New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-27

And Of since this issue settled by Judge Car
dOzo left the City to prove this bargain to lose It's case
the enforcement OF 1t was simply an enforcement OF tue
loss OF the Legal knowledge is not necessary to u
dersand THIS vancouver; common sense Is all that Is
needed. go and complain TO the Court, Smith struck
me The Court responds, Very good prove that Jones
struck YOu or you lose your case That he Woe soy
There other interesting details when auu
greatly to this portrait but our readers had better
hunt them up for themselves by careful pernsl OIL
the story.
As for Corporation Counsel O'Gorman it appears
10 us that the attitude in which TINS history lca'oo
him Is no less dsgraceful than that OF tho tmo
Judges In fact we think if 1t be possible he oG r
pies worse position than either OF theil; no no
selling out of client case by lawyer retained 10
protect it is the greatest betrayal lhn can ID
guilty of outside the privacy OF his own hetIi anu
home Sncb is the lesson which every educated law"
yer is presumed to study and respect. - .lo.o
In the whole history of the bar we d0nDt IL lhelo
can be found so deliberate tTeacheIy as tne s'ato
mcns of the present narrative estaDllsneu on eno
part of OGOrman. In proof, read the 1oiloWlns oA
tracts: ,.--.., orour tent
any dangerous witnesses ont Of Court was ths ny ~
sructed his Subpoena Clerk, in writing not as Williams IN
promised to subpoena all the persons whom MI "i"'"'
i. To take all such names and report them to MI
Q Not to subpoena anyof the Common Co"'e" Jor "e
FIRST dGU Of the trial. ~ 1,, f,itv office.
holder in the wnessbOx against his Will OF VIM IN,
witnessed the silent rake acknowledgements oid
which such gentleman dives into nvlslDny ~
sucb publicv and who knows what very short hoce
me viii turn tail and go down. Will laugh at the respee,a
be.lookng but absolutely certain device Dy WIcI ~
O'Gormau Tins went 10 hunt wild ducks WIN oIdsS
band" Why "a hours after that case shoaiH pS d ~
Tond suffice to discover the Fathers OF
the City let alone the Subpoena Clerk OF an un"i"e
MI Williams knew all this as well as Mr. OG .,oo
did which is saying all that can be sal9 LOT ZINES
the matter; but he sent list OF y aGultIoni c,nc
among which were those of about 20 Common Councl
men and some other members OF the kig; anu d o Az
that these persons should be subpehaed IoI te H.,
MS he intmated with superfuous eXplahalloh' tne'
would otherwise run away. =, -, ...-.oo ,or,od nv
Mr. Williams not more than eight in all were Sumohou
at all on the trial aud not one Common C9hnedtn,am Mr.
In preparing this list, particularly OF CounVlV, ,
Williams sought the best advice from experts and pract,
cal men, in order TO avoid the hshhg Tor HnI nv
somehing OF the NATTER which Mr. OGorman had been
SO much afraid Of Among others, he inquired at Ger
tain municipal oracle of great twlckeO WISDOM anu ie
pute who must be namecss. but whose responses len,
fy the light already only Toe clear when dht s
a private interview with the mystic man. MI. Wllams
opened the case to Wit How TO pick the proper tG
cimen subpoena in Woodscase and how 10 serve 'nen
INF Williams" replied the wise Of Gotham and
looking him straight In the face, don't Know Mhelher
YOU are a friend OF Mr.. OGOrman's or not -,
II am friendly TO Mr. OGorman, was the reply; ana
should be sorry TO do anything that "oud fcuounu
"Weli if you wish to destroy him, you have got the
..What do you meant"
eff You insist that the Common Council shall be sunpe-
naed they have got TO be snDpeaed thefe Is no o'oI
way-but it Is death TO Mr.. O'Gorman."
"Why sor c-..,,.,,
Counsel again. and if lie subpeuas those men, every one
Of them will take for INSULT and eyey one oil them
Here is the passage in which Mr. OGorm0n, in
summing up at the final trial, exoneraled Wood and
the Common Council of New-lork City from any
touch of evil and left them all shining like the sun!
{" congratulate the Court, and congratulate the
counsel on the other side that neither frOm the counsel
or from the Court has como the slightest opposition 10
the fullest investigation OF this charge Of corruption Ev
cry opportunity has been allowed the city TO investigate
it, Their witnesses have been produced their witnesses
have failed substanilac the charge There IS no par
tice OF evidence TO prove either That Fernando WOOD
paid or that any member Of the City Government re-
ceived cent of money for passing the resolution IN
question l am not disappointed at the result ! aIn
Glad Of the result am proud that my clients the Com
mon Council bear no alnt OF this KIND, ana win the
frankness, and the same conviction OF duy when
governed me III allowing my name TO be signed To the
Charge with the frankness and III the same per
Torrance of duty do now withdraw IT,
"when the Corporation Counsel had made this broad
fraud he leaned ever toward Mr. stoughon and asked
in low OF viii that he satisfactory Have
sufficiently retractedF to which Mr. stoughtOn nodded
The narrative thus comments upon this speech,
| and shows the extent TO which Mr.. Williams was
! permitted to present his views:
| Upon this speech may briefly remind the reader
that Mr.. O'Gorman himself had effectively maclnated
the absence, begin with OF the question Of fraud for
jury by his management at the 3leninS OF The deta Ps
presence Of ouy witnesses who were to have testified
to fraud and bribery procuring the vote for the lease
As to the Corporation Counses e&ultation IN the ta
lessness OF the New York Common Council they ms
clients as he aid and he may have felt 1t necessary 10
attempt disinfectlng them little IN his capacity an
advocate. The operation il sufficiently extraordinary,
from an official scholar and gentleman but IL sinks
into Oke when compared with the labOriOus eXcul
patton by advocate Of his opponent ana the gcefu
into that opponents hands OK the
OF the tantless clients. especially when connect tins
conduct with the train OF preparations FOR II.
As for Mr. Williams, who had been by agreement the
chief manager OF the case, aud had done all the actual
work upon it, his argument both upon the points OF law
involved and upon the merits was made ana answered
thus:
Mr.. Williams" viii your Honor hear further argument
In this case T.
Judge Cardozo-" can hear but counsel each
side"
We have already declared how nsufferably afro
cious this narrative would be if the charges made in
il were not true. For they include such
ugly things as fasehOod purjurv, theft. pros
ttutIOn of the judicial office. violation of public
pledges and the betrayal of clients. Yet the state
ments Of fact which constitute these charges are
made so clearly and circumstantlally, and with 80
perfect confidence and cOheTence, that only "A
thorough refutatiOn of them can avail the parties.
This challenged clearly enough at the very begin
ming. We quote as follows:
This account is prepared from the official papers,
senOgrapheIs notes, and correspondence among
sell In the case. Every fact stated In IL DC
verified OATH and proved by irrefutabe legal testi
mOny.
What will George G. Barnard, Albert Cardozo, and
Richard OGorman dol viii they break cover and
take refuge in flight, or will they stand at bay
against the accuser or, what is more probable, will
they attempt to retreat still further under the
shield of official security until expelled by the
righteous Indignation of an outraged peoplci We
shall see.
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