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 Anldayits Submitted to ,Ju,ties
Andrews This Morning.

Lawyer Abraham Joseph. who. last
thursday afternoon, was charsed by
Lawyer George II. Epstein before JUS
lice Andrews In Supreme Court Cham.
bers with having secured 500 from Mrs.
Sarah Goldenson by telling her that it
was necessary to FIX the Judge" In two
suits she had pending in the city Court
before Cnief Judge Ehrlich, spent most
of this morning in Supreme Court Cham
bers waiting for Lawyer Epstein 10 ap-
pear and file the af,idavits which he had
promised to produce In support of the
charges.
While waiting Lawyer Joseph said to
an Evening World" reporter:
Il only want a chance to clear myself
OF these fllse charges ! made a de.
nand on Lawyer Epstein last night to
be allowed to examine the afiidavits he
was to file to-day, but he refused to al
low me to. He showed me what pur-
ported to be copies. and If they we're they
viii by no means support the charges
made by Lawyer Epstein"
At |. o'clock when Justice Andrews
adjourned court. MIR. Joseph had not
seen Mr., Epstein in court. 40 he went
TO Justice Andrews's chambers and
They have, and I have read them"
replied the Justice.
Justice Andrews then gave Mr.. Jo-
seph permission to copy the af.idavits.
The principal affidavit filed Is Mrs. Col
densons. There are others by her hus-
band and son-ln-law and also by Law
In her affidavit Mrs. Goldenson swears
regarding the agreement which Joseph
alleges she signed to pay his brother.
Herman joseph. 500 as counsel to try
the cases, that she never saw Herman
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 a paper he
asked her to sign. He explained to her,
so she claims. that in order to get the
money n, in i've , It would be NECESSARY
$500, otherwise 1t might take a couple OF
years to get the money. e at all.
He told her also. she alleges, that Inn
she could get her money.
She says that she does not read Eng.
lish and at that time refused to sign
and hei husband believed that Lawyer
Joseph wanted to eXtort an additional
$500. and made the representations he
did as a subterfugc.
yer Joseph called to see her several
times about the matter. and finally she
spoke to her son-in-law, Jacob Richman.
The next evening. she alleges, Lawyer
Joseph again called, and In the presence
OF her husband and son-in-law, repeated
his assertion that II would be necessary
10 give the Judge $500.
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 30,
and her son-in-law Witnessed the sig
nature.
Both Mrs. Goldensons husband and
son -in-law corroborate her regarding the
signing OF the paper and the represen-
tat!ons of Lawyer Joseph on that occa-
sion.
Lawyer Epstein adds an affidavit 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 chambers before the
opening of court and introduced to the
Justice by Lawyer Moses III. Grossman,
OF Friend G. House, and filed the affida-
Wits there. That accounts for Lawyer
Joseph's wait in the courtroom.
Lawyer Joseph will file answering am.
davits next week.