The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-12-21
CHARGES ARE BEING FORMULATED
BY THE BAR
ATTORNEYS WERE NOT UNITED
-Four Out of Twelve Voted Against In
vesiisstion, After Three Hours OF
WransIing.

lHc DcCoiHDcI lotu Vi tHe Clfcult
court for this county proved TO be a
very short one as we ventnred TO sug-
gest last week. The fact that there
was no jury drawn was the principal
reason for it's brIefness. as almost all Of
the cases. .docketed required the services
Of jury.
: Judge Flanagan arrived at 10 80
and court was Immediately called to
order. The calendar was called but
none of the cases docketed were report
cd as ready 10 be tried
Several of the attorneys mad special
matters which they desired the court
TO hear and q time was set for all such
Judge Flanagan then notified the
members of the Iron county bar 10 be
present at the court room at / 80 p. m.
He did not state the purpose of the
meeting but il was not necessary 20 do
SO as all knew that its purpose was to
take up the Waffen. Lawrence matter.
The work of examining the appli
cantsfor citizenship was then taken up
and conducted by Judge Flanagan in
the absence OF the representative OF the
district attorneys Office
The members of the bar assembled at
80 as they were instructed to do by
Judge Flannigan. The public was OK
cluded from the room, or rather did
not intrude ~ the newspaper reporters
were told that the meeting was to be
for the bar only The attorneys present,
10 the number of l2. were extremely re-
ticent when they came out of the room
after wrangle that occupied three
hours ana the inquiry Of the reporter
was met with the statement, I'VE are
all sworn TO secrecy Like all public
matters of the kind. the veil Of secrecy
didn't remain long extended and gvad-
ually the transactions OF the meeting
leaked out.
IL was learned that the session was
far from an harmonious one While
the majority OF the bar was for pro.
secutiOn % the charges. strong mi :.
nority was opposed to II and the mat
tsr was fought our ~ great length.
When the question OF investigating or
not investigating was put to the final
test there were four against and eight
in it's favor II is. claimed that the
attorneys who voted mo on the mo-
,ion were Moriarty, Fraser. Caswell
and McHale. Those IN favor were
Byers, Abbott. Ritze. Embs, Me-
Donough. Lott. Dwyer, and Dixon.
This matter of a committee to have
charge Of the proceedings was then
taken up ana the following appointed
Morlarty. Abbott, Watson. Byers and
Lott The date FOR the investigation
was set for Januray .. 1913
That there was considerable feeling
was evident from the remarks OF some
Of the attorneys later on One Of them,
when asked If the case would be- prose
cuted, stated that in his opinion it
would ue vigorously prosecuted When
his attention WAS called 20 the makeup
of the committee aud les leanings he
stated that while several OF the mem
bers were likewarm on the matter that
Mr.. Byers can not be induced TO bring
I'm any whitewash tnat when Byers
takes hold of thing he means busi
ness and IL IL his belief that even
should the other members feel like pas
sing lightly over the matter that Mr.
Byors VIII insist that Justice be done
witnout fear or favor
II was CLEANED from the remarks OF
the attorneys that the position OF those
favoring thorough investigation is NOT
the persecution Of MIR. Watfen but 10
clear-up ia the minds uf tho people the
question of whether the opponents of
Mr.. Waffen have been conspiring 10
defauie him in the minds OF the people
for political purposes Mr. Waffen
has charged that there was frame mp
IN this particular instance . said one
Of the members. And while no direct
accusation was made yet the inference
was thrown out by some of MIR Wat
fen's partisans. that prominent mem.
hers of the Iron county bar and also
prominent citizens Of this county have
consplred 10 crmpromise Mr waiien
for the purpose OF getting him ont ot
The way. Some Of SIR Waffens radical
partisans have gone about this county
and preached that story and 30 cnn.
ningiy have they worked that q great
many people in this county are very
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