Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-01

most the last witness this trial. Judge cowan
while Judge Burr the bench dus
that afternoon Judge seated himself in the back end OF the
Judge Burr didn't him. No one else saw hi" mere "
that time The case was continued until and then
proceeded with the selection OF Jun!
taking testimony until along about half past two or %
o in h afternoon Judge Cowan fell asleep and then
testified Charlie Donnely wherein Donnen
judge asleep discussion arose between A. NJ;
C;s,nsn and R snkler about what certain witnesses testified
the preliminary hearing and the two gentlemen engaged " W
pulled their pocketboo Tor inc
purpose making while the judge asleep ana
that particular time
that there perhaps something doing the time that
attorneys offered right under the nose OF 'n'
of the that the evidence esaDne'
John drunk that OCCASION True they bring here
this ime lady, Jean MsNaughton Stevens who testhes that she got
Rugby along little after three the 2h OF jan
ury. and she tes6es that she didn't
that indicating that Judge Cowan intoxicated
while Jean McNaughton Sev-
and during OF that trial there was
anything deano Of Judge Cowan which would indicate
concerned does not
that offered behalf Of the state We con-
tend that he intoxicated the time she came there
he intoxicated the h and her testimony was true every
particular She lady whom ought respect being engaged
taking OF unfortunate girls the
North Dakota and the wonan testimony worthy OF credit but
anything this because does not apply to
that Judge Cown intoxicated Andrew Tuft came
here another derested Witness and he said that the Judge was asleep
asleep The evidence shows he
asleep night before with Mnck and he didn't
have pretended for his going to sleep the occasion
OF
the n A. Way incident when Judge cowan
noticed by n A. Way be drunk in August 1870 going from Bells
drug store across of n A. Way said
appeared xed that he staggered he crossed the
The next case April A. 1910 city day. by
ethes Judge Cowan
from the Robertson Lumber Co., the street and
owadh refers election day buat is l6 of the 9th
day ti6cs that April 4ththat election da-he
Judge intoxicated: that he drunk that time Fred
Trayror also being intoxicated
p Gill Incident these quite
rapidly, gentlemen order through with them have already
than and least deal
somewhat with the balance the which consider OF infinitely
question OF drunkenness While do contend that
question evidence sufficiently overwhelming
show that this unfit the bench yet these other
which with conclusive the Senate
and think can show " that they are conclusive upon you and Will
require under oaths jurors find that he guilty and
unfit oho|dp public
The first incident call attention with P
Gill incident that Tom Thoreson funeral Gill
fed that he there i'll the undertaking establishment the time that
Tom sson body lay the and that Judge Cowan there
and the time Judge Cowan there he Observation-Disclosures Judge
condemned him, criticised him, made fun of
him. said he of the BREED effect that this Dmgnan
and ellis testimony standing alone wouldn't appeal to being
much strength but of fact Gill has been corrobor
this He
with the Tom Thoon incident He has been coroborad with
the Bbee incident by everything that TRANSFERRED there
the fact that all these other testified that Cown wasn't intoxicated
That all other circumstances
rounding the Transaction P Gill has been corroboraed single
particular
Now respect the John
Thoeons that there in the undertaking
E w. Gilbert serumgad she
thought intoxicated think going
here and lie: Is she also of @ brbed witnesses
spoken She oorroborates Gill; She teses that Cown
there
him. and knows that he intoxicated But Gill further
incident that occurred he claims 1909 and we contend
1892 1907, the other
occurred doesn't make difference Gill teste with
that incident that those men came into his hotel abou dinner time believe
dinner they
doesn't evening
with the Judge and is assisting linn 10 the stairs Gill hears the noise
lights
the and that he the Judge
staggered that being assisted TAYLOR Now
We
defense their testimony The
next dav Gill
stated that there lot Of Ang noise
the didn't to what it
After had left goes somebody had
vonted the floor He don't know who on the
floor He doesn't he knows who but of party
drunk did that
walking the floor of the Office and that staggered; the
time he got into tue automobile Now the defense
engaged Eand Charlie Tv
lors and believe there other witnesses Now all
of other witnesses cooboratd Gill on the
examination
the deenses Witnesses developed that they didn't anything
drink kgnd testified that they didn't anything
drink the bank until lunch seven O'Clock in
the evening" and then they had beer Eand whom it