Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-07-16
Trouble Among the Lawyers.


excitement among the member Of the bar of
this District, in consequences Of the publication
of pamphlet headed " Prof essIoual Ethics,o
addressed to the Chief and Associate Justices
ton of the District of c. ,lumbia, by Mr.. Rem.
L. Green, whose fsmfr owned what Was known
as Carol, prison Vdring the war. In this
Fer number q z, airs prior to the late civil war
resided In whitnegI county, Georgia, and owned
10 my southern home By The van. Returned bepe Up
Msy lsss, VII my father and sister both then i'm
ss. sas Uss Of my S
1sns true sales Of part and tax sales Of the rest,
imnedisie and pressing wants. But foptESate tor
,ST pa ss q my yiz lo,s 70 and II
n With and .aa ' SSG Sis
pose take Any advantage Of you. On the ne eon
tray, bought to protect You, and only regret that
The law allow. 10 esn
tsn from h% sss M
!or Jeu, arrange to repay that with per cent. lin
and Tas1s dssa e,
bur ss ! might come within the $1,000 clause Of
tated to have il recorded and Consulted r. T. Mer-
rick who advised me to get Mr.. Tayloe and wife to
fssg to
Isl title. This deed was dated oR oc 10 per-
we were in great need of money Imme-
opened . negotiation with Gilbert Vsoderwerken
ior loan to her on the property as security. He
were-st Interest at the rate OF Is per cent per an
mum: %. That she should execute q warranty deed
70 him acknowledging the receipt Of 81 500, Sd
That Of the Is per cent interest should Be Covered
~ written agreement to pay him a specific sum
Tor care and trouble in managing the lots 4th
That he should have the option Of taking in lieu Of
interest and in edition to the repayment of said
over $500. 9Th. That the deed from Tayloe and
wife; my sisters warranty deed to him, and the
some one 60 be named BY him, and delivered to him
In Of my ssae r fure to repay the loan and
three months. 9Th That at the expiration Of 1--WE
II not paid within six months he might sell at public
The lots contained about nine thousand square
feet, worth at then iniste prices least eI3 500
After reducing to writing Tin part the
for he name of the person to be named BY him to
hold the papers In sScrolc, submitted them to Mr..
teT- counsel were, that we had been sihoo mates
and friends in boyhOOd; fathers had been life
southern y psthizer explained to him our com
dition, and how hoped, by bringing the family to-
Small to pay of Vsnderwerken and prevent sale ne
Of the property pledged. Under the circumstances
terms harsh as they were II vsnderWersen Would ND
Lame hm 70 hold the papers in esorop.. This was
on the oth OF November, 1865, as shown by the pa.
pers. On the 10th November " snderwerken con
senied that Merrlek should hold the papers he and
Sl,OoO" ~ NV
This agreement is recited, and Mr. Green
says the name of MIR. Merrick as escrOlc is in
clause:
AT the expiration Of three months from this date
SAID herrck Is to deliver the said deeds to said Van
derWerken, who neyer heess to hold the same ac-
cnrdng to The terms of this agreement until the eS-
pi. alton Of iye months from this date, and then to
corning TO the covenant hereinbef5re set forth nc
Mr. Green proceeds to detail the incidents of
his southern trip, and then saws.
AT NashN lille, learned that Eanderwerken had
refused to fulfill his contract with my sister. and
that she and my father were left without money and
in great distress. fastening to Washington, /
sought out yanderwerken, and asked an eS plana-
search the records who adv sed hm not to adSauee
any more money TO my sister, because her title
old deed Of trust dated q March 1915 and recorded
IN IN Liher W y 10, folio 324, made to J. HELEN
Bank Of Washington. But that debt had been
neht was in georgia and, by an t 0ver 81 bfa yf
Il AGENT no release was taken and recorded.
could have been cured in ten minutes :
When l saw him In W Washington in January, 1885,
and could not inform what the defect in the tile
was Ii did not then, nor till long afterwards, oc-
employ ed to search the records could by any pos
sIblllty De my sisters own attorney, Richard 7.
asrIick. Nevertheless " I is true, is pity; and
on the 18th April, 1873, yanderwerken sued me in
lO,76l common law docketJ for the moneys advanced
by him to my sister in part fulllmen Of their writ.
The account sued on, and sworn to by Yanderwer-
Ken on the 10Th day of April, 1873, before William
beinsohc Of the sms a xmSu1t bald az e.
rick for searching records, 500
After remarks ON this item, the pamrhlet
proceeds to charge upon Mr.. Merrck an "apti-
tude In changing front professionally" and
says: "When the court meets in bdnc, after
the summer vacation, / will endeavor to do ius-
tice to the subject, by rule against Mr.. Mer-
Ilck TO show cause why he should not DC dis
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and, as already stated, was the subject OF con
siderable comment among the LAWYERS al
though for some time past It has been known
at the arties were "out." Mr.. MerrIck was
absent at the time 1t appeared, and on his re-
turn home, few days since, requested that the
charges in the pamphlet be investigated. Ac-
coIdingly, number of members of the bar
united in request for special meeting of the
Bar Association, and the president, Mr.. W. b.
Webb, and the secretary, Mr.. Reginald FendalI,
issued a call for meeting at noon to-day.
MEETING OF THE BAR TO-DAY.
The bar association met at Il O'Clock TODAY
the president, VIM. b. Webb, esq. , in the chair
A communication was received from Mr. Mer-
rick calling the attention of the association To
the charges contained in the pamphlet and re-
questing that the association have thorough
iIiSesugaton into the matter. Mr.. Merrick
characterized the charges as utterly false, and
said Green knew them to be false when he pub
lished them.
Remarks were made in reference to the case
by number Of those present, and several res
Investigation. and finally the following resolu-
ton WAS adopted:
Resolrsd, That at the request of r. T Mer-
rick, member of this association, a com mittee
of three be appointed to investigate the charges
preferred in the pamphlet bearing the sigma
tuTe of Ben. T.. Green.
Many members of the association were in favor
of ignoring the pamphlet altogether as un-
worthy of notice, the charges being too vague
and general, but as Mr.. Merrick had requested
the investigation a committee was ordered
The following committee was appointed A
q. Riddle, f. l.. Stanton and William F, Mat
tingly. Tine association then ad journed subject
TO the call of the president.
TIE FRIENDS OF MIXED SCHOOLS HAVE
ANOTHER MEETING.-AnOther meeting Of the
colOred people who oppose the course of Mr.
John IL. Brooks of the District council in rela-
ton to the normal school bill. was held last
night at Union League Hall, Henry Piper in
the chair, and j. Il. n. Bowen secretary. The
committee TO wait on the Governor reported
that he had promised to hear them to-day
Z. y. Thomas read prepared argument to
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