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Show SALESMAN FOR PAN MOTOR CO. IS DENOUNCED CHICAGO, Dec 1 H. S Wide. Of Spokane Wash., bend stork salesman for the Pan Motor company, was ordered or-dered held to the grand Jurj m bonds uf 520 000 by Federal Judge Landis today to-day on a charge of perjury. Wiele js one of the defendants of ih rompmv on trial to defend charges of using the malls to defraud. "I have never seen a more unwarranted unwar-ranted exhibition of fa Is..- ?ver,ring." I Judge Landis told Y igh- nftr the jur j had retired for the morning recess "I think thai it is pathetic that men like Fred Schllplin and G E Han comb and the rest of th St. Cloud, Minn , directors of the Pin compain should be associated wlMi yoti it's loo bad that they must be classed with you after they have given ; h-lr sen ices to make the company a success. "These men are game to stick b the company and go through with this ihing and take their punishment They are bftter "ports than I would te under un-der similar circumstances." It was in testimony concerning the priep he had paid for tho firht three shares of Pan stock he bough;, thai Wigle drew the censure of the court upon himself. He testified first that he had paid the full prlCQ of $10 per share for them and later admitted under un-der questioning by the judge that he only paid $5 per share for them George Peaks, attorney for the defendant, de-fendant, then offered himself is wit uess. "I was watching your face c'urinrr the testimony," said the court, "and 1 could see that the matter was new to you." S. C. Pflndolfo promoter and leading lead-ing spirit of the company, was then called. He said that he former! taught school in Texas, New Mexico and other oth-er southern states Later h sot ir'o the life insurance buslnegq, according to his testimony. The trial will probably be concluded conclud-ed thin week Judge Landis i& anxious to have the case submitted to the Jury b Saturday. S. C. Pandolfo, , president of the company, wlli be the! last of the defendants to tano the I stand. on |