Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-29
JUSTICE is BARRED OUT.

fury. Whatever the verdict may be,
either for or against Carroll the trla!
has disappointed the general pubic IN
the refusal 10 admit evidence which
would definitely decide the main points
OF issue in the public mind; was
Cownie guilty of improper conduct with
girls a. Mitchelville or did Carroll
secure affidavits OF prostitutes and in
corrigibles in an effort 70 accomplish
by blackmail What he had been re-
to get Cownie out Of the way of i'm
patient politicians OF his Own camp
and ar anxious prospective appotntee
CT mis- own. Did the girls tell the truth.
or did Carroll procure in one way or
another the affdavits of criminals and
degenerates that he might f-lgh1en
man out OF Office whom ne was I'M
able TO remove otherwise Those are
the questions the public is Interested
in much more than the legal point Of
whether or not the peddhng Of the
SANDER was privileged
1t appears from the evidence that
the governor and his steaogra pfler
procured these affdavits. II is evident
also from requests made upon others
that the governor was rakins the earth
with a fine tooth comb in the hope to
find something against Cownie. L IS
a fair presumption from the use he
made of prostitutes aftidavits thar he
was looking for something which
would get rid Of Cownie. He procured
these afhdavitS from reform school
girls. II appears also that they fur
nished precisely what he was seeking,
Then he sprung it on Cownie without
warning and insisted on instant sub
mission or publicity.
In the trial just concluded the prose-
cution had girls who had made these
affidavits and the woman who wrote
or signed the Korns letter ready 70 go
on the stand Their evidence would
have been Illuminating. Their exanin-
alton would have made clear all that
is now obscure But the court refused
to admit their testimony. What they
would nay
Lelpshur s'r- s'e'e.'i7i''
another column of this paper, when she
told Or. Lleole mat '4's 90 A'-'- -
her affidavit we're untrue; that the
aiio
wanted ner 10 sign i ana "ii''' 49,
she do Il Is ply mat 81 az N-'e
others could No1 h"N
in court nut me decision
perhaps there San "V ~
probably was "a 'A7 -s--s uf'7 -
rolls attorney, tna':
THE actual 1act as - W
not he was guil1y 81 l'h!rlolS a'-'S W.!
the girls at Mitchel!Vl.!e : lot IA issue
here, and Is not question ma ne
Jury is called upon 70 coAsldeF or de-
ternine in this case; taA ques,1ol- os
Ing, rather. what Information Vas pos
Bessed and acted upon pF li4e oeiei-u-
Int when he pubnsneo the ar'1cte eS
hibit 2, and evidence IN relation 'here-
to has been admitted ana received On
this trial, not as showing ma Ny
Cownie was guilty OF 1-fl:rofa4i-F VIE
the girls at Mitchellvilie. out a pear
ing upon. and only as bearing upon the
question whether the defendant acted
thru malice II pupiisning the state
ment, upon part Of "nlch INC iadlc'-
ment is based
Now this may oe 2 legitimate oe-
tense for the Defendant tat1o-! on '1le
law points as TO Hoei. u can t-oC De
accepted as a proper or Satisfactory
defense on the question OF rlgnt ana
wrong 1t leaves MI. Co"ale char-
acter crucihed without an oppor luA :
1ty for rebutta.. i IS the KIND OF de-
tense which permits any prostitute
uncorroborated charge, no mater now