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William H. Swanson, Cross Examination. 747
Q. About what year did you go to Denver? A. It was 1 about two years ago.
Q. Have you bad a place there ever since? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Have you a branch at Salt Lake City? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Have you other branches in the West? A. At El Paso.
Q. Any others? A. No, sir.
Q. And those branches are supplying circuits of their own, are they not? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Now this business has been conducted in Denver, or developed in Denver in the past two years, as I understand you? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you make a statement over your own signature to Bradstreet's representative in Denver, on August 2nd, 1911, setting forth your assets and liabilities? A. It seems to me I did, I think I did. I don't know as to the date but I did make a statement.
Mr. Grosvenor: I object to that as immaterial, and not proper cross examination, for the reason that it was a subject that was not gone into on direct, anything as to what the witness was earning in the year
1911, which was long after his license was cancelled. Q
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By Mr. Kingsley :
Q. In that statement did you set out these items: Merchandise at cost, $120,000; accounts and notes receivable, $8,000; cash on hand and in bank, $26,000; interest in W. H. Swanson & Company, Chicago, $100,000; interest in SwansonCrawford Film Company, St. Louis, $150,000 ; interest in Rex Motion Picture Mfg. Co., New York, stated at $80,000; interest in Howard, Thurston & Co., New York City, $28,000; interest New York Museum Company stated at $17,500, total, $529,500. Liabilities : Balance of purchase price of Co-Opera 4 tive Independent Film Company, $13,000. Signed, "William H. Swanson.-' Did you make such a statement? A. I did. I made a statement of that character, but I do not recall the date of it.
Q. Did you set out your interest in W. H. Swanson & Company, in Chicago, as $100,000? A. Yes, I presume I did.
Q. And did you set out your interest in the CrawfordSwanson Company, St. Louis, at $150,000? A. I don't re