The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-04-25
THE REBUTTA[
EVIDENCE IS
CONTRADICTION
Cowan Prosecution Is DENYING
Flat Footed Defense's Evi-
dence As Offered
DAN BRENNAN DENIES THE
TWO WITNESSES STATEMENTS


Evidence According to B. H. Bred.
ford Of Minot- -Bassford's Story b =
MED by Brennan.
(By H. E. c. Bryant.)
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Washington, April Ex-senator {.
Gronna's attention was called to I"
. statement accredited to him in +
connection with the case of Judge y
{" Cowan. In reply he said: "The =
only statement or comment which =
have ever made to any men, =
Der Of the North Dakota state SEN {"
ate in reference to the Cowan y
~ case is the following:
'"1 understand that the SEN =
ate is to be called together again {"
to sit as court in the Cowan =
case. Having had some expert =
ence in cases of this kind / know =
how any one who Is to sit as a =
judge looks at outside interfer- =
ence, and it is certainly not my y
intention to try to influence any q
one who has to decide this case. y
4AO AAAu0I wv oO upOA LILO oV4ucnCc
in the case and nothing else.
Newspapers have said many y
things in the Cowan case which
know are not true. Judge Cowan =
has for years fought for progress =
sive legislature. In his decisions =
he has been fair but he has not
favored the corporations
"This was included in letter =
to member of the senate who
= wrote me in regard to a number =
Of matters. have made no refer =
ence to the case in any other let
ter, either to him or to any other =
senator"
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CI. D. Paulson.)
Bismarck. NJ D., April ,25-With the
relbuttal evidence for the prosecution
commenced this morning, the. fifth
week of. the trial of. John f. Cowan
before the North Dakota impeachment
court was opened. The examination
of the witnesses today has indicat-
ed the same trend as has prevailed
through the trial up to the present
moment, that of almost fiat contra
dictipn.
Even U. l.. Burdick, president of
the senate, who was on the stand Fri
day afternoon for the defense, testi-
flying with relation to the Minot stock
yards incident, was mistaken as to
Cowan's condition upon that occasion
according to the evidence that was
given this morning by Attorney B. H.
Bradford Of Minot, who declared that
he was at the stockyards on the date
in question In company with D. G.
Greenleaf, the latter having already
testified that Cowan was then under
the influence of liquor. .Burdick has
testified that he was with Cowan
was not intoxicated.
Bradford said today that he saw
Cowan for a short time on the after
noon Of one day, supposedly the sec
ond Of the sale and that his face was
flushed and he was under the influ-
ence Of liquor.
Dan Brennan was Also on the stand
again this morning, the purpose of
his evidence being to refute the state
ments that have been made on the
witness stand by Fred Bassford of
Devils Lake and Representative Nor
man Morrison Of Webster.
Bassford's evidence to the effect
Brennan had offered him $50 to work
on election day for the candidacy Of
l. ]. Wehe for states attorney and
the further evidence that Brennan had
remarked that he had been following
Cowan for q year and q half and had
enough evidence to send him to hell
was denied by Brennan, he said that
III the conversation in question he
told Bassford that the work Of q
month and a halt had not been for
nothing and that he had enough re-
ports to send any man to hell.
With relation to Norman Morrison's g
evidence as to the conversation oc-
curing in the capitol building in
which Morrison said that Brennan
had told him that he was after Cowan
and would get him, together with
sundry ether remarks less suitable
for Darlor use, Brennan also declared
by Morrison and that such portions
been asked about when he was on tho
stand and denied by him, had as a
matter Of fact taken place. He also
e6lu Iu6I no uoV tOSO MOEElSOu L00u
that his (Morrison's) attitude In the
Impeachment matter was q disap-
pointment to him (Brennan)
When H. B. 1enn, an attorney of
Rugby, was called to the stand to
testify with relation to books and ac-
counts Of Drs. J. H. Moeller and J.
o. L. Moeller, the question az to the
method of examination arose and
brought on early adjournment for the
noon recess.