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Show DENIES HE KNEW STAMPS WERHT9LEN Banker Naftzer, of Witch, ita. Goes on Stand in Own Defense. WICHITA,' Kan., March Is L. F. NsfUgcr, who is charged by the fed oral authorities with receiving nod sell ing iiontage stamps went on tin' wit' ness stand iu his own behalf ttlu morn iug. He admitted billing stmns from frank H. Burt, former chief .of police of Wichita, hut ho denied that he een suspected that the stamps were stolcu from postoffices. The caeo will go to the jury Into this afternoon. Naftrger testified that he bought at different times a total of flnOii worth of stamps from Burt. The first purchase pur-chase consisted of 727 worth. The transaction was made st the bsnk. "1 did not know the stamps were stolen." said Nsftzger. He added that he worked eleven hours a day in his bank and that he did not know poet of fives werebi'ing rnhhej because flu-bud, t1TTToTime 16 read the newspapers. He declared that the fact that he could buy stamps at a discount did not raise s suspicion in his mind as to where the stamps were coming from. lie said that on one occasion Burt said that he was getting the stamps as rewards for arresting criminals wanted want-ed by the governmeut. Xnftzger said he bought stamps two or three times while he still had stamps from former purchases on hand. He admitted that he twice visited the manager of s de partment store in this city and solicited solicit-ed him to buy stamps. A peck of stamps, some of them in books, waa poured on a table near the witness ss evidence in the ease. "Did it not strike you as odd that the government would he giving sway thia miscellaneous collection of stamps ss rewards!" asked the district attorney. at-torney. 'I never thought about it," said Naftzger. Nsftzger said he could not remember saying that "he had made a fool of himself and that if bo had not been so greedy for money, ho would have kept out of trouble." Witnesses for Nsftzger testified thia morning that Burt once told them that Nsftzger did not know the stamps were stolen. |