Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-04-08
BANGS DECLARES. ! !.
i WAS NADE...'TO
ANDY IN ST.. PAUL !
Also Contends. in the Argu-
ments for Dismissal, That
Plaintiff Saves own Neck
MANY FEATURES OF
CASE ARE COVERED
States Attorney Burtness sAd Lsche
Asking Justice to Hold hang. and
Nlnhon for trial-Instst Their Duty
Is Very Plain.

Mercdleesly, hayinx Andy guni-
ness, @. s. Lyche and the Pfnker.
ton detective agency. Attorney
his plea before Justace: r1iil Mo
Loughlin for the dismissal ~ tho
bribery charges aasinst Tracy r.
Bangs and j. c. Nahon.
;Aftsr T. touching ,ss,ns ,Sn on ,, tas hesvy ;.v
a check for $1,000 IN drawn 81
the states attorney only Q few
days ago to defray the expenses,
Mr.. Bangs took uIt tho condition
Of affairs which exisoed sSs the
time the Cooper case icams 70
trial.
Here we nave James Mahon.'. =. said
Mr.. Bangs, living duietly and hap
PLY at Inkster, married. and With q
daughter. free handed. open heasted,
generous and frank, the last man 10
whom any kind OF sneaking crime
could be attributed. 30 z
''And the other. defendant. He
stood at the very height Of his career.
He was fresh from his victory In the
Cowan trial when the entire senate
Of North Dakota arose to pAys ihthn;
tribute, at the conclusion OF Mn pisas
and ,,,yet tl1sss' suisIred geItis.
'hien want yon to shtlisws tkat tbese
two men ~ ert TO Bod hnnsSt seitiSens
toh' ;N2fE tSff f..sand1xNpxStl1 the suext
u s|ssss lssoryJ; S5s| y III, q. Sourt siof
Justice, gent Ielnen. for stessySn do YOU
damn yourselves forever sss II ~
ssMr. Bangs then took up the. list OF
the jurors and argued that those who
had voted for the acquittal Of Nc
Lain Cooper were those who lived on
farms and were familiar with, the
dangers Of farm life, and that whetl1-
er or not they had drunk during the
time they were confined had apparent
~ nothing to do with the verdict
4 Templeton's Inquiry Cited. NJ
Il deeply regret that the death Of
Judge Templeton hastmade+it fiftpes-
stble for. him to beahere now said
Mr.. Bangs, for I feel that the story
Of his Investigations into this scaae
would be most illuminating. sss
He also sought, as was his duty,
the truth in this matter, 5ut;ihe did
not do 1t with the aid of parjured
witnesses, and he did not spend thou
sands Of dollars of the county IN oney
to give Andy Sullivan q debauch.
HE employed. reputable detectives
from the Burns agency. men who
stood at the top Of their profession.
Does the counsel for the state think
that he. with the Pinkertons. San do;
more at this: time than JadES Grr-;
pleton with the Burns men cDdy ~
two weeks after the trial took Il
when Judge Templeton. fount III
which would Justify him h
the; case into cour?, Ia, .s,ss
Sulnyan's Drunken srrsG.
& The nextsimportant icircasn SsI
we: have in connection with tE,1s iel
is Andy .Sullivan's trip to
with 5000, and. his .conscieng
will pass over. his. conScieno -
'as:it is, only Of value. in shoy ysnS
well, poor Andy arrived slis:s e. &
Paul with his insides 50 blAl
UP by HIS conscience that
driven to drink, but by Noy1 ia
Andy's conscience needed moi ncneys
aud his conscience Is OF Ike type
that when IT, gets going people have
to-: hang on to their. pocket boote.
:. ANDY and Ills conscience spent
$500. on u thirty day ,Aebauch ana
then fell into the hands of the PIN
kerton detective agency N,S;;l,,5
~ Needed Pro itiatsaon. .sS.s ss,
''He needed. protection. from 4 his
various crimes and he found II. In
spite of his story. to the contrary, I
say that. he was promised hnmunity
twice i'll st. Paul, once. by Mr.. Hat
field of the Pinkerton. agency. and
once .by Mr.. EurtnesS and ME- IVche,
and. that. he. was again pr0miuod Inn
inunity after he reached 0Fand Fnfks.
We. md. record Of q Il charge
against him, but how was It prosecute
ed? He vas not put Ia Jiil . anoth-
eri wttness wass 4t ono. time ~ one os
thsse Ass 1,st s..s,nfs,sasa y ',sts ent'snsn He
/; He stopped It the. best hotels. ana
lived OFT the; fat Of tiis land kener-
ally. is.s D, b III
! i i =..Anyhow. We have Andy. s..rcped,'. /.
to. :uaG his. own expression. ana hold :
ing down q n1sgnihc tnt job. with the
a1 sts,s. kaa attsF9s seSkt & sssss sss HIN; n.
they may have thousht TINT Atidy sWas
too valuable for, them to loee, or ne
may have 'hed the sgocdss on tho pros.
ecution. a ag,l4s5.lS 5.5: 81.
Put;sas,s4s III 49, H. III .3..'
/. One tr&n1letftu a& thfaljtiimS plAoea
it1s brand 6ll III th0eA conc ned III
ui1an thes ~ 81 which euIMe 81 .
sent TO PeieMA. Ore, with -yeas,
ola. boy % Saenaf fActutss Il
They ispsy Z I'm efss J. thssSI
Is a,d restissS 81. y ) i s. sis; ss.
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