The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-02
TELLS OF
!. MIDNIGHT
ERRAND
Glenn Townsend Told Jury
of His Midnight Call on
Courier-News Bookkeeper.
WAS FORMER CITY EDITOR
Once Detroit Marine Editor
Was Asked if This Was
Same as Wharf Reporter

Deep interest was taken in the testi-
mony of Glenn r. Townsend, until re-
Gently city editor of The Courier
News, which occupied the attention Of
the court the major part of the time
yesterday afternoon in The Courier
News Guild More trial. before Judge
Pollock.
Mr.. Townsend gave his age as 25,
that he had been in Fargo just about
two years and most Of that time had
been city editor Of The Courier News,
though he said he came here to work
on The Telegram, the evening publi-
cation of the morning paper during
the closing days Of the Hatcher -Bak-
er-Cushing regime.
Prior to accepting his position here
Mr.. Townsend said he had been in De-
troit, Mich, for two years where for
some time he had been marine editor
Of The Detroit News. Before that he
was student at Olivet college, where
ne said lie helped defray his expenses
by corresponding with Chicago and
Detroit apers. His newspaper expe-
rience began, he said in Cadillac,
Mich, where he formerly lived. While
in the high school at Cadillac he said
he was a reporter on one Of the papers
during vacation periods, . a,.... ..-....-
When he first went to Detroit, he
said, he vas just reporter. Later.
he testified, he was promoted to mar
Inc editor and held that position until
he came to Fargo as a reporter for
The Telegram with the understanding
that he was soon to become city edt-
tor. He said he became city editor
of The Courier News about eight or
he said, he was corresponding for the
metropolitan newspapers and writing
for magazines.
Interview With Or. Guild.
On direct examination by Counsel
Pollock Mr. Townsend related an in
terview with DR.. Lewis T. Guild on
the latter's first visit to Fargo last
August.
He said DR.. Guild came into the edi-
torial room and began talking to him
and that h told the history of the pa
per The witness said he told DR..
Guild that The Telegram was a snap
by paper and had been an afternoon
experiment, that Mr.. More was not a
news, .aper man, that Mr.. Baker WAS
that there had really been no head to
the proposition.
DIR. Guild, he said, invited him to
dinner at the Waldorf hotel At the
table, he testified, he told DR.. Guild
The Courier News had been the VIC
tim of political factions, of the LaFol-
lette campaign and many other things
similar.
He said he told the plaintiff that
The Fordm had the best equipment
though he thought The Courier-News
was a newsier paper
Was He Wharf Reporter?
II was rigorous cross examination
that Judge Young gave Mr.. Townsend.
! The court room was quite well hlled
when the former city editor took the
stand as everyone was deeply interest
ed in his testimony. On one occasion
when J-dge Young's questioning
brought fcrtn much mirth, Judge Pol
lock was Obliged to RAP for order in
the court room.
Regarding MFR. Townsends position
as marine editor. which the young
man said he had held on The Detroit
News, Judge Young asked him IL that
Job was NOT really called wharf re-
porter Mr.. Townsend said 1t wasn't
there Judge Young asked the young
man If wharf reporter was not virtu-
ally the same thing, If his duties as
marine editor had not been to visit
the wharves and docks to report the
arrival and departure OF steamers,