The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-10

perty. The supreme court Of thi
state has ruled severely against thi
| practice. know that you stirred ul
the Dorshe case, at least heard so. 1
may not be true. / know OF the pur
chasing Of the Carter case, which / be
lieve was set aside by the suprem,
court, in the case Of Barker & Wood
! ard / don't make it practice o.
, looking up attorneys regulations.
don't say that these are all the cases
, know Of / think 1 could find manS
J more If searched the records. have
not been hostile to you. I have no feel.
ing against you.
l.. e. Selig called: In December ]
was reporter on the Budget. remem.
Der Dell bringing an article to be pub.
lished in the Budget. One afternoon
Simpson, the editor, asked me to take
the communication to Dunbar. knew
what 1t was. 1t was in Dell's hand
writing. 1t was in the form Of an in.
terview with some one on our paper.
1t was sent back to Mr.. Dell. / re-
turned it to him and told him Mr.. Dun
bar did not wish to publish it. DELL
niger sent me to ask Dunbar II It
could be published in pamphlet form.
l told Dell it could not be published in
any form from our Office. J. told him
to be careful and not have 1t pub
lished as an interview with the Budget.
don't know whether any changes
were made in it. 1t was all in Delrs
hand writing and purported to be an
interview.
Judge Seneca Smith, reside in
Portland. Am a lawyer. Have been
circuit judge in Portland. Have known
Dell since about 1875. 1 suppose 1
know his reputation as a lawyer
Don't care to say categorically what it
is. l have heard him discussed by the
lawyers quite a good deal, criticised
adversely a good deal. In reference
to his conduct in cases, and somewhat
as to the character of his practice.
There are some lawyers whose practice
is regarded as below the average. The
general impression Is that he takes
cases that are not usually wanted by
other lawyers. A little off color, so to
speak.
Cross examined by Sidney DELI
There was talk of difficulty between.
yourself and the supreme court 1
stated last night in talking of this
matter that 1 once said you were a
liar and you said the same Of me, but
1 don't know who made the statement
first. / don't know of any attorneys
who have personal feeling against
you as to the Neff case. have heard
you talked about for bringing up the
Coffin claim in the Carter case. did
not bring any interest in the judg-
ment 1 bought under a sale by the
court l have some of the property
which bought pretty cheap. DeLash-
mutt bought some of the property. He
bought it at about what it was worth
at the time. There was some criti-
cism about you regarding something
that occurred before that. 1 would not
like to say that you are not pretty
good man. / never heard you called a
common liar, although I have heard
something of that character expressed
in slightly different terms.
Thomas Connell-I live in Portland |
Am in the insurance business. hard |
ly know what Dell's reputation is
among the lawyers. l have heard 1t |
discussed among a number Of citizens. |
1t is not very good. should consider |
his reputation as not good. was not |
a witness in the Neff case at all.
Judge F. j. Taylor:-I have known
Sidney Dell ten or twelve years. I
have heard his reputation discussed
among the members of the bar in my
circuit. 1t is not very good in some re-
spects. 1 have heard that he is in the
habit of hunting up old cases and that
he tries his cases in the newspapers in
stead of the courts. That IS not con-
sidered good professional conduct.
considered his conduct when l was on
the bench improper and insulting to
those opposed to him. 1 have received
several communications after argu-
ments were closed, citing cases, etc, 1
don't know that they were intended to
influence me-
Cross examined by Sidney Dell:-It
was so common to receive notes from
you, and to find them on my DESK that
could not specify any particular case.
Judge Milton Elliott sworn:-I have
been an attorney Am not practicing
now Have known Dell good many
years. l have an impression from
what have heard as to what his repu-
tation is. 1 would say that it is
reputation not very enviable as an at
torney.
In cross examination:-I am not pre-
JUDGED against you in my own case
because / know you have no more show
of gaining it than you have Of getting
to heaven. have heard a great num-
Der Of attorneys speak about you in
the way suggest. Judge Taylor, c.
w. Fulton, and Clyde, both of them;
Mr.. Thomson, Mr.. Curtis, and many
others. If 1 have any prejudices
against you 1 remember that am on
my oath and would not tell a lie about
your character. 1 am getting too old
to have prejudices now against you or
anybody else.
E. c. Lewis:-I know Sidney Dell.
His general reputation is unenviable.
think 1t is bad.
Isaac Bergman:-I did not promise to
vote for the purchase of Dell's book.
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