The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-15
W LAWYERS IN BUTTE
They Are Charged With Wrong Methods
In Number Of Cases.
Formal Complaint Made Before the
Supreme Court In an Effort to
Throw Both of Them
Over the Bar.
By The sIandari's Special Wire.

htIt VI lsh vi Ah'hh 49,
and Haldorn of this city. The supreme
court issued an order for the attorneys to
show cause, and time until "Wednesday
morning at 10 O'Clock was given them 10
show cause why such disbarment should
not he granted. A referee will he APP
pointed in Butte TO take testimony.
Messrs. Mcbride and Haldorn are two
~well-known attorneys in Butte. After the
preliminaries incident to n formal COM
plant. the following is recitcd:
That on information and belief your complain
ant AYERS that on the ith day Of December, ISIS,
in the Justices court of the township Of Deer
Lodge, county OF Deer Lodge, then territory of
Montana, 10y Nj. j. FltZlsiirick, esq. justice al
the peace, holding his Office at the town Of Ana.
coRda, In said county as aforesaid. In favor az
one NJ. Newman, plainIin IN said cause, against
one A. retioyitsky, defendant In said cause. for
The sum oi sn..'o, demand, AMI costs me sililoi
Sii.75, IN all the sum Of SiSaSl. In the above
cause John Il. Bulrman WAS attorney for plain.
Tin and the said Mcbride and Haldorn were AT.
lorncys for the defendant that on The III. day uf
December, lSsS. the said A. retruNitsky, defend
ant, appealed 10 the district court Of the Second
Judicial district In and for Deer Lodge county,
from said alignment aud that upon said appeal
the defendant made and filed with said Justice Of
the peace for the Use of the said VI. Newman
their wriilen nndefiaklng and lns,illrs,'inn
PENDANT, and sam Promcnko and W. &. Haynes
as s%uretles, the said undertaking being prepared
10y Mcbride and lialdorn. attorney for defendant;
that ON the NH day Of September, iSSg. the said
plaintiff, NJ. Newman. in the cause rs aforesaid,
assigned all his right, title aud Interest In and To
said Judgment ana the SAID undertaking on aIH
peal la the said George Ilallorn. and the said
George lialdorn assigned the said Judgment and
undertaking Ia ). w. Shier. 2 student or clerk In
In the office of the said Mcbride and Iialdom;
that ON or about the 9th day of November, lSS9.
the said :. W. Shier. by the said Mcbride and
Haldorn, his attorneys, brought suit In the dis
irict court " the second judicial district for the
state of Montana, and for the county of Silver
Bow, against the above-namcd A. PftroNitsky,
his client, W. 4. Haynes and sam FroInrnko, the
snreiies on the undertaking as aforesaid, To re-
cover the sum Of sia,.:a, aud Interest thereon NJ
ten per ccnt per annuih, which said suit is now
pending III the said court.
The second count in the complaint con-
Germs the details of settlement in a suit
brought by Jerome Caldwell against the
Butte City Street Railroad company. The
third count concerns the ease of the Ter
ritory OF Montana against Frank Frye,
charged with stealing cattle, alleging:
The said George llaldorn approached one
Richard Herman In the Owl saloon, on or about
the It'll day al November, lsS1, and then and
there gave To the said Richard Herman SO IL
one Time and - AT another lime, he, the said
Richard ii,rlnan. being the prosecuting wines
tify On the side Of the defendant. and further
promised the said Richard Herman ssp il he
would leave the county and not appear al the
trial of the said Frank Fry for said cattle steal
ing; also that he, the said George llaldorn,
offered 10 give the said Richard Herman s5,D II
NV NNitNt tfrthf Aiat 'D' W tiii dlti ihf
said Frank Frye were not connected with the
stealing Of the cattle, hut that one George Bau-
Baninan being one Of the witnesses for the Ter
ritory Of Montana In said cause. and whose name
was ON the indictment In said cause.
