Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-28
Sullivan began the opening argument
to the jury for the state.
Sullivan on Carroll.

sullivan on Carroll.
In making his opening statement yes
terday afternoon Attorney Sullivan
made complete review OF all the
testimony offered during the trial Of
the case and gave the states version
of it, He explained fully to the jury
what the state believed to be the mo.
tive of Governor Carroll in his every
action. He charged out and out that
the governor displayed malice toward
John Cownie. In part he said:
ITO my mind Governor Carroll Is
charged with the highest crime man
can commit. He stands here not as
governor, but as a private citizen, en-
Titled only to the rights Of the hum
blest citizen of this state. And he is
entitled to all the rights of the hum
blest citizen.
Il want to tell you, gentlemen Of the
jury that no man has the right to
take the charges Of a prostitute and
spread them broadcast without know
ing the charges to be true-charges
that rob an honorable man Of the right
to enter the home Of any self-respect-
ing man.
Governor Carroll says: These
charges were not sought for by me-
Now gentlemen of the jury, did Gov
ornor Carroll seek these charges? The
letter from Mrs. Maggie Korns Of
Marshalltown answers. Her letter is
in reply to a letter received by her
from the governor. She starts 1t out:
Your letter Of the 9th Is at hand
There you have it gentlemen. The
governor says he did not seek the
charges-here is a letter from Mrs.
korns answering a letter written by
the korns answering letter written by
the governor. Gentlemen, Judge for
yourselves
After twelve years Of service OF
John Cownie on the state board OF con-
troll. all the governor can dig up about
him to substantiate the charge that he I
made purchases without estimates, :
thereby violating the law, Is that he
bought a little red wagon for Mitchell
Vile And the governor on the stand
yesterday showed that 1t wasn't that
much even. because he learned later
that all Cownie bought was a wagon
box"
cownie's Questioning Of Girls.
In concluding it's cross-examination
Of Governor Carroll in the morning
the state brought out some evidence
offsetting the charges Of misconduct
with girls at Mitchellville made against
Mr. Cownie.
Under ross-questioning by Attorney
Read the governor admitted that dur
ing all the months he was gathering
evidence against Cownie he did not
confer with him about any Of the
charges or ask him to explain a single
one of them. The governor testified
that he revealed the charges to Cownie
for the first time when he called him
in and asked for his resignation.
The governor also said that he did
10 eff 10
the character Of the three reform
school girl inmates who had made afr
davits for him against Cownie.
Touching the question Of misconduct
on the part Of Cownie in his relations
with the girls in the reform school,
Attorney Read brought out the fact
that Cownie had direct charge of parol-
ing the girls. Oftentimes girls paroled
were sent back because they were dis
eased. due to the low life they had
led prior to their being placed in the
reform school The governor testified
that many of the paroled girls were re-
turned but he did not know for what
reason.
Now. don't you know that many of
these girls thus returned were brought
back because OF the disease they had
contracted while living the wild life
they did before being taken to the
schooI?" asked Attorney Read.
Il know some were returned, but
what for 1 do not know" replied the
governor in substance.
And don't you know" persisted At 4
torney Read, that John Cownie, as
overseer Of this school and interested
IN the parole of the girls. had a right
TO know if they We're diseased and had
the right to find out by asking them?"
question, due to objections by his at
torneys, but the statement OF the Ques-
ton itself disclosed the defense the
state will make to the charges made
by the girls