Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-05-11
ADMITTED That HE DRANK
SAID HE MIGHT HAVE SIGNED
PAPERS WHICH HE DID
NOT REMEMBER.
REPUD|ATED A letter
Says He Never Wrote u Letter Which
Was Introduced as Evidence
Against the Judge.

WASHINGTON. May 1O.-Edward
". Williams of Scranton, Pa, chief
w. Archibald of the commerce court,
today. practically denied before the
house judiciary committee some Of
eht testimony he had given against
the judge Wednesday.
Williams was partner with Judge
Arch bald in negotiations for buying
Il culm bank from the Erie railroad
to sell at profit for $4,000 to the
Lackawanna and Wyoming railroad.
The judge at that time had the Erie's
called lighterage cases in his court.
The committee is investigating to de-
eide if impeachment proceedings
should be brought against the judge.
A. s. Worthington, counsel for the
accused jurist, undertook the re-
direct examination of Williams and
called his attention to the copy Of
an assignment of the culm bank
property that he was alleged to have
hame to w. p. Boland and a silent
party" Previously Williams had ad-
mitted having made such an assign
ment before he procured options on
the Erie culm bank and had ex-
planned that the silent party was
Judge Archibald. Today. however,
upon reading a copy Of the assign
ment again, Williams declared it was
not the paper he had signed. He ad-
mttted the signature attacheS was
his, but repudiated its contents.
Admitted He Drank.
This admission led Attorney Worth
ington to ask the witness If he ever
drank. He said he did and admitted
it was possible he might have signed
papers that he could not now recall.
Williams also repudlated the letter
introduced in evidence Wednesday in
which he related having told c. II.
Boland that If he had discounted one
Of Judge Archbald's notes, a case he
had before that jurist. which was
decided against him might have re-
suited differently. The witness ad-
mitted having said something like
that Boland, but he denied that the
language used in the letter in evil
dence signed by him ever came from
him.
1t was also developed on cress-
examination that Judge Archibald
paid Williams fare from Scranton to
Washington that the latter might re-
spond to the subpoena from the ju-
dietary committee to appear before Il.
Williams said he did not have the
money and that he had asked Jdugo
Archibald to loan him the fare. When
the committee adjourned for the day
Williams was cautioned by Chairman
Clayton to talk to no one about the
case. lie will be recalled tomorrow
Never Signed Statement.
Attorney Worthington, for Judge
Archibald, sought to establish Will
liams' business dealings with w. p.
Boland of Scranton, who brought the
charges against Judge Archibald.
Williams said his first statement
about the case had been made to w.
p. Boland in the presence of w. Il,
lsley Brown of the department OF
signed that statement, he said, but
did not sign any statement later in
the office of the attorney general.
Mr.. Worthington had the witness
examine the Photographic copy of
the letter relating to Judge Arch
balds $500 note. which the Bolands
refused to discount. Williams said
IpI sr., Ii . I,,
statement contained in the letter. 1t
was in effect that he had said case
In which the Bolands We're interested
might not have been decided against
them If they had discounted the
judges note.
do you ever take any refresh
ment, that is. a little liquor now and
them" Mr.. Worthington asked.
Yes, sometimes"
do you think 1t possible that you
might have signed this letter when
yo uhad been taking some intoxi-
cants?"
1T might be possible"
Williams denied that he ever had |
made an assignment OF part inter-
est in the culm bank to w. p. Bo-
land. 1t was this assignment In
which Judge Archibald was referred I
10 as Silent party"
Representative Carlin of Virginia
asked the witness what he said after
he had been summoned to Washing
ION by w. p. Boland and had been
lshered into the presence Of the at
.orney general.
II told Boland that he had betrayed |
NY confidence said Williams.
That's what | told him"
when you were summoned last