The Detroit times., 1912-08-09
FEDERAL JUDGE QUITS
3ECiOst 'fNTtRESTS' FEAR
\ DISCLOSURE OF ALLIANCE
When Probe Began 70 Touch vi
I tails of Beast in Jungle They
Made Him Resign
OTHERS FEARED INQUIRY
Sword of Damoclss Was Hang
ing Over Heads of Politi-
's..,.se-s - cali Machine Men

SEATTLE. Wash. Aug. 9.-Taken
BY surprise and confronted by the
impending congressional, scrutiny thai.
ARould reach TO the very bottom OF
iAusiness ldeals stnvolEing SIudgerC. IL.
IHanfordtand the gang behind him,
bbeneficis9ies In his court, the gang
hn seh-pEotectionA induced him to re-
align rathsr than face further dis
closures Ibyk kthesimpeachment inyesu-
| This was Athe overwhelming. Inn
lbelling cansesof tHanford's quitting
j. AS long esudgesE sEzanfordlonIy was
/ Concerned, ythe gang willingly waged
ms battle. SC0ngressAahways raised a
ray Of liopetto aHauf0rd. and his back
ierss on the ultimate voutcomeSof the
imhaao aohunukE
Bat when thesprDbeA Abegan TO touch
(, thes ysr1 vitals sof the beast In the
;iudicia !, tunGlcs 2theR tthe gang fall
tered. Dkch ~ Awass that Judge Han,
ford sl15denlv SdiseoHsped that , he
F.scoull not .skand the strain longer.
Iand ksApneff stO-fc fconz,arves s'whati
Sitfi Ialrkst ma had sremzfning.
{ NJ ing mad sup 20 that timefstur-
lhouli, hbpah a0<tpxt hcnesth9t Han
fordl 4.c1 vet be saNed Ain, spite OF
We - IiffzIfn OF evidences piled up
heask tAm ON thu chargesof drunk-
bcun1 oh MIA abuse OF Tho writ OF
Esnf,i ~ fion.l on his unfairness ITO poor.
- iIfs mg gparBppaI inJutyksnits. on
Ihis luHdzine of excessfve* In
,nulkercnR recsfxgEshtpe-
I6a hopasuAs hased on the cum
tberadna inatuns sof ,smpeacment pro
csdtIf&
Hat svensthis.smeaQ~ hope vas'
.hak kerad TO frzlgnents kvhen the gang
sndfeufv beOzn1e Gwares that II was
inots Judge Hnnfprd alone who was
heIs,r t,Ireatenedsssby the exposure or
ithel helronaress4ona FSeomnEittee. but that
the sword of Damecles was hanging1
over thesheads OF tths most prominently
membars OF the gang 'as well
They Simmediatel ely abandoned the
airs ,of hravado that ithey had iahori-
ously bdlstered up, Their hopes TOR
Hanfcrd collapsed uttefiy Morestnan
tbat. they feared, for themssives-
II. suddenly dawAed on them that
the escongressional eommftteer wouidl
nots remain content with b surface
invtktigFions Andathey cpwsred be
forU the Efospect sdf q probe % ithe
boAbm. ERep.r Mccby read into the
record thai te1btale derisionsof Judge
Hafkord. which cut down the taxes
az he Northern Pacifsc by'S45.0 900. not
co,{kting the accumulated interest, at
thdEery sameStime that he wasgnego-
tiating businefb deaisFvof great mag
nitudei with theSraifwayt tofhcials.
Al the very fmomentt that Mccoy
was reading Hkie decisi1n, the com
mitfee's subpoenas were being served
nn6n the law firm Of Kerr q McCord.
ordering thenh to bring before the
committee allAtheir files reiating to1
the numerous tr1psurttons IN which
thes fle,rreag agtnH Fudge Hanford dsscourt
TIM incfuded s6heir- lefters, papers.
telekrarnss ss-InmneRaAda,tand even the
orixinal dietation sgiEsnsto their four
stanographers- X 49, !. ,t..
This move .-aJhy \the, congressional
oonnfirfee was thea most sensational
in ne procesdings. Itscame when the
HaIford defewe was asAexpectins the
INVESTIGATION VtD close tat any mo-
Mis together with otherFdevelop
mSits. convinced. Hanford,s hackers
fhAF there was no longer any hope
ofsSoyaing up4anything. The des-
petste schemefof big buEness toI
shiSld ths7jufse had failed and, rath-
ar sthan facs- tbs@Eevelations which
thar knew were forthcoming, they
laessed that Hannnrd should quit and
IHanford was willing. ,..4.