The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-05
ADMITS INTEREST
OF ACCUSED JUDGE
First Witness in Impeachment
Case Gives Damaging Evi-
dencc Against Archibald.
TESTlFIES UN WILLINGLY
Senate Votes TO Admit Document
Over Protest OF Defend
ants Counsel.

Washington. December s.-Aom's
sions that Judge Robert ". Archibald
of the commerce Court. had been In
ferested with him in a deal OF the
"Katydid Clum dump near scranton
Pa. and would have prohied from me
sale Of the property. were drawn To-
day from Edward g. Williams oil
1.unmore. Pa, before the Senate court
Of impeachment. which is tryins the
iurist for alleged misconduct.
Mr. Williams was the hrst witness
summoned in the Impeachment u
Judge Archibald standing AZ the Gle
waited clerks desk in the senate. ara
facing Judge Archibald. who had peth
mis- friend. he said. Tor thirty years
Inc AGED Welchman recame sielt
Nxitness. for part Of the time. TO the
mel between the House managers anu
Judge ArchJald's lawyer as 10 wha'
evidence ana testimony should he al
mittcd before the court
chief interest o-daN centred ABOUT
the first article OF the Charge "hlc"
alleged that Judge Archibald nad ca
ertcd influence upon orcerS OF inc
Erie Railroad, when they had Ilsh'
clage case pending in his court. 10
compel them 10 give an option 10 WI,
liams Oh its portion of the hatyd4u
,efuse coal heaps owned through ii.
subsidiary company. the HILLSIDE Coai
end Iron Company.
Half OF Profits for judge.
Mr.. Williams declared Judge Arch
bald had nothing TO do with getting
the option further than TO act as hls
friend ana recommend him TO the ON
GERS OF the Hillside Company. Later
however, under the questions OF Re-
preventative Webb OF North Carolina
he said Judge Archibald would have
received half of the prodts realized
from the sale OF the property.
What did Judge Archibald do for
which he was TO receive onc-half o.
the profits from the coal dump &c
manded Representative Webb.
1t was none OF anybcdy's buslness
II l wanted 10 give ii TO him, Tetorted
Williams.
To this he later added that the in
5erest Of Judge Archibald resulted
from what he did for me-" and III
was partly through his influence thdt
l got the options.
The deal. as outlined by Mr.. WI
z
Judge Archbald's assistance in getting
an option from the Hillside Company
Judge Archibald, he said, gave him
letter to W. 4. May. superintendent
of the Hillside Company. but Captain
Nav declined to give him an option on
the dump. Il went oack and told
Judge Archibald did not get it, and
ne said he would see about IT," said
Williams.
Judge Archbald's attorney fought
against the admission OF document
purporting TO assign part of Mr.. VII
l.ams' interest in the coal dump TO
William p Boland and a silent party
supposed TO be Judge Archibald.
Calls 1t Conspiracy.
A. ( Worthing ton, counsel Tor the
accused. declared the paper had been
prepared as a "damning piece OF evil
dence" in the offices OF william T.
Boland. of Scranton. and that II
shows part of the conspiracy against
Judge Archibald and the attempt 10
get him into trouble"
The Senate finally was forced to
vote on the document, and 1t was ad-
mi;tcd as evidence. From Mr.. VIII
liams, Representative Webb finally
drew again the admission made in
the House investigation that he had
drawn up an assignment OF part OF
the option to Mr.. Boland and Judge
Archibald. naming the latter as the
silent party because he thought II
night get him into trouble II he were
an open party 10 the deal.