The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-05

whether or not Z conspiracy exists.
THAT Is TO say, he added, the evi.
dence may be competent Of IN offens<
against the state - well % agains,
the government II the offenses ar(
necessarily inter-related and q part
Of the same scheme"
Witness d Nervous
First Of the state employees to un.
dergo an intensive grilling about
Leader" solicitations was Miss Jose.
phine Efteland, Of the state regula.
tory department.
Often on the verge Of sobbing, she
told her story In quavering voice and
protesting slae was 30 nervous she
hardly knew what she WAS saying.
The two witnesses to testify they
were told the Leader" pledges were
Job insurance" were Miss Efteland
ana H. G. McCready. highway de-
partment draftsmar.
Miss Efteland said she protested ia
Gov. LANCER about paying the five
per cent pledge. OF her conversation
with the chief executive she said:
Il went 10 see him about another
matter and when I came up there
knew they had seen him and told him
how protested 50 I asked him II they
had seen him about how I protested
against the paper. He said yes and
I said I suppose will lose my Job and
he didn't say anything, and I told him
II had to hold my job that way
didn't want my job"
District Attorney Lanier asked her.
what did he say7"
Miss Efteland replied: HE said II
was job insurance and they had to
have . newspaper to tell the truth
about the administration"
Says IT'S Job Insurance
WAS there any further ta}k" Lam
Ter queried.
well, he said one thing about
you. you are so frank. You tell how
you feel And I said guess l was
the only one who protested openly but
I thought everyone protested separ-
ataly."
McCready told Of conservations
with Chaput, business manager OF
The Leader"
II told him didn't want the pa
per-" McCready testified. He made
q remark you can kind Of consider
this as job insurance
His words q near ~ can remem-
Der were this: I can't guarantee you
a job II you do pay It, but I can guar
antee you you win have no job II you
don't pay It."
First witness to take the stand ut
the Monday afternoon session Of court
was 8. Dolye, Fessenden attorney and
q former employe In the governors
office who was recalled TO the stand
to tell Of solicitation Of him for five
per cent Of his salary toward THE
Leader" He said his status In the
governors office was that Of clerk.
Quit Making Payments
After he left the governors employ,
he paid no more Of the post-dated
checks which he had given In connec-
ton with his pledge, Dolve testified.
He explained that he had paid only
one check Of the four which were for
SIS each. Dolye said he WAS solicited
In the reception room Of the COVER
nors office by Oscar Chaput. business
manager Of THE Leader"
WAS Chaput In the governors Of
flee at the ttme-did he have q desk
there?" asked LAnier.
HE was In the governors office at
the time Of the solicitation, but he
did not have q desk there to my
knowledge" replied Dolve. The wit
ness said he had been employed II,
the governors office from April 1 to
July ;, 1888.
On cross-examinatton, Dolve testi-
fled he sold some Of the subscrip-
lions and returned the remainder to
Chaput. His only income ct the time,
Dolve said, was from his state checks.
Over the objections Of the defense,
the court allowed introduction Of pay
checks Of Dolve BY the prosecution on
the theory that they would show the
salary drawn by the witness was
against appropriations for clerk hire
In the office Of the governor.
Counsel Is advised" Judge Miller
said, and the jury II told the checks
will be admitted only Is to the ques-
tion a. to whether or not there Wal
. conspiracy, and, for the purpose OF
such bearing as It may have - to the
intent Of the defendants II there was
q co1spiracy-and not tor the pur-
pose Of showing any overt act IN the
carrying out Of such conspiracy"
Josephine Efteland, employe Of thu
state regulatory department, called %
q government witness. reoounted in I
quivering voice that bordered on Sob
bling, details Of an interview she said
she had with Gov. LANCER, charged
with his associates with consipirine
to solicit political contributions ion
support Of THE Leader" administra-
ton newspaper.
Pledge Was Job Insurance
Over objections BY the defense. she
said she interviewed the governor
protesting against five-per-cent soil
citation OF her salary.
The chief executive told her, shl
testified, that It was Job Insurance.
and her reply to him was she did moi
want q Job II she had to have 1t thai
way"
District Attorney p. W. Lanier, an.
swering objections Of the defense, TOLD
the court the purpose Of the woman'a
testimony was to get the conversation
between the witness and one Of thu
defAndant8 reoardin0 what hA (IAn.