Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-28
ARGUE CARROLL CASE
As POLITICAL FIGHT
[continued From Page IL

of which came TO the governor before
he had appointed ano.Aer to succeed
Cownie on the board. The author of
the first suggestion he does not recall,
but ex-Warden Jones who was a
candidate for Cownes place. brought
him the tip on tfse second. These alone
were before him prior to the close OF
the legislative session. He did not
ask that CoWnie explain these matters.
The Politics Of the Attack.
Soon after the legislature had re-
fused to sanction the placing of eX-
Congressman Conner on the board,
many hints of irregularities commenced
to come to him. During the summer
the board made "a change at Mitchell-
Will. and late in the fail the governor
set out to make the rounds of the in
stitutions and inquire into conditions.
re arrived at Mitche'lville early in De-
cember and there learned of the trou-
bles between Miss Garrison and the
board and of what was said and done
at various times as toll by Miss Car
rison and by the laundress. Later he
went there and learned more and in
January he went there With his stem
oErapher and took down the statements
OF girls brought before him by Miss
Garrison He Went gain in February
ard secured more information.
Ii was also stated by the governor
that WIEN he learned Of the supposed
I illegal purchase of a wagon for Mitch
ellville ne called up Miss Garrison by
phone and she SAD she did not want
the wagon and would send ii 10 DaN-
export and that she did not have any
thing 70 do with ordering the same He
secured from the board OF control in
formation Indicating that the purchase
was not regular He also secured oth-
err information from tn. office of the
I board OF control
1t was also given in the testimony
that the governor had great difficulty
in regard 10 finding on, about the sale
of cattle at omaha also that after ne
! had secured the statements If girls at
Mitchellville he wrote TO Others to Sc
cure additional evidence in The matter
and carried on considerable cores
pondence in regard 10 the case
Made No Inquiry.
II was also developed ana this by
the testimony of the governor that he
made no inquiry a 70 the character
of the witnesses from whom he secured
the evidence that he itd not ask a. 10
their credihility nor was he Informed.
thar he did not mention the matter to
Cownie. and in fact that he carried on
this invests CATION. making numerous
journeys and calling 10 his office all
persons who had any knowledge OF
anything derogatory 70 the chairman
Of the board OF control. engaging in
this for a period of more than year,
and did not once mention it - MIR.
Cownie nor invite him u a conference.
or ask him 70 explain or give him
opportunity 10 explain or 20 offer tes-
,imony in defense but that the first
time he made any complaint 70 Mr..
Cownie was when on March IS he
called him into his Office and confront-
ed him with the mass of statements
and demanded his retirement from the
board and insisted that he should not
have even until after dinner 10 write
out his resignation.
Clashes Were Numerous.
In bringing out this evidence OF
INSTRUMENTATION. and especially that
part which related TO Mitchellville. the
attorneys for the state undertook 70
show some reason for the things testi-
fed ~ by some Of the girls. hu, the
defense objected 10 any Of this on the
theory tina, II was Carroll and not
Cownie on rial. This brought on num-
erous clashes and some sharp pas
sages
For instance. questions were asked
70 show that Carroll knew that it was
the policy Of the bard Of control 70
pu. girls out on parole. that many had
been 50 placed. that some had been re-
turned because of the previous bad rec
ord Of the girls or because Of their
physical condition. and that the gov
ernor must have known that the chair
man of the board in deciding as 10
whe. Ter paroles shorld be issued was in
duty bound 70 make inquiries 10 get
at the facts and hence 10 leave the
fact before the jury that the things
testified 20 in the statements the gov
arnor had were not improper nor in
dica,ed an immoral purpose on the
part Of the chairman of the board The
governors attorneys refused TO permit
only small part Of this 20 stand in
the record. over this phase of the case
a clash occurred that brought sparks.
Attorney Parker had left at mis- Office
a letter The governor wrote 10 Ms.
Korns, and he state asked for IL.
I'VE refuse 70 produce evidence for
the state on which il relied for convic-
ton" said Parker.
Il was explained that this was
matter which the governor had brought
out himself and the state had a right
to show that the governor was ag-
gressive in hunting evidence against
Cownie, as bearing on the question of
malice.
"The defense has undertaken to
show said Attorney Dowell. that the
governor had statements in his posses
sion rejecting on the conduct of the
chairman Of the board and yet refuses
to produce evidence referred to here
as bearing on the motives in this ac-
ton We shall not permit 1t to go
before the jury that the evidence we
get is secured by the liberaltiy OF
lawyers. We deny that the governor
has a right shield himself behind his
constitutional right after having
opened up this subject"
| And the court directed the letter
to be produced.
Near the conclusion It was also
brought into the testimony that the
governor was very touchy about the
criticisms that were going the rounds
and that he directed the investigation
Unto affairs at Mitchellville because of
the newspaper comment adverse to his
action.
| On the whole. according to the gem