that is all the personal know
ledge you have Of the matter?
A. That Is all the personal know
ledge have, yes.
Mr.. Sullivan: That Is all.
Mr.. McCurdy: That is all.
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