The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-01
OCOyOR INDICATED.
Report on the Charges Against
Him to the Bar Association.
WHAT EXPERTS THINK
Mrs. Forrest Refuted the Charges
Herself"

The announcement that the Bar Association would
hold special meeting at its rooms, No. West Twenty
ninth street, hear the report OF the committee Sc
ected take testimony ana report upon the charges
made against Charles OConor relative to his connection
with the Mrs Sinclair the divorced wife Of Ed
win Forrest together last night not small num-
Der Of the members 1t was well known that the re-
port would be a complete vindcaton OF Mr. O'Conor.
When the Vice President Edgar s. Van Wrinkle, called
the meeting together, there present not more
than twenty-five members, among whom the
venerable Mr. 0'Conor. Mr. Van Wrinkle announced
the object OF the meeting BIO the reception Of tho
special report and called upon Edgar r. Ketcham OF
the committee, to read the report Of that body.
The document details the appointment of the com
mttee its selection OF the tribunal and the meeting OF
that body in Chiekcring Hall 10Th OF April II
then goes THE duty assigned to your committee
being thus fulfilled they might here close their report,
but they willingly do This without expressing
their satisfaction with the result these proceedings
For many years
THE CHARLES ocoxoR
has been known to our community and TO the whole
country as synonymous with eminent ability and spot
less purity. Such a reputation could not be marred
without injury to tho profession he had 50
long adorned and pain 10 his couutrymen.
But, conscious of his integrity aud sensitive 70
tho slightest imputation upon IT, he persisted
even against the Judgment OF wise professional brcth-
rem who loved and honorcd him, IN demanding an In
vestieatlon into the changes referred 70. And
now nve d our fellow cltixens. eminent for wisdom
and goodness, fully heard the evidence, and have
animousy pronounced the charges without iounda-
ton
Sanford, Frederick r. Coadert, G. A. Hand, Orlando l.
Stewart
Dated NEW YoRK, May 2. 1870
Mr.. Kctcham then proceeded TO read the report Of
the tribunal which rcced the object for which It was
appointed, summarized the charges detailed tho pro-
ceedngs at Chickcring Hall on April 20sh, and con-
tinued:-
proceed consider the charges in tho
order above stated .
counsel Of Mrs Forrest with that his ssr
vice, were 70 os On tue somfaT me snsrss
HnnsIp On The 5,h Of Deeemter days before
y have defended me without reward Or
n n q, a," n ].
q "ass mar I o ns and nsn
presented with impression that Mr. oconers
silver vase IL behalf q the ades Il reply td tie question
Of Mrs Forrest free Of chargs had no inch
wa s s %s house G . VA
ss::ss's' 5sss .sa is
ton had been no s,5.iny should have heard ~
Forrest suits without compensation having been
FORREST HERsRLT,
and further that he permitted the pcops
. Go ndsr thu. false s snsf ss na
Wird-Whcther Mr. u'Conor made an exorbitant charge
for his 1t IL hardly that the
Forrest Of the celebrated tried %
with .biiy rarely squaled Al
the attending circumstances concur 30 show thai
let that Mrs. Forrest was unjusIy accused and
,sss xs
. 81 in ns favor During the
the Mr. compensation for
to carry on but had loaned her for her
s Is r. sS' the
$3.50 from The time the laasmsns wa. iaadstsd The
With interest the time. q payment. sp
Gs s the q xaa that Mr. ceons
paid them in January. isSi for {ervices
GUIDED il account appears sha, addition
TO the Judgment Of y Mr. Forrest received from he
and tor dover SOS 600 in the aggregate S2sl o. and
cured the perseverance, and skui minaxcment OF Mr.
0Conor aud ny procuring the reversal o. judicial decisions
receipts much smaller For these prolonged and
rasey Compensated In conclusion the are q
opinion that there foundation for any Of the charges
UNJUST ACCUSATIONS
are always to be deporcd Tor even though they are show.
AGAINST whom they brought In his case Il Is we'll hM
might otherwise have aiken the dangerous form Of
poshunous apersion When his late extreme and
those who are ndsposed regard the this fo
ike recall om the confines q another World
maintain the most precious OF his posscssons spotles
name. JOHN A. DIN
MN, Wl,;s isp q pd n1xF,
DUANE L. rEABopv Secretary. JOHN X PORTER
At the commencement OF thc reading OF the decision
Mr. Price offered the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted
Rre That the report Of the committee, with the re
port Of the tribunal arranged by y for the investigation q
the charges agins Charles oConor he and the Same -
hereby approved and adopted
by resolution II was ordered that 5000 copies OF the