Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-10
H[A[Y SCORES BROWNE
Terrible Arrangement Of the
Storm Lake Banker by
Federal Attorney
IAE TRANSACTION
REVIEWS THE TRANSACTION
He Declares Browne Acted With the
Full Knowledge That He Was Doing
Wrons-Browne's Business Trans
actions Are Characterized as "Rotten
to the Core"
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Sioux City, Oct 1O.-Senatof Healy's
address this morning, when he was
speaking for the government in the
trial of w. e. Brown, consisted of q
sweeping denunciation and biting sar-
casm, which had a telling effect not
only on the jury, but on the many sea-
soned lawyers who formed large por-
ton Of the spectators. Brown, the
former banker and financier, who is
accused of classifying his bank books,
and with sending false reports to the
comptroller of the currency, was seen
to quail time and again at Senator
with pain and he clenched the arms
of his chair tightly. The keynote of
Healy's address was that Brown, from
the evidence produced, must have had
charge of much of the practical work
ings Of the bank.
Brown Not Ignorant.
This man" he said, pointing Il
shaking foretinger at Brown, lis not an
ignorant person. He knows the bust
ness of banking. he has followed 1t
for years. and any plea of ignorance
of these matters is without particle
of foundation He not only owned
100000 out of the $4,000 capital, but,
it is easy to see. gentlemen, that he
had practical charge of the bank. Thls
man Alexander, the cashier OF the
bank, on whom the defense is trying
to lay the blame of the so-called mis-
take looks but boy and the testi-
inony showed that he had but ten
shares in the bank. Crowell had not a
share, and as far as the records go
Clancy. the assistant cashier, had no
interest.
Arraigns Browns Hypocrisy.
THE purport of Browns testimony
was that he did not know what was IN
the report. He did not know. gentle
men! He did not know. Yet. in the
report to the comptroller of the cur
rency we have Brown swearing by
solemn oath that the report was COR
rect He attempts by his evidence to
say that though he was the active
agent and officer of the bank, he did
not know the financial state of the
bank ii admits that he swore to the
report without knowledge of what was
in it: but, gentlemen, the government
has introduced enough EVIDENCE that
he did know, and that when he swore,
he swore falsely.
Nov. he knew that the reserve was
running low: he admits he dictated
that nefarioas letter to the Des Moines
National bank; he admits he person
ally attended to these large and I'M
portant transactions because they We're
large and Important but he Is trying
to make you Believe that the most i'm
portant transactions of all, the report
to the government authorities, he left
to others. He will have you believe
that he is as innocent as the new born
babe.
Calls Testimony Irrefutable.
'"The testimony of the government is
no mere testimony of what so and so
said or what so and so thought the
testimony is rrefuta'ble. 1t is here in
the books of the bank, in Browns hand
writing and from the results of the
government official, Wilson. who mas
done his duty and has no i'll feeling
against the defendant. And the de-
Tense, gentlemen, the weak, empty, de-
Tense, is that Brown did not know
what he was signing. Gentlemen Of
the jury, against these sort of transac
lions the government asks your con-
demnation. No argument, no elabora
ton is needed to show the intent. We
find the act, we find the transaction,
we know it is dishonest and without
good faith, and we know that the pur
pose and intent of it all was to hide