The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-11

 IS DENIED
THE WITNESS WHO TESTIFIED AGAINST JUDGE ARcHBoLD DE
 MES THE STORY HE TOLD.
Says He May Have Been intoxicated When He Signed the Letters and Documents-The Judge Paid
 Fare to Washington.

sfdsHtHStCiis Hidy M uNdtu J. Williams of Scranton, Pa, chief wit. ness so far against Judge Robert w. Archbold of the commerce court, to- day practically denied before the house judiciary committee some of the testimony he had given against the judge "Wednesday.
 Williams was partner with Judge Arehbold in negotiations for buying Ia culm bank from the Erie railroad to sell at a profit of $12,O00 to the Laokawanna and Wyoming railroad. The judge at that time had the Fries .so-calied lighterage cases in his court The committee is Investigating to decide if impeachment proceeI- ihgs should be brought against the judge
 A. 5. Worthington, counsel for the accused jurist, undertook the redirect examination of Williams and called his attention to the copy of an assign ment of the culm property that he was alleged to have made to w. P. Roland and silent party" Previously WiI- Hams having admitting having had such assignment before he procured options on the Erie culm bank and had explained that the silent party was Judge Archibald. Today, however, upon reading a copy of the assignment again, Williams declared it was not the paper he had signed. He admit ted the signature attached was his but repudiated it's contents.
 This admission led Attorney Wor. thington to ask the witness if he ever drank He said he did and admitted 1t was possible he might have signed papers that he colad not now recall
 Williams also repudiated the letter introduced in evidence Wednesday in which he related having told C. H. Bo- land 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 resulted diff ferently The witness admitted having said something like that to Roland, but he denied that the language used in the letter in evidence signed by him ever came from his lips.
 It also was developed on cross-exam- ination that Judge Archibald paid Will Hams fare from Scranton to Washing ton that the latter might respond to the subpoena from the judiciary com mittee to appear before it. Williams said he did not have the money and that he had asked Judge Archibald to loan him the fare. When the com mittee adjourned for the day Williams was cautioned by Chairman Clayton to talk to no one about the case. He will he recalled tomorrow
 Attorney Worthingtoa, for Judge Archibald, sought to establish Williams business dealings with w. P Roland of scranton, who brought the charges against Judge Archibald.
 Williams said his first statement about the case had been made to w. P. Roland in the presence of Wrlsley Brown of the department of justice and a stenographer He signed that statement, he said, but did not sign any statement later In the office of the attorney general.
 Mir. Worthington had the witness examine the photograph copy of the letter relating to Judge Archbald's $500 note, which the Bolands refused to discount. Williams said he had never signed his name to the state ment contained in the letter. It was h effect that he had said case in which the Bolands were interested might not have been decided against them if they had discounted the judges note