The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-29
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Supports Evidence
Given by Husband


She said she has had Is years o.
experience in bookkeeping, having
been employed by the North Dakots
library commission, a garage ut Far.
60, and the Lahr Motor Sales COM
pany OF Bismarck before accepting q
position with the motor vehicle re-
gistration department.
She said she had been familiar Will,
the bookkeeping work Of the indus
trial commission, particularly with
the BODYBUILDING and soldiers bonua
accounts. since her husband became
secretary Of the industrial commits
sion in July, 1923. She said she re-
ceived no pay for any work she did in
the office except when employed fo1
the special work.
New Set-Up Necessary
She explained that a new bookkeep-
ing set-up for the soldiers bonus fund
was necessary because the records d
discounting transactions were listed
in the record book by date In such
way that 1t would be impossible
without exhaustive research, to get
complete and final" information on
any one of them.
More than 1000 claims had been
presented, she said.
She explained that when she under
took the special Job, she first made an
audit Of the books and accounts OF
the soldiers bonus fund, ascertainine
that discounts were correct. She then
verified all income and expenditure
items listed by checking against each
other, checks, vouchers, receipts and
other instruments.
Next she made up schedules show
ing expenditures. interest paid, dis
counts and all expenses in connection
with the funds, posted premiums, and
performed all other detailed clerical
work in accordance with her plan, in
Guiding arrangement Of an alphabet
cal list of al claims presented and
paid.
This book, she said, was 16 by 20
inches in dimensions and included
about 1000 pages $500 leaves). She
worked full-time from July !, 1928, ia
April l, 1929, she said, and part-time
from April l, 1929, to Oct. 81, 1929,
when the work was completed. She
was assisted at various times. she said
by her husband and Mrs. Carrie Ed
McGuiness, who was Gammon's Sec
rotary.
66 Exhibits In All
State exhibits presented in the trial
rose to total Of &c Thursday morn
ing as the state completed its lengthy
croSs-examination of GammonS. Of
fered as evidence and accepted by the
court Wednesday forenoon were two
annual reports Of the industrial COM
mission, for the years ending Dec. 81
1928, and Dec. 81, 1927, prepared by
Gammons as secretary.
The annual report for the year end.
ing Dec. 81, 1929. was presented but
not offered in evidence when Higgins
was informed by Gammons that this
report did not contain any of the in.
terest transactions to which the prose.
cutor referred.
Sullivan objected to the exhibits Of
fered as well as several of Higgins
interrogations, declaring that the,
were immaterial, incompetent and IT.
relevant" and would serve only t,
confuse the jury.
Certified resolutions of the indus
trial commission were presented tx
the Bank of North Dakota for with.
drawal of interest on certain fund.-
under supervision of the commission
Gammons testified.
He said the resolutions were pre-
sented to the late G. r. Green, ther
manager of the bank, who usual.
turned the matter over to some othel
bank employee or official.
Authority to withdraw interest OF
funds Of the North Dakota industrial
commission on certificate Of deposi
in the Bank Of North Dakota was CIV
en- him in resolutions adopted by thu
commission, Gammons testified lat
Wednesday afternoon.
The former secretary, under rigor
Gus cross-examination by Higgins
said that these resolutions were pass
ed at the times when the interest be-
came due.
He said 1t was his usual practice t.
draw up the resolutions giving hin
such authority and present them Il
the commission for adoption. Thes
resolutions also directed how tn