The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-10-31
THE COURTS.
Argument on the Motion to Disbar
Titus B. Eldridge.
aURLING BACK The CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.
Closing the Avenues Of Easy
Admission to the Bar.
RESISTING UNWELCOME INTRUSION.

The Supreme Court General Term, Judges Davis,
Brady and Daniels beng on the bench, WINS occupied
nearly all day yesterday listening 10 the continuation
OF tho argument the motion to disbar Mr.. Titus B.
Eldrdse for alleged Irregularities connection with
the contest over the will oil the late Alfred
Barmore Ex-Judgc Fi,hian, who appeared for
Mr. Eldrdge, In reopepng hrs argument, ALLUDED
TO the address Just made by Chief Justice DAVIS to
newly admitted candidates to tho bar. urging high
aims and integrity in their profession and The i'm
portance OF keeping such profession unsullied, and
said that Mr. Eldridge had been for twentynv years
an active practitioner the bar and until present
charges against him, which he claimed TO be wholly
unoundod and tho result OF the basest conspiracy not
word OF complaint had ever been uttered impugniDg
In the slightest degree his professional integrity, but
he had stood In foremost ranks OF his profession
respected and nonored by everybody. He asked that
as his past had been without hlemish his fu-
turc should be without q blight After this brief
peroraton he referred 10 the TACT that no was taken
entirely by surprise by the pursued by tho
posing counsel He had thought that after tho ref
Integrity, and who had once sat the Supreme Court
Bcnch-nad made his report wholly generating
Mr. Eldridge, ana pronouncing HIM innocent
Of every charge preferred against him, that
tho mater would end here, that this judg-
as verdict OF acqui,.ai in the case and that ali that
remained 10 be conc hore would be 10 ndorse that
judgment as emnently just and proper. On The con-
traTy, TO his great SURPRISE mass OF testimony
prislng dispositions OF wholly INSCRIPTIONS parties
bad been adduced to ruin tho character Of Mr. FL
dridge Tins Testimony had been scnt by the Court
TO the referee who out OF Difference TO Tho Court,
accepted II as ~ the nature OF complaint, but in his
hnal verdict adjudged totally unworthy OF credence
ne tnen pfoccedca 10 give very careful and min
ute analysis OF this testimony. He showed the
relations that formerly existed between Mr. Wheeler,
the pr'nopai witness, and Mr. Barmore; and tina tact
that, from the intimacy Vt such business relations,
no one knew bette. than Mr. Wheeler the feelings en-.
how natural u was for Mr.. Edrdgc TO seek 70 get
testimony IN the contest to set aside Mr. Barmore's
WILL Alter reading the correspondence between MIR.
Edridge aud Mr. Wheeler, IN which ne declared that
thcre was nothing 70 conceal The part Of Mr.. Ed
ridge, ne showed how Mr. Edrdge, when he found
that Mr. Wheeler was wholly unreliable, and that
his only object was 10 cxtort money from him,
suspended any iuriher d. al,ngs with him Having
traced hceler's career California and his
10 Philadelphia without money and with very little
Credit he showed how he suddenly became possessed
In bank, part OF which he spent In buying stock, and
nron the remainder OF which he entered upon career
potu, under the effects OF which, insisted,
induced TO sign his pcrjured affidavit eliminating Mr..
from Judge Hager and Mr. Tuy A. Wise, In Cali,
orna in regard TO intcrrosatories sent 10 Wheeler
and how they both characterized him as holding
back Tor the purpose OF extortng money. In regard
TO the answers TO SUCH interrogatores also by
MIR. Eldridge. he claimed that this was nothing more
than parallel case to drawing afiaayit, the an
Bwers being, Ne moro memorandums, subject to mod
tications, and which were modned. An afiidavit Of
hr. Stirring also read, setting forth statements
In this case. and that he would give his
testimony TO the side that would pay hun
the best. Similar scathing analyses made
ofthe testimony OF other Witnesses ana from general
review thus taken OF all the testimony II was urged
that Mr. Eldridgc had been the victim OF base
conspiracy, the conspirators being parties who had
sold themselves, body and SOUL 10 perdIton to
this man. He characterized such witnesses as pro-
iessonal swearcrs panel thieves and convicted rob-
bcrs. In conclusion he urged that the Court should
disregard testimony upon when IL sought TO DIS
bar his Client He INSISTED that there not y
tia oil evidence against MIN, aud concluded that tho
motion should be denied few remarks rcjoinder
followed by Mr.. Doadeld, manly reIteratIng tho
points raised OH hts main argument aftcr which the
Court took tue papers, reServlnH Its decision.