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JUDGE ARCHIBALD
FOUND GUILTY
Declared to Have Used Office
For Private CAIN
oUSTEO FROM U. S. BENCH.

0USTEO FROM 1. 5. BENCl
Jurist 10 Convicted of Five Of tn
Thirteen Articles Of Impeachment
Against Him.
Washington, Jan. 14.-"Guilty" ol
five of the thirteen articles of impeach
ment against him was the verdict o
the senate in the case Of Judge Rob
ert w. Archibald, of the commerce
court, charged with misuse of hi
power as a judge to his personal gain.
The judge was convicted on the first
| third, fourth, fifth and thirteenth
charges and acquitted on the second
| sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth
eleventh and twelfth. This removes
| him from Office.
When the last vote had been cas-
senator O'Gorman offered resolution
| that Archibald be removed from tht
bench and made forever ineligible tt
public Office Senator Root moved thai
the doors be closed for deliberatior
and the court went into executive ses
sion.
Following the executive session
Senator O'Gorman offered his resolu
ton in this form:
Ordered: that the respondent, Rob
ert w. Archibald, judge of the third
judicial court and designated to sit iI
the commerce court, be removed from
office and be disqualified from holding
and enjoying any Office Of honor, trust
or profit under the United States"
On motion of Senator Oliver, OF
Pennsylvania, the question was divid
ed. The first half, removing judge
Archibald from the bench, was unani
mously adopted, and the adoption OF
the second part disqualifying Arch
bald from holding any Office followed
by vote of 80 to IS.
The conviction on the first count
which charged that Archibald had used
his position as Judge to persuade
the Erie Railroad company to give ia
him and e. J. Williams, Of Scranton.
Pa, an option on a coal dump at g
price probably $4,000 less than its
real value, came with an unexpected
majority against Judge Archibald, only
two-thirds being necessary for a con.
viction.
On this the first, and thus the cru
cial count on the indictment on which
the judge had been on trial since Dec.
2. the vote was 6s to s, for conviction
Of high crimes and misdemeanors." /"
The five senators who voted for ac-
Quittal were Rnrnham- of New Fl -
shire; Catron, of New Mexico; Oliver
and Penrose