Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-03-10
pEARsoN's STATEMENT.

PEARsoN's STATEMENT.
Peter Pearson testified before the com
mittee that he was a justice Of the peace
and collector, and was a member of q
board of school trustees who had been
tried and removed from office by Judge
Glaspell for having collected illegal fees
and expended over 500 for supplies
without having advertised for bids. The
extra fees collected by him were S4-S2
for an extra meeting of the board and 81
for cleaning the school house. Pearson
stated that he was much annoyed at
having been removed for so small a
charge, and had stated if the case was
pushed he would look into the charges
against the county commissioners. Pur-
suing his testimony he says:
Il was told by certain friends of Judge
Glaspell that the judge would be very
much pleased if I would start proceed
iugs against the county commissioners
and that he would take care to have the
board removed, and that they would
help all they could towards that end. l
also had a conversation with Glaspell
personally On several occasions in regard
to the same matter and he made the re-
mark that if I would do so he would
show me what he would do with them. I
told him he would have a chance. After
the trial I was asked several times why
I did not press this commissioner suit
both by Judge Glaspell and his friends.
l replied that the papers were in course
of preparation. One afternoon in the
presence of another, Judge Glaspell
made some remark to me about his
charge to the jury on the school board
case. l replied that I thought it was a
d chilly charge. The judge replied,
I will give those fellows a charge chilly
enough to suit even you. Before the
trial of the county commissioners came
up l had several conversations in the
same strain. He stated that those--
-, referring to the commissioners,
had refused to furnish his new chambers
and he would see that they we're re-
moved. He said they we're robbing the
county and ought to have been thrown
out years ago. The case against the COM
missioners was heard and they were re-
moved bodily. I did not read the charge
but the judge told me afterwards that
our charge was mild compared with that
in the commissioner case"
PROPOSED CHARGES AGAINST BALDWIN.
Pearson also testified that he had at
one time prepared a complaint against
States Attorney Baldwin of Stutsman
county. Pearson said he was dared to
tackle Baldwin and that after having
gone through the disgrace Of removal
from office he was ready for anything,
He said he told Glaspell he would file a
complaint against Baldwin if there were
| opu rr0,pn1o Gov RAM wa oy,l That ou&,so
friends of Glaspell assisted a little by
suggesting things that could be made
grounds for complaint. Pearson stated
that he had made the complaint and
placed it in Glaspell's hands, and that
coming a little thick and whether he
prosecuting the charge. Glaspcll, said
the witness, kept this complaint without
action until at the time of the county
convention when he appeared to be in
censed at the denomination Of Baldwin
and wanted Pearson to go ahead then
with the prosecution-and asked him
(Pearson) to name the attorney he
wanted to prosecute the charges. Pear
bring the case up at that time, and il
was finally dropped.
REGARDING STANDARDIZATION.
State Examiner Langlie also presented
a statement of the records of Logan
county with regard to the issuance Of
naturalization papers. He presented ar
affidavit from Clerk of the Court Fare
to the effect that he had acted on verba
instructions from the judge in issuing
the papers, and that he had afterward
on a letter from the judge, sent the nat
uralization record to jamestown to elias
pell in December, and that it was re
turned to him, signed, in january, thu
signature of the judge making it appear
that the papers had been granted in opel
court.
ROSE TESTIFIEs.
Ed. Rose, stenographer for Judge Glas
pell, testified with regard to the state
ment of George H. Purchase that ht
had offered him (Purchase) 800 to max
affidavit regarding the instigation of tn
reports against Judge Glaspell by Gov
ernor Fancher. Roses testimony cover
ing this matter was as follows: a
"a day or two after the appointment
of this committee / sent a rig out from
Woods livery barn for Mr.. Purchase ant
had him come in. He came to my ofic'