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

clared the moratorium, In which nj
bills were to be paid. no debts col.
lected-"
- your honor, please-we take
exception to that" J. M. Hanley anc
e. r. sinkler, both defense counsel
cried in unison.
Exception noted" replied Judge
Miller then cast his eyes on Lash.
kowitz, there Is no evidence in this
case concerning the operation of the
moratorium-and there will be nc
politics IN this case" he declared.
LANCER Collected Debts
Lashkowitz deferred in apology, and
resumed his argument: Il only want
ed to point out that during the NOR
atorium, LANCER collected hts own
debts" he explained to the jury.
Lashkowitz referred to the explana-
ton by LANCER on the witness stand
that he received funds Of 1.-THE Leader"
collected by solicitation, because it
was lowed him."
Accusations that the prosecution
seeks to prejudice the Jury by state
ments made in opening arguments
were hurled by Defense Attorney E r
Sinkler as he resumed final arguments
! Wednesday afternoon.
He pointed to District Attorney p
w Lanier's previous statement to the
jury that the eyes of q nation are
OH this trial"
Il don't know" Sinkler declared
why 1t was necessary tor the district
attorney to bring that into this case
Unless it is an attempt to prejudice
your mind.
THE eyes Of nation may be upon
you but that doesn't rake any diff
ference because you are not going to
&c swayed from your duty. I am sat-
isfied that such things are injected
only for the purpose of prejudicing
you"
Sinkler then took up where he left
off Wednesday morning with discus
sion as to the sign on the doors of
the former relief administration Of
fices. He said, Il now want to dis
cuss another point-in August, 1888,
Ewing came to North Dakota from
Washington. 1t seems letter was
written criticising the secretary and
also that solicitation of funds were
being made. He told the governor and
the governor said I'll take care of
that'-that in substance was what the
governor said and what happened.
Immediately when the governor
received the information, he called
upon Mr.. Stangler and had a talk
with him. He told Mr.. Stangler and
Lee Nichols subsequently. in sub
stance this has got to be stopped
clean it up Does that mean that the
governor was engaged ir a conspiracy
t" take portion of the salaries of
the employees?
Points to Nichols Testimony
Lee Nichols said the governor told
us to clean it up. You are handling
this matter. It's up to you and the
evidence shows that the governor
placed all the responsibility for adj
lninistering of funds in the hands Of
the committee
Here Sinkler read portion of a let
ter in which the governor had stated
that the entire responsibility of relief
administration was to be left in the
hands of the committee. Sinkler said
the letter had been detected by Ewing
and signed by the governor and
added, 1.-THE evidence supports the fact
that the governor washed his hands
Of administering these funds"
There Is no conspiracy here" he
shouted. 1T doesn't exist. You can't
SPELL anything out Of II They lthe
government are asking you to act
upon circumstantial evidence"
He said the court will tell you that
the evidence is circumstantial and re-
member that the defendants can be
found guilty on such evidence only
II 1t Is inconsistent with any other
rational or reasonable conclusion"
Sinkler lauded the testimony Of the
defense witness. Mrs. Minnie Craig,
speaker of the North Dakota House of
Representatives.
II think 1t Is peculiar" he said,
chat such a wonderful! woman as
Mrs. Craig, who was in the office
where Mcdonald came, made nc pro-
test.
Il think it is significant that that
noble woman knew ali about what
Mcdonald did and yet made no re-
mOnstrance. There is strong lndica-
ton that she thought nothing wrong
was being done. If she thought any,
thing wrong was being done. she
would immediately have said stop If
she didn't know it was against the law
how would Mcdonald know? If
Christianson didn't know it was
against the law and Stangler didn't,
how could Mcdonald be expected to
kE0w?
Doesn't it indicate to your minds
that she at least thought nothing
wrong was being done? She didn't
get the story second hand. She knew,
she saw and could tell If pressure was
being brought to bear upon those
people.
Everyone of those witnesses had to
admit no pressure was used. One or
two admitted that what was in their
minds was not what Mcdonald said
CT what Kinzer said, but what they
had read in the newspapers Of the
state; the newspapers broadcasting
over the state in blaring headlines
about those in power, ...
Blames Newspapers
THAT was the real cause why they
We're led to believe that it was job
Insurance in fact, and rot what they
were told. The evidence shows the
strong hand Of Misunderstanding
came out here and demanded the
resignation Of Kinzer and came to the
that II I don't do this. I
too, will be shuffled into the dis
card
II don't care about that-1m willing
% concede the truth Of all their stor-
ies-to concede 1t because the EVIL
dence does not show any conspiracy
to violate the statutes which have
been paraded before you
Il want to 60 further-Lanier made
the statement fhat oil If thjs r,nr,ov