The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-08-15

AIgainst Judge Bennett as a
Brief Synopsis Of the
Document Shows.

CHAREESFON, ia gu. f5.@--A copy
the eiiatgesss iled WITH Governor
/ William z. Glasscock against Circuit
lJudge william r.. Bennett, charging
corruption, gross immortality. neglect
Z Z iaof sdhtyp ma DISQUALIFICATION in office;
high crfntes9and Enfsaejn eahors. has
been forwarded 10 Judge Bennett al
Fayetteville. ~
The specific charges OF corruption
is especially large. including the ac-
ceptahce of $3.50 aanuaiIy from The
Fayette Liquor Company, a saw mill
and labor In the building OF his resi-
dencer near the town Of Fayetteville,
fnrniture for his house, etc. There
are twenty4one SPECIFIC specifcatlons
\ l.of corruption. Including 10 o., che year
.Judge Bennett went on; the bench, It Is
alleged he received from the Fayette
Liquor Company alone SIS. $500 in the
nature Of bribes; that on the day he
took his seat. on the bench in. 1905 ne
ousted Attorney "a. w Hamilton as
general receiver OF the court, and de-
manded that he turn over the records
and all moneys in his possession be-
tlonR!ng to him as such receiver to
j.. " Chapman, head of the Fayette'
Liquor Company, and that Chapman
has never made report as general
receiver.
Many of the charges set out in the
petition asking the governor to call
an extra session of the legislature that
Judge Bennett may be impeached are
! almost beyond belief. but copies Of
! letters and records are cited or pre-
scented to sustain the charges 1T is
hstated that the Bell Telephone Com
Epany removed their phones from
both Judge BENEFITS house as we'll as
office on account Of the profane. and
Indecent language the Judge used over
the telephone in addressing the tele-
i lphone girls and other parties.
\ The petition cites that his office is
ldrry and filthy from beer and whis-
likely bottles that ornament his office.
and that on the wall can be seen writ
lien the judges own opinion OF him
self: Honesty. sobriety, justice,
lTtruthfulness. this is ny religion" and
j lthen along side of this is written N
large letters. You are liar"
Another instance is given nat while
/ on the criminal court bench he ex-
pressed himself Of Mrs. Jeahett Rus
sell. who kept a boarding house at
Hawks Nest, after having stopped at
her place for meal: "a ID old
fool! She amt got no sensel Why,
i what do you reckon she went and
done? Charged me for my dinner
when her son was indicted in my
court"
In the, last report of the supreme
1 court of appeals. ten cases are cited
iappeals from Judge BENEFITS court
Eight of these were reversed, one was
modiAed, and one affirmed. The lat
ter case was an appeal case from Jus
tice staton's court, affirmed by Ben
nett and on appeal from there af-
.hrmed by the supreme court Re
Gently, the petition alleges, Bennett
delivered himself OF, the following 20
one of the leading members of his
bar:
1T I get back on the bench in
tend to take care of my friends. Old
Tom Beury, whom saw in Charles
ton during the primary campaign and
asked to come back to Fayette and
help me. a man whom / made thous-
ands of dollars for in that Beury
suit, told me he was a Democrat and
I'd!dn't know that he could be of any
service to me- I'LL am elected L in
tend to see where the patronage goes
1T goes to my friends and to the men
who help me-"
There are also large number of
instances Of gross immortality cited.
While holding court In Pocahontas
county, the petition alleges, he. rOomed
at the residence of Mrs. Rella r.
Yeager. but after the Judge and one
Edna Sharp. a common prostitute.
had wrecked the furniture of the room
they Jointly occupied. Mrs. Yeagsr
drove them from the house. Another
Instance is cited where the Judge dis
missed a certain juror from. service II
he would go to. a eertainsplace and get
Edna Sharp and send her to Marling-
ton where court was then, being held.
Numerous Instances are cited. of, I'M
moral conduct with named and un-
named persons in his own Office at
Fayetteville.
To show his incompetency the petit
ton includes some of the.decrees writ
ten by Judge Bennett. his failure to
follow even some of the simplest prac-
tlces. Instances are cited of cases
having been decided, receivers APP
pointed, injunctIons issued, without
the cases ever having been docketed
or any record whatever having been
made in his office.
FOREIGN CHILD DIES.