Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-15
TESTIMONY IN voss CASE

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TESTIMONY IN YOSS CASE-OF-
FICERS RETURN LAST NIGHT
FROM MANDAN WHERE vOSS
CASE WAS CONCLUDED, LAST
EVENING.
A large number of witnesses were
examined in the disbarmenU case
against Attorney H.. {. .Voss at Man
dan this week. For the prosecution,
the number of witnesses sunni un,.tt
was large. According - inc Man
dan Pioneer Mr.. G. "A. Heegaa,l tts-
titled that he called a meeting 10 ;cr-
slider the matter of liquor prosecutions
and was present. On the previous
day a meeting OF citizens was held at
his store. at which the question Of
sheriff's bill for fees in certain liquor
cases was mentioned. The bill had
been presented to the county ommis-
sioners and on the advice of Mr.. Voss
they had refused to pay it. The sher-
if vas pressing for his fees, and the
meeting of citizens decided to adjourn
to Mr.. Voss's Office and wait on him
and ascertain what steps could be
taken to have these bills paid by the
county. They waited on Mr.. Voss,
and MI. Voss said he stood for the
protection of the county; that the
property in which the alleged saloons
did business was good for the costs,
and it should be collected of them.
MI. Voss did not.make any agreement
or promise that there should be no
prosecutions in the event that the
money vas paid. Mr.. Voss was not
a membr Of the committee and had
nothing to do with collecting or hand
ling the money. A committee was
appointed to collect the money due
the sheriff, consisting Of Messrs. P. w.
McGillic, McDougal and McKendry.
The principal testimony of the pros
%ecution other than this was with ref
erence TO Voss' having gambled in
George McDonald's place during the
year 1895. Several of the witnesses
stated that they had seen Voss there
and others could not swear that they
had seen him there. C. r. Massing-
ham swore that he sold Mcdonald
some stock and had received three
checks from Voss for 500 each in part
payment. Mrs. James Melarvie tes-
titled that she had gone to see Mr..
Voss about recovering 5000 that her
husband had lost in McDonald's place
and that Voss had given her $50 that
he recovered from that amount, and
did not charge her any fee for it. "A
large number of other witnesses. were
examined on minor points by the pros
ecution.
The witnesses for the defense were
R. M. TURTLE, II. r. Lyon and the de-
PENDANT in the action, II. G.. Voss,
Mr.. Tuttle testified to the conditions
prevailing in Morton county with re-
gard to the enforcement Of the pro-
hibition law. He said an overWhelm-
ing majority Of the people of the coun-
ty were opposed to the law and its
enforcement, and that various attor-
neys general of the state had endeay-
ored to enforce the law and failed.
II. r. Lyon gave similar testimony
with regard to the sentiment prevail
ing in the county with regard to this
same matter. Mr.sVoss took the stand
and admitted many Mthe things
claimed by the prosecution. He ad-
united he had gone into the gambling
place IN QUESTION, rs it was a sort OF
politicaI headquarters in campaign
year and he had gone there to meet
persons interested in politics whom he
expected to find there. Casually. as
many other persons did, he might have
put a small amount on the wheel. but
ne had never made a practice of gam.
ping or Wagered any large amounts.
With regard to the meeting to con-
slider the liquor matter, the principal
contention Of the prosecution against
Voss, it was generally established by
the testimony that Voss' connection
with the matter was nothing more
than a refusal to approve the claims
OF the officers for raiding the liquor
places, as he claimed it was not a just
charge against the county, and that
the property should be good for the
costs.
Referee r. D. Hoskins, Stenographer
MeGlashan and Attorney Newton re-
turned to the city last night. Attor-
ney Bangs went through on the night
train to Grand Forks. There was
about 10000 words OF testimony taken
from t~wenty-six witnesses. One OF
the principal witnesses for the prose-
clltion, J. A. McDougal, was unayoid-
ably detained, and was not present to
testify