St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-30
The FAT IN THE FIRE,
Extraordinary Papers Filed
in the District Court by
j. 7. Blaisdell.
He Wants Davis & Farnam
Removed as His Attor-
neys at Once.
They Want $1,000 Of Blais-
deu Before They Give Up
the Cases.
Judge Smith Will Hear the
Application at 10 O'Clock
This Morning.

A few minutes before 8 o'clock last
evening two vOluminOns documents
were filed in the office of the clerk OF
the district court, which. on examina-
ton, proved to be of highly sensa-
tional character. They are nothing else
than applications of John L. Blaisdell
for the removal of Davis IL Farnam as
his attorneys in the cases brought
against himself and J. Frank COLON by
j. NJ. Williams and t. F. Hurley te en-
force payment on some of the Blalsdell-
Collom notes. The applications are ac-
companied by affidavits of Mr.. Blaisdell
and w. b. Anderson. MIR. Blalsdtll
swears that Davis Il Farnam have pre-
scented to him bill for services already
rendered in this matter. which is
UNJUST AND UNREA sONABLE.
This bill is attached t the papers as an
exhibit and aggregates $7,0ll.23. 1t COLI
tains number of items for services
rendered and expenses incurred, the
two largest of which are as follows:
Aug. ITO retainer i'm criminal cases
and services i'll same, Stale VS.. Col
Aug. IS To retainers in sixteen civil
Suits ............ ...... l.0Ob
OPuu tiilS vi /. DldiStttll IL
with the payment of Sl,715. In his aft.
davit he says he did not retain the firm,
either in the criminal cases or in the
sixteen civil suits. and says that
he has demanded of them tile
papers and pleadings in the
case. which they refuse to deliver
to him until he shall have paid their
bill as rendered. Mr.. AndprsOn's atfi-
davit is to the same effect as to the tie
mand made for the papers in the case.
The attorneys through whom Mr.. BlaiS-
dell makes this
APPLICATION FOR REMOVAL
of MesSrs. Davis and Farnam as his
attorneys IN the cases and for the sub
stituti0n of others are Brooks & Hen
dirk and Cyrus Wellington. The appli-
cation for hearing in the matter was
made to Judge Seagrave Smith yester-
Gay afternoon, and he Immediately
signed an Orier making it returnable at
the opening of court this morning. or as
soon thereafter as counsel can he
heard. The cases of Williams and
Hurley against Blaisdell and COLON are
on the calendar tor trial at the Decem-
her term of court, which cOnvenes on
Tuesday, and have been noticed for
trial. This fact is set up in the april
cation as one of the grounds why an
Immediate hearing should be had. The
matter will, no d0nbt, come up before
Judge Smith at 10 o'clock this morning.
as there are no cases set for trial to-day,
this being the regular
SPECIAL TERN DAY.
At the beginning of the trial of the
case of The State VS.. Cullom there was
much surprise expressed that Mr. Davis
was not retained to assist County Attor-
ney JamisOn. instead of MIR. yelling
ton. The GLOBE made some investiga-
ton into the matter, and ran across a
rumOr that it was owing to
the fact that Davis & Farnam
had rendered what was considered to be
an eXnrbitant bill for services already
performed i'm the matter before the, case
came TO trial. This rumor was sup
pressed because 1t could not be fully
certified, and because certain parties
thought that its publication might pre-
judice the case. The filing of these eX-
traordinary papers yesterday by MIR.
Blaisdell seems to he in confirmation Of
the story.