East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-20
STARTLING CHARGES ARE MADE
AGAINST ATTORNEY D. ". BAILEY
SECURES $4,000 FOR LOAN Of $40, IS CLAIM
lIlerae Mixed Blood Indian is Alleged Victim and Federal
Authorities May Be Called Upon to Force Return
Of Valuable Property

If Attorney Douglas w. Bailey, who
was recently UNDER investigation by
the Umatilla County Bar association.
for alleged unprofessional conduct in
connection with the St Dennis case,
persists in his refusal to restoreI TO
Julian Picard, a mixed blood Indian,
eighty acres of land, when Picard
declares was secured by fraud and
Misrepresentation. he may be called
upon to explain To the United States
court certain. transaction which APP
pears questionable. Attorney Homer
I. Watts. legal adviser OF Picard, de-
clares he will institute a suit to set
aside the deed which Bailey holds IL
the land is not transferred back to
his client at once.
Picard owned an allotment OF
eighty acres of valuable wheat land
two and a half miles south of Adams.
which land is valued at $4,000. In
December, 1905 he declares, he was
invited to the law offices of Bailey &c
Perry, where he was asked to sign a
contract giving their permission TO sell
the land for $l00 an acre, providing
they could secure a patent to i from
the government He signed q paper
which, he declares, was represented to
him as the contract, but being Hitter
ate and unable to read he says he
did not suspect that the paper was
otherwise
4 Deed Is Discovered
Recently Picard and his wife be-
came involved in a divorce suit, and
Col. j. II. Raley was retained as coun-
sci by the wife, and W. NJ Peterson
by the husband. In trying TO arrange
a property settlement, these attorneys
discovered a warranty deed convey
ing the S 1-2 Of the Sc Ia of section
Is twp. 3, Mr. "a, E W NJ, from
Julian Picard to Douglas w. Bailey
II was executed December IL, 1908,
acknowledged on the same date be-
fore J. b. Berry and witnessed by
Thomas Bergevin ana j. T. Rain
Vile.
The existence Of this deed was un-
known to the attorneys and they
sought an explanation from Picard,
who refused to believe he had signed
such n document as grantor until It
was read to him from page GIG of
book So of the record of deeds. His
wrath then knew no bounds and he
rushed TO the office OF Attorney Bail
ey with the intention of adm inistGring
a beating to the lawyer, but the lat
ter, he says seized an iron bar and
drove him out OF the office.
Refuses To Give Land Back.
Attorney Peterson then encountered
Bailey on the street, according to the
formers statement, and advised him
that a suit would be instituted in the
United States court to set aside the
deed If he refused to transfer the
land back to Picard. This Bailey re-
fused to do unless Picard pay him
the sum of S27.50, which amount
he alleged the allottee owed him for
a loan of $50, Sc interest, $1.25 re-.
cordng fees and $50 notary public
fees When asked why he had Sc
cured Picard's signature to the deed,
he declared he wanted 1t as security
for his loan of $40, but when remind
ed that 1t is customary to take a
mortgage in such transactions and
that it was hardly just to secure a
deed to $4,000 worth Of land for a
small loan, he curty brought the con-
versation to a close by remarking that
that was "his business"
Because his time is pretty well TAX
en- with the present term of court,
Attorney Peterson has turned the
matter over to Attorney Homer Watts
Of Athena and the latter declared to-
day he would Immediately start pro-
ceedings to set aside the deed