Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-03
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suggest pnacea panaeca that would cure
their ills Instead of waiting in the day
the district right would that steps
of listening testimony about these fellows
that they the jail and take them magazines possibly they
could genm and let them know
the outside who do coming
through with this world but believe bring them
much hopes of larger and brighter
work they doing have hard feeling my heart MALICE
emi although myself have been accused and magned because
some of their mistaken ideas and il-advised works.
November 1870 it charged that Judge Cowan was
i'll intoxicated condition: indeed commencing evening
the 7h There witnesses sides,
admit the testimony conflicting For the Aaon testified
Fred Mann testified, Avery Johnson testified, testified
testified: Smell testified serumgard testified
useless to call your attention to this specification
if did in ndeavor throw
light what the facts your
the first place to the fact that Of the witnesses the witnesses
shown to have interest the Manu. Avery John
son- don't know, explain that if you
figure him out let know sometime given up,
is with hem shoe and hoestrng the
against anything that the citizens
have been pnoized by
Smell, brothernaw. and the other
store The Ole Sumgad brother of Siver gns
the petition The next is Dan Brennan the Van Lew Now
call to mind old John good
honest called from that vicinity.
your He tells that John night auditors
office, and he is the prove
their and he the reliable prove case
tells that he Judge night the auditors Office
that he thought he had drinks question him.
to explain, and he said enough jolly
know that that is mpeachabe oaense jolly mood
entrusted him with business affairs Importance
that he there at that time and he said would Now
Brennan said that Cown drunk says
he drunk that he leaned
and paved the with the election and
that he mumbed and maudng humble he couldn't talk Now
pointed out BEFORE i'll their desire bolster up cause, they
thought to lot OF testimony and when the de-
tense had rested and they felt that surely
been knocked from hm they hter my
friend Smkler friend Neo another,
went another not whether they straight down.
did here they brought witnesses they
told their story and when they asked question, did
family John Joe jack they didn't use Dan
for but they had him subpond they
clerk sne And they brought the serumgd family and they
brought O and Mrs Ole and Silver, with the whole of North
Dakota back Of hn and the whole second judicial district where John
Cowan has lived for thirty he walked their and took
his and the only find
Cowan with these three families they again. They
hxd all this testimony nice Now mind this is the same time and
according the testimony the few minutes from the
that Judge
drunk paved
drunk he couldn't talk Smell Smith
knew he drunk talking politics all
within few minutes he did friend Skes
sas and landed the vault Now whether
he drunk that day Cochran drunk,
ford he drunk Ragn he drunk, Gordon
he was not drunk Mcnn he not drunk, Charles Taylor
he was not drunk H. Taylor says he not drunk Bob Cochran
of the largest farmers Devils Lake tells that with
the night before election somewhere about eleven twelve o'clock
the night that John Burke spoke at Devils Lake, and surely if
entitled drunk, if he is good republican least would
have been that night after John Burke spoke house full
that couldn't find standing went to the meeting and
tempted take three myself But did he drunk? No.
John Cowan couldn't make speech because
allowed make political speeches. Bu he has lived there
thirty and he knows all the Bob Cochrans, and all the McCy
boys and John and Henry the community and pretty all
the Oks and he knows where do business with hcn ard he knows
where thy whtn they to OF there those
like friend Sik that would like to take the district Judge and p"
him OH Pedestal and put glass box around him. You can 40 @
with SOME Of the Judges can't with he isn't that kind ne
lively he is full of and vinegar, and when there
ieht John that he belongs to the republican party
though judge And do know, kind of like Judge
ike that! the democrat have whole lot OF respect
him if he and fights like naer if he fights on the square,
whether the livery barn whether he to
,oouse there American citizens that have
business and Judge Cowan there and he
doing Bob Cochran there and him and talked
make believe that Judge Cowan stayed
all testimony but by nnuons, and they
the testimony of Way who by the convicted
-pgger of James Fitzgerald That is what they
make believe Look the records and will find that
Mike Fitzgerald sboenaed here by the state Jim Cowan