The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
Alleged Plan to "Entrap" Arch
bald Disclosed
AT IMPEACHMENT HEARING
0utgrowth of Court Case --Cockrell
Says That Boland, Who Filed the
Charges Against Judge, Made
Admission.

Washington, May IA purported de-
liberate plan of w. p. Boland, the Scran-
ton, Pa, coal dealer, who originated the
charges against Judge Robert w. Arch
bald of the commerce court to entrap
the jurist in an embarrassing transac-
ton, was revealed yesterday before the
House judiciary committee, which is in
vestigating the case to determine wheth-
er impeachment proceedings shall be IN
stituted by the Senate Allan Cockrell,
confidential secretary of the interstate
commerce commission, read 10 the com
/ mittee his memorandum of w. p. Boz
lands original statement of the charges
against Judge Archibald Boland, ae-
cording to the memorandum, told In
| terstate Commerce Commissioner Mey.
| er that he purposely sought TO entrap
| Judge Archibald in the Katydid culm
bank transaction, after a demurrer in
a suit against him in Judge Archbald's
court was refused. Boland declared that
| he sent Il. J. Williams to Archibald
! to lure him into the katydid culm OPP
| ton deal with the Erie railroad, after
| Williams had come to him with Judge
| Archbald's $500 note for discount. Bo-
land refused to discount the note ami
subsequently his demurrer was decided
against him. In making the charges, Boz
| land admitted. according to Cockrell,
that he had used Williams in an effort
to involve the judge in discreditable
transaction.
Mr. Boland was So full Of his ten
years fight for his rights said Mr.
Coekrel, that his narrative required
10, 81 E,.4 4. h.
orandum | merely set down the salient
points"
Mr.. Cockrell participated in the con-
ferenees with Acknowledgement Wicker
sham later when the Bolands related
their charges to him. He was asked
ii Edward J. Williams when Attorney
General Wickersham showed him photog
raphic copies of the papers in the case
had repudiated any of them, as he has
since done before the committee
WILLIAMS did not dispute any Of the
papers" said Cockrell He identified
them all and admitted that he had
signed them
Mr. Coekrell also said that Williams
identified the assignment contract in
which Judge Archibald was referred TO
as silent party" This Williams de.
MED before the committee, though ac-
knowledging his signature.
On discrimination A. S. Worthing-
ton, counsel for Judge Archibald asked
Mr.. Cockrell If w. p. Boland had said
anything about any other federal Judge,
Cocllrell declared that Boland, in con-
ference with Commissioner Never. Feb.
81 last, had an affidavit made BY some
ma IN N,,a afF.t, 81. kN ~.
of promise suit before federal Judge III
Scranton.
This was matter not supported by
anything but the statement at hand,
said Cockrell ut did not appear worth
much on its face and it was deemed in
advisable to make any reference TO it
in these proceedings"
]. II. Rittenhouse of Scranton. civil !
and mining engineer, testified that the |
number of tons in Katydid culm dip
aggregated more than 10000 1t was |
for in the option from the
Erie by Williams and Judge Archibald as
something over 10000 tons. The az. |
gregate value of the contents, Ritten- |
house estimated, was S47 ,533. The op. |
tons were TO have cost Williams and 1
Archibald $1,000
Rittenhouse testified that the Katydid |
lump was about twenty years in proc
ess of formation, that its value had in
creased largely in recent years, and that
if it had been worked by the Erie rail
road itself the Erie's income on the
might have reached approx
natelv $4,000 Rittenhouse found aft.
sr Williams and Archibald had negotiat-
d sale of the Katydid culm for $40.
300 to the Laurel Electric Line through
It's vice president, Mr.. Conn. that the I
title was clouded and for that reason
The transaction fell through. The com.
nittee took a recess until 2 o'clock