The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
ALL ACCUSE JOSEPH.
Mrs. Goldenson Swears He De-
manded $500 ITO Fix the judge
her Husband and Brother.in.Law
Fully Confederate Her.
Their Amdavits Submitted to ,Justice
Andrews This Morning.

Lawyer Abraham joseph. who. ,.sa
Thursday afternoon, was charged nv
Lawyer George II. Epstein before Jus
lice Andrews in Supreme Court Cham
ners with having secured $500 from Mrs
sarah Goldenson by telling her that Il
was necessary 10 fix the Judge" In two
suits she had pending in the City Court
before Chief Judge Enrich, spent most
OF this morning in Supreme Court Cham
bers waiting for Lawyer Epstein to an
pear and file the affidavts which he had
promised to produce In support Of the
charges.
While waiting Lawyer Joseph said b
an Evening World" reporter: ...,'
Il only want a chance to clear myself
of these false charges. I made a de-
mand on Lawyer Epstein last night to
be allowed to examine the affidavits he
was to file to-day. but he refused to al
low me to. He showed me what pur-
ported to be copies. and II they were they
VIII by no means support the CHARGES
made by Lawyer Epstein"
At Il o'clock, when Justice Andrsvs
adjourned court, Mr.. Joseph had not
seen Mr., Epstein In court, SO he went
to Jastice Andrews's chambers and
u VIC dlhudNltS ndu Deem nIe0.
They have. and 1 have read them"
replied the Justice.
Justice Andrews then gave Mr.. Jo-
seph permission to copy the afidavits,
The principal affidavit filed is Mrs Col
denson's There are others by her hus-
band and son-in-law and also by Law
In her affidavit Mrs. Goldenson swears
regarding the agreement which Joseph
alleges she signed to pay his brother.
ne herman Joseph. $500 az counsel to try
Joseph until the. day Of the trial OF the
cases before Judge Ehrlich.
She declares that two or three weeks
Joseph came to her with q paper he
asked her to sign. He explained TO her,
so she claims, that in order to get the
10 give the Judge who tried the cases
$500, otherwise It might take a couple Of
years to get the money. 4 at all:
He told her also; she alleges. that ir,:'
she could get her money.
She says that she does not read Eng.
lish. and at that time refused to sign
and her husband believed that Lawyer
Joseph wanted to extort an additional
$780, and made the representations he
Mrs. Goldenson also claims that Law
yer Joseph called to see her several
times about the matter. and finally she
spoke to her Son-ln-iaW, JACOB HICKMAN.
The next evening. she alleges, Lawyer
Joseph again called. and In the presence
Of her husband and son-in-law. repeated
his assertion that It would be necessary
to give the Judge $780,
He said the money would have to be
paid before she could collect the amount
due her, and, she alleges, said II she
would sign the paper. his brother, Her
man Joseph, would advance the money,
and 1t could be deducted the next day,
when she collected the judgments due
her.
Fearing that she would lose all the
money due her unless she signed the
paper. Mrs. Goldenson says, she did so,
and her son-in-law witnessed the sig
nature.
Both Mrs. Goldenson's husband and
son-in-law corroborate her regarding the
signing OF the paper and the represent
tat.ons OF Lawyer Joseph on that occa-
sion.
Lawyer Epstein adds an afIidavit that
when he made the charges against Law
yer Joseph he did not intend to cast
the least reflection for a moment on
Judge Ehrlich. as he did not believe then
or now that Judge Ehrlich knew anything
OF the transaction.
Lawyer Epstein was taken to Justice
Andrews's private chnrrars before tho
opening OF court and llIced to tho
Justice by Lawyer Mo |. Grossman.
of Friend G. House, and riled the affida-
Wits there. That accounts for Lawyer
Joseph's wait in the courtroom.
Lawyer Joseph will file answering afIl-
davits next week.