The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-01

a court of impeachment, the Sem
ate today adjourned after hearing
Judge nobert w. Archbald's for
NAL answer to the charges against
him, without deciding if the trial
shall go on this summer or be post
poned until this fall.
Washington, July 30.-Judge Robert
w. Archibald, of the Commerce court.
in answer to the impeachment articles
brought against him by the House of
Representatives, today formally denied
to the Senate, sitting as a court of inn
parchment, that he eve had used his
profit, that he ever undertook for a
consideration to compromise litigation
before the Interstate Commerce COM
mission; that he w wrongfully used
his position to obtain credit from liti-
giants before him, or that he had UNI
dertaken to carry on a general business
for profit or speculation in coal proper
ties as charged in the House indict-
ment.
None of the Is articles of impeach-
ment, Judge Archibald said. constituted
an Improbable offense, a high crime
or a misdemeanor as efin by the
constitution.
ook NO Advantage.
Judge, lrchbald admitted his partici-
patton m the now noted 'katydid"
culm bank deal with Edward j. Will
Jams, of Scranton, and the IIillsdale
Coal & Iron company, a subsidiary Of
the Erie railroad, which then had
cases pending in his court, but he de-
MED that he willfully or unlawfully or
corruptly took any advantage of his
position to induce the railroad officials
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The accused jurist denied that he at
any time for a consideration agreed
to assist George M. Watson, a Scranton
lawyer, to settle a caSe in which the
Marian Coal company was complain
ant, against the Lackawanna railroad
before the Interstate Commerce COM
mission. William P. Boland and his
brothers, Christopher and James, are
principal stockholders in the coal COM
pany and William P. Boland was the
author of some of the charges on
which the House judiciary committee
reported articles Of impeachment.
In reply to the charge that he and
his associates secured from the Lehigf
Valley railroad a lease on coal dump
packer No. 8, owned by the city of Phil
adelphia, as trustee for the heirs of the
late stephen Girard, reply was made
that the transaction did not involve
unlawful or corrupt use of his office
Some details of his article were dis
puted.
Denies Note Story.
The judge denied that he used his
Office wrongfully to aid Frederick
Warnke in securing from the Philadel-
phia & Reading railroad a lease OF
the Lincoln culm dump or that he &C.
cepted from Warnke wrongfully 6
promissory note for $500.
h charge that the judge used his
office c~orruptly or improperly to bring
about the sale of the EVerhardt Goa
lands to the Lehigh Valley railroad OF
the Lehigh Valley Coa company, was
claimed to be vague and it's annulmen'
was asked.
Judge Archibald denied that at an,
time he had entered a scheme to bu,
stocks of a gold mining scheme il
Honduras with w. L. Risinger by in
dorsing a note for $1,000. Risinger il
part owner of the stock of the OLE
Plymouth 0 company. He ADMITTED
having indorsed a note for Risinger
but AYERS it was for the sole accom-
mediation and benefit of Risinger. AM
Risinger later sent him certificates o
stock In a gold mining enterprise a:
collateral security for his indorse
ment.
1t was admitted tina the Old Ply
mouth Coal company was a litigant il
the Judges court. but the note rams
action had no relevancy to the Judge
judicial action and that in the cour
decision he acted solely on his iudg
ment Of the merits of the lawsuit
presented. If the note was presented
to John L. Lenahan. one of the attor
news in the case for discount, it wa
done without Judge Archbald's con
! sent. the answer said.
AS to the $500 Jones note. which i
was charged was presented to Chris
topher G.. Boland with a request 70
discount for Judge Archibald, while on
of the Marian Coal company cases wa
pending in his court, Judge Archbal
answered that he never consented tina
the note should be presented to eithe
OF the BolandS with a request on hi
part for discount. and that if such
thing We're done. it was entirely with
out his knowledge.
As to the charge that a $500 not
of his own. made to John Henry Jones
was presented for discount to Charlie
II. Won Storch. president of a bank i
Scranton and a LAWYER. Judge Arch
entirely for the accommodation q
Jones and had no intention of i'm
properly using his influence as a judg
to induce Won Storch to discount it.
The charge that Judge Archibald ha
received large gifts Of money fror
Henry w. Cannon n cousin of hi
wife's n a director in the Grea
Northern railway and other corpora
lions. was denied. though it was ad
mitted that the Judge made a trip t
Italy at Cannon's expense.
The Judge averred that he had n
information that any corporation j
which Cannon was interested Nigh
come before his court.