Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-07-08
PRESENTSTHIRTEEN ARTICLES
EACH CONTAINS ONE OR MORE
SPECIFIC CHARGES AGAINST
JUDGE
ACCUSED OF MANY OFFENSES
ACCEPTED FAvoRs FROM PER-
SONS AND CONCERNS INTER-
EsTED IN SUITS

! washington, July S.-Chalrman Hen
ry D. Clayton of the committee on
judiciary Of the house Of representa-
tives, today presented to the house
13 articles of impeachment against
Judge Robert w. Archibald, OF the Uni
ted States court Of commerce. Mr..
Clayton's report was unanimous. from
his committee.
1t constitutes the ninth impeach-
ment of a judicial or civil official Of
the United States since the founda-
ton of the government and is the
first since the impeachment trial of
Judge Charles Swayne, of the north
ern district of Florida, who was ac-
quilted on February q, 1905. His
business transactions while a judge
on the bench we're held unfit him for
further service on the bench and a
resolution was presented impeaching
him and haling him for trial before
the United States senate. An cpl
tome Of the articles Of imHeachment
follows:
Article /. Negotiated with the Erie
Railroad company for the purchase Of
the Katydid coal dump for Edward J,
Williams, his business associate. TN
the opinion of your committee, Judge
Archbald's participation in this tran,
saction. under all the circumstances,
was reprehensible and prejudicial to
the confidence of the American peo-
pie in the federal judiciary"
Article 2. Joined with George M.
Watson, Of Scranton, Pennsylvania,
in an attempt to sell the stock of
the Marion Coal company to the Del
aware, Lackawanna and Western rail-
road company. This company was
owned by the Boland Brothers, of
at that time litigants
against the railroad before the inter-
state commerce commission. The
committee charged Judge Archibald
figured in the negotiations. "for a
consideration"
Article 8. That Judge Archibald
sought to lease from Lehigh Valley
railroad company a culm bank on
he Girard Estate coal property near
Pa. At this time the
,ailroad was a litigant before the
court and before the inter-
state commerce commission. The com
nittee said:
'Tt is the conclusion of your COM
nittee that the officers of the coal
(subsidiary) relinquished ,
he right to operate the said culm
,ank because of the influence exer- ,
Used upon them through Judge Arch !
AIDS position as member of the
ommerce court. /,
Article 4. That Judge Archibald Z
ought additional evidence from Helm q
truce, attorney for the Louisville and a
nashville railroad, in cases before the '
ommerce court, which had been clos T
d and given the Judge for decision {
,ater he considered a supplemental .
rief from Mr.. Bruce without the Y
of the attorneys for the in q
srstate commerce commission, to g
leet a conclusion reached by another 7
lember of the court. Judge Archibald \
Frote the decision in favor of the Z
abroad company "In the opinion Of q
our committee, this conduct on the T
art of Judge Archibald was unfair 7
nd unjust to the parties defendant in +
his case" .
Article 5. That Judge Archibald n
sed his judicial influence to get a q
pal lease from the Philadelphia and
eading Coal company for Frederick fl
varnke. Tt is charged that Warnke f
romised the judge $500 and later a c