The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-26
GRAVE CHARGES
 AGAINST JUDGE Consular Judge at Shanghai
 is in Trouble DEFRAU0 THE G0VERNMEf I John Goodnow Must Answer Charges of Conspiracy, Accepting of Bribe and Mleuse of Official
 Position.
DEFRAUD THE GOVERNMEt T

Washington, January 25.-Representa- tive Hughes of New Jersey introduced a resolution in the House today directing the committee on judiciary ito inquire and report whether the action of this House is requisite concerning the official miscon- duct of John Goodnow, judge of the United States consular court at Shanghai. China, and say whether the said judge has been guilty of corrupt conduct in office, and whether the administration of his office has resulted in injury and wrongs to ltigants in his court"
 The resolution is accompanied by seven- teen specifications. The first charges him with the embezzlement of $946 various dates during the fiscal year ending June SO 1904 the second charges that he mail ed false accounts to the Secretary of State as to moneys received and expended for alleged court expenses; the third that he presented a false claim for money against the United States to the Secretary of State: the fourth charges embezzlement on November 19,19O3 of S643. paid into the court by the firm of Andrews & George commission merchants to the use of N. E. E. Chang Mow & Co.,; the fifth charges the appointment of George A. Derby as an expert accountant in the case between the firms mentioned in the preceding charge the appointee being asserted to be wholly incompetnct and that the judge thereafter tried a perjured account from his appointed; the sixth charges conspiracy between the judge, George A. Derby, marshal, clerk and crier to the court, Stephen F. Barehet, interpreter ef the court and messenger to tn, Chinese mixed court, and one R. T. Ha- zeton to defraud Macmillan Francis Dzionk, a subject of Germany of 191s mows of land in value S7f450; the seventh, that on March 23, 1903, MT Good new appointed biased and prejudiced assessor in the case of I. E. Giler x Co, vs. The American Trading company; the eighth. that on September 20 1902 he unlawfully deprived A. J. Burke, an American citizen and an attorney of record of Minneapolis, Minn.. of his lib- erty, and seized and appropriated Burke's property to his own use, libelled and dis barred said Bu1>e; the ninth charges op- presslon and tyranny by means of intim- idation and threats of criminal prosecu- tion through which there was eXtorted from A. J. Burke $11.S74 being a one third vested interest in the Chinese
 indemnity claim awarded George War ren. the tenth cnarSeS oppreSSiNe anu tyrannical extortion of 250 taels from Thomas R. Jernigan, and that Goodnow sought to persuade one Rosenthal to instigate criminal prosecution against Jernigan in order to injure the latters good name in the community; the eleventh charges that on June 19.1903, Goodnow did ..unlawfully aid and abet in the destruc- tion of public documents, being documents in the case of G. F. Curtis vs. c. Rolker, in consequence of which the sum or $5oO was extorted from the said Curtis and paid to said Goodnow; the twelfth that Goodnow has rendered false and fraudu- lent accounts as to the rent paid for the United States consular jail, for the sup port of United States prisoners. for the taller and for alleged services for said prisoners, and that said Goodnow has knowingly forwarded to the Secretary or State false and fraudulent returns of George A. Derby, marshal of the United States consular court the thirteenth charges that on August 15, 1900 that MT. Goodnow falsely certified that property belonging to foreigners was property be- longing to a certain man of the United States in order. as alleged. to give said property the protection of the American flag
 The property is defined as the Chinese