The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-01
Bar Association Says. No
Stood for Improper
Expenses.
"ROPNG" or WITNESSES


Complaint Recstes iBS Vsaehers Tor
! such services ~ Taking city Csnrt
| Justices 10 Ibinaer and Paving Pssses-
men Tsr Real last ~ witnesses when
False One was TurneSi I'm &C ths sta.
tiea-N MANY Policemen Got Money
-PSaaatiRs' Doctors Also Aided. and
Oe~asiOaaIIy an Opposing Lawyer
~ Esas stenSgraPher Beneated-Cu$
tsmaFy. aayS the Accused. to Give
Christmas Presents 70 Court CLERKS
The Bar Association has brought dis
barment proceedings against Henry A
Robinson. who was general counsel for
pAny for fifteen years until 1908. whom the
corporation was disintegrased. IL charges
that he was guilty Of gross unprofes-
sionsl conduct and malpractice In approx
ing vouchers turned in by his assistants.
Detectives and Investigator. which ID 10
declared represent expenditures wholly
improper and even corrupt In character
and made for tho purpose Of delaying OF
defeating the claims Of suitors against
the railroad company. Tho Appsllats
Division Of the supreme Court ordsrsd
reference in the case yesterday.
The period covered by thu complaint
IL from lsa0 IN isO9. Mr. Robinson giving
up control Of the sccident departments
OF the company's legal business in tho
latter year. The complaint specifies III
vouchers which the grievance COMMITTEES
OF the Bar Association believes represent
expenditures in some cases corrupt
Included in tho list are items for taking
three City Court Justices out to dinner.
! for which Mr.. Robinson's assistant. Am
brose F. McCabe. collected siG
For getting in touch with plaintiffs
witnesses and physicians
For paying policemen for the list Of
rial witnesses Of accidents when they
had turned in bogus lists at the station
houses:
For buying hats and cigars for court
clerks in Manhattan and Brooklyn and
raging clerks for special services In
Manhattan. Queens and Brooklyn
For making payments to ShsriTs in
Queens and WestcheStsr counties. buying
dinners for court attendants who had
hem kept up late with jurie-. and enter
tanning plaintiff counsel and sometimes
plaintiffs counsel's female ztenographeFs
Mr. Robinson's defence In that the III
vouchers mentioned ara a mere handful
compared with ths thousands that went
through his hands i'm the course Of a year
and that while he was unable 20 say in
many cases what the payments had been
for. he denies that they vera ifapF@PSr
or corrupt. but were made for tbs purpose
OF exposing frauds upon his client and ths
court Anyhow. he said Il was wholly
unreasonable TO expect him tn inset the
charges after a LAPSE OF from eight %
eleven wears.
The grievance COMMITTEES Of the Bar
Association has been considering Mr.
Robinson's case for more than a year.
the first hearing being held In October.
1908. The complaint against him was
signed on March I by Einar Chrystie.
counsel for the grievance COMMITTEES. An
the testimony taken before the COMMITTEES
IL in the printed complaint and IL includes
such explanation AS AIR Robinson could
give 81 the expenditures for which the
III vouchers we're turned in. MIR. Robin
son - represented in the disbarment
proceedings by Edw ard W Hatch and
Joseph y DAILY The Bar Association
investigated in 1907 a complaint Of
Aspinwall Hodge against Mr. Robinson
but preferred no charges
Among the III vouchers on which Mr.
Robinson was questioned at length be-
fore the grievance COMMITTEES we're the
follow ing.
December n. iss0. speciai disbursements
and expenses IN County Court House and
City Cogrt. DecemOsT. Is0s. sa.,
March n. Isaa. speciai expenses IN New
York gounty court House. chc' = 10 Knox.
the hatter s1SS. S.
January ,. igD. special aud additional
distribution. cry aud Z uited states Circuit
courts. month DecembeT. isia. $40
Amount paid Tor Seryt,es 1ounty Court
HOUSE and cay Court. per bill. aud cheek
to p. \. Knox. batter. Ssis3J
Deoeuibcr 70. iSs,. sperial services and
Disbursements. county Court hOu~e. De-
ceubet. Is0o. and Toe information. st01.
De~en.Bcr -. sApensss With calendar
clerk. cay Court. 90
O'RouTke 'aSe. ezpenss~ with Judges
Haseall. FtlsimOn- aud Conan. November
n city Court ease. SO Rece,yed payment.
4. y. McCARH.
KHppert case. Disbursements preparing
tTiai night work. Toping plaintiff. lOcattag
and Interviewing hi- Witnesses. learning
the strength oG has ease. SIS IS
a. e.. BAdo.
jacobson ease. July p. iuas. disburas-
ments at Atlantic Garden. with witnesses.
one Of piaintin. two evenings. $50. general
expense With his cOun-el. 49, urinE ,nfOrma-
ton while case was on trial. $40
leWkONii8 case. Dccember "a. disburss-
meats iH -saOSs ss9 sSOirOoIn. Cirnens aad
Houston. where ono Of plaintiffs aud one
Of defeDdnnt's witneusss were. $40
frOWeg caao, oEpsnaoa with Tires COON
oStpndani8sW IN Bumainsd In charIe q ~