Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-23
CONN|E SCORES
N CARROLL TRIAL
CONTROL BOARDS RECORDS
SHOW BOARD DIVIDED
RESPONSIBILITY.
,pEFENsE CHARGED WITH
aEEklNG ONLY HALF TRUTH
sIenry Wallace Testihes That He Ad-
vised Carroll Not to Publish Mitch
el,ville Af7davits as No One Would
Believe Them-Insham, Murphy and
Others Testify.


Others Testify.
Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 2a-Henry wal
lace Harvey Ineham, Bernard Murphy.
and Howard Ram, all newspaper pub
fishers, testified in the Carroll case this
morning, all with reference to various
conversations he'd with Carroll rela-
tive to his charges against Cownle'
some before the resignation was de-
manded and others afterwards.
Murphy said that Carroll talked with
him twice about the matter before ne
demanded the resignation and once az
forwards. The governor said ne was
considerably disturbed, as to kno"
what to do; said he had a letter from
a woman and certain affidaVfts from
girls at Mitchellville rejecting on the
character Of Cownie. In his conversa-
ton after the Cownie resignation tne
governor told Murphy he had demand
ed the resignation and got 1t; tnat
Cownie had asked for time until the
following Monday. but that Carroli
had insisted upon getting the reslena.
ton by Saturday, since to wait Until
Monday would carry 1T over until aIter
the end OF the term. and the governor
also told Murphy that Cownle nao
admitted he gave out the information
as to the resignation to the neWspa-
pers. Carroll also told Murphy that IN
January previous, the order had been
issued for Cownie to stay away from
the Mitchellville school
Carroll Rejected Wallace's Advice.
Wallace told Of asking Carroll at the
BANQUET March 26, what he had against
Cownie. and Carrold told him of the
affidavits Of the girls. Wallace told
the governor he ought not to use rnat'
as nobody would believe such evidence
against a man like Cownie He asked
the governor because Cownie mad just
asked for his advice as to whether ne
should go into the papers and de1eno
himself Wallace afterwards told COW
ME to keep still in seven languages,
and only when Carroll attacked him to
defend himself"
Ineham went to see the governor
on the latter's invitation and because
the same matter had been taken up
between him and the governor a year
before, and the governor said Ingham
ought to know what was being done
The governor showed him one affidavit
and said he had others like 1t, and Ing
ham said to the governor that II these
things were true Cownie not only ought
to be removed from the board but it
was the governors duty to tndtct him.
The governor told him that he per-
sonally secured the affidavits and took
a stenographer TO the school to secure
them Nothing was said about Cownie
as likely to be candidate for COVER
nor.
Secretary Treat completed his cross
examination and merely confirmed his
previous testimony as to the whole
board acting In regard to letting con-
tracts and his part in the matter.
State Concludes Case.
John Wade. member OF the board of
control, testified as to conversations
he had with Carroll in regard to the
Cownie matter and the evidence In the
board office as to illegal contracts, cts.
The state reached an epected ter1nlna-
tion OF the prosecution just before
noon and announced 1T has finished
the direct testimony. A number Of the
witnesses who had been called in the
case did not testify.
Defense Wants Directed Verdict.
Immediately the defendants made a
formal motion to direct verdict, set
ting out all the possible technical rea-
sons for taking the case from the jury,
and especially setting forth the privi-
lodged character OF the communication.
They also set up that the libelous ar
ticle was in defense, and that no malice
was shown: that the governor did not
in fact accuse Cownit Of a crime and
therefore that the article was not IL
belous. Argument is in progress this
afternoon on this afternoon on this
phase OF the case.
Cownie Scores Point.
OF the two divisions Of the case In
volving the truth OF the alleged libel
Gus accusations Of Governor Carroll
against John Cownie. involving the
merits Of the case, one of them appar-
emily went entirely out OF the case late
Thursday afternoon. Carroll was in
dicted for having falsely accused the
former chairman Of the board Of con-
troll of having acted improperly at
Mitchellville and of having made pur-
chase Of goods for the institutions
without complying with all the formal
tiles Of the. law.
Secretary Forrest Treat of the board
Of control. secretary now and for
twelve years, gave testimony which
virtually exonerated Mr.. Cownie for
all personal responsibility for the pur-
chase OF certain goods in the fall Of
1909. It has been shown that an order
had been placed for cloth for Ana
mosa and Fort Madison before the
formal estimates as to amount needed
were placed on file. Mr. Treat identi-
led the correspondence and papers. He
said that he wrote the letters and
signed them. The purchase Of the cloth
had been made by the board upon
prices submitted and samples. After
wards the secretary discovered, when
he came to write the formal order. that
The wardens had forgotten to fill out
>he estimate blanks to show the exact
amount wanted for the year. He,s
Treat wrote and asked the amount
and later secured and had filed the
estimates. He did 90 Tor the board