The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03
COMMISSIONER CRTTICISES
JUDGES.


tain Lawyers Out of His Office
Some Interesting Proceedings i'm
the n. Glenn Williams Whiskey
Case.
There is friction between the Fed
eral Courts in this State and the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue at
Washington as to the disposal of sew
eral thousand gallons of whiskey be-
longing to MIR. n. Glenn Williams in
Yadkin County.
The Greensboro Record, Septem-
Der 23rd, says that when the supple
mentary bill TO the answer which has
been made by the attorneys for n.
Glenn Williams to the complaint of
the officials of the Internal Revenue
Department of the Government ask
ing that the order restraining the
sale by the Government of the corn
whiskey held in storage by Mr.. Will
liams is filed in the United States
Court here tomorrow, September
oath, it will embody allegations of a
sensational nature. This bill will
contain charges made by Mr.. Will
liams, through his attorneys, that
Royal E. Cabell, United States IN
ternal Revenue Commissioner, and
subordinate revenue officials are act
uated by personal malice in their
conduct of the case of the Govern
ment against the North Carolina for
mer whiskey manufacturer. Some
inkling of what Is to be expected
when the supplement to the answer
is filed tomorrow was gained from
the statements made by ex-Judge W.
P. Bynum, of Williams counsel, in
when the case was re-opened and the
supplementary complaint filed by
District Attorney A. e. Holton. Mr.
Holton asked that the injunction,
which at present prevents the remov-
al of the whiskey in question from it's
warehouses and it's sale for taxes, be
dissolved and the goods turned over
to the Internal Revenue men for dis
position. When this bill was filed
ex-Judge Bynum asked that the hear
ing be continued until Tuesday, and
his request was granted
CabelI DenounceS Judges.
fore the court, Judge Bynum stated
that he was informed by his associate
counsel in Washington, Attorney R.
H. McNeill, that Commissioner Cabell
has made a sweeping announcement
of all those in this State who had
aided in the Williams case, talking
holly of Judges Jeter c. Pritchard's
and James E. Boyd's action in grant
ing an order restraining the Federal
Revenue men from disposing of the
whiskey as they had been instructed
to do, and threatening those judges
with impeachment for their course.
McNeill and Williams went to call
upon Cabell to discuss the removal of
the whiskey from this State to Rich
mond, but the Commissioner declined
to allow Mr.. Williams in his office,
said Judge Bynum.
Caben received Williams attorney
and there told Mr. McNeill, accord
ing to Judge Bynum, that the action
of the United States judges here in
the Williams case was reprehensible
and that he would have nothing to
do with either Williams or the law
yers, ex-Judges Rynum and r. c.
Strudwick, OF this place. Should
either of them enter his Office, the
Commissioner is quoted as saying, he
would pitch them or have them
thrown out of the window.
To Defy the Courts.
Now the Commissioner is said to
have issued orders to his subordi-
mates in the department to advertise
the sale of the whiskey for the 30th
of September and to proceed with the
sale lie the courts do not interfere.
In case the injunction against the
sale is continued by Judge Boyd they
are understood to have instructions
to abandon the whiskey, leaving it
absolutely in the hands Of the court.
The whiskey in question is lodged
in warehouses in Williams, twelve
miles from Winston-Salem, and there
are $4,000 gallons of it. None OF it
is less than seven years OF age. but
In all this period, hampered by the
prohibition laws and by his other