The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-27
MayOT-EleCt E, P. O Briel
 Answers Attack On HundlOy
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 On the 2d day of November, 1907 Judge Hundley received the following telegram from Walker Percy Esq:
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 Birmingham. Ala, November ?, 1907. Judge o. R. Hundley, Huntsville: Your wire and timely newspaper state ment has met with universal oommenda- tion. WALKER ". This first telegram of MT. Percy was followed by a letter from him, which is as follows
 Percy & Benners,
 Rooms S16-19 Woodward Bldg,
 Birmingham, Ala.
 Walker Percy.
 Augustus Benners.'
 Birmingham, Ala, October 31 1907 Hon. Oscar R. Hundley, Judge of the Uni ted States Court, Huntsville, Ala:
 Dear Sir-I beg to hand you herewith copy of the telegram which I sent to you today this being sent to confirm the telegram. Very truly yours,
 WALKER PERCY.
 Judge Hundley replied to this letter as follows:
 Huntsville, Ala, Nov. 5, 1907. SQ.,
 My Dear Welker-Your telegram came duly to hand, and I was very glad indeed timely a suggestion was of your hands. You have already noticed my telegram to the press which l am glad to know from your subsequent telegram, has met with approval.
 I trust my action in the Southern Steel matter will meet with your ap- proval, and I feel that I have done the t1,f in fg faf. with Cn many different interests and so many divergent pleas before me. With sincere regard, I remain very sincerely yours, It will be noted from the above tele- gram that the great desire of MT. Percy at the time appeared to be to protect the business community from the improvident appointment of receiv- CTS during the financial crisis. This laudable purpose met with Judge Hund- ley's entire sanction and to effectuate that result so that no receiver should be appointed without notice and hear ing before him. he, on November ?, 1907, issued the following letter to the referees:
 Huntsville, Ala, November ?, 1907. Dear Sir-You are hereby directed not to grant any orders appointing re- ceivers in any bankruptcy petitions that may be filed before you while the i judge of this court is in this district, notwithstanding he may be outside of the division at the time of the filing of such petitions. All such applications for receiverships should be referred to me. Yours truly,
 Signed) OSCAR R. HUNDLEY,
 U. s. Judge, Northern District of Ala. . Later on, to-wit: on November 25, 1 1907, upon information from the referees that Judge Hundleys order of November was too restricting to meet l the conditions then existing, he wrote from Pensacola modifying the former order to the referees he being then en- gagged in the trial of causes in that l city, as follows:
 Pensacola, Fla, November 25, 1907.
 Dear Sir: Referring to letter heretofore 1 Dear Sir: Referring to letter heretofore l gard to the appointment of receivers, I now modify that former order. Hereafter referees are permitted to appoint re- 1 ceivers in both voluntary and involuntary 1 petitions after there has been an adjudi- cation. Very truly yours, (Signed) OSCAR R. HUNDLEY,
 United States District Judge.
 This is the sum and substance of the whole patter with reference to the latest charge that Judge Hundley's order to the referees was for a selfish and ulterior motive
 Since the matter of the appointment of i Hon. Joseph o. Thompson has been made the subject of a special attack, I here with append a letter received from MT. l Frank S. White, Jr,, which MT. White has expressed q willingness to have pulp lished.
 Frank S. White & Sons,
 Attorneys at Law.
 Birmingham. Ala, February H. 1908. | Hon Oscar R. Hnudley Washington, | D. C.:
 Dear Sir-Since the matter of your con- | firmation has been up before the Senate committee it has occurred to me that per- l haps a statement from me might be of some benefit to you in that regard. | As you will no doubt recall, on the even-