Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-04
BRENNAN STILL ON Stand
ENC0URT OPENED DTH|S
MORNING IN THE SENATE
Testimony is Rather Weaker than
was Expected at First

alton that engaged a detective to
watch Judge Cowan and make reports,
5 was Tracy Bangs question.
iii divide it, said Tracy Bangs in
answer to the objection and, continu-
,, ing: Are you member of any COM
! bination? and again he brought
, , down the house.
The question. finally put as ori,yin-
ally propounded, was anwsered in I e
: affirmative.
About what length of time was
: Judge Cowan under observation? ask
ed Tracy Bangs.
The witness began to elaborate by
telling when the detective was en-
gagged and was about to state that
the work of watching Cowan was
not before him when he brought in
several reports duplicating Cowan.
This answer brought from Tracy
Bangs rather sudden admonition that
1. the witness could be and would be
fair, that he would answer the ques.
tfOn as to the length of time, as
asked, and not as to what caused the
action.
about the later part Of September
and for several weeks thereafter"
replied Brennan to the question. :.
He was closely questioned as to
having any financial interests with
J. NJ. Kelly, of ever having been in
debted to him in connection with the
purchase of the Devils Lake Inter
Ocean.
Tracy Bangs then entered into con-
sideration Of the meeting of June
20, when he had been talking with
Cowan and said that he was drunk.
'In the course of that talk he said
that he liked you. did he?"
eyes SIR replied Brennan.
"And you thought he was drunk"
followed Counsel Bangs.
He then entered into the consider
alton of the appearance of Judge
Ccwan in the office of the county
auditor when he said that Cowan was
intoxicated Brennan having testi-
fed that Cowan was leaning over the
returns, muttering to himself at the
time. !.
"You say he was looking over the
returns and muttering?" said Bangs
YES sir" responded Brennan.
81 did that myself" responded
Bangs, who was defeated in county
election last year, "and wasn't drunk
either"
A question on redirect arose as to
the right Of the prosecution to in
quire into the reasons that brought
about the placing Of detective to
watch Judge Cowan, created little
that brought the afternoon session to
a close with the announcement from
President Rurdick that inasmuch as
there appeared difference of opinion
as to what the law really was that he
would adjourn court till evening and
then give what the law really was.
There was brief executive ses-
sion of the senate following the after
neon session and while the evening
session had been anticipated, it was
later cancelled and the time for open
ing set at nine o'clock this morning.
Under cross examination Prof. God
ward yesterday afternoon said that
there really was nothing to prevent
the women who were in the court
room to leave if they so desired, but
he claimed that they would not leave
for fear that the permit cases would
be brought up. Asked II he had seen
Cowan when he was sober, the wit
ness repl.~d that he had not in the
last year. and that he had seen him
'our or five times, specifying several
instances. GodWard also entered into
he Organization of the Devils Lake g.
Civic League, spoke of rulings that
.owan had made in court that he
hought were improper, and said that
me ruling in particular by which
here was occasioned delay of sew
9ral days in the hearing of the permit
Eases was not necessary.
Woman on the Stand.
Mrs. w. A. Godward, next on the
stand. tested with reference to the
permit cases and that she had seen
Cowan in the court room several days.
md that finally on November Is, he
,ame in, walked over to where she
md several other ladies were, and
declared that there were mo cases.
,ut that they had been dismissed.
That Cowan was in quarreisOme
mood and that he was intoxicated.
IN cross examination she said that up
N the occasion of the examination
# the physician with reference to
diseases suffered by prisoners, that
e was lear-eyed, and admitted that
uestion raised was one with relation
o danger of having the prisoner in
he Jail. She contended, however.
hat the examination was unnecessary
Irs. Godward also said that he
walked across the floor unsteadily.
Mrs. A. l.. Hopkins, also CT Devils
AXE, gave corroberative evidence, on
be examination of the physician with
eference to the condition of the
risoners.
and your recollection is that he
oekod Tracy Ran3R