Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-04-13
FILES IN CASES
GIVEN PROSECUTION
ROLETTE COUNTY FILES PRO-
DUCED IN SENATE. PROSE-
CUTION NEARLY FINISH.
ED ITS TESTIMONY
Defense Witnesses to Be Heard for
the First Time Since Impeach-
ment Started

Bismarck, April 1Oth.-One Of tho
complaints of witness tampering was
investigated by senate committee
Which made a report that there wac
no ground for any action. The re-
port was announced in Yesterdays
session.
There was some discussion over :,
missing leaf wanted from a hotel
register at Rugby, which could not
be found among Judge Cowan's pa-
pers, but at Saturday mornings ses-
sion the missing leaf was reported as
having been found and was given to
the prosecution.
one specification was charged OF
delay In the case of Stolze VS.. Ed
more school district. The prosecn-
tion withdrew the charge as further
investigation had revealed the fact
that Judge Cowan was not to blame
for the alleged delay.
The attorneys argued at length m
the point Of when cause is finally
submitted to Judge for his de-
clslon and when does delay begin?
President Burdick said there was no
well defined law regarding it. 1t
was contended that cause is not ac-
tually submitted until all briefs that
may be ordered have been filed. Con-
siderable time was devoted to consid-
Grafton of delayed cases in Cowan's
court. H. G. Middaugh, an attor-
ney of Devils Lake, testified to DELAYS
IN half a dozen cases. Some of the
delays were of from a year to several
years duration, according to wit
ness. In several cases the findings
requested of the Judge were not
produced as he said he did not have
them.
An Attorneys Kick
Counsel E. r. Sinkler has made
public statement in regard to fees
allowed by the senate for the law
yers. He complains that he was al
lowed but $50 a day, which was in
adequate for the services he was rem
derlng the prosecution. Said that
were the client any other than the
state and were he not interested in
the purity OF the court, he would
have at once withdrawn from the as
slstance of the prosecution, but he
said, notwithstanding the Inadequate
I1f tn fh1 c<1
an attorney requires me to 20 on
even though it is at sacrifice OF
personal interest,"
The senate allowed $12O a day for
the two attorneys of the prosecution
and $40 day for stenographers and
clerk hire.
In case the accused should not be
convicted of the charge of impeach-
ment it is likely that the senate will
feel compelled, under the law, to pay
the expenses of Judge Cowan, for
attorneys fee and witnesses which
will very largely add to the cost of
the entire proceedings.
Files in Rolette county cases, over
which prosecution has manifested no
little concern, were today turned ov-
er to the board of managers by Tracy
Bangs, counsel for the respondent.
There are about twelve cases from
Rolette county in which it is claimed
that the defendant has been respon-
sible for unjust delays in the making
of decisions.
The files in these cases were Sc
cured by Judge Cowan after his i'm
peachment by the house of represen-
tatives for the purpose of preparing
defense.
Sunday afternoon George Larson of
Cando, who was subpoenaed as a wit
ness for the prosecution in the Co.
wan trial and who has been spending
the past few days in the city, was at
tackled by fit of insanity and Sun
day night he was removed to the
county Jail for safe keeping until the
authorities could determine what to
do with his case.