The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
CHIIAALONER DEMANDS THAT NY.
JUDGE BE IMPEACHED

John Armstrong Chaloner. OF Vir-
ginia and New York. demands the i'm
parchment OF United States District
Judge George &. Holt. of New York.
He has sent n copy OF his petition TO
every member of the House of Repre-
sentatives. lie demands that Judge
Holt be impeached for malfeasanCe in
office. i'm that he refused TO obey the
mandate of the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals for the Southern
District Of New York, which has ruled
in Mr.. Chaloner's favor, but instead
practically threw him out of court
and placed him in the position Of
suppliant who must wait three years
outside the doors Of justice.
Discusses His Petition.
In discussing the petition, MIR. Chal-
Oner says:
Il am a good citizen ana a lawyer,
so that l have no desire TO attack the
laws. 1t is not the law which is at
fault in my case, but the manner in
which the law is subverted. If l could
secure fair ana impartial trial, L
would be a free man in New York.
as 1 am here in Virginia today, and /
would have the control of my prop
erty. which is unlawfully withheld
from me-an estate worth $1,5OO,OOO
which L do not want for my own use.
for L have the simplest tastes. but
which l have decided TO the educa-
tional institutions OF Virginia, North
Carolina ana South Carolina.
For fifteen years L have lived
life Of misery and all 1 have TO which
1 can look forward is a fight-a strug-
gle for VindicatiOn. a chance to prove
that L am right and to show the world
that l have been more maligned and
prosecuted than even Dreyfus. He.
an innocent man, was shut up on
Devifs Island, surrounded only by
conVicts; but l. sane man. for four
years was Jailed in Bloomingdale with
insane persons as my associates.
Having exhausted every means to
secure justice, l now appeal to the
people of the United States. through
their representatives in Washington,
believing that these men are really
representatives and servants of the
people of the country and not their
masters. l cannot and VII not be-
lieVe that these national lawmakers
Will permit even a United States judge
to trample upon the laws of the lana.
If. however. the representatives
20 again before the country and di-
rcctlN to its people, by making a
campaign and speaking in public halls.
Promises Some Sensations.
Il viii have many things to tell
some OF them sensational, all Of
them true.
Il will show from the record that
l was unlawfully placed in Il lunatic
asylum by means of false swearing.
When my two brothers, eX-Lieuten-
ant Governor Louis StuyVesant Chan
| Ter and Winthrop Astor Chanler. and
my cousin, Arthur Aston Carey, made
oath that l was insane and had me
| incarcerated in BlOominEdale, Carey
! had not seen me for two years, and
my brothers had not seen me for
months. but yet they swore to what
took place at my home at 'Merrie
l l. nj Of
! had ever been near the place. and the
I Lieutenant Governor was in Europe
and rushed home to sign away my
| freedom.
1t was also sworn to that I had
been confined in an asylum at Neuilly
: in France-sworn to, mind you-but
Princess Amelia Troubetzkoy, my for
mer wife, testified that the only time
] / had bee nthere was to visit a man
| / had been there was to visit a man
sworn statements which placed me
/ in BlOomingdale were both false.
The proceedings in the impeach-
ment Will be uniquely simple The
cruX of the offense is surely one of
| law, and the evidence is purely mat
/ ter of court record. y judge OF tria
court has reversed in more than one
particular the specific mandate Of his
appellate court. No witnesses are
needed to Substantiate a solitary one
]
! regularity Of Judge Holt. The court
! record is my sole witness.
/ I'm conclusion. no man should be
surprised To learn that when an
American citizen is cheated of his
rights by II weak judge in combina-
ton with interested relatives, said citi-
zen should feel inclined to fight for hi.
/ rights. Therefore, no man should b,
surprised to learn that / propose tt
fight for mine on the public platform
as fully set forth in my petition to tn,
| House of Representatives until publ,
sentiment is sufficiently awakened tC
succeed in arOusing a single congress
man, out of the 400 members of Con.
gress, TO Il sense of public duty suffi
cient to enable said single congress
man to muster up courage sufficien
To move for the judiciary Committe,
OF the House of Representative takini
said matter under adVisement.
Mr.. ChalOner's appeal is set forth
in "A pamphlet of hfty-fOur pages, con
tanning citations of evidence. assign.
ments of errors, an appendix touchinl
upon the "Lunacy Law of the World
and a copy Of the deed granting tn,
Chaloner estate to the University o
Virginia and the University of Nortl
| Carolina g racipl1arx-