The Prescott daily news., 1912-07-09
COMMITTEE DECLARES HE PROS TlTUTED OFFICE FOR
 PERSONAL GAIN.
NO MORAL RESPONSIBILITY
Evidence Discioses He Bartered h. fluence as Representative of Gov. ernment for Favor of Rail-
 road Litisants.

San Francisco, July 9.-The Pacific mand that Judge Robert W. Archibald of the United States Commerce Court be impeached for "misbehavior and high crimes and misdemeanors" was made to the House of Representative by the Judiciary Committed The committee declared Archbalds sense of moral responsibility has become deadened," and that he has prosti- tuted his high office for personal profit
 The 13 articles of impeachment rep resent to enumerate as many dis tinct offenses upon which the com mittee asserts Archibald should be stripped of his judicial ermine
 Indictments Are Specified
 Article 1 cites Archbald's alleged partnership with F. J. Williams of Scranton, Pa, for the purchase and sale of the Katy Did Coal Dump dur ing the time the Erie Railroad, owner of that dump, was concerned in liti- gation before his court
 Article deals with the Marian Coal Company deal, declaring that at the time of Archbalds s alleged interest in the speculation, the Lackawanna Rail- road, owner of the coal company, was concerned in litigation before the Commerce Court
 Article cites the alleged negotia- tions for purchase of dump from the Lehigh Valley Coal Company near Shenandoah, Pa.
 Article deals with Archbalds at legged misconduct in litigation brought before the Commerce Court by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, where he is charged with secretly, wrongfully, and unlawfully' communicating with an attorney of the road, regarding a witness.
 The fifth indictment cites the al legged deal with Frederick Warnke of Scranton, in coal lands owned in- directly by the Philadelphia X Read ing Railroad Company, charged Arch bald with wrongfully attempting to influence officials of the coal com pany to grant Warnke a lease. The charge also is made that Archibald "corruptly, willfully and unlawfully' accepted as a gift from Warnke a promissory note for $500, presumably for his services in the deal
 Article alleges Archibald improp- erly and corruptly attempted to use his influence as a judge with the Le- high Valley Railroad Company to ob- tain interest in the Everhardt coal lands of Pennsylvania
 Article : charges misconduct when Archibald was District Judge at Scran- ton, in the alleged partnership be tween the Judge and H. w Rissinger for purchase of stock in a Honduras gold-mining scheme The charge con- tinues that following this Archibald ruled in favor of Risslnger's coal com pany in suit then before him.
 The eighth charge alleged that as District Judge. Archibald counter signed a note for $500 with the cor rupt" purpose of coercing w. P. and C. c. Roland, then litigants in his court The note was presented to the Bolands for discounting
 The ninth article concerns Arch bald's alleged action on another $500 note, presented through John Henry Jones to c. H. Vanstorch for discount, Vanstorch at that time was an attor- pey in Archbald's District Court at Scranton, and shortly before having obtained a victory for his clients in one of Archbald's decisions
 The tenth article charges accept ance by Archibald at the time he was a District Judge of large sum" of money presented by Henry w. Can non, then largely interested in cor porations concerned in litigation be- fore Archibald The gift, the commit tee says, was made in order that Archibald might take trip abroad.
 Its acceptance from an official of A corporation liable to be interested in litigation in his court" the article declares, twas improper and had tendency and did bring his office of District Judge into disrepute."
 Article II cites another alleged money gift subscribed by attorneys