The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
WILSON'S TO BAR.
Formal Charges Are Preferred
This Morning.
Topeka Bar Association Takes
Up the Question.

The Topeka Bar association met at
the court house this morning to ar
range for the preferring of charges
against A. P. Tone Wilson, Clement L.
Wilson. Anthony P Wilson and
younger brother of the wilson broth
ers. providing he has been admitted to
the bar The object of the meeting
was stated by Joseph G. Waters, acting
president of the association, who said:
1.-The Topeka bar association is called
together this morning to arrange for
the preferring of charges against the
members of the Wilson family who are
members Of this association, looking
to their expulsion from our association
and disbarment if the charges which
are made shall be proven true
The Wilson's were not present at the
meeting this morning and the details
of the charges were not entered into
the matter being referred to the griev-
consisting Of S. II. Allen, chairman, NJ.
T. Campbell, George Overmyer Frank
Foster and Captain Clad Hamilton.
This committee will meet at the Of
fee of Allen & Son in the Crawford
building al o'clock next Tuesday af-
ternoon, when they win listen to the
charges of the members of the bar as
ISOLATION as we'll as any one else hav-
ing grievances to air. The committee
will then report to the bar association
as TO In6iE nnOlllSS ana II me charges
are of a. serious enough nature. and are
sustained, the association will expel
such members of the Wilson family as
are members of the bar association and
the association will then recommend
that such of them as are deemed guilty
of the charges preferred be dfsbarred
from practice before the district court
of Shawnee county, and the matter
Will then be left in the hands of Judge
Dana Of the district court as to the ac-
ton to be taken.
Complaints have been life against.
the Wilson's almost esinoe the day they
located in Topeka and come from all
sections Of the state as we'll as from
the city. These complaints are as to
their methods of conducting their
business and their actions as LAWYERS
and collection agentsxOnee comes. from
Dodge City where the debtor claims
that ne sent them money to. pay a note
and he claims that he was then unable
to get his note.
Some time ago the mail of the VIII
sons was captured by the secret agents
or the government and marked as
fraudulent and representatives of two
well known Topeka law. firms We're dis
patched to Washington to straighten
out matters and a compromise was ef-
fected- Assaults have been made upon
at least one other client of the firm in
their office within the past thirty days
besides the one made upon Mr.. Levitt
this week.
The present proceeding to disbar was
precip1tatad this week by an assault
made upon r. A. Lovitt, an old and re-
spectacle practicing attorney of Salina
who came to Topeka to take depositfons
in dfsbarment case now pending in
Thomas county against. Clement L. VIII
son and he came at the request Of
Judge Smith of that court While the
hearing was in progress Mr.. Lovitt
claims that he was assaulted by the
entire family and severely beaten be-
fore he made his escape from their Of
fee
He went Immediately to the Column
bian building where q number of his
attorney friends rendered first aid and
made him as presentable as possible
under the circumstances. He has a deep
cash on one side of his head and num-
erous other bruises about his person
which indicate that his reception at the
Wilse n office was anything but cordial
and friendly.
Mr.. Levitt came down this morning
postponed until next Tuesday and to
make q statement of the assault as we'll
as to prefer other charges which he will
present at the meeting Of the bar as
sociation next week.
The Wilson's decline to make a state
ment of their side Of their case further
than to say that they are in the right
and that they will go to jail as did
Burton rather than to sacrifice their
rights by talking at the present time
The meeting OF the bar association
next Tuesday afternoon VIII be open and
complaints will be listened to from any
one who may have them to make
whether they are members Of the asso-
citation or not.