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HOOKER PLEADS FOR TIME.
ACCUSED JUSTICE WANTS A TWO
WEEKS EXTENSION.
Assembly Judiciary Committee Hesltates
TO Grant the Request Because OF
Report That Needed witness Plans
TO Leave statc-Will Decide To-day.

ALBANY, Feb. 1.-THE Assembly Judiciary
! Committee is confronted with a Difficult
problem in the investigation of the charges
against Supreme Court Justice Warren B
! Hooker. To-day it received two pieces
of information Tho first was that one o.
! the most important witnesses subpunaec
to appear before the committee is about
to move out of the State. The second was
that Justice Hooker would not be able 10
attend the session OF the committee for at
least two weeks and that IL was not certain
that he would be able to appear then. When
Attorney Lewis Z. Can vi this city, one of
Justice Hookers counsel, requested post
pOnement OF the investigation for two
weeks the committee hesitated to grant
il and deferred action until tomorrow
morning
The witness who is reported to be about
70 remove from the State is Hall He is
the man who was indebted to Justice
Hooker's wife to the extent OF Sl.700 and
who was appointed laborer in the FIRE.
donna post office, never performing any
service Hall has a ticket Office in the
CITY of Dunkirk. but resides in Fredonia.
When Sergeant alarms johnson went TO
Fredonia and DunNrk TO subpoena wit
nesses he experienced great difficulty in
getting track Of Hall. Chairman Fish of
the Judiciary Committee furnished the
information regarding the report that Hall
intended TO remove from the State.
Mr.. Carr appeared before the committee
this afternoon and asked for the postpone
ment. He said that he had talked over
tho telephone with Justice Hooker's secre-
tary. who was in Buffalo. The secretary
said that affidavits would be forwarded
to Mr. Carr TO be presented to the COM
mittee which would show that Justice
Rockers condition would not warrant him
Mr. Carr said that when Justice Hooker
was injured in the wreck at Whitesboro
on Feb II he was on his way to. Albany.
Mr. Carr had never spoken 70 Mr.. Hooker
concerning the case. and knew nothing
about what should be done in the matter.
Mr. Carr also informed the committee
that the Justice IL very anxious to have
the investigation proceed and a report
made to the Legislature before adjourn
ment. He added that II Mr.. Hooker's
condition did not improve he would assent
TO the investigation being held while he WAS
not present. Mr. Carr suggested that the
committee sit in Fredonia a part Of the
time.
Then Mr. Fish informed Mr. Carr of the
report abow the intentions Of Hall MIR.
Carr appea rod TO be very much surprised
Mr. Fish suggest ed that the witness Hall
be examined on Thursday, and that il he
did not 20 out Of the State when the com
mittee resumed its sessions he could be
reexamined by Justice Rockers side
Mr.. Carr did not want TO consent to any
thing He said that he was in the position
Of counsel who had not consulted with his
client about tho case. The affidavits which
he had referred TO had not reached Albany
and he got until 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing TO produce them. Until that time
the committee will take no action Ii il
plain that unless the Hooker people will
a gree TO produce Hall when wanted there
will be no postponement as far as his testi-
mony ia concerned.