The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-01-10


Labor Union Accusations.
CINCINNATI, Jan. S.--Judge Augustus
J Kicks, who IL here from Cleveland to
sit on the court of appeals toduy, has is.
sued the following statement concerning
the Ritchie memorial:
"Some four or FIVE years ago the Nc
Mullers brought suit in the United
States circuit court at Cleveland upon q
Judgment which they recovered in Can
ada against 5 Richie of Akron. o.
The record showed personal service on
Ritchie in Canada When sued upol
the Judgment ia the United States
court. he claimed the right to plead do
fenses which ne should have made IN
the original suit in Canada.
"The case was tried before United
States Circuit Judge jackson NOW of
the United States supreme COURT and
myself. l wrote the opinion of the
court, which was concurred in by Jus.
tice jackson, aud in that opinion the
court held that the Canada Judgment
had the same force and effect as the
Judgment of court of one of the states
of the Union, and Judgment was given
in favor of the MCMullers upon the
Canada Judgment with interest. A
writ of error was taken from the judg.
ment to the supreme court of the United
States, where it is still pending The
court has had 1t under advisement for
years,
I'm due time the McMullers filed
creditors bill upon their Judgment so
obtained as above stated and made
Judge Stevenson Burke, ex-senator
Henry b. Payne, A. B. Mcintosh of
Cleveland and the Cornell estate of
Akron all parties defendant seeking to
reach assets and credits in their hands
to be applied to the satisfaction of their
Judgment. This case in due time was
heard upon its merits by United States
Circuit Judge Horace II. Lurton and
myself. Judge Lurton took all the
papers in the case to his home in Nash
vile and after months of careful con-
sideration wrote a very exhaustive opin.
ion deciding the case upon nearly every
point against Ritchie. This opinion
was concurred in by myself.
$50 that in both decisions rendered in
the cases was fully sustained so far as
! participated in the cases by Judges
Jackson and Lurton. If / made any
interlocutory orders and they were COM
planned of they were fully reviewed
and covered by Judge Lurton' final
opinion on the merits of the case.
These are the facts as they will ap-
pear from an examination of the records
of the court, and further than this de-
cline to make any statement deeming
the other matters too trivial for notice
Judge Taft read the above and from a
knowledge of the case Concurred therein.
A Cleveland special says: Ex-senator
Payne, when shown the dispatch from
Washington in reference to the memorial
presented to congress against United
States Judge Ricks, said
The charges are ridiculous and an
outrageous SANDER. Let Mr. Ritchie
pay Judge Burke, Mr.. Connell and my.
self what he owes us and he can get his
stock Judge Ricks did not decide that
case. He simply conceded with Judge
Layton of Tennessee. Richie Dor.
rowed money from Burke, Connell and
myself aggregating million and quar-.
ter dollars
A Washington special says: The
charges against Judge Kicks. preferred
ny DdAlllNl lNlNNlllt VI NIlis W III bOuDb'
less be considered by the judiciary COM
mittee in connection with those pre-
ferred by the Cleveland Labor union.
The members Of the subcommittee had
an informal conference, deciding to turn
the matter over TO the full committee at
its first meeting, probably today, in ac.
cordance with the wishes of Mr.. Bailey
There will be no subcommittee report,
as has been stated in these dispatches.
Each member-Bailey, Lane and Brod.
ericlt-wiil make a brief statement of his
views.
MIR. Ritchie gives the names Of a
formidable array of counsel in Wash
ington, Cleveland and Akron who have
been retained in his behalf These in
clude Messr5 Hemphill, Shellebarger
and Wilson and Butterworth of Wash.
iugton; Koruch & Co. of Cleveland, and
Judge Upson and Messrs. Green, Grant
and Lieber of Akron. The charges i'll.
volve losses reaching $6,000,000 Mr.
Ritchie claims to have suffered in de
cisions made by Judge Ricks affecting
Canadian copper and nickel mines,