The San Francisco call., 1898-02-08
SHADE WILL
 NOT EXPOSE
 HIS BOOKS He Violates a Stipula- ton Made in
 Court. Dundon's Partner Proves to Be a Strict, Jealous
 Sabbatarian. Stratton Explains Himself as Counselor for the Har-
 Dor Board. HIS PROFESSIONAL ETHICS. Another Shady Transaction in Which the Slade Lumber Company
 Was Favored.
Stratton Explains Himself as Counselor for the Har-
 bOr Board.
HIS PROFESSIONAL ETHICS.
Another Shady Transaction in Which the Slade Lumber Company
 Was Favored.

The case of the Parafflne Paint Con- pany against the State Board of liar Dor Commissioners will be resumed this morning in Judge Belchers court At the outset of the proceedings the court will have to consider the gross manner | In which Slade and his attorney, G. T. Wright, have violated the stipulation entered into respecting the privilege of counsel for the Paraffine Paint Com
 pany to examine Slades books during the court interim. It was expressly
 understood that the attorneys for the
 Paraffine Company should have access | to Slade's books, which he was allowed | to take back to his office pending the conclusion of his testimony. The ad- | journment was taken last Friday after the many disclosures showing a sys- tematic defacement of check stubs and accounts of the San Francisco Timber Preserving Company, plainly of recent date. It was the motive of Shades in- yestigation to demonstrate that the fa- voritism enjoyed by the Dundon-S -Slade creosoting scheme was paid for secret | ly to the Harbor Board; that certain sums of money passed from Dundon and Slade to some member or agent of the board. Although this fact was not determined, the raw erasures and al- terationS in what were manifestly pri- vate money transactions with some person or persons whose identity it had become necessary to conceal, held out the hope that closer investigation of Slade's mysterious bookkeeping meth ods would establish the fact sought.
 Consequently, on Saturday, the first day after adjournment, counsel for the Paraffine Company made an attempt to prosecute their inquiries into the Dun Shade accounts, but were plausibly urged to give Slade that day to post his books, the work on which. 1t was said, had fallen behind because of their retention in court so many days.
 The following day, Sunday, counsel again applied to have the books sub- mitted to them, but on this occasion they were gravely informed by Shades attorney that his client was too good a Christian to engage in any sort of la Dor on the Sabbath, and that therefore the examination would have to be de- ferred until Monday. Yesterday, when the third trial was made to carry out the purpose of the stipulation, the Paraffine Company attorneys were no- tified point blank by Shades attorney, MT. Wright, that they would be allow ed to see the books only while Slade had them with him on the witness stand From all of which 1t will ap- pear that Judge Belcher may have something interesting to say about Slade's books that MT. Wright did not anticipate.
 MT. Stratton,' special counsel for the TT O1x A. l-, 1.t coll severely criticized because of the fact that he advised Slade and the board at the same time, In the actions of the Pa cific Pine Lumber Company, which were compromised, Is preparing to de- fend himself elaborately. He will take the witness-stan and besides fortify his testimony with that of other wit nesses. ordinarily" said he yester- day, T would not make any statement with reference to myself in the Harbor Commission suit, while it is being tried in court, and yet, since you have sug- gested the propriety of my explaining my position, 1 will avail myself of that privilege.
 Tn the first place, I am not, and never have been, on both sides of any case. I am not the regular attorney for the Harbor Commissioners, and act under employment in special cases only.
 '"The fact that the Slade Lumber Company at one time consulted me with reference to a particular matter is no reason for contending that my opinion given to the Harbor Commis- sioners long after that employment had ceased should be viewed with suspicion I was the attorney for Darby Laydon &s Go. in 1894 and in the early part of 1895 in two suits brought, one against the Sacramento Bank and one against the city of Benicia. I have not been the attorney of Darby Laydon & Co., in any matter for between three and four years. I have never been the attor- ney of P. F. Dundon, who was one of the partners of Darby Laydon & Co., but my business relations were almost exclusively with Darby Laydon. These matters had nothing whatever to do with the Harbor Commissioners even remotely.
 After my resignation as attorney for the board, and upon returning from a trip to Europe, I was employed by the Commissioners in litigation from time to time by special engagement. was employed in the two injunction suits brought by the Pacific Pine Lumber Company against the Harbor Commis- sioners. These suits were originally brought to restrain the Commissioners from paying any sum of money in ex- cess of s7 40 per foot to the S. E. slade Lumber Company.
 Subsequently the scope of those suits was somewhat enlarged and went to the validity of the contract of the Slade Lumber Company with the Har- bor Commissioners. After being re- tained by the board in those cases MT. Slade came to me and wanted to ask my professional opinion as to his gen. eral rights in his lumber transactions with the board and with the Pacific Pine Lumber Co. I accepted this em- ployment, which was temporary and special in its nature, because under all ethics of the profession had the right so to do I at once and at that very time, however, advised MT. Ford. the regular attorney of the board, with whom I was associated in the Pacific
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