The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-14

AAC lNU1lcy WAS tdkeu uuQeE 180e
pretenses," Lashkowitz told the Jury
with emphasis.
J. There is nothing here" he said
pointing to the pledge slip, that rays
the money will go to payment Of past
political debts and for political wars. =
Il Thy weren't these people tol I the
money was going to other purposes?"
The governor, Lashkowits charged,
"had In mind .cheme for payment
to himself of $4,000 and to solicit en-
ployes for it, employees in the regula-
tory department, stenographers IN his
own office.
Il say he knew that he was violat-
ing the law Of the state Of North Da-
kota. I know that Is not here for your
consideration, but they started out
unlawfully and used corrupt, criminal
means of procuring finances.
"The governor also tells one Of his
reasons for wanting a newspaper was
because of the dastardly economic
conditions; for explaining his mora
forum and because the so-called OPP
position press would not expound it
in favorable light. There is some
merit in that"
He then began to tell the jury that
while the governor declared a mora
forum, in which no bills were to be
paid, no debts collected" but was
headed off by defense objections.
LANCER Demanded Payment
The court warned him there will be
no politics in this case" and Lashko-
witz resumed his argument by telling
the jury Il only wanted to point out
that during the moratorium, LANCER
demanded he be paid
Testimony by the governor that
funds were taken out of THE Leader
account because he feared garnish-
ment was attacked by Lashkowitz,
who declared Withdrawals continue
until June did they fear garnish-
ment until then"
I'VE learn, after several days testi-
money. that $4,000 goes into Langer's
account. All of that they questioned
until proof was conclusive and then
we find out $4,000 is not all they were
to collect, for the governor claims
$1,000 is still due"
LashkowitZ continued his attack on
the defense case. He pointed out that
the evidence establishes that the
governor received personal notice Of
the political Vaccinations Of the ex-
ecutive secretary (R. A. Kinzer)."
Yes" he conceded, 1.-The governor
said clean it up'-that standing alone
is beautiful. But the solicitations
continued In the minutes of the re-
lief committee for August Is, they
passed resolution which stated, no
employees or representatives of the
federal emergency relief ad,ninistra-
ton and no person on the payroll who
received money out of the federal
emergency relief funds shall engage In
any political activities or contribute
to any political organization
Ordered Cleaned Up, But
THE governor said I want this
cleaned up It was a laudab1e ex-
preston But what does he do?
Chaput is in his office and he doesn't
see Chaput. Chaput, the solicitor.
Chaput the collector. the business
manager who doesn't know to whom
the paper belongs!"
Continuing on this point, he waved
before the jurymens eyes. the re-
ceipts received by r. A. Kinzer from
Mcdonald for collections from federal
relief employees the former had made
tor The Leader"
Now" he broke oft, there IS Mr..
Vogel. that genial gentleman who
didn't want to join in the conspiracy
but was merely going to collaborate
He next showed the jurors The
Leader" ledger containing the names
Of employees solicited for per cent
Of their salaries throughout the
breadth OF the state" After some of
the names he pointed out words "let
out
What do you suppose" he asked
the jurors, those words let out
mean?"
He cautioned the jurors to take note
that the defense witnesses, Mrs. Craig
and Mr.. Nichols. said nothing" ma
terial to the issue of the case.
He flayed the defense methods of
attacking the credibility of govern
ment witnesses.
Stella Brandby," he said. testified
that Kinzer told her he would give her
q raise if she subscribed for The
Leader"
Mrs. Edith Scott. he pointed out,
sWore under oath that she had told
The Leader solicitors that she
couldn't pledge ION account Of sup
porting her mother and boy
>Dolve, Lashkowitz said, had told the
jury he saw the governor frequently
with Mcdonald" contrary to the de-
Tense testimony.
He referred to the dismissal of Per-
sonius and Hepner from the highway
department as the result of Vogel's
sharing in the scheme of the conspir-
ators
Recalls How Chaput Fidgeted
He asked the jurors to recall" how
the defendant Chaput had "fidgeted
in his chair" in answer to the govern
ment's questions and told them to re-
fer to the government exhibits to test
the veracity OF some OF Chaput's
statements.
Before closing. he said "a word
about the applications. We do not
say that they did not represent the
amount of money needed at the time
but we do say. that after Ewing had
been here and after Nichols and
Stangler's conversations with the gov
ernor. they continued to collect from
federal employees; that after that the
governor did sign these applications
knowing full well that portion Of
them would be diverted to other cham
nels.
In conclusion, he stated, this case
calls for good citizenship. It demands
a cleansing OF the situation. I also
don't want to see . blemish On my
state but I do not want to SEQ the
kind Of blemish remain that stains the
name of the state because It's officials
are involved in corruption"