The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-04-22
.COWAN CASE
ADJOURNED
Dan Brennan Shown Up BY
Representative Morrison
Burdick Testified Cowan Was
Sober at Minot
Defense Concluded Direct TeS-
tirnony---ReceSS Till Monday
COwan Anxious to Testify But
It Was Unnecessary

Bismarck, N. D., April 22.-Extra-
ordinary as the Cowan impeachment
proceedings are. they were made even
more so yesterday afternoon during the
closing hours Of the defense, when
Lieutenant Governor Burdick and Hon.
Norman Morrison, member of the pres
ent house of representatives, were CALI
ed to the stand to testify for the re-
spondent. The defense rested and an
adjournment was taken until Monday
for the rebuttal
BY far the most remarkable day of
the trial, closing with an executive
session Of the senate, the last moments
were stirring, even bordering on the
sensational. More newspaper items
were read aloud In the open session,
wherein was cited purported inter-
view with one of the witnesses for
the prosecution, in which it was charg-
ed that the senate had already lined
UP to acluit the accused jurist now on
trial, irrespective of testimony or evil
dence.
Naming Of State Executive.
Governor Burke's name was men,
toned in the testimony of one of the
witnesses from Devils Lake, who Is
an old resident there, as having been
city attorney of the satanic city at
the time Judge Duell was fining GER
tain violators of the law.
Things moved so rapidly for awhile
that even the most alert in the cham
Der were handicapped in catching ii
all. Frequent wrangles between the
distinguished brothers who are fight
ing for both the conviction and ac-
quittaI of the jurist engaged the at
tention OF the court a large portion ~
the afternoon, and the presfdent was
kapt busy ruling on objections raised
by each on almost every question ask
ed on both direct and ross-examina-
ton
1 The complete history Of Devils Lake
from the time OF its founding to the
present which has been rehashed Sc
many times already, was retold on the
stand by Judge d. G. Duell, the pres
ent states attorney of Ramsey coun-
ty and former judge of the county
court, brought out through the rigid
gruelling administered by George
Bangs,
cowan Wanted to Testify.
Judge Cowan was anxious to go on
the stand as the final witness for the
defense. but his attorneys insisted
there was no necessity for his doing
so. The large number of witnesses
examined in behalf of the defense have
apparently refuted the charges by the
prosecution so thoroughly it was un-
necessary for the accused to take the
stand.
Senate Wants to Hear Evidence.
During the morning Hon. Norman
Morrison member Of the present house
OF representatives and a stakeholder
in The Devils Lake Inter- Ocean, of
| which weekly paper Dan ". Brennan
Is editor, was put on the stand by the
defense to testify to certain things Mr..
Brennan said to him, which the latter
denied when he was on the stand him
self.
At that time the Introduction of such
testimony to impeach Witness Bren-
nan was precluded by an objection en-
tered by George Bangs OF the prosecu-
ton. President Burdick sustained the
objection, and later, upon appeal from
Counselor Cuthbert to cite certain au-
| thorities, ordered a recess until he had
looked up the law himself.
When the senate was reconvened
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