The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-01

a court OF Impeachment, the SEN
ate today adjourned after hearing
Judge nobert w. Archbald's for
NAL answer to the charges against
him, without deciding if the trial
shall go on this summe or be post
poned until this fall.
Washington, July 30.-Judge Robert
w. Archibald, of the Commerce court.
in answer to the impeachment articles
brought against him by the House OF
Representatives, today formally denied
to the Senate, sitting as a court of inn
parchment, that he ever had used his
office or his influence as a judge for
profit, that he ever undertook for a
consideration to compromise litigation
before the Interstate Commerce com
mission; that he ever w~rongfully used
his position to obtain credit from liti-
giants before him, or that he had UNI
dertaken to carry on a general business
for profit OF speculation in coal proper
ties as charged in the House indict-
ment.
None of the IS articles of impeach-
ment, Judge Archibald said. constituted
al impeachable %offense, a high crime
or a misdemeanor as defined by the
constitution.
Took No Advantage.
Judge lrchbald admitted his partici-
patton IN the now noted "katydid'
culm bank deal with Edward j. VIII
Jams, of Scranton, n the Hillsdale
Coal & Iron company, a subsidiary d
the Erie railroad, which then had
cases pending in his court, but he de-
MED that he willfully or unlawfully or
corruptly took any advantage of his
position to induce the railroad officials
to deal with him N his partner.
The accused jurist denied that he al
any time for a consideration agreed
to assist George M. Watson, a Scranton
lawyer, to settle a case in which the
Marian Coal company was complain
ant, against the Lackawanna railroad
before the Interstate com
mission. William P. Boland and his
brothers, Christopher and James, are
principal stockholders in the coal com
pany and William P. Boland was the
author of some of the charges or
which the House judiciary committee
reported articles of impeachment.
In reply to the charge that he an6
his associates secured from the Lehigf
Valley railroad a lease on coal dump
packer No. 3, owned by the city of Phil.
adelphia, as trustee for the heirs of the
late Stephen Girard, reply was made
that the transaction did not involvt
unlawful or corrupt use of his office
Some details of this article were dis,
puted.
Denies Note Story.
The judge denied hat he used his
office wrongfully to aid Frederick
Warnke in securing from the Philadel
phia & Reading railroad a lease o
the Lincoln culm dump Oh that he &C
copied from Warnke wrongfully {
promissory note for $500.
The charge that the judge used hi:
office corruptly or improperly to brins
about the sale of the Everhardt Goa
lands to the Lehigh Valley railroad O.
the Lehigh Valley Coal company, wa
claimed to be vague and it's annulmen
was asked.
Judge Archibald denied that at an,
time he had entered a scheme to bu,
stocks of a gold mining scheme il
Honduras with w. L. Risinger by in
dorsing a note for $500. Risinger i
part owner of the stock of the Oh
Plymouth Coal company. He admitte
having Endorsed a note for Risingel
but AYERS it was for the sole accom-
mediation and benefi of Risinger, an
Risinger later sent him certificates @
stock In a gold mining enterprise a
collateral security for his indorse
ment.
1t was admitted that the Old Ply
mouth Coal company was a litigant i
the Judges court. but the note trans
action had no relevancy to the judge
judicial action n that in the cour
decision he acted solely on his judg
ment Of the merits of the lawsui
presented. If the note was p%resente
to John L. Lenahan. one of the attor
news in the case for discount. it wa
done without Judge Archbald's con
sent. the answer said.
AS to the $500 Jones note. which
was charged was presented to Chris
; topher G.. Boland with a request fo
discount for Judge Archibald, While on
of the Marian Goa mpa cases wa
pending in his court. Judge Archbal
that he never consented tina
the note should be presented to eithe
of the Bolands with a request on hi
part for discount. and that if such
thing We're done. it was entirely with
out his knowledge.
AS to the charge that a $500 not
of his own. made to John Henry Jone.
was presented for discount to Charlie
H. Won Storch. president of a bank /
Scranton and q LAWYER. Judge Arcf
bald answered that he made the not
entirely for the accommodation (
; Jones and had no intention of in
properly using his influence as a judo
to induce Won Storch to discount it.
The charge that Judge Archibald ha
p received large gifts of money frol
Henry w. Cannon a cousin of h
wife's n a director in the Gree
Northern railway and other corpora
tions. was denied. though it was at
mitted that the Judge made a trip
Italy at Cannon's expense.
The Judge avarred hat he had +
information that anv corporation
which Cannon was Interested migl
come before his court.