The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-04-21

The senator laughed back pleasantly
and said, "his position was good one"
Rigid Cross Examination.
The cross examination of Mr.. Taylor
was quite rigid, and the witness gave
out nothing that was contradictory OF
what he had already said. He said that
nothing but beer was drunk on any OF
the trips in that little pleasure ex-
cursion, when asked IL some other in
| toxicating liquor had not been brought
along or purchased en- route.
George Bangs asked him IL he re-
called the conversation between Judge
Cowan and Dan. ". Brennan on cleo
ton day last June, and the witness
/ said he did not overhear any Of the,
remarks. He said that he was working
all day with Judge Cowan In the eiec-
ton and that the latter was in per-
fectiy sober condition.
| Mr.. Bangs asked him a number OF
questions about the hours of the day
when such and such things happened,
and Mr.. Taylor said his recollection
did not serve him to cite each hour
| of the day. Finally, after he had been
asked practically the same question
a half dozen times, the witness became
trif1e exasperated. and said with q
slight wave OF the hand toward the
attorney:
"Tm telling you can't tell YOU"
whereupon Mr.. Bangs switched into
another channel. He asked him il it
was the custom of district judge to
so out and work on election day, which
was Immediately objected to by Tracy
Bangs.
President Burdick sustained the OBJ
lection and stated that only few
moments before. the counsel had OBJ
jected on the grounds of ''custom"
himself
Governor Burke on Circus Train.
When it came time for the redirect
examination, Tracy Bangs asked the
witness If he could recall riding from
Rolla to Devils Lake on circus train
some time ago. To refreshen his mem
ory about the incident, he asked Mr..
Taylor il he remembered Governor
Burke and others on the train.
The instance was remembered at
once and he said that in the party on
the circus train were Governor Burke,
Mr.. Steele, Judge Cowan, Mr.. Cuthbert
and himself. He said his memory was
quite vague about walking around with
Governor Burke the next morning, and
the incident was not followed up.
Records of Jail Prisoner.
just as Mr.. Taylor was about to be
excused from the stand, Senator Over.
son asked him If he had taken any
record of the testimony of DR.. Cuth-
bert in regard to the hearing pertain
ing to the prisoner confined in the
county Jail on the day Professor Cod
ward, his wife and other women were
present in the courtroom. The witt
ness said he had.
George Bangs asked if they could DO
produced. Mr.. Taylor said they could,
although he did not know whether or
not they were In his desk in the judges
chambers or filed with the clerk OF the
court They had never been TRANSCRIPT
ed, he said but he could produce them.
Judge Cowan himself asked counsel
for the prosecution if they would be
requested, but George Bangs decided
he didn't want them. as 1t would take
some time for them to be procured and
Transcribed.
Only Two More Witnesses.
At late hour the court adjourned
until this morning at $3.50 o'clock,
when it Is expected the final witnesses
for the defense will be called to the
stand. There was some rumor that
Judge Cowan would take the stand,
but last night this was considered an
improbabiiity.
The last two witnesses remaininsson
the list OF the defense are Judge ID. q.
Duell, states attorney Of Ramsey
county, who has lived opposite Judge
Cowan for about eighteen years, and
Norman Morrison of Webster, whose
testimony Is said viii be about the
liveliest yet heard in the trial.