New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-01
BALLINGER REPLIES
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Washington. March s.-fn an articIe
nrsnted to-day headed "Bailinger-shE
sfer." golfers" presents resume ~
charges filed by Jsrold L. Finch IN l''
asking for the & sbarment Of Mr.. Bnihnser
and four or more other attorneys VINO hao
,ate, mart ns counsel in q bankruptcy
ro,eedInp before tha United States DIS
trict court II semitic The article contains
vbat rurrorts 90 be a review Of tho pro
ce.dlnes ana charges that Mr.. Ballinser
was guilty OF an objectionable breach OF
professional honor" IL alleges that he was
saved from dfsbarment only because Judge
&. H. Hanford was his intimate friend ana
partisan. The article states that Mr. BAT
linger was exonerated b. the court ana oy
g committee Of the Bar Association out
characterizes both generations as waite
washes" and compares Finch 10 L.. X
CLAWS
When the article was shown 10 secretary
Ballinger tonight he said:
This is simply another chapter in the cru,
SADIE Ia destroy my character ana, IN s a..
previous chapters. is simply gross, o.
liberate and malicious perverslon OF Iac,s-
4 intend that, in due time. these muck
rakng assassins Of character shah DC
brought 10 Justice
Mr.. RaIlinKer then exhibited 10 The Trio
une correspondent certified copies or the
proceedings I'm the Federal Court at Seattle
completely generating him and others
from the charges preferred by Jerold H.
Finch, as attorney for Hickman and Hah-
son.
The Investigation Of the charges re-
lated in "Collier's'' was conducted ds d
part of a proceeding in bankruptcy IN the
District Court OF the United States Tor the
District of Washington. Northern DlVlsloh'
and Mr. RaIlinger was exonerateo oy 'he
Judge of that court. by the master III chah. 1.
cerv and by a committee OF the feoera'
Bar Association.
G.. II. Hanford, for twenty years Judge OF
that court. said in his opinion
Now. therefore. the said r. a. Balllnser
J. b Metcan, Richard SAKE Jones, = "A
peI.noIds John P Hoyt and others. &C
cused nv the said Finch and the said Ddnh,
rtIpts. are hereby exonerated from tne saI1
charges And the Court further holds ailu an.
snv foundation for the said charges, alIu
that the said charges are wholly uasup,
nnrted bv any evidence, and salo peu'ioi'
and accusations are hereby qlSrhIsssu: H..
II Is ordered that this order ana nnoins
of the Court be spread upon the minutes
of this court.
The committee of the Bar ASSOCIATION
which also Investigated the charges. ie-
norted that it was unanimously Oh tne
opinion that the charges mace py M
Finch against the other members or th0
bar were entirely wanting in any suosIaii-
tial foundatiIn-"
summing up its conclusions, this onnnnit-
tee found:
E,irs+-That the charges made by Mt.
F-i-rh against the several members OF w
har were all without foundation ana Were :
made without a sufficient lnVesusa''oi U
the facts s. IN
charges believing and relying IN srea.
measure upon erroneous statenents hh3os
10 him by his client. Mr.. aeckmahn-
think these statements. taken with certain
fsntg AND circumstances connected with
the Hickman and Hanson lltlgatloh WeIe
sufHCient tt cause Mr. Finch 70 MAKE q
careful Investigation TO blItl ,nsiit,1
truth or falsity. They were Wnoily iils =
Gent. without such an investigation, 20
Justly the charges made. and IN maKllis
them the conclusions reached py MT. MI
were reached by illogical, erratlc ana per
verted reasoning.
The COMMITTEES found further that
LAWYER should not be disbarred for ihaklns
charges against other lawyers, provld1hs
such charges were made without mailce.
that Mr. Finch had not been actuated oy
malice. but that I'VE believe that in ma KING
such charges without any substantial foHh-
dstion or reasonable ground for believing
they couId be established, Mr. Finch justly
deserves the censure Of the bar OF the red
eral court"
This renort. which Is dated September 3.
to,4 is signed bv T., G. Hughes. l. G Gil
man. John II. Powell. l. t. Turner and
Jobr Arthur. committee of the Bar Asso-
citation Of the federal court.