The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-04
D|SBARMENT
Of BURKE IS
RECOMMENDED
Dishonesty of Senator
and Judge.
SECURED DIVORCE BY FRAUD
OUTCOME OF CROOKED WORK IN
OHIO.
SECURED DIVORCE BY FRAUD
Trial Committee Of the Cleveland
Bar Association Exposes the
Conduct of a Court and
q Lawyer.
Special Dispatch to The CAN.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 3.-The report OF
the trial committee Of the Bar Associa-
ton on the disbarment proceedings
against Senator Vernon Burke was
presented at special meeting of the
association held this afternoon. The re-
port says in part:
We find that Judge Dellenbaugh, while
acting as Judge of said court, lntroduceo
and sent to Mr.. Burke Mrs. Ed1th Man
ming; that Mr.. Burke performed services
for her in connection with settlement
of a claim asserted by her against
woman for alternating the affections or
her husband and in connection with the
preparation and hearing of divorce case
against her husband, and that Mr. BurKe
received from Mrs. Manning for these
services about $500, s1100 of which was
paid by him to Judge Dellenbaqgh as
follows. One thousand dollars July o.
1895, and 500 July is, 1895.
From the evidence offered by Mr.. Burke
to establish the truth of the words SO
spoken the committee find that Mr. Burke
is guilty of misconduct in his conduct as
an attorney-at-law and in his relation to
the Cleveland Bar Association; that he
wrongfully connived and conspired with
Judge Dellenbaugh to procure a divorce
for Mrs. Manning in an irregular man
ner, contrary to law, and without proper
evidence, and in that he .wrongfully con-
spired with Judge Dellenbaugh to falsify
"a record of the Court OF Common PleaS
of Cuyahoga County.
We find that on October IS, 1895, four
days before the expiration OF Judge Del
lenbaugh's term of office by appointment
said divorce proceedings were secretly
heard by him as Judge, many months be-
fore it could have been reported In its
regular order, without any motion. am
davits or order for its advancement, and
without proper and necessary evidence
being produced at the hearing; that said
case at the time 1t was heard was not
docketed by title upon any docket or
oa1a nf entry
was thereafter made upon any trial dock
eft or calendar of said court: that said
case had been heard or decree therein
That Judge Delenbaugh, in April, 1896.
handed to the clerk OF the Common Pleas
Court Of Cuyahoga County journal en-
he falsely represented to said clerk that
he had, while Judge Of said court, in
dorsed for entry; but said journal entry
was in fact prepared and indorsed after
April 10, 1896, and after Judge Dellen-
baugh had ceased to be Judge of said
court, by which representation said clerk
was Wrongfully induced to believe that
said journal entry had been indorsed by
Judge Dellenbaugh while Judge Of said
court, and that it was proper to enter
said decree on the journal Of such court,
which he thereafter did.
The committee makes the following
recommendations:
First-That Vernon H. Burke be ex-
PEELED from the Cleveland Bar Associa-
ton.
Second-That the secretary of the as
sociation be directed to present a copy
of these findings to the committee of in
yestigation, to be treated as complaint
in writing, authorizing such proceedings
against Hon. Frank Z. Dellenbaugh as
they may deem proper.
Third-That the secretary of the asso-
citation be directed to present copy OF
this report to the Circuit Court of Cuya-
hoga County for such action in the prem
ises as the court may deem proper.