Arizona republican., 1902-04-21
FORMER PHOENIX LAWYER
He Is hlaking His Presence Felt in
 San Francisco.

Norman Q. Byers. well known in this
 city is getting his picture in the San
 Francisco papers in a way that will re-
 suit in q lot of free advertising to him
 in professional way. He was for nerly a IeraI practitioner in Manila,
 b"in" associated Hijh r. Vi. Sleeves,
 al present au attorney of this city.
 They came to Phoenix together and some time ago Air. Byers returned to san Francisco. where he opened a law cince.
 In the crusade against vice now be- : ing Wagcd in that city the police en-
 tered the Cafe Royal q few days ago and placed under arrest 116 men who were, it is alleged. engaged at the time ia gambling. The interests or the en-
 tire job lot of defendants had been placed in the hands ct Henry Ach, am other lawyer. but when the case cam'
 to trial AIr Flyers appeared in b-half of enc man named Mahaney. This made -tch mad and the rest of the story can h st b. described by the following from the Examiner that reached here yes tsrday:
 Attorney Ach had expected to repre- sent all of the 116 mzn arrested tt the l Cafe Royal. and the appearance of an ether attorney appeared to have dis arranged some plan he hal 1 formed to save A1essrs. Hornlein ! l[rump and Pike from the consequence ! es Cf violating the law. That any oth-
 er than the hired attorney of the Cafe Royal should be allowed to represent one of the players arrested was looked upon as piece cf ilsuffera ble pre- sumption. He charged Attorney Byers with being in q plot against the S3mb- : iiGE house. ana voiced his outraged l feelings SO loudly that Police Judge l Fritz r5la dagainst Attorney Byers. al ! though ID evidence had been produced i to substartiate the charges made by Aoh.
 | The complaint against NahCney was i he first filed in court. and Attorney l Byers announced that ha was ready to proceed at once with the trial. Attor- i ney Ach was. fC- d moment, stupefied i with asJo-ishment.
 i "I represent these men h. shouted. ! as soon as he could recover his breath. i What right have ycu to interfere in l the trial Jf these cases2 I don't know you. What prcof have you that you l are really lawyer"
 l Judge Fritz stopped Achs attack ] upon Byers at this point. and the att torney for the gamblers changed his
 method Of attack. There is a job ! here. he declared. This lawyer Byers 1 ie working out 9 dirty. contamptible | plot t1 injure the owners Of the Cafe ! .oyal. | am going to find out wno is ! at the bacl; of all this and he sh.u sui
 f.. There is cl1arly an effort being made t3 make the defansa of the men , r. cult. I represent 115 of those men. i Byers represents only one Therefore i the interests Of the majority should in ! duence the court. The cases should be 1 continCed l object to going t0 trial | immediat ely"
 Ryers listened to Achs intamperata remarks and then said:
 My client. Air AIahoney. has paid
 me 2 fee to represent him. and | will net withdraw in difference to AIr. Ach's
 wishes unless my client wishes to avail 1 himself Of the services CT the attorney | for the Cafe Royal ! do not know i what has caused NIr. Ach so much mental anguish, but I have no inten- 1 ton Of allowing myself to be worked | up in an angry frame e mind"
 Judge Fritz continued the case Un- til today, after Attorney Ach had com ] pslled Captain Spillane to swear sepa-
 rately to ealh one of the 1l6 con- nlaints.
 In explaining why he ignored Attor- ncy Byers and granted the motion of Attorney Ach Judge Fritz said:
 "Ach insists that thra is some kind of 9 scheme to prevent his carrying ont
 a plan for inc defense of the men ar rested at the Cafe Royal. I am forced
 to partly credit this, because Ach rep l resents all 9f the defendants but one
 the man represented by Byers. That is
 why ! put the cases over until Uomoi-
 TOW. l want to give the matter careful
 consideration.
 ~Tha facts are" said Attorney By
 CTS. that Attorney Ach has been en-