Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-23

only incompetent but incurably in
sane" Egan declares further the I'm
competency proceedings were brought
and the charge against Mrs O'Grady
was dismissed, to prevent him from
obtaining an attorneys fee for defend
ing Mrs. O'Grady
Admission to Bar Opposed.
In the meantime, Mr.. Egan had ap-
piled for admission to the bar. This
was opposed before the supreme court
who charged Egan with bad record
as man and lawyer and with I'M
professional conduct in the O'Grady
case Egan submitted some 80 letters
from Governor Cuminins, Congressman
Smith, two judges of the Iowa supreme
court, local officials and ministers of
Logan, Ia, his old home, all the dis
trict judges in his district and in ON
aha. The supreme court admitted
Egan.
Shortly before the primaries. w. L..
Baker, Mrs. O'Grady's guardian,
brought proceedings in the district
court for an accounting with Egan
for the $1,000. Mr.. Egan had. it should
be said, Immediately upon Mrs. o.
Grady's release, decided back her farm,
which he asserts by witnesses he OBJ
tanned to protct her bondsmen, and for
which he gave her q receipt reclting
the fact. When the accounting was
asked. Egan appeared In the probate
court and stated he had not charged
Mrs. O'Grady one cent as fees. and
that he had paid out to her and for his
expenses, about half the $1,050. The
probate court approved his vouchers
and accepted his report and directed
the guardian to accept the balance as
settlement with Egan. Baker, how
ever, on advice of his attorneys, who
claim the account should have been
presented to the guardian first, re-
fused to accept the money. The dis
trict court then heard the case against
Egan. Witnesses were introduced who
testified that Egan had said that he
believed in getting all he could, in dis
cussing the O'Grady fee. 1t was shown
Mrs O'Grady had shortly before been
found insane in Oklahoma, where she
had gone to live. Egans defense was
as already recited. Judge Smith has
taken the case under advisement.
Disbarment Move Renewed.
It is known the opponents of Egan
hope to obtain from Judge Smith
decision upon which to bring proceed
ings to disbar him. This fight would
go to the state supreme court, and the
United States supreme court. II sue
cessful it would keep Egan out of the
office of states attorney.
.Egan has charged that a political-
legal group exists in Sioux Falls which
has undertaken to control the admin
istration of justice and declared open
ly in his speech Monday night that the
reason he was opposed was that there
are some persons who know they
should be in the penitentiary, and are
afraid of him.
While Egan was returning from
political speech two days before the
primary, he became engaged in an ar
gument on the train with group of
men who were against them. One Of
them, Harry Beach. travelling man,
SO Egan says, called him a -
liar At least Mr.. Egan assaulted him
and pushed his head thru a car win
dow. Beach claims the attack was I'M
provoked, but admits he sneaked up
behind Egan afterwards and bounced
upon him.
Churches, societies and political ur-
ganizations are all divided for and
against Egan, and the public interest
will not decline till the end of the I'M
precedented struggle has come.