Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-10
ATTORNEY PALMER
BEFORE THE PUBLIC
James T. Fay Of Pennington,
Answers the Attorneys
Interview.
THE trAsOSS FOR DISBAR lent

1nrni PROCEEDINGS against y ~ Pal.
mrf. contains several mis- statements.
particularly in that part which puf.
ports iu be- from the mouth II Mr..
Palmer himself ln order that the
uoupF may know thn truth about
these proceedings, the iollowing De-
written
IN ibo nrst place the charges are
mot made BIZ defendants in cases
where Palmer represented the plain.
tins bot In almost cvoryt Instance By
mis- own cliDnt1. Tor acts done contrary
so their Interests as clicnis, IN other
words for throwing them down
And these actions came 90 be such a
common occurrence that those cx.
clients. after comparing notes. fled
some seven or more distinct chnrrps
Sustained by from twcniy I'VE 90 thir
o. separate ahldavita charging him
with unproicasional conduct, inter.
rnoddlinF; soliciting business. taking
money from both sides " q case. Fo.
coiving fees for service without rem.
doring services 10 return. and with
being a common barrator. A good
many Of these andayite were made by
some OF cur hes, known. most promi
rent and reliable citizens, and these
peopio stand ready 10 testify 90 she
same orally Ia open court whenever
they are given the opporipnlty io
do So
This cheerful bunch o. innocence
y NJ. Palmer-W would have you believe
that The charges aeaina, him have
thelr origin IN local prejudice and IN
petty spite. This a. a base fabriga.
tiun and fliHohood The charges grew
out % the advice a. 70 prominent Den.
yer attorney, who had been made cog.
niEani of tho facts IN the chief o.
Tense chafgod against Palmer. ana has.
ndviCc was endorsed by an equally
prominent Santa Fo attorney But
they neither of them knew of these
other onongCs, with which be- now
stands charged ~ they bad, how
much more vchcmonuy would they
have urged the bringing Of these pro.
coodinEs7
Furthermore. James r. Fay never
was q defendant in any suit br0ugh
hy Mr Palmer, FOR himself or any one
else. until after Mr. Fay had made
his AFFIDAVIT in support of tie prlncl
pal charge against Mr Palmer. which
affidavit by the way. was only made
by Mr Fay because Of bis Official con.
nectlon as cx OfnCio coroner with the
case of the Territory 90. Reagan. This
afhdaylt was made two months bee.
fore the October term OF the district
court ln San Juan county az which
term Hon Alexander Read district
attorney filed these charges against
Ne Palmer Aucr The adjournment oil
the court and not until then, Mr..
Palmer commenced the series of
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Palmer and Howe. plalaiins. 90 get
possession of a house which had just
become che property OF the plaintiffs.
an ON which thc rent was fully paid
up hy Pay Buf as there was no other
vacant house 10 town. the animus of
che suits mas he readily seen. and
Hhouldi itself serve 500 indicate the
kind IN man Palmer o.. These suns
10 Gust Fay were not brought how
ever until after Fay had been Invited
By Palmer Go change or modify the
statement contained in the aforesaid
amdavf This Fay refused to DO.
and tine unlawful doininor proceed
ings followed Mr Palmer says that
Ia these unlawful delalncr proceed.
ings be represented the plaintiffs
Nov. why NOT be- honest ana say that
represented hims0llg
Mr.. Palmer says that 10 the whole
history OF the local matters behind
the charges could come out "ho would
not suffer" am not aware Of the
grounds upon which Mr., Palmer bases
his opinion. Or the general feeling
among the citizens OF San Juan county
is 80 mRniiostly agains, him not Only
NHT sd
without rendering amy services for
II, hut also Tor other indications ut
bad methods 40 dOlng business, that
! am thoroughly satisfied n an focal
matters behind the charges should
come out. you viii ho able To- read
Mr. palmera finish, and ne will. in
deed, Doe a lucky man ~ hose local
matters 40 not COME out There are
n number of persons living in the clay
uf Albuquerque today who were 90 one
dime residents of Pennington, and are
we'll acquainted with Mr. Palmer and
hia methods as well as r. great many
of the so.called local matters They
could give you pretty fair idea of
his practices and besides opening
the eyes oi the public put to Shame
his statement that uo Palmer} la
well respected citizen oft San Juan
county why hif remarks are aa
open insult in fhf town OF Farming
ton and De people Of San Juan cuun
~. Think oi thr result be- such "a men
is allowed to continue to pts his ayO.
cation aa au attorney and uu0cr thc
mantle of fhp law vent DTS malice aud
YindiCfiveueas upon all those Who rg.
fuse 20 40 bis bidding Would any
one be- safe or sor fair treatment az
che hands of such @ porsong The fact
is. tho dollar has This man Palmer 81
badly hypnotzcd that ho is a dUvotoo
81 iia shrine alone aud amen the dol.
lar is at stake ho recognizes neither
fricnd nor Zoe
Now Mr Edior n There was mo-
gravity in these charges. why did the
supreme court consider them oi sum
Client Importance to refer them Go the
grievance committee of the bar ass1s
ciation2 Ana additional charges have
been piling up ever since that was
done.
/ DO not believe mai any man should
inlart 0r attempt tD inluro. nnOinor,
" ID can Do avoided. nuf when o.
comes down no The necessity OF pro.
tecting NOT only the community in
which you live. bus even the widow
and The orphan, then the case o. al.
tered The pnhlic ought 10 know tho
whole facts of those dlsharment pro
cocdlngs und the causes which
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