Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-25
THE CAUSE IF JUDGE ARCHB0LO' 'SSORROW Wrisley Brown, Still in His Twenties, Obtained Dam
 aging Evidence.
R F c o M M ' N DATIONS
Made By Young Lawyer Accepted By The President and tie Matter
 Was Referred to the House.
(By RODERICK CLlFFORDD

NaSnlnStOn, Aug. 24-JuSt as the charges and impeachment proceed ings against Judge Robert w. Arch bold, of the United States Commerce Court, bid fair to make or unmake one man, so the sitting of these charges and the preparation of the case against the Federal Judge, promise to disclose to the country new and scintillating figure among the guardians of Uncle Sam's laws and institutions
 Among the sliewd young laWy Of the Bure,l., of lnyestigation-the new SeCrn- SGT! lca" as it is called a iiamboi of nore than ordinarily cas'a5le men rave been found, men whose astuteness and persistency have proven stumbling blocks for vio- lators of the law, big and little. Few, however, have been called upon to stand the tests which Wrisley Brown, one of the youngest of the body, has come lnfOuSnO VlCtOrlOuS.
 Wrisley Brown is only twenty eight years Of age and "blood hound of the law is about the last thing one would take him for. His curly black hair is worn somewhat long and his pale ascetic face, his full knotted black Ascot tie, and the cut away coat which he invariably affects, give him the appearance of a poet of the more successful school, or a youthful dilletante of society, casting about for something new with which to occupy his mind.
 But Brown has plenty to do to keep him we'll occupied. He graduat- cd from the George Washington Law School in this city in 1907 and at once entered the Department of Jus tice. In the five years in which he has served in this branch of govern ment. he has turned an exceptional legal mind, hacked by persistency
 
 problems, to such an account that he is now recognized as one of the lead CTS of that body of legal lights which AttorneyGeneral Wickersham has gathered around himself.
 When William P. Roland, the Scranton coal operator, had succeed ed in calling his charges against Judge Archbold to the attention oi the president, the latter Instructed his attorney general to have the accu- sation sifted to the bottom, and as quietly as possible, to make repor1 to the White House. Realizing not only the seriousness of the charges but the difficulty which would be experienced by any one who attempt ed to get at the truth of them withou attracting undue attention or warn ing their object that he was suspect ed, Mir. Wickersham called in young Brown and put him on the case. His instructions were to get at the bottom of the facts, regardless of who migh be hit and to report his findings a the earliest possible moment.
 To start with, Brown had only mass of indefinite hearsay evidenc brought in by Roland. To corrobor ate this he had to go to a countr dominated by, practically owned b. railroad interests and nterrogatet people who not only feared this influ ence, but who were distinctly friend ly to the man whose record Brow was trying either to clear or hopeless ly discredit. He was up against tn proposition of getting from these peo ole information without the powerful lever of the subpoena or other lega advantages.
 Further, he had to work with tn knowledge that both the Attorne General and the President would b satisfied if he could honestly repor in favor of Judge Archbold, and tha any move on his part, might an probably would be hampered by tn powerful Penrose organization i Pennsylvania, of which Judge Arch bold, a Taft appointee recommends by Senator Rose, had long been member.
 Upon his arrival in Scranton, afte viewing the ground Brown selecte as the central figure in the case J. Williams, from whom little ha been gathered in an interview Washington in Bolands presenc Williams, a crafty Welshman. Wh seems to have acted as a sort of g between in all s.of Judge Arch bold transactions, knew more of the fac of the judges connections than II other one man except the md n III sslf Brown worked on IT E