The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-28
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
HAROLD R. DURANT INDEFI-
 NITELY DISBARRED,

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 Judge shumway in the superior court yesterday handed down the long looked for decision in the New Haven County bar proceedings against Law yer Harold R, Durant of Waterbury, assistant clerk of the house of repre- sentatives, baseball magnate and for merly city attorney of Waterbury. Ac- cording to the memorandum and order filed by the judge yesterday, Durant, who was a New Haven boy, and well known here Is indefinitely debarred from practice as an attorney before the courts of this state, and his rights as an attorney is suspended until fur ther action of the court.
 This blow for Durant comes as a re- suit of the protracted hearing which was held upon this matter at the clos ing term of the court in this city last spring. The trouble at that time was alleged by politicians to have resulted largely from squabble between Du- rant and Col. L. F. Burpee of Water bury. Colonel Burpee made the initial charges to the bar grievance committee which are sustained by the finding made public yesterday Both Burpee and nurant are political powers in Wa terbury. There is much feeling on both sides of this case, both in Wa terbury and in state politics.
 MT. Durant is a graduate of the Yale Law school and managed the team of Yale baseball players who 'ent to the worlds fair at Chicago.
 A resume of Judge Shumway's find- ing of facts is as follews:
 Tn the month of July 1903 Harold R. Durant was the attorney of one Eliza beth R. Lathrop, and duly authorized ito act as an attorney in a suit insti- tuted by her to compel her husband to contribute to her support. The rela- tion of attorney and client existed only for the purpose of general legal advice and the procuring of evidence, with no expectation that said Durant would ap- pear in court as an attorney or advo- cate to try the cause.
 Tn August, 1903, at his own instiga- ltion, said Durant entered into com- bination and agreement with Jessie Moore Delescanp, a married woman of Waterbury, and Jeremiah J. Murphy then of New York city, by which 1t was agreed between them that said Delescamp should solicit and entice one Edwin U. R. Lathrop, to commit inl- proper acts with her-said Delescamp- at such time and under such circum- stances that such conduct might be discovered in it's commission by said Murphy. Pursuant to such agreement said Delescamp made the acquaintance of said Lathrop, and visited him two or three times at his house. Durant was informed of these visits and the results both by Mrs. Delescamp and Murphty, that the visits were at such time as to afford Murphy an opportun- ity to observe the conduct of both LA- throp and Mrs. Delescamp, and that no improper act was committed Murphy was at that time employed by Durant, acting for Mrs. Lathrop, as detective to obtain evidence against her husband Mrs Delescamp was also engaged by said Durant to endeavor to entice La- throp to improper conduct Durant having been informed that no criminal act had been committed by Lathrop thereupon proposed to Murphy and Delescamp that they should state to Mrs Iathrop that Lathrop had com- mitted improper acts with Mrs. Deles- camp to which proposal they assented. Soon afterwards Durant arranged an interview with Mrs. Lathrop in his of flee and at that interview, and in his presence both Mrs. Delescamp and Murphy made statements to Mrs. La- throp that led her, and were intended flo lead her. to believe that improper acts had been committed by Lathrop and Mrs. Delescamp. The same state- ments were in substance repeated to Mrs. Lathrop and to Robert A. Lowe, her oOuHS6l, ellSdSeu 1t tlie'N NiAAi0 Uo conduct Mrs. Lathrop's case in court, and also in the presence of Durant. These statements were made to Mrs. Lathrop by the procurement of Durant in. order to induce her to believe them, and act thereon as if true.
 With these facts fairly established there can be but one conclusion. There fore if is ordered that the said Harold R. Durant be indefinitely debarred from practice as attorney at law be- fore the courts of the state, and his rights and privileges as an attorney are