The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-07-30
JUDGE ARCHIBALD
DENIES CHARGES
EXPLAINS SEVERAL OF TrE
DEALS THAT WERE MADE.
Tsiis the senate That Ne Never Used
HE oriee or Influence corrYp,iy
for PROFIT

WASHINGTON. July 2s-Sitting as
. court Of Impeachment. the senate
to-day adjourned after hearing Judge
Robert W. Archbald's formal answer
to the charges against him. without
deciding n the trial shall 20 on this
summe or be postponed until this
fall.
judge Robert W. Archibald. OF the
commerce cour'. In answer To the i'm.
parchment articles brought against
him by the house of representatives.
to-day formally denied to the senate.
sitting as "A court Of Impeachment.
h a he ever had used his Office or
his influence as a Judge for profit:
that he ever undertook for a consid-
Grafton 10 compromise litigation be.
fore the interstate commerce commits.
sion: that he ever wrongfully used
his position 10 obtain credit from liti-
giants before him. or that he had un-
dertaken TO carry on a general bust.
ness for profit or speculation in coal
properties. as charged in the house
indictment.
Denies Charges.
To each of the thirteen articles of
Impeachment. Judge Archibald replied
h a none. ever II true. constituted An
Impeachment ofense. a high crime or
a misdemeanor as defined by the con.
e%titution. Many statements contained
in the allegations were not disputed.
while others we're totally denied and
annullment OF others was asked on
the ground that they were too vague
% admit OF proper defense.
Judge Archibald admitted his partici-
patton in the now noted "Katydid
culm bank deal" with Edward J. VIII
hams. OF Scranton and the Hillside
Coal q Iron Company. n subsidiary OF
the Erie Railroad. which then had
cases pending in his court. hut he de-
ried that he willfully or unlawfuTy
or c%orruptly took any advantage OF his
position o induce the railroad officials
10 deal with him and his partner.
Railroad Deals.
The accused jurist denied that he at
any time for a consideration agreed to
assist George NJ Watson. a Scranton
lawyer, TO settle a case in which The
Marian Coal Company was complain.
ant against the Lackawanna Railroad
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
In reply 10 the charge that he and
Ills associates secured from the Le-
high Valley Railroad a lease on Coal
Dump Packer No. 3. owned by the
City Of Philadelphia as trustee for the
heirs OF the late Stephen Girard. reply
was mad that the transaction did no
involve unlawful or corrupt use OF his
Office.
Bruce Controversy.
To the charge that Judge Archibald
permitted Helm Bruce. attorney for
the Louisville x Nashville Railroad
10 make a reply after a case had been
closed in court. the Judge averred
that permission for such a supple
mentary reply was not. so far "a he
knew, given in secret from the Inter
state Commerce Commission. and that
the Commerce Court had been given
The right 10 look into the evidence OF
the case. Judge Archibald denied that
permission for the supplementary an
sver was given w%ronEfuily or unlaw-
fully. but declared 10 had been done in
fairness and In the interests Of jus
tice.
The judsc denied that he used his
CIIlce e. AID Frederirk
Narnke IN 80 ring from tNe Fai'afci-
rhta & Reading railroad q lease or tho
Lincoln culm dump or that he accepted
rom WarnSe wronsfully "a promisory
The charge that tho Judge used his
once corrIQIy or Improperly o. l-inE
SPOUT t"e sale - The Everharff coal
TIE LshiRh valley coal Corrsnv was
c.alme1 70 " vague. and ias arrul-
Judge A-cheaIf denied IRA, any time
ne nad entered % some 20 bus stocks
Or A gold mining e.. enc IN Honduras