The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-05-03
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Second judicial district?''
An impressive Argument.
i Despite the severe cold from which
1.-THE able counselor was suffering and
several minor complaints OF physical
mature. 1t is Fwondered how Mr.. Bangs
could have acquitted himself better
/ than last night, when he made the
final appeal for the accused.
He referred to almost every bit of
evidence brought out during the long
tedious trial, beginning with the
Churchs Ferry incident and winding up
with the touching peroration which
| brought tears to the eyes of so many
| listeners. He compared the testimony
OF. their witness, John Anderson. whose
memory had been short at times during
the cross examination, to Judge Burr OF
the Ninth judicial district, who had
| taken the stand so frequently to cor
rect himself about the dates Of the
term of court Judge Cowan acted for
him.
J. P. Gill was scored roundly and
his testimony was completely annihi-
lated, merely on the statements of
Jack Kelly. who was called on the re-
buttal. Then he quoted DR.. Flath,
Charles Taylor and Axel Egeland with
respect to the famous automobile ride
taken In 1907, calling Witness Gill a
"self-satisfied, self confessed loafer,"
In his connection with. that incident.
Mrs. Seremgaard's Testimony.
A touching reference was made of
the death of the judges old friend, Tom
Thoreson, and the rebuttal testimony
M NTrG nIa Caray,n
Cowan came up the stairs of the I'M
dertaking establishment in a hestitat-
ing manner and declared to her that
ut was sad affair."" whereupon she
concluded he was drunk.
Mr.. Bangs declared such testimony
as had been dragged in by the board
of managers for the sole purpose of
endeavoring to create a feeling Of pre-
JUDGE against Judge Cowan.
Paul Campbell came in for his share
of comments. and Tracy said in regard
to that witness statement about
boarding the lion In his den." with
reference to waking up the judge, sup
posed to be asleep on the bench, which
was disproven by Judge Palda and
others, that Paul Campbell was too
cute a little boy to make good wit
ness as Palda had denied that alb
solutely.
No Witness Escaped Insults.
"No witness for the defense has es-
capped being insulted by the prosecu-
tion," declared Mr.. Bangs. Everyone |
has been questioned if he didn't drink |
or get drunk at times, to show they |
were in the habit of flying around with |
a drunken Judge"
Such testimony Of witnesses Kelso |
was passed over lightly, and Tracy |
took occasion to tell Counselor Sink
Ter what he thought of him for try
ing to discredit Judge Palda about his |
statement of the number of cases his |
firm had tried during the last six |
years.
"As a matter of fact Judge Palda |
didn't say that. and the record shows
he didn't. Either Sinkler wanted to /
make you believe something else and
was jealous of Palda, or he has been
associated So long with his witnesses
he had down here that he can't anv
longer tell the TRUTH
sinkIer Started Out 6ravsIy.
When he mentioned the Minot
stockyards sale, he said, "Sinkler
started out bravely until Governor
Burdick interrupted him, and then
there was the quickest change from a
heated head to cold feet ever saw
He called attention to witnesses
Greenleaf, Bradford and Hubbard, the
last named of which he said they
found they couldn't pse, and they
found Hubbard just in time to put
him on the stand and he made them
a very good witness
ut might also be interesting for
you to note, that Witnesses Greenleaf /
and Bradford have just formed a part
nership, which might have some sig
The Gordon barn incident and the
auditors ofice were gone over with
great rapidity and handled most ef-
fectively
Rex, Paragon Of Honesty.
When he came to the Lakota hotel
incident brought out In the testimony |
OF Scott Rex, he referred to the Grand |
Forks attorney as "Sinkler's paragon
of honesty and showed where Judge |
CoWan was not even in tnvvn ~, 4ha