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Show Pingree Testifies Creditors Forced Delivery of Bonds OODEN. May Declaring that a committee of creditor of the Ogden Provision and Packing company forced him to. give up $74,00 In bonds, ths property of E. P. Ellison, chairman of ths board of directors of the National Bank of Commerce, Jamee Pingree today to-day was tha chief wltnees In the district dis-trict oourt In his rase against tho Ogden Og-den Provision and Packing company. The ease of Pingree versus the provision pro-vision company Is the result of the recent financial difficulties of the Ogden Og-den Provision and Packing company out of which grow the case of Klllson vsrsus Pingree, president, to recover $76,000 In stock. Pingree declared on the eland today to-day that a committee of creditors of the company threatened to proeecute him for aendlng falae financial etatementa etate-menta through the malls If hs did not give up certain stocks, and he complied. com-plied. Among the stocks were those loaned to him by E. P. El 1 1 eon. Most of the day wa taken up In cross examination of Pingree. |