The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-05
DAMAGING TESTIMONY GIVEN BY WITNESS BEFORE THE IM-
 MENT TRIAL.
AIDED TO JET AN OPTION
Document Regarding silent Party Admitted After Senate Had Taken Vote on an Objection to
 It's Admission.

Washington, Dec Admissions tAat Judge Robert w. Archibald of the court of commerce had been interest," ed with him in Q deal for the "Katydid culm dump" near Scranton, Pa, and would have profted from the sale or the propery, were drawn from Edward J. Williams, of Dunmore, Pa, today before the senate court of impeacil- ment whica is trying the jurist for al- legged misconduct
 Mir Williams was the first witness summoned in the impeachment of
 udge Archibald. Standing at the elevated clerks desk in the senate and facing Judge Archibald, who had been his friend, he said for 30 years. the aged Welchman became a silent witness for part of the time 10 tho duel between the house managers and Judge Archbaid's lawyers as to what |evidence and testimony should be ad mitted before the court.
 Chief interest today centered abont the first article of the charges which alleged that Judge Archibald dad ex- erted influence upon officers of the Erie railroad when they had a light craze case pending in his court to compel them to give an option to Williams on it's portion of the Katy did refuse coal heaps, owned through it's subsidiary company, the Hillside Coal & Iron Co.
 Mir Williams said Judge Archibald had nothing to do with getting the op- tion further than to act as his friend and recommend him to the officers of the Hillside company. Later, how ever, under the questions of Represefi- tative Webb. of North Carolina, he said Judge Archibald would have re- ceived half of the profits realized from the sale of the property.
 What did Judge Archibald do for which lie was to receive cne-half in- terest of the profits from the coal dump demanded Representative Webb
 Tt was none of anybody's business if l wished to give 1t to him." re- torted Williams.
 To this he later added that the in- terest of Judge Archibald resulted from what he did for me-" and sthat 1t was partly through his influence that l got the o1tions''
 The deal, as outlined by Williams. began when he asked for Judge Arch bald's assistance in getting an option from tie Hillside company. Judge Archibald, he said, gave him a letter to w. A. May, superintendent of tae Hillside company, but Mir May de- elinsd him as option ofr ttifrr titif,4t,.
 T went back and told Judge Arch bald did not get 1t and he said he would see about 1t" said Williams
 Judge Archbald's attorneys fought against the admission of document purportink to assign part of Mr W.T. liams' interest in the coal dunn 10 Wm F. Roland and silent party, supposed to be Judge Archibald.
 A. S. Warrington, counsel for tba accused, declared the story about the heap had been prepared sas damn ing piece of evidence in the offices or Wm P. Roland of Scranton and that 1t shows part of the conspjraev against Judge Archibald and the a9- tempt to get him into trouble"
 The senate finally was forced ,o vote on the document and it was ad- mitted as evidence From Mr. Wil- Hams, Representative Webb fnallv drew again the admission made fasf summer in the house inyestiaafiou that he had drawn up an assicnment of part of the option to MT. Roland and Judge Archibald naming the latter as the silent party because ae thought 1t might get him into trouble II ne were an open party to the deal.