The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-10
SENSATIONAL CHARGES
pir ~ STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Niohs OF CLEVELAND, JUDGE
huhhE AND X-UNITED
STATES SENATOR PAYNE
DRAGGED TO THE FORUM
~ Inarses Preferred by Wealthy Can
i'''llSt OF Ohio, Who Makes Grave
accusations of Corruption in the
Administering of Justice on
the Bench, Due to the
Old Adage.
PUT MONEY IN THY PURSE >

washington, Jan. 7-Charpes oe
sensational character against 1r,,.o,
States District Judge Augustus REL ns'e co
oIeNeiand are contained in mnn,nn; vi
today. VI representatives
hepresentative Johnson, of Ohio soo,,r
"a immediate consideration for resoI',-
tloi instructlng the judiciary COMMITTEE
Seh ,ntoestisate the charges and without
ueDate the resolution was adonted M
charges, made under oath Inv Mr. 6 ne
hitehie of Ohio wealthy canitai;st
WINE directed mainly at Judge R;nI9s
tney indirectly affect Judge Rnrka on,i
land. lyme Oh cieve-
,, Mr. Richie gives the name of a formi-
9 T, array of counsel in Washington
t Gi;eveiand and Akron, who have been re-
Messrs; Hemphil, Shellabarger W Isae
ahu Butterworth and Messrs. Green.
Grant and Lieber of Akron. The CHARGES
invoive losses reaching $4,000, 600
MI: hltchle claims to have suffered IN
9eclsions made by Judge Kicks affecting
EInnaulan copper and nickel mines
LARRY I. Mclntoch and Samuel II. VIII
Iianlson were interested also as attor
neys in the suit. I'm the interest Of
these parties as individuals and attornevs
TINS vicious ruling was made. "t6e
memorial says, "and when the charges
preferred by the Central Labor union Of
Cleveland against Judge Kicks were pa.
Gently on hearing before the COMMITTEES
appointed by the house of Representatives
we md every one Of these attorneys flying
to the rescue of Judge Kicks. We find
mem also writing to members of congress
ana laboring with them to prevent amy
report being made which would he n
truthful statement of Judge Kicks conrse
shown by his own books.
Inns conduct shows only too Dlainly
the relation which exists between Judge
Kicks and the corrupt parties whom he
mad protected from being convicted by
their own books and records, and he him
sen mas been shown to be guilty and cor
rupt by the records of his own office"
Other specifications are that all the
books of the corporation were shipped
from Ontario to the United States to get
them within the jurisdiction of Judge
KICKS court, that he made the ruling re-
tusing Ritchie access to the books with
out notice or a chance for hearing. The
memorial covers IL typewriter pages ands
tells of the discovery of valuable copper
and nickel deposits in Sudbury Junction,
IN Canada, by the memOriaist in 1885.
which has become of world wide fame
and have sup, he'd all the nickel for ar
mour plates used in the United States
navy and by European governments. In
order to develop them and to build q CON
Meeting railroad he says he associated
with himself Stevenson Burke, Henry b.
Payne and Thomas w. Cornell, "Nvho
were at that time believed by him to be
honorable and trustworthy
| The corporations were known MS the
Canadian Copper company and Anglo
American Iron company, with PRINCIPAL
| offices in Cleveland Mr.. Richie AYERS
nat in 1889 he ne ,otiat.1 with England
Tor the sale of the property for 81, 600, 900.
Whlle his petition alleges his associates
commenced to put into execution thor
oughly planned and infamous scheme to
rob himself and his wife, who had the
largest interests" To assist them in
their designs it is charged Judge Kicks
pr0shtuted his Office and became their
subseryient and plant tool.
Mr.. Ritchie said that while he was CON
hned to his bed in 1888, and unable TO at
! Ienu 10 ms business, James b. and Geo.
| w. McMullin of Ontario secured judg-
inent IN Canada on a contract by which
ne was to purchase from them certain
raiiroad bonds and brought suit in the
circuit court of the Northern district
OF ONO and secured Judgment. After
wards 1t was discovered that n large pnrt
OF the coupons which the McMullins had
agreed to deliver had been stolen by them
from the Central Pacific railroad. Ste
venson Burke acted as his attorney. he
recltes, and says Burke professed TO de
| TEND the case, but called upon PAYNE and
Cornell and they agreed to appropriate,
To- themselves securities worth $3.50. 600
lhey then entered into an agreement
with the McMullins that the latter should
lille a creditors bill in the court presided
over by Judge Kicks. 1t is alleged to
nave been part of the agreement that
fayne, Burke and Cornell were to b..
made parties to the bill and the securi-
ties in their possession brought into the
court. The books of the company which
contained correct statement of his
standing, he charges Judge Kicks with
withholding from him and refusing per-
mission to his attorneys to inspect them.
actlng from corrupt motives and in the
face of the fact that for eight years no
statement of the condition of the com
pany's affairs had been made as required
by law. Every other party to the suit
II is declared, had access to them.