The next charge in the complaint is
that in the famous case of Marie Regal.
w. /. Lippincott acting as county attor-
ney, Haldorn approached Lippincott, say
ing, "lf you noHe the case there will be
t.nnnx I'm IL for both Of H. - Tha t,,,.I
count i'm the complaint is as follows:
That ON or about the 10th day ~ March, ISS7,
AT the county Of Silver Bow. In the state Of Mon.
lana, J. 7. Matiingly, James y. Jacobs. Elias
SImington, Mrs. Babe Simi1gton, Charles Flagg,
entered into "A contract with one ,iregory VI.
Lyons for the sale and delivery Ia him. said
Lyons, of certain lumber and timbprs, and moth.
ing other, then being on the Great Eastern
lode claim, AMI then and there the property Of
and owned 10y said Maltingly, Jacobs, siinington,
Babe Sinington ana flagg, whereby the latter
agreed Ia sell and deliver Ia the said LNons the
said lumber and timlers for the sum OF sIIJ and
not otherwise; that in pursuance of said contract
of sale, and 10 complete the same. said Lyons
then and there stated 10 said Mattingly. Jacobs,
Simlngton and Flagg, that he required of them
that they, and each Of them, before the payment
OF the said sum OF $40, execute and deliver IN
him, said Lyons, that certain hill 1T sale of said
lumber and thnbers, Ia which said Maltingiy,
Jacobs, Siinington and Flagg consented.
WllercuIon the said Lyons took the said
Mattingly, Jacobs, Nilnington aud Flagg before
the said y. Z. Mcbride, who was at that time
~ i'hstl NlhflN vi i"f lhil"Nt dllI tnlN tlUl-
pose Of making and executing said lin 81 sale
for the said lumber and tilmbers. as aforesaid:
That then and there, at the office of the said !.
I. Mcbride, the facts 81 the said contract of sale
u said lumber, and timhers We're Il tied by said
Maltingly, jacobs, Simington and flagg, and 10y
said Lyons to said y. 4. Mcbride, who was r..
quested then aud there Ia draw up the said bilI
81 sale Of said lumber and timber, and not other.
wise, and for the consideration OF sIi0, the sum
lumber and timbers. That pursuant Ia said in.
structions the said u. I. Mcbride then aud
there proceeded 10 draw the said hin
engaged the said Lyons passed TO said
FIT. Mcbride "A small slip Of paper upon which
Mere written words unknown 6 the said Maj.
fore the said y. r.. Mcbride, after reading the
contents Of the said paper laid IL aside. andthen
and there took "A private blank paper, upon
which he commenced writing and when com.
plcted the said T.. I. Mcbride procured the said
Mattingiy, Jacobs, 'simington, Babe simiDgton
the same, stating 10 said Mattingly, Jacobs. SIM
ington aud flagg, that II was the hill ~ sale uf
said lumber and timbers, aud not otherwise, and
which instrument WIS a bargain and sale deed
Of the said mine and the said +, I. Mcbride We'll
knew II Ia be a bargain and sale deed conveying
Jacobs, Simington, Babe Simington and Flagg. IN
and To the said't;reat Eastern lode mining claim,
together with the lumber, etc., on said claim, To
said Lyons for the consideration $40: that
neither the said Maitingly, Jacobs, >imington.
Babe Stmiiigton aud Flagg, nor either Of them
were aware OF the fraud and deceit rraciictd
upon them 10y the said r.. I. Mcbride and until
some time after the sale aud delivery to said
Lyons Of the said lumber and timber and the
making and cNecnting of the said fraudulent
deed, and only from AN examination of the
county records were they Informed that the said
r.. I. Mcbride had deceived, and by the said
deed mad defrauded them of then said property.
After the copy of the above complaint
was given 10 the STANDARD reporter to-
day. by Mr.. Mcdonnell, Mr.. Haldorn was
met. having just returned from Helena.
He aid that when the matter was called
i'm the supreme court, Messrs. Pemberton
and ex-Attorney General Clayberg. repre-
senting Mr.. Mcbride and himself. stated
that they desired speedy public investiga-
ton Of the charges and waived their right
To ten days notice aud would file answers