The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-08-11
ONLY THREE MEMBERS OF SEN
ATE VOTE HIM HA1iTUAL
DRUEKARO.
VOTE FAVORED DEFENSE.
No Adverse Majority on n Ballot
Only Two Believed Him Guilty
in Hansboro Incident
Crowds Cheer Verdict.

Bismarck, n. d.. May 5.-When the
voting began on the charges against
Judge Cowan it was soon seen that the,
majority of the senate believed the ac-
cused guiltless OF the charges preferred
against him.
One of the charges the prosecution
fought hardest - proNe-that of habit
ual observation-disclosures 1-got only
three votes for guilty. The members
of the senate who thought John Cowan
was an habitual drunkard were-Gar-
den of Bottineau. Welch of Burleigh
and Whitcher of Barnes.
Thirty-nine other senators voted he
was not guilty.
There were seven a~bsentees.
On Specification l of Charge .
known as the sleeping in the court in
cident at Rugby-eighteen believed the
judge had slept in court while twenty
eight voted he had not.
On Specification = of Charge 3
Known as the Hotel Cramond Incident.
in which it was alleged the judge was
was drunk at the hotel-eighteen voted
he was guilty and twenty-eight that
he was not guilty.
Specification ,. Charge 3-The Ness
drug Observation-Disclosures to twenty
three.
Specification 3. Charge 3-Bond drug
store-twenty-one to twenty five.
Specification 4. Charge 3-The Green
drug store-twenty-two guilty and
twenty-four not guilty.
Specification S, Charge 3-The Van
derhoof hotel. all for not guilty.
Specification 1.-THE Moran drug
strug store-thirteen for guilty and
thirty-three not guilty.
Specification :. Charge 2-Vander-
hoof hotel-forty-siN not guilty.
Specification S. Charge 2-Vander-
hoof hotel lobby-sixteen guilty ano
thirty not guilty.
Specification 8. Charge 2-Drunk
during Mckee-Haley case-fourteer
guilty, thirty one not guilty.
Specification 10, Charge 2-court
room in Devils Lake in August. So-
sixteen guilty and thirty not guilty.
Specification II. Charge 2-primarH
election day-thirteen for guilty anG
twenty-three for not guilty.
Specification IL. Charge 2-Postoffice
incident in Devils Lake, all voted no
guilty.
Specification 10. Charge 2-Insultin4
lady attendants in Devils Lake court
roOm-seven for guilty and thirty-ntn'
against.
Specification IA. Charge 2-TWenty'
one guilty ana twenty-five not guilty
Specification Is. Charge 2-Count.
auditors office election night-seven
teen for guilty and twenty-nine for nc
guilty.
Specification 16. Charge 1.-The Cor
don livery barn charge-thirteen TO
guilty and thirty-One for not guilty.
Specification IS, Charge 2-The fam
Gus Hansboro auto ride-two for guilt
and forty-fOur not guilty.
ON the ballots on the first fifteen de
layed cases the ballots ran from. on
guilty to forty-five not guilty up t
twenty for guilty to t~Wenty-four no
guilty.
In no case was there a majority ba
lot against Judge CoWan.
It required i two-thirds ballot t
convict.
The bal1cting on the different spec
ifcat:ons was finished at 4:3O in tn
afternoon ard when it was
tina. Judge COWan had been cleared 6
every charge. pandemonium reigne
! for a time. the vast audience cheerln
tine anG gain.
, Presi 1"nt Eurdick raped repeated
~ f. order but wos unable to restoi
an. n15.rity of h members of II
senate left ',r their homes at the cor
cluSion of tn" case.
The expense of the trial to TT
S state has been nearly 100000.