New-York tribune., 1911-11-21
CREELMAN GETS DELAY
Corrigan Will Let Another Mag
istrate Hear Oppression Charge.
.RIDICULES CONSPIRACY TALK
Blocks Filing of Aff1davits and
Says Case Reminds Him
of an Old Song

This case reminds me of the old song
shout friend Of friend OF Frohman's,'
said Magistrate Corrlgan yesterday after
noon. after Ire had adjourned until Satur-
dsy morning the hearing in the case in
which Albert Creelman. brother of James
icreelman, president Of the Municipal Civil
Service Commission. is accused Of oppres-
sion in refusing to accept eight quarters
from q woman I'm the Essex Market Court
in payment of fine.
Last winter 1 had a controversy with
Gaynor on a public question. Gaynor ap-
,,orts James Creelmar a Civil Service
commissioner. and Creelman's brother is
made a court clerk. Now am supposed
In be in a conspiracy against poor little
clerk / have hardly ever seen, in order 10
get square with Gaynor. It's too ridiculous
TO talk about.
"McAdoo CChief Magistrate McAdoo) has
talked about an insane conspiracy. II
there is anv conspiracy, he is magistrate
ne has the same power as any other mag
istrste. why doesn't he call the witness
before hir~ and investigate or why doesn t
nc take il TO the District Attorney ana
have It brought before the grand jury ana
the offenders indicted and tried according
10 law. instead Of trying them in the news
papers?
+ "The real question is whether this man
refused 10 accept eight quarters in pay
mont of a fine If he did, and deprived the
woman Of her liberty, he performed a very
contemplate action This whole thing Is
al attempt 10 befog the question with ir-
relevant issues and personalities. Since l
had my controversy with GSynor l dont
concern myself with personalities, though
II chose TO do So l could say some very
interesting things.
when the case was brought before me
/ had no alternative but TO issue the war
rant for Creelman. If l had declined 10
issue the warrant / could have been COM
RELIED to do so on a writ Of mandamus
from the Supreme Court. The best proof
OF the propriety Of my action is that they
made no attempt TO get a writ of habeaS
corpus II there had been anything Illegal
about what 1 did. they could have sur
rendered Creelman and sued out writ Of
labeas corpus, but nothing like that was
attempted
Magistrate Corrigan's little talk came
after an unsuccessful attempt by Cornelius
L. Collins. Of the Corporation Counsel s
Office. who has been assigned to defend
Creelman at the request Of Chief Magis-
trate McAdoo, TO file with the court batch
of afldavits the general purport Of which
was TO allege a conspiracy against Creel-
man. The aff1davits were In support OF
request for an adjournment Of the case
until some magistrate other than Corrigan
should be sitting in Essex Market court
where the case is to be heard. Magistrate
Corrigan blocked the filing OF the afiidavits
by granting the adjournment on his own
motion. At the end Of the hearing Mr..
Collins leaned over the rail and said You
understand that there is nothing personal
rbout this as far as 1 am concerned
Judge"
oh. yes: understand" said Magistrate
CorTigsn.
The afidavits were by Albert Creelman,
Chief Magistrate McAdoo and Philip Bloch.
chief clerk to Judge McAdoo.