The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-04
RRs HIS DISBARM[NI.
fuf.E. OF NEW wHATCoM,
srpyECT OF PROCEEDINGS.
..... FILED In superior Court
CHARGING Misappropri"'ion of
x collected aud Asking That
N. Removed "a an Attorney.

y,su~.a,cb to the Post-Intelligencer.
speegswr -WdATcoM. Dec. 3.-Proceedings
sssharrnent were filed in the superior
fcf a, 49, today against Mai. Albert =.
co.ls s~.x,dent Of the Whatcom County
eo's' ssoeiation. and prominent Repub-
D. - s.a,e and local politics. The pc
nesn :, effect. charges Maj. Cole with
Il s.,s~ appropriated to his own use s4lsl 10,
nsasrssd by him for client, the Rev
= Riee. Of Jersey City, y. j. Ine
-..,so. charges that the collections were
80 ~ December q. 1888, February IL,
s's,r II and March ~, 1879 aggregatlng
r~fs and that only 600 was renlit'ed.
Me-. -.,,tson IL sworn 10 by \. Z. Barbo,
ins .s xs ana president OF the What
~ NJ ara Of Trade. and the acknowledge
,' zoe made on September /, 1900.
~, 5000 the irstituting OF the proceed
surprise TO many here, It was
ns -.,,v known among the attorneys
~. 80 ~ case was threatened. About Sep
1850 Mr.. Barbo privately notified
ea".t,er az members of the bar that he
- nrepared a petition for disbarment
~, cole and asked for consulta-
~. n attorneys A private meeting was
va a. which Mr.. Cole was not present.
"a M Barbo was persuaded 70 stay
ssscr,edings for time There was some
1-Ik
~ ~, ~ shortage. and a committee was
gu,.,rd III soc what could be done. 1t
ps.nacrstood the COMMITTEES conferred
\. thst Tim, with Mai. Cole, but any
s-.ssrenfs he may have made are with
~ ~ having been confidential. At any
s.,s two hundred dollars Of the remit
~. sas made since the September meet
~ - atsorney= The other Sl00 had been
rsmitted since March l.
Msi cole l. one of the pioneer attor-
~ AZ Bellineham bay. was elected as
s,csecuting attorney OF the county In
Esss snd seryed two years. He has serv-
"A in various capacities. including those
n president of the board OF trade and
r,.f1rnt II the bar association. He had
st~nx~ been prominent In politics. stump
~ ~ state In nearly every campaign.
isS,udlpg the last one. He has been fire.
s,ssufly called on by outside points as an
ossxcs II Is known that his law prac-
IN has fallen off very greatly in the
NJ few years. but without any partic-
Mai Cole Is not In the city, so no state
nent could be- obtained from him. Bar
n Il also out OF iowa tho petition hav-
~ he~r presented at the cou1t house by
Attorney e. H. Harding VIII. Is looking
ana Mr. Barbo's business
Forss Of TIC Petition.
M petition in full IL as follows:
superior Court OF Wi.4tcom County,
Rate Of Washington.
- Hon. II r. IL ai.ey. Judge OF said
Cart.
Your petitioner represents and shows:
Hfsi-That Abr q Cole In n member
Il tho bar Of Whatcom count, Washing
10 and has heen for many years past
engaged In the practice OF law before this
md other courts IN said county and state
Second That on or about the last Of
SepssmAr 1865 said Cole was employed
BY unc g. NJ Rics 10 collect from j. s.
Emerson, trustee. and remit 10 said s NJ.
Rice certsin amounts then and thereafter
10 kpcome due TO said - NJ Rice for
sliinpsxe on land belonging to said Rice
n mld Whatcom county
Thtrd--Thag by virtue Of said employ
mtnt. said Cole collected from said j. s.
nnefson, trustse. for said = NJ Rice, the