The Cairo bulletin., 1913-01-14
SENATE DECIDES
FATE Of JUDGE
IN CULM DUMP
Archibald Found l1uilty On Five Out
of Thirteen Counts
Against Him.
STRIPPED HIM OF HIS OFFICE
Crooked Jurist Puts On Bold Front
and Claims to Have Done
No Wrong.
STRIPPED HIM OF HIS OFFICE

Judge Archibald Is the ninth fed
eral Official to be impeached by the
United States senate since the adop-
ton OF the federal constitution. OF
the other eight on y two were found
guilty These were John Pickering.
United States district judge. 1904,
and West H. Humphrey. also fed
eral judge. whom the Senate re-
moved from Office in 1862.
The alleged Irregularities Of Judge
Archbold were first brought TO the
attention OF the government by Will
liam F. Boland, president of the Ma
rion4 Coal Company of Scranton, Pa.
Mr.. Boland laid his grievance
against Archibald before President
Taft himself and he had little diff
Guilty in convincing the chief execu-
tive that his charges should be in
vestigated.
Attorney Genera wickersham was
1 directed bythe President to make a
thorough investigation into the ae-
tions OF Archhaid while on thu
bench. The former appointed one
/ Of his assistants, Wrisley Brown, to
make the investigation and to con-
duct the hearing for the government
before the House Judicial Commit
tee.
I On May Z, 1912. the investigation
was begun. The hearings were pub
lie, and on July 8. 1912, Chairman
sCIayton OF the House Judiciary Com
mittee presented a unanimous re-
port remanding that Judge Archibald
be "impeached for misbehavior and
for high crimes and misdemeanors. "
Archibald Summoned to Senate.
The House voted the impeachment
Of Archibald on July IL by vote OF
gee to /. and on July IS, 1912, the
House submitted it's impeachment
charges to the Senate. The Senate
was sworn in on the following day
as court of impeachment, and
fudge Archibald was summoned to
the bar of the Senate.
III But the upper House was 80 in
numbered by pressing legislation
that it was not until December 8,
1919, that the impeachment trial be-
gan.
n Perhaps the most sensational wit
ness against Archibald was William
4. Boland. He testified that because
ID had refused to discount a note
e Archbalds for $500 which had
zen "peddled" around Scranton
a., the Judge overruled demurrer
d his case. He also accused Arch.
aid of being influenced by the rail
lads of Pennsylvania.
Another serious charge in the i'm
saehment of Archibald was in con.
action with trip to Europe taker
Archibald and his wife, all thu
!penses of which were paid by
anry w. Cannon, New Yorl
.nker and a director in a number
railroad companies.
Accepted Gift From Lawyers.
Mrs. Archibald went on the wit
III stand in behalf of her husband
a exp aimed that Mr.. Cannon wa
eousin and that he had given th,
shba DIS this trip to Europe as ;
[ to her. 1t was brought out tha
ige Archibald had accepted gif
$500 from attorneys participating
His court to help the judge on hi
ome of the other charges agains
re Archibald were:
hat he attempted TO sell the stocl
be Marion Coal Company to tn
kawanna Railroad. For his ef
in this regard it was testifie,
he received "a valuable con
r ration."
Tat he wrote to Helm Bruce, at
by for the Louisville G Nash
Railroad, for additional eyi
in case before the Commerc
| which had been closed an
to the judges for decision.
at he figured as the payee OF
for $4,000 by w. w. Reisinge
tranton five days after he ha
Ired decision in an insuranc
suit, in which Reisinger was
and beneficiary.