The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-17
Calls on Congress to I'm
peach Judge Geo. G..
Holt of New York.
SAYS HE REFUSED
TO OBEY MANDATE
Copy OF Petition Containing SEN
sational Charges Sent to Every
Member Of House by Reg
istered Mail-More Ma
ligned Even Than
Dreyfus.

JoAn Armstrong chaioner declared
wall. and thai a. nus carried his as NJ
TO the House OF Representatives..
Appealing to the mem-eTs Tor Jus
lice, and demanding the Impeachment
of Judge Geo. c. Holt, Of New York.
charging him ~.iA ma.feasamee in
Once.
lie says lie has tried every known
legal means 10 I'D himself Of the kt's
Ipa ot iunacy. that Z q combination o.
lis Influential family and ihc.! friends
has blocked his every move for free
dom that his property worth 81
100000. wAiln ne has decided 10 south
ern colleges IS being unlaw.ully With
held by those whose pIrpcse II IS. 70
ihwart his great educational Donation.
nnd 30 10 deportation he declares he
w!l take his case 10 the people Of the
United states and let them .udse
whetne. Or not nc has received far
and Impartial hearing o, his cause
To-day every member OF the House
Al Representatives. in Washington wiA
receive by registered mall, "A copy u
3ir Cha.oners petition. written ry his
own hand. and without tac knowledge
o. consent OF his counsel BY tho same
mall watch Brings tile petition TO tile
Corgr,ssmeu. Wal! come copies OK the
Ietliion Addressed 20 every newspaper
man named ICE ;ne CAPITOL is,
May Not Find Champion.
Whether or not some member ct the
House Will champion MS cause. NJ
Chaloner says IS question Ae cannot
answer bu; he adds that he has urged
three members 10 aid him and that all
three passed by on the other aide
one. upon whom he rounted more
tnaa ali the rest because n his 2ecu-
l.ar political isolation. was Too cusy,
another. did not agree w.tN as legal
reasoning and the laird as-ced but
nade excuses And SO M Cha!oner
w.n to-day. make h!s petition TO al!
the people and demand that judge
George e. Holt. of the United States
Iustrlc, Court for the Southern D'v!-
zion Of New York. be !mpeacned ius
inaifeasance In Office since he refused
t. obey the mandate OK the United
states Circuit Court OF Appeals Tor the
Southern District q New YORK. when
had ruled IA Mr. Cnlloner's favor. b.,
instead practically tngew him out u
court. and placed him III the position
OF suppllaut who must wat three
years OUTSIDE the doors OF justice.
MIR. Chnioner's statement.
In discussing the petition last night
III Cnaloner aaid
II am good citizen and Z lawyer
60 that nave no desire TO attack
inc laws. II is not the law winch is
at fault, in my case. but the manner
IN which the law IS suoverted. IL l
could secure a iair and impartial
trial. would be free man in Sew
York. as am here in Virginia ,o-day.
md would have the control Of my
lIoperty which Is unlawtul!y wlthheld
from mean estate worth Sl5vVV9o
which I do not want FOR my own
use. for nave the simplest tastes.
but which have decided to the cduca-
tonal institutions Of rsin'a. North
Carolina and south Carolina.
For ntleen years l have lived a
life OF misery and all have to which
7 can look forward is iisht--a strug-
gi4 for vindicauon, - chance TO prove
that am right and TO show the world
that have Deen more maligned ana
,,ersecatcd than even Drcyfus. he, an
innocent man. was shut up on DeviIs
Island surrounded only By convicts;
but !. sane man, for four years
was Jailed in Bloominsdele with in
sumo persons as my associates
Appeals the People.
Having exhausted every means to
secura justice, | now appeal to the
people OF the United States. through
their representatives, in Washington,
believing that these men are really
representatives, and servants OF the
people OF the country and not their
masters cannot and Viii not be-
lieve that these national lawmakers
Will permit even United states Judge
to trample upon the laws OF the
land.
If. however. the representatives
refuse to act upon my petition. / viii
60 again before the country and di-
rectly TO the people by .aking a
campaign and speaking in public
halls
Il will have many things to tell
some OF them sensational. all of them
true.
q will show from the record that
was unlawfully placed in lunatic
ASYLUM by means OF false wearing
When my two brothers ex-Lieuten-
nnt-Governor Louis stuyvesant Chan-
Ter and winthrop Aston Chanler, and
my cousin. Arthur Astor Carey made
oath that l was insane and had me
incarcerated in Bloomin sdale Carey
had not seen mo for two years, and my
brothers had not seen ne for months,
but vet they swore to what took place
ct my home at Merrie Mills al
though no one of the three had ever
been near the place. and the Lieu
rushed home to sign away my free
dom
Says They sworc Falsely.
at was also sworn to that had
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