The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 12, 1935, Page 8

_ON rr foggore sh THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1985 Federal Funds Supplied | N. D. Highway Salaries zation, and Oscar E, Erickson, chair- Government Moves Through! man of the state Republican central F . committee. | Mass of Records in Third | Through a series of witnesses, U. S. i ; {District Attorney P. W. Lanier estab- Conspiracy Trial lished testimony that the state high- ———_———_ | way department received _ federal Federal funds supplied 35 per cent} monies for road construction work, of the selaries of 24 state highway | then through William. Peterson, as- employees over a three month period | sistant cashier of the Federal Reserve in 1933, George Lidecker of New York,!bank at Minneapolis, introduced tes- PWA auditor, testified Thursday at|timony that Langer, as governor, ap- the federal conspiracy trial of Wil-|plied for federal relief funds which liam Langer and three associates. later came into the state. The testimony was part of the gov-; Legal Snart Arises ernment’s attempt to prove the four) First legal differences came with defendants conspired to corrupt ad-|testimony from Lidecker regardine ministration of congressional acts| percentages of salaries of 24 state through solicitation of funds for sup-| highway employes which he said cam2 port of the Leader, political weekly} from federal funds. ' publication, from employees paid} Despite defense objections, Lidecker from funds to which the government | was allowed to testify that from a contributed. |summarization made by him from The overt acts were allegedly com-/highway department records he com- “mitted while Langer was governor, puted 35 per cent of the salaries of and the government contends 5 Per} the 24 employes had come from fed- cent salary contributions were ob-jeral monies. This amount, Lidecker tained under instructions of Langer j<aid, was paid during the period from and his lieutenants for support of the | May 1, 1933, to July 1, 1933. | administration paper. .| “From the period July 1, 1933, to! Lidecker also testified that from 65| March 31, 1934, what percentages of to 70 per cent of salaries of the em~' these persons’ salaries came from ployees came from federal funds over funds authorized by the two reliet a period of nine months. ' statutes?” asked Lanier. Records Heaped in Court | Chief defense counsel voiced objec- Monotonously, the government mov- | tions, claiming time cited by Lanier was ed through a mass of records and/outside the time of the last offense technical detail to again reach tes-| charged in the indictment. timony bearing directly on charges! Calls Attention to Date the four defendants conspired to; “—j want to draw counsel's atten- | force political contributions from state | tion to the fact that the last date al- highway employees. leged in the indictment is March 5, Once there, the testimony brought! 1934,” Murphy said a legal spat, which ended with a| Federal Judge A. Lee Wyman held witness withdrawing his testimony in| with Murphy. Lanier ‘retramed his the face of a previous record, then at-! question: tempting an explanation which in} “can you an: approximately turn was ruled out by the court. what percentage of these salaries came The four defendants are Langer,| from federal funds made available to Frank A. Vogel, former state high-j March 5, 1934?” way commissioner; R. A. Kinzer, once} Before the witness answered, Mur- secretary of the state relief organi-) phy asked: “You're not attempting to = -|say the government paid these men | Weather Report ie “No,” said Lidecker, explaining, | response to Murphy's questions the {men first were paid with state war- is out of the s neral fund, | ith the state later being reimbursed by the federal government. Rules Against Murphy Murphy objected to the question on gouth “Dakotaz|the grounds testimony showed the Cloudy and un-/|state paid the employes’ salaries which settled tonight|later were reimbursed by the federal and Friday; snow|government, and that therefore the flurries ¢ast Por evidence was “incompetent and im- perature tonight|Material.” The court ruled against and east portion | him. WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Cloud; and unsettled tonight and Frid: rising temperature | tonight. Friday. Lanier again asked: “What would For Montana:!that perc ge he?” Rain or snow to-| “—Sixty-five to 70 per cent of night and Friday; | cajaries w 4 # ane somewhat colder; S#/aties would be paid by the fede MILDER east of Divide| government as a result of these acis Friday and immediately east of Di-|°f congress.” Lidecker replied. vide tonight. G. A. Hample, former bookkeeper in For Minnesota: Cloudy and unset-j|the state highway department, was tled, snow flurries probable tonight | called. and Friday; rising temperature. | He testified that during the spring; 2 . jand summer of 1933 he was employed over the Great Lakes region, S, S.|bookkeeper under Vogel Marie, 30.28, while a deep low pres- Hample Testifies | sure area is centered over Alberta,} Through Hampie, the first testimony Eimonton. at Higted ay oather, is | bearing on actual alleged solicitation and snow is falling in the Great Lakes |0f ©mploves was introduced in this region and in Minnesota. Heavy rain | ‘tial. Hample brought in the name of has fallen in Washington and Ore-|Oscar Chaput, former business man- gon. Moderate temperatures prevail! ager of the Leader, Langer sponsored in all sections. ipolitical weekly, and a defendant who Bismarck station barometer, inches: | has pleaded guilty. a Reduced to sea, level, 29.95. Hample said he first mét Chaput Smee ey mee jin the highway department early in fetey 454 p.m. May, 1933, when he was introduced | PRECIPITATION | by, Vogel. | For Bismarck Station: | “*Vogel told me I should assist Cha-! Total this month to date .... 24! put in bringing in employes; Chaput Normal, this month to date .. 25! explained his prop: n was the epee ienliary ist to date... Bias per cent donation to apolitical Mbatiaulaied: eecesn wae {44 |Paper to be named the Leader.” gun ++ 2%)" Hample said he brought employes NORTH DAKOTA WEATHER | in to Chaput “two by two” and that ral Low- High- jlater he collected post-dated checks e! | est est Pct. | from employes who had been solicited BISMARCK, near see 6 34 00 No Direct Orders i ele aad 14 32 | uncer cross-examination by Mur- ianmorn. oly. 38 00 | phy, Hample testified “there were some Grand Forks. cldy. ... 19 22 99 (engineers” among those solicii Valley Clty, cldy. ..., 2 ; aid he had never received any “di y City, cldy. 17 Fargo, snowing . + 18 22 ,00| orders from Vogel” regarding the soli- —— ' citations. WEATHER AT OTHER POINTS He testified he had “never turned | ua iit t,;0Ver any money to Vogel Amarillo, Texas, cldy. . 34 2 99), 4 moment later, on re-direct exam- Boise, Idaho, cldy. .... 48 36 99 |ination by Lanier, Hample was asked: 38 00! “Do you know if Vogel knew of the 32.00; collections.” 54.00, “Yes. 36 ©.00| “Did Vogel know of the collections? | 52 00) «yes. Havre, Mont, cldy. s-: 34 48 99|,, Murphy took the witness for eross- | fe gg Mont., cldy. AA 200) CXAIA LC be MATE: ee luron, 8. D., clear ... 44 (00; “Now—you never had a talk with % Re oe peldy. 46 00! Vogel about the collections, did you?” Kansas y. Mo., clear 44 .00lasked Murphy. Los take Megs Calif., cldy. 52 70 .00; Replies Affirmatively Miles City, Mont., cldy. 30 48 00) « i ‘i Minneapolis, M., ‘snow. 20 22 12 ‘Yes, sir,” replied Hample. Modens, Utah, clay. . 32 42 ‘oo|.. “DO you remember testifying in the Moorhead, Minn., snow 18 22 00 | See trial?” Murphy asked. bp. cldy. . 22 52 00] “Yes.” ja., clear 32 50 01} “Do you remember being asked Biss pele 42 68 00) question: ‘You never had any con- 4 2 00! versation with Vogel about it?’ (re-| | ferring to the collections) and answer- | ing, ‘No, sir.’?” | “I don’t recall,” Hample replied. Hample dropped into a study, roused { himself and said, “As I recall it, I} may not have had a conversation with Vogel about the 5 per cent solicitation; sey had better go out and this go ‘00| . “If the witness wants to explain, he 90 | Should have the opportunity,” Lanier’ suggested to the court. Recalls Testimony Judge Wyman directed Hample’s previous, testimony in: this trial be stricken, and gave opportunity to Hample to explain. “Well, I talked to him about the Republican central|2 per cent, but not about the 5 per cent—” Hample be; | “We object to that as not responsive, and having nothing to do with this| case,” Murphy cried. Judge Wyman ordered the explana- tion stricken from the record. #t|}stand when court recessed at noon. | Wednesday ended with David Lie- t berman, employee of the state high-| way department, on the witness stand identifying time distribution sheets of employees of the department on various roads and highway projects into which went federal monies. Introduction of highway department | and federal bureau of roads records | All wool and rayon Mufflers in plaids, checks and Iain colors. 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