The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-31

did you seek out Erickson In II,
northern part Of the slater" Thor
asked.
Conrad replied that he had gone Il
see Erickson at Bottineau on one &C.
caSion.
In redirect examination, Ianiel
asked Conrad II his Bottineau meet
ing with Erickson was not subsequent
to the conference at the Pattersos
hotel. Conrad said It was.
you Afterwards printed TIL
Leader'?" Lanier inquired.
YES" Conrad answered.
For how los1g9 Lanier asked.
About five months"
Offers Money Applications
Conrad was dismissed from furthe,
testimony and Lanier told the cour
that he wished TO have the Jury ex.
anime the contents Of the application.
for relief funds flied by Governor
LANCER with the federal cmergenc,
relief administration.
I'VE have not read these exhibits,
he said pointing to the large pile o.
documents on the desk. because "
do not wish to take up the time herr
But We would like TO have the jur,
examine their contents
He read to the jury the contentl
Of the first application filed With thu
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
by Governor LANCER Jan. ~, 1853. TN
sum asked was $4,000 and . cancel.
ed check evidencing disbursement O
the amount was attached to the ex-
hibit. According to the language o.
the application. signed by the cover.
nor. the money was to Be used &c
furnish relief and work relief" to the
people Of the state. A Ger.
tificate that the money would be used
for these purposes only. signed BY the
governor. was attached.
Ara ali the other applications and
cheeks idenHcal?" the court ASKED
Lanier.
Il think that u the case" Laniel
replied. adding, however. that later
applications were addressed to the
federal emergency relief adminiytra-
ton instead q the Reconstruction
Finance Cooperation.
He read the figures Of amounts
asked by the other applications. Al
together the exhibits included II ap-
plications and checks showing that Z
little more than 5000, 900 had been
by the governor for relief
purposes
Wednesdays session Was marked By
4 warning by presiding Judge Andrew
Miller that he was particularly arx-
Ious that no political elements creep
into this case" He declared that pol
tics have no part In this trial"
His statement came after . prosecu-
ton attempt to introduce into evi-
dence q photostatic copy Of . news
story concerning Z speech made BY
LANCER at a meeting In the northern
section Of the state.
Other developments in the trial
Wednesday were:
Testimony by Arthur Thompson. su-
rerintendent Of public instruction
that he had been solicited" by Gov
ernor LANCER regarding 1.-THE Leader
state administration newspaper. after
Thompson had refused to contribute
5 per cent OF his annual salary:
Would See How Mach
Statements by one witness that
LANCER had admitted he was "goina
to see how much could be raised Il
support q newspaper" when he wa
questioned regarding the 5 per cent
Assertions by Alfred Dale. state
treasurer. that arrangements for pur-
chase OF . newspaper were made II
Langer,s office:
Claims by the defense through one
witness. OF personal bitterness by the
against LANCER.
As court convened Wednesday aft
ernoon. GA. Hample resumed his testi-
mony. which he had started Tuesday
He was followed by Arthur Thomp-
son, superintendent Of public instruc-
ton and former member Of the fed
eral emergency relief committee fol
North Dakota.
Hample resumed the stand under
cross examination. He described
OF payment Of post-datec
checks which he said had been LEI,
with him and represented payment,
to be made on pledges received from
employees.
The checks, Hample said, were mol
cleared through bank, but wcr(
marked paid when he received cast
equivalent to the face Of the check,
given by the pledged employees.
Told To Produce Books
Temporarily. his testimony VA
halted for the day. after . decision
was reached TO have him producl
original records from which to con
tinue.
How were these checks paid7" DIS
trict Attorney p. w. Lanier queried
on redirect examination.
The employees would pay me Il
cash." Hample replied, X would en-
dorse the date on the hack Of tn
check and the amount received. Whel
the check was paid In full I wouls
hand the employee the check"
Hample explained he understood
that solicitations Of 2 per cent con
tributtons. which went toward max
ing up q deficit In the Nonpartisal
League campaign fund. were made Il
Paul Yeater. state employe. and on
Of the defendants.
The defense had scarcely begun II
cross.examination, when Hample'
testimony was halted 70 allow him 3
obtain original records.
Books Of the highway department
It developed. were impounded In tn
United States marshal's office, acros
the corridor from the courtroom
Hsmple had begun 70 reply In ~
swer 70 I question BY Defense Attor
ney George ThoFp as 70 whether Il
G. McCresdy. IN employe Of the high
way department. was working On
federal project In May, 1883.
Number Indicates Projects
Hample explained the various prof.
ects were represented BY numbers m,
symbols to indicate whether they wer
A.