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WESTROM IS INDICTED FEDERAL JURY ACTION Alleged That He Made False Claim For Exemption OTHER TRUE BILLSFOUND Avert Clements Charged With Failure to Register; Civil Case Trial Federal court is still in session in Mankato. All the afternoon session of the federal court yesterday was taken up C. in the trial of the suit of Paul Keyes, as receiver, against Peter Anderson and George J. Piersol, before a jury. This was a civil action growing out of the speculations for which George J. Piersol, former cashier of the First, is National bank of Clarkfield, Minn., now serving a sentence at Fort Leavenworth. Paul C. Keyes, the plaintiff, is the receiver of that bank. Peter Ander- this of Clarkfield is a director of bankrupt son bank and also vice president. The receiver was suing on a bond in given by Anderson and Piersol the 1917, guaranteeing the assets instance of bank. This was done at the critthe bank examiner, who had the of icised the assets, and insisted on bond. The total amount that the receiver bond tn recover under this 75. As from Piersol, the was gotten sought $66.579 nothing whole against could judg- An- be would have to rest far as he could defense was tha+ it was derson, ment The as meet agreed bond it. between the parties that the should not be delivered, until it was signed hv all of the directors of other the signatures of the were not and bank. directors there The obtained Whethwas any such agreement were whether er the bond was valid questions involved in this trial. J. N Johnson of Carby was attor- Hartfor the receiver and Ole wick nev of Granite Falls and C. A. Fos- for nes of Montevideo were attorneys the defense. to the close of vesterdav after- had Un session. no indictments noon's returned by the grand jury. This been body consists of the following: H. R. Adams. Madison Lake M. S. Avoca: Dick Peters, Truman: Rath. FY. Wiborg Macdia: L. W.Steele. Canby: F Monterev Andrew onverson. G. W. Michael Holleran. Ellsworth: Roth. Worthington: Max Herrlinger. Cranada: R. H Jones. G. Dovray: Tamps Gordon FILeworth: John Johnson Hadley Edward Caster. Wa- A. Vincent Malonev. Waseca: E Bowen aeca Kangmanzi: Cuv S. McElmore: William Doran. MadArthu". Take: Frank Palmer. Steenv F. Eve: ison Harrv S. Pheffer. Blue Earth: James Kramer Minnesota Lake. Rates O'Connell, N Twin Lake F. W. Menkato; Paul J. McGuigean, Mapleton. Anderson On Witness Stand. Peter Anderson was himself on the witness stand this morning, in the trial of the suit brought to enforce collection on the bond guaranteeing Nathe assets of the defunct First tional bank of Clarkfield. Mr. Anderson was asked to estimate what he he himself was now worth and thought it was between ten and fifteen thousand dollars. The grand jury made its report Six at 11 a. m., and was discharged. indictments were returned. Harry Walter Westrom charge of St. of was indicted on the of James filing false statements in support claim for exemption. He pleaded and the case was his not guilty trial. ordered order- bond The court to of $2,500. the in the custody of the remain ed in the for sum defendant furnished. marshal, such bond should be Ewald of Clements, on the charge was until Martin indicted arraigned, of failing Minn., to He was not and but Avert register. is in custody Gibbon. under bond. Minn., Clements of of also indicted on the charge failure was to register. He likewise was already under bond and was not arraigned. Sam Martgage Alex Gillanders and Frank Cain, all of Spencer, Iowa, with taking liquor from into Iowa, fhe Minnesota were charged latter and being Cain dry state. Gillanders a Martgage seemed unthe a pleaded able to comprehend guilty. charge entered and for plea of not guilty was him and the case ordered for trial. The court required $500 bail in each of the three cases.
