New-York tribune., 1905-06-24
G. A. LAMB DISBARRED,
PETER POWER'S LAWYER.
Found Guilty of Perjury in North
ern Securities Suit.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
yesterday handed down decision in the case Of
George Alfred Lamb, attorney. disbarring him
on the ground Of perjury and subornation Of per-
jury. Lamb the counsel for Peter Power IN
his suit against the Northern Securities Company
to prevent the merger The court, in summing up,
said:
There is no escape from the conclusion that not
only did Lamb permit his client. Power, to swear
affidavit which with respect to the ownership Of
the stock. was equally false The charge Of per- r.
amounts to that has been fully proved
Consideraing the purpose for which the suit was
from its institution and the deliberaton with which
litigation was concocted and carried out by the
respondent. we are convinced that ne Is & unWo 9 rny
of being continued member or the Iesa4 PIo-
fession. There is no place in the ranks Tor per per-
fi. and @ oenc Of fh podet cannot
be attributed the indiscretion of youth ana mis-
taken zeal. His acts show singular fertilty ana ana
complete deberahon in deTlsing and executing inc the
outrageous scheme by which ne involved SO IN mag 9
people in harrassng. litigation and from the oasesI
made aEainst the respondent, and which the
referee has reported are sustained aIter i vel
situation we satisfied that the respondent
should be disbarred.
CHARGES AGAINST LAMB.
Three charges were brought against Lamb. The
case began IN November. $685. and was referred 10
George B. Abbott 10 take evidence. Charge A
alleged that Lamb had at various times testified
in a district court OF the State of Minnesota In
the case of Peter Power against the Northern
Pacific Railway Company that Camille Weldenlelo
had agreed with him to carry 100 shares Of North
Pacific stock for any person acting as pla1n-
tiff In the suit, and that Mr.. Weidenfeld had tes-
titled that such transaction took place ana thaU
Lamb had always told him Power was s'och
holder. The charge declared that Lamb knew ms
testimony was false. and procured Power 10 ihahe
a statement indorsing his testimony, thereby mis-
leading the court
Charge alleged that. when the cause had peeh
removed into the United States Circuit Court Tor
the District Of Minnesota. Lamb in August 4'o-'
advised Power to remove to Montreal. to put HIM
self beyond tho reach of process and TO prevent
his attendance in obedience to the order or Inc
United States Court and his giving OF such e'i-
dence as would show that Lambs sworn staIe-
rnent as TO the ownership Of the stock was Ialse-
Moreover, it was asserted, Lamb supphed Fo"ef
with money for his journey and his support whlle
in Montreal.
Charge said that Lamb swore that ne hau
taken the stock to Chicago and brought IL oach W
NeW-Yorb in the mean time passing II over 'or d
neriod 70 Power At the time he sWore that
he would not say he had taken the stock INTO MS
own nhvsical possession but that he was IN GUS
tody of it and charged with the outy Oh Seeing
that IL was carefully kept Weldenleio' ho"eFe1'
testified that Lamb and Power never hao PosseS
sion of the stock unless during trip TO Chlcaso
with one Henry Stern. who swore that during ms
,o,rnev the stock was never handed TO either
Lamb or Power. 1t was therefore charseo ina
Jamb's statements as to the possession OF the
stock were deceitful, and were MADE Win tne 'e'i
to deceive the court
LANES STATEMENT OF THE CASE
7, his examination before the referee and the ex-
aniner the respondent gave the following accoui'
os the beginning ef the suit of Power against tne
Northern Pacific Railway Company WeloehieHl'
he said wished to bring test case 10 oeclde tite
legality of the merger of the Great Northern anu
AMI
chat if he brought it, with the Morgan Interest
against him. he would have every loan called ana
,rouId he ostracized." He therefore asked Lamp
who would be a safe man, to fight 10 AiiiiSn
Ianoh recommended Power, and Welden1eld sdu
he 1,ord be glad to carry 100 shares or STOCK Ior
-, tho stock 70 be assigned to him, and the
identify Of the man behind the suit to be concealeu'
50 that they might escape the business coiiSe
Quences. o,,oo+io,
- o,,, such agreement with Lamb. and never hao
.-i,,a5 any shares Of Northern Pacific to Po"er.
Aa m the trip to Chicago he swore that stern 'ooA
q .for the purpose of Intervention IN the fo"ef
su,. that Lamb had told him Power was d man
of property and had the Stock ana tnaI ne No
good business reasons for testing the legality OF
the merger. :,
It was agreed that if Stern had been present Nc
would have testified that the trip to Chicago the
certificate of stock was in an envelope pinned u
his undershirt and that he brought 1t back TO New"
York and handed it to Weidenfeld
On +bis evidence the referee decided that tine
stock was never owned by Power. and hence ne
was not a bona hde holder" On Charge b. tHe
referee found that Lambs conduct was gross
,,nnrofessonaI conduct and malpractice, and more
calculated TO defeat than to further the ends OF
Justice" The third charge the referee decided was
interviewer with Charge a. and was proved.
The Appellate Division therefore held that OF all
the charges, the most serious is Charge a al"i
commented upon it as follows:
that
dummy who, taking the respondents own state
ment had been brought into the litigation py nm nm
IN response TO the suggestion mace by WeITee ITp
feId's) interest would bring the suit to test the
legality Of the action OF 1ne ra%ay % 3,t fp snch
purposes he, Weidenfeld, would carry 1OO shaIes
Tnatfer Of fact Power never became a stockholder
of record nor was there transfer to him of the
ferest He never therefore, owned a single snare
of the stock of the company, either legally or
eQuitably. and Lamb had as Inuch kho"ieose u
this fact as Power did himself.
LAMBS RECORD
George Alfred Lamb. who is about thirty-three
years old was formerly a clerk in the office OF
Davies Stone & Auerbach but soon after being ad-
uftted to the bar began practice for himself HIS
first appearance in a case OF public interest was in
September 1885, when. attorney for Frederick F.
Marouand he applied for writ of mandamus TO
cornpel the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company 10
cnnpanv had been msmanaged and its assets mis-
REPRESENTED. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Sheehan' Tor
~ ToJiroad company declared in that the
plaintiff was not stockholder. and quoted Presl-
dent Rosster SAYING fnaI e w @ soTney for
r9Tu a stockholder of the Consolidated Gas Com
prHorsfo9 paS, the papers alleging that the annual
meeting January q mao Desn b GoLboe ~ ~ the
Meyy-York Gas and Electric Light. Heat and POWER
C9npangii MI 1900 Lamb, as attorney for washington
seIgman complainant, procured from city mag mas;
Oard o.