The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-07-03
Testimony Dunn Before the Select Committee the Senate Appointed
18th Assembly Montana Liquor Control Board
Springs or at the penitentiary?

Springs or at the penitentiary?
A. l did.
@. State whether or not that wa.
while you were acting superintendent
at Warm Springs?
A. 1t was.
@. What was the substance of what
you heard him say in that regard?
A. He said to Loren Oldham an6
myself, well you know l get an al.
lowance here for maintenance but il
don't begin to cover it," and he said
further 81 feel that 1 am entitled to
supplies of this kind and in this way
@. Was any comment ever made by
any member of the Governors house.
hold as to the brands of any canned
goods which you took to the mansion
from the commissary at Warm
| Springs?
| A. There was.
@. Who made the comment?
A. Mrs. Ayers.
@. The Governors wife?
A. Yes.
@. To what did she refer and what
did she say?
A. She referred to canned goods
and she said: ooh, we can't use this
here" and l said I could take it back
and she said: "No, you don't need
to, we can use it elsewhere"
@. Do you know whether at the
time Mrs. Ayers made that remark
to you, Governor Ayers was running
or operating a ranch property any
place in Montana?
A. l do.
Q. Whereabouts?
A. Fergus county.
Q. Have you seen anybody use or
take from the mansion any of the
produce which you had taken there
from the commissary at Warm
Springs?
A. l did.
q. And who was that?
A. Mrs. Minnie Campbell.
@. Who is she?
A. Sister-in-law of Governor Roy E.
Ayers.
Q. What did you see her do?
A. saw her put roast of beef
and butter and other small items in
4 sack and carry it home.
@. Did you see where she got them
rom?
A. She got them from the refriger-
ltor in the Governors mansion.
Q. Did you know where that pro-
luce came from that you saw her
axe from the refrigerator?
A. do.
@. And where did it come from?
A. The commissary at Warm
springs.
Q. Did anyone ever come out of the
Governors mansion and help you to s
nload into the garage of the man.
ion any of the articles which you t
rought from the Warm Springs COM 6
lissary? g
A. They did
Q. Who was it? l
A. On several occasions Jack Ayers
nd the Governors son Don.
@. About how often did Jack Ayers
clip you in that regard? I
A. Whenever Jack Ayers happened
) be there and frequently when I
rived he would help me.
@. From anything that he said do
III know that he knew that you had
ought these articles from the Warm II
brings Commissary? CT
A. Why yes, he knew.
@. Besides Loren Oldham, did any
lie ever accompany you while you W
ere transporting produce from the %
to the Governors man.
IN?
A. Yes. IL
Q. Who.
A. My daughter, Mrs. Carrie May :.
ng.
O. And where did she live?
A. Kept house for me.
Q. And where does she live now?
A. In Lewistown.
.. Did you ever send anyone to !"
nvey load from the commissary
the Governors mansion?
A. I did. W
J. And who was that?
4. My daughter, Mrs. King.
J. How would you get these food ia
ifs out of the commissary?
\. I would drive my car up either
the back door or the front of the As
department, either give
list verbally or written to Mr..
rble and he would get this produce
together and put it in the back
my car, lock it up and notify me III
en- it was ready to go.
}. How did he notify you?
|. He would either come to me or LIZ
me up. GU
}. Was there a telephone communi-
ion between Mr.. Marbles office
your residence?
!. Yes. ST
}. Did Mr.. Marble always load the
at the commissary? Co
!. No, he did not Sometimes to j
id suspicion he would deliver the sw
plies to my house and load them rea
after dark. of
!. What do you roughly estimate of
lid be the value of the produce CIV
oh you took from the commissary the
Warm Strings and delivered to TW