The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-07

titled them as showing the amounts .
cash received from employees solicited
In the federal emergency relief office
Under cross-examination by Laniel
Mcdonald testified that he had servet
ar apprenticeship" before beginning
his work Of soliciting under Osca
Chaput. business manager OF tn
Leader ...
Tn all Of your work you never mad
threats and you just asked TO
p.edges?" Lanier inquired.
Mcdonald replied tina: he Away
tried to be gentle" and denied eve
having made threats.
did you ever have occasion b
solicit the professors at the Universit.
OF North Dakota?"
mo str" .
ANY Of the university employees?
YES SIR"
Now said Lanier. isn't 1t tru'
that the pressure you exercised Their
caused q revolt among the student
and resulted In your being thrown
into q lake?"
Il had q swim in the lake all right,
Mcdonald replied, smiling.
LAS = result Of your solicitation 20,
why?"
Just Youthful Exuberance
Il don't know. It was the last da,
OF school and they wanted something
to do and I was there" Mcdonald ex,
planned. The statement brought ,
chuckle from the courtroom spectator
and a comment by Sinkler, bod 20,
get wet?" The court reprimanded tn
defense attorney with Nov that ISM
proper, Mr.. Sinkler."
Lanier asked. "Chaput employed
you?"
"Yes."
when did he first talk to your"
Il talked to him at the office"
After you got the Job, to whom
did you talk?"
How many trips did you make Il
the highway department with Cha
put?"
Mcdonald replied that he had mad
several.
How were you paid7"
by the month"
your check came from The Lead
e.'?"
YES"
did you 60 to the governors offtc
where Chaput had desk to get it,"
YES"
while you were there, did you eve
talk to the governor about collec
tions?"
Mcdonald said he had not.
When you went to the relief office
you saw Kinzer?"
Yes" 3""@~ .....-..-.
You told him what you were Their
for?"
YES" @.-9- =s.
Made Money Collections
And later you went back to solicit
Edith Scott and French?"
He did, Mcdonald said.
And thereafter you made collec
lions from these parties?"
The reply was affirmative.
Your collections continued int
the fall?"
Il can't say. don't remember jus
how long,"
Well" Lanier said, "we've got som
exhibits here" Lanier showed him re
ceipts Of collections made August 81
October 3, November 6 and Decembe,
1893.
You signed these and the date rep
resents the approximate time you re
ceived them?" Lanier continued.
Weren't you ever told that 20
mustn't solicit these people tin tn
relief office)?" Lanier inquired
Didn't you have some conversatio
with Stangler?'
/ Mcdonald replied that he could nj
remember ever having had CONVEX
satlon with Stangler on the matter {
soliciting in the relief office.
| He qualified his statement by say
ing, about May II. 1888, Kinzer tol
me Stangler had talked to him abo,
1t and said one thing I want under
stood Is that this is to be voluntar
and I told stangler that if had 81,
en- anyone to believe that he woul
lose his job because he didn't sign u
I was sorry. The next day in the o
flee the first fellow I saw was KIM
and then / talked to the employees ar
told them il / had inferred that tn,
were to lose their Jobs, I was sorry
!, Don't Recall Testimony
You heard Mr.. Stangler testi
. here that he saw you and in Il
course Of the conversation he sa
, that BY God these people were p
! on jobs because Of need and
didn't want It done?'
. Mcdonald said he didn't recall ~
what stangler had said.
do you say that he never "a
: that?" Lanier inquired.
1T was over . year ago and dol
exactly recall what he said"
] How many trips did you make
the relief Officer" Laaier asked. N
Donald said he probably had be
J. there half . dozen times"
Z Didn't you learn what they we
doing there? Didn't you know til
Y the federal emergency relief Off
was operated to distribute fedel
funds over the state Of North Dal
e tai"
mo, I don't believe I did. I J,
went in and talked to Kinzer or 10
9 We'll. the sign said State Relief {
flee"
Did the governor know you w
soliciting five per cent"
U He knew I was working for T
q Leader"
q Got 500 . Month
what was your salary?"
800 per month";
:, Did you get any commission
mo"
= "FIave you any expense account
well, hotels and transportatl
!. were paid
! "Oh then you did have an expel
IS account?'
q "Oh, yes"
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