Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-07

case in return for a dismissal OF the
Rattenberg libel suit against him and
says that Smart, Goodspeed and ROCK
afellow are guilty of fraud and con-
spiracy. d. W. Smart was one of the
original petitioners in the suit to con-
test the tax collections and he, 1T is
claimed, authorized the withdrawal Of
the action now complained of.
Accused Attorneys Will Fight.
Goodspeel and Rockafellow are
prominent citizens and leading mem
bers of the bar They have not stated
what action they will take but say
they will make it hot for those guilty
Of the outrage against them At
torney Rockafellow said: "All that
care to say at this time is that | repre-
sent Mr.. Smart. He was the plaintiff
in the suit and he employed me. He
is the only one that did employ me or
who in any wise became responsible
to me for my services. The suggestion
that l was in conspiracy is a lie,
absolutely and unqualifiedly. Whatever
connection l had with the settlement
of the case was with the knowledge
and by the direction of Mr.. Smart. /
have nothing to conceal in the matter
and L ask my friends to suspend judg-
for l do not intend to allow my good
name to be assailed with impunity in
the manner it has been in this case
County Attorney 3. A. Goodspeed,
the other attorney accused of intldelity.
was equally emphatic in his declara-
tons. He said: Il do not care 10 dis
cuss the case until l file my libel suit
in court, which / will do as soon as
can get to il. John Frank. Wilson
Prall and Mr.. Smart We're the men we
consulted with before We settled the
case and the settlement was made af-
ter we had gone over it thoroughly
with them one of whom appears now
az an applicant for reinstatement. We
told them they had chance 70 win It,
but they wanted To settle and advised
US 10 look to the raiIroad company for
our fees. We got sl,50o for our fees,
which we divided among c. NJ Mer-
edith. Mr. Rockafellow and myself
The fees came from the tNo cases. the
SANDER action and the tax case. and
out of them the costs We're paid"
Attorney Goodspeed also said that
Smart told him he was losing interest
in the case, that the others were not
backing him up in it and that he want
ed to get out Of it The SANDER suit
mentioned Is one instituted bS Al
torney Rattenberg, Of the railroad
company. against Smart
Mr.. Goodspeed's Version.
Goodspeed at some length described
various conferences he says he had
with Mr.. Ratterberg, the railroad COM
pany's attorney. before settlement Was
reached Goodspeed recites that he
Went to Rattenberg and told him he
mad been authorized by his clients TO
settle the case and said they would
accept 81 500 in full satisfaction. Some
parleying followed, ending with an Of
fer Of $500 from Rattenberg which
was the sum finally agreed upon. 'out
OF this $500. which was in cash, notes
and bonds" continued Goodspeed, Il
settled with MI Meredith for his fees
in the Islander case. which case it had
been agreed should be dismissed We
paid all the costs of both cases and
had something like 5000 left. which was
divided between myself and Nj Rock
afellow. "a our fees in the case and we
regard il as a legitimate fee There
was not the slightest COLLISION between
Mr.. Rockafeilow and myself or the
railroad. The matter is as straight as
a string from start to finish and sub
ject 70 inspection from every possible
angle"