Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-05
JUDGE HEbPED TO
BUY CUbN DUMP
ViHST EVIDENCE HEARD IN M
PEACHMENT TRIAL OF
JUDGE ARCHIBALD.
COT HALF OF TIE PROFITS
Iscd Hfs Influence Win the Railroad
10 secure an option On
Coal Dump.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1-Admls-
siuns that Judge Robert W. Archibald
of the court of commerce had been
Interested with him in a deal for the
"Kat!jd clum dump" near Scran-
ton, Pa, and would have profiied
from the sale Of the property, were
drawn from the Edward j Williams
OF Dunmore. Pa, today before the
senate court of impeachment which
Is trying the jurist for alleged mis-
conduct.
Mr Williams was the first witness
summoned in the impeachment II
Judge Archibald. Standing at the
elevated clerks desk in the senate
and facing Judge Archibald, who had
been his friend, he said, for thirty
years, the aged Wclchman became
a silent witness for part Of the time
to the duel between the house man
ayers and Judge Archbald's lawyers
as to what evidence and testimony
should be admitted before the court.
chief interest today centered about
the first article of the charges which
alleged that Judge Archibald had OK
erted influence upon officers OF the
Erie railroad when they had a light
erage case pending in his court 10
compel them to gice an option to
Williams on It's portion Of the Katy
did refuse coal heaps owned through
it's subsidiary company, the Hillside
Coal & Iron company.
Mr.. Williams declared Judge Arcn-
bald had nothing to do with getting
the option further than to act as his
friend and recommend him to the Of
ficers of the Hillside company. Later.
however, under the questions Of Rep
resentative Webb of North Carolina
he said Judge Archibald would have
received half of the profits realized
from the sale Of the property
What did Judge Archibald do foi
which he was to receive one-half of
the profits from the coal Dump" de-
manded Representative Webb,
1T was none of anybody's business
If / wished to give It to him." rctort-
ed Williams
To this he later added that the in
terest of Judge Archibald resulted
from what he did for me-" and that
lit was partly through his Influence
that | got the options"
The deal, as outlined by Williams,
began when he asked for Judge Arch
bald's assistance in getting an option
from the Hillside company. Judge
Archibald, he said gave him a letter
to W. A. May, superintendent of the
Hillside company, but Mr.. May de-
clined to give him an option on thc
dump.
81 went back and told Judge Arch
bald | did not get 1t and he said he
would see about It," said Williams.
Judge Archbald's attorneys fought
against the admission of a document
purportng to assign part of Mr.. Will
liams' interest in the coal dump to
william =. Boland and a silent
party" supposed to be Judge Arch
bald.
A. S Worthington. counsel for the
accused. declared the story about The
heap had been prepared "as a damn
ing piece OF evidence" In the offices
OF william =. Boland Of Scranton and
that it shows part Of the conspiracy
against Judge Archibald and the at
tempt to get him into trouble"
The senate finally was forced to
vote on the document and 1t was ad-
mltted as evidence. From Mr.. Will
liams Representative Webb finally
drew again the admission made last
summer in the house investigation
that he had drawn up an assignment
Of part OF the option to Mr., Boland
and Judge Archibald, naming the lat
ter as the Silent party because he
thought It might get him into trouble
II he were an open party to the deal.