The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-04-05
CLOSES CASE
ON |NT0X|CAT|ON CHARGE
Impeachment Court Will Direct Attention to the Carpe Of
Frequenting Of Drug Stores Where Intoxicating Lo.
uors Were So Id Illegally -

In the afternoon he said Cowan went
to sleep for the space of from ten to
twenty minutes. going into a drunk
en- stupor." This witness also said
tnat he had seen Cowan at Iakota,
July IL, 1910, both in the hotel and
on the street, and that the jurist was
silly drunk" as the witness termed
it. At the table in the dining room
Rex said that the judge had talked
In foolish manner and after dinner
came around the table and put his
arm around his (Rex's) neck and
continued talking in the same man.
ner. He. said there was no i'll feeling
On his part toward Cowan. A tense
situation arose when the accused
jurist directed a question at witness.
asking him If the personal feeling In
the last few years has in fact been
entirely friendly. Rex refusing with.
out permission to explain. On re-
direct examination nothing else was
brought out. John Vanlieu said that
he saw Cowan partially intoxicated
IN the county auditors Office the
night of Nov. s, 1910. On cross-ex-
animation Vanlieu said Cowan's con-
dition was not so bad but what he
| could transact business.
!; New Turn
An unexpected action was taken
Immediately after the afternoon ses.
sion was convened and Scott Rex of
Grand Forks was recalled for the
purpose of testifying on the delayed
case specification. This action by the
prosecution met with objection at the
hands of the defense on ground that
the evidence on the subject should
not be taken for the reason that It
does not charge all impeachable Of
tense. When the objection had been
raised Senator Simpson moved that
the court go into executive session.
but refused to state the purpose of
such executive meeting, saying that
he could hardly do 80 under the cir
cumstances. Senator Bessessen was
disposed to question the propriety of
such proceeding by asking whether
or not the court could 20 into execu-
tive session and after brief parley
| the Simpson motion carried,
Frequenting Drug Stores
When John Kelly of Bisbee. was
called by the prosecution, objection to
any evidence on the question Of fire.
quenting drug stores was made, but
President Burdick overruled the OBJ.
lection. Kelly declared that he had
been in the Greene drug store and
that they drank whiskey aud that wit
ness paid for his own liquor in the
presence Of the accused. They re-
mained there about four hours. When
the prosecuting counsel asked as to
the number OF rounds" of drinks,
Senator Stevens wanted to know what
"round" was. Kelly also. said he
had been in the place on other occa-
sions with Cowan. Liquor was sold
at the soda fountain, Kelly said. On
the first occasion Kelly said there was
no clerk behind the prescription case
with them.
NJ. A. Dohaney said that he had
seen Cowan drink in Bonds store last
fall and he also told Of the Gordon
barn incident. He was not cross ex.
amined.
James limbo. q member Of the
Devils Lake police force. said that he
entered the Ness drug store through
the rear door one day last August
and there found Cowan with another
man. The officer said he was intro-
duced by Cowan to the other man and
that he was rendered bottle Of
whiskey but he could not remember
which one Of them had done 60.
Mullough Saw Cowan Drunk.
G. w. Mullough Of Devils Lake. q
resident of that city one year and
representing the Winston Harper
Fisher company of Minneapolis, said
that he saw Cowan Nov. 8, 1910. when
he made bet on the outcome Of the
gubernatorial election in the county,
and that Cowan was then drunk. Null
Tough also said that he saw Cowan
later in the day and that he was
drunk at that time also. and that he
was walking wide." A third time
he said that he saw Cowan in the
Bangs block and that he was drunk
then also, being escorted by Col. H.
NJ. Creel. This witness also said that
he had seen Cowan on a train near
Derrick and that he was then some-
what under the influence Of intoxicat-
ing liquor. On cross examination
the witness said that he was unable
to remember anybody else on the
train. He said that he had taken
part in the fight on Cowan and that
his work had been antagonistic to
Judge Cowan.
Judge A. G. Burr of Bottineau was
next called. He said that in the June
term of court at Rugby he had called
Judge Cowan to sit as Judge in a
case. that the jury was drawn and
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