Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-03-10
Investigating Committee Files Its Re
port in the Glaspell Case With the
House Yesterday.
No Recommendations Made by the Com
mittee, the Report Simply Present.
ing the Testimony.
Matter is Made a Special Order for tn
Consideration of the House at
10 o'clock Today.
The Report.

yS ~F 0fSSANH
Messrs. r. N. Stevens, chairman, w. D.
Allen, Thos. Allshouse, j. D. Bacon and
j. D. Wallace, appointed to investigate
and report upon the petition of Judge
s. L. Glaspell was filed yesterday. The
following is the report of the committee:
To the speaker and members of the
house of representatives of the sixth
Legislative assembly of the state of
North Dakota.
Your committee heretofore appointed
for the purpose of Investigating the Pc
tition of Hon. Samuel Glaspell, Judge of
the fifth judicial district of the state of
North Dakota beg leave to report that
they have had under consideration the
matters and things referred to them,
that they herewith submit for the con-
sideration of the house their action in
connection with such investigation.
Your committee have to the best of
their ability confined the investigation
to the prayerof the petitioner, namely the
newspaper reports given herewith. All
witnesses presentingthemselve havebeen
examined under oath and their testi-
mony is hereto attached and made a part
Of this report, together with the cores
pondence between the committee and
the petitioner. Your committee have to
the best of their ability studiously avoid
ed the bringing up of any matter not con-
templated by their appointment.
None of the information contained in
this report has been given to public be-
cause in the opinion of the committee it
|would result ininjustice to the petitioner
to have the same printed and comment
ed upon until the same could be consid-
cred in its entirety, thus avoiding infer
ences and conclusions that might be
drawn when only a part of the matters
the committee was considering were
given to the public.
Your committee makes no recommen-
dation as to what action the house
should take in relation to the subject of
this report for the reason it is beyond
the scope of authority given them blythe
house in their appointment as your COM
mittee understands the same. Your
committee convened and organized on
the 14th day of February, 1899, and di-
rectcd to the Honorable S. L. Glaspell
the following letter, namely:
Here follows the entire proceedings
had before the committee.0 {
Your committee begs leave to further
report that after having taken the testi-
mony aforesaid which was all given by
witnesses who voluntarily appeared be-
fore the committee, the petitioners at
torney was informed what the testimony
in support of the veracity of Peter F.
Pearson was, he being before that in
possession of what the balance of the
testimony had been, and was asked if he
desired to have further evidence taken
and whether or not Judge Glaspell
would appear before the committee. He
informed the committee that he had not
and that Judge Glaspel would not ap-
pear as a witness.
The committee accepted no testimony
except that of witnesses who appeared
before it and testified, except the report
of Public Examiner Langlie herein be.
fore set forth. for the reason that it be.
lieved an exparte affidavit is not such
evidence as should convict or acquit a
person charged with offenso, and that
injustice would be done the petitioner
by allowing affidavits to be filed in that
many matters might be thus injected
into the hearing that the committee
would not be willing to consider under
their appointment. The exception in
the case of Public Examiner Langlie
being solely because he was one of the
officers of the state, and a further excep.
tion was offered to be made as will ap,
pear from the correspondence in favor
of any affidavit Judge Glaspell might
have seen fit to have presented. We
have the honor to be,
r. N. STEVENS,
j. d. WALLACE,
j. D. BACON,
w. d. ALLEN,
THos. ALLsHoUsE.
THE Testimony. -