Sunday morning globe., 1901-12-15

evidence. whereupou Mr. Talbot, wa, forced
TO confess that he had uoue-had no case,
and be then entereda MOL PROS.
We have, therefore these facts Mr.
Pickiord purchased property which was de.
stroyed by fire. for which he received
s2l, ,oPo insurance money. Hudson after
being turned down by Mr. Talbotts pre-
decessor n office, convinced (?) Talbot that
Pickiord had This property set on FIRE The
insurance company would pay him lHud'
SOM SIl ooo on the conviction Of Pickford
aud Walter et a. This sIt. 900 according to
the statement Of Hopp, Hudson's cocoon
spiralor was to be divided between Talbot
aud Hudson, he CHopp) was to receive only
81 5oo for negotiating a deal with Pckford,
whereby pickford was 20 pay him lHopp)
the $1,000 promised by the insurance com
pany TO Hudson. and ali criminal proceed
iugs would then be dropped by Talbot, who
was TO share the SII 600 as stated.
OF course Mr. Talbot Is not 20 be con.
demred or held on the statement of a man
like Hopp, who not only betrayed his bene.
factor. but eudeavored TO blackmail him
out OF sT5.o Nevertheless 1t viii be re.
called that Mr.. Talbot held and indicted
Mr. Pickford et ai OF the statement of
Hudson If there is any difference be.
tween Hopp and Hudson Hopp has the
pole. The GLOBE in going through the
records 100 this case, uuearthed another
legal matter which places Attorney Talbot
100 "a strange light and which, from our
point of view. calls for investigation equally
as imperative asthe case of piCkford ef al
Th history of the case Is too long for
this article Briefly stated in the reports. it
reads
Frank J. Wood c' al VS., David c. Gray
son. Trustees 1ai Vol TO- Court of Ap.
peals d. c. Mr.. Justice Sheperd delivered
the opinion of the Court and said.
"As regards the conduct of Wood and
Talbot District Attorney Maurice II Tai
bott) who claim to hold the equitable title
to the property subject TO the two trust
deeds the allegations are likewise suf-
hcient
The secret conveyance Of the property iu
the parcels as alleged. the trust deed pur.
porting 90 secure an indebtedness Of S3i.-
900 that did not exist; the feigued suit with
their secret trustee Duke, TO abate the nuis-
auces occasiOued by the eucroachmeut of
the fats building upon the adjacent strip
the attempt to purchase the claims of the
second trust for 20 per cent of their face
value the threat made to prevent the real-
zauon Of anything on their account. the
manner Ia which they came into the posses
sion of the fats, and therrefusal 90 pay the
surplus thereof upon the interest accru-
ing due upon the FIRST trust, even after
Grayson had offered to advance whatever
additional sum might be necessary to NEE.
the entire iustallment, all tend to establish
the existence of a scheme on their part TO
force the sale OF the property under the
first trust under such circumstances as
would seriously eudanger the security Of
the cord--a scheme which it would be
superiuous 90 characterize with an epithet
This is indeed strong, we might say. ex.
traordiuary Language from the bench The
conduct of Messrs Wood and Talbot was
such that the Judge thought t superauous
90 characterize the same with an epithet
If it was thus So apparent and so aapraut
that 10 did not need TO be called by the name
it deserved why has not the matter been
brought TO the attention of the District Barr
or is this one of the charges iu coutempla.
uou which are TO be preferred OF iuvest-
gated Toe the furtherluce of thi- recent out.
rage perpetrated upon Nessrs. pickford.
Walter Bradshaw and Shaw by am iudict-
meut for arson on the unsupported state
meut of Hudson who subsequently adj
mittcd under oath that ne did not know
Me-srs Pckford aud Walter and had never
before seen them until he was br0ugh. face.
20 face with the gentlemen Zoo court
Iuasmuch as District Attorney Maurice
Talbot, of Montgomery county, Mary
land. Is a member of the District of Co.
lumbia Bar it is probably before thi, body
the contemplated action will be taken which
the GLOBE has on reliable authority viii be
only one Of the methods or proceedings
that the friends of Me-srs Pckf1rd and
Walter feel is due TO those gentlemen iu
repar1tiou for the outrage 90 which they
were subjected as honorable. law.abidiug
citizens of this District and as business
men of the highest saudingiu tHe city of
Washington
The whole matter calls for ventilation.
not only by the press but by the criminal
courts of this District and the sooner pro-
ctedugs are commenced the sooner win
the ends of justice be subserved