The Detroit times., 1913-01-07
Mrs. Archbold Explains Their
Foreign Trip at Expense
of Railway Official
CANNON, DIRECTOR OF
MANY ROADS, A COUSIN
Archb0ld Denies Wrong Intent
in Any Of His Trans
actions

merce- Court Judge Archibald took
the stand In his own behalf in the
impeachment proceedings, against
him, Monday afternoon, to explain
dealings with the Erie and Lehigh
railroads involved in the charges
against him.
Led by his own attorneys. ne gave
a chronological history OF the
transactions upon which the house
OF representatives had based Its i'm
parchment proceedings against him,
He repeatedly denied that any i'm
proper motives Influenced his actions,
or that he had sought to corruptly
use his power as a federal Judge TO
induce the railroad officials To do
certain things.
Archibald followed his wife on the
stand.
Mrs. Archibald testified as to the
trip to Europe which Archibald en-
joyed at the expense OF Henry w.
Cannon, director in the Great
Northern and other railroads. She
was under examination but a short
time. She said Mr.. Cannon was her
cousin, that the two families had
been Intimate for years and that
they had frequently enjoyed pleas
ure trips together.
Judge Archibald admitted his as
sociations with Edward j. Williams,
OF Scranton, In negotiations for the
Katydid refuse coal dump, owned
Jointly by subsidiary OF the Erie
railroad and by the firm OF Robert
SON & Law,
He admitted that he talked with
Second Vice-president Richardson
and General Counsel Brownell. OF the
Erie In an effort TO expedite a de-
cision as to whether the Erie would
grant an option on its part of the
dump but he denied that he had
tried or Intended to influence them
to act in his favor.
Judge Archibald declared he had
had no interest whatever In the set
Element of the case OF the Marian
Coal Co., of Scranton, against the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
railroad. He went 10 the officials Of
the railroad In that case, he said. as
friend OF George M. Watson. the
attorney for the coal company, and
G ID. Boland. one OF the owners of
the coal company. He had no
thought OF reward for his efforts, he
said, and no purpose to influence
the railroad to make favorable set
Element.
He denied that he had tried to
rot credit from the litigants or pos
sible litigants In his courts, either
"a M -. A
OF Pennsylvania or while a member
of the United States commerce court.
He declared that he had never at
tempted 10 conceal his interest I'm the
Katydid culm dump deal, or in the
settlement OF the Marian Coal Co.
case and that, on the contrary. his
action I'm these cases was we'll known
before the impeachment proceedings
against him.
He declared he had no knowledge
OF the making OF the silent party"
agreement In the Office OF william p.
Boland in Scranton, through which
II appeared that the Katydid dump
was controlled by f. ]. Williams, w.
p. Boland and a silent party"
known but to a few persons.
81 have never heard OF the prep
aration of this agreement, and would
not have submitted TO having any
such paper drawn" said Judge Arch
bald. 'T never concealed my con-
nection with the matter; on the con-
trary was very prominent in It,"
His direct examination completed.
Judge Robert w. Archibald, Of the COM
merce court, faced the supreme ordeal
OF his Impeachment trial this afternoon,
when he was TO undergo cross eNainln-
alton at the hands of house managers
OF the prosecution. 1t was planned
that Representatives Sterling, Weber
Floyd and Norris should have the-task
OF leading the accused over the path
he outlined yesterday In his account or
the business transactions which are the
basis OF the 13 charges against him
III questions written by senator's and
sent TO the desk 10 be propounded TO
the defendant are to be taken as an n
dex OF interest. then the senate has
been chiefly surprised by the admls-
sions of Judge Archibald that he wrote
TO a witness for the Louisville a. Nash :.
VILE railroad In case decision in
which was pending In the court for
special information: that he informed
neither the other judges of the court.
no. the attorneys for the Interstate
Commerce commission that he had
done this, and that he agreed VITA
Senator Reed that IL was not wholly
proper to question only the attorney
who favored his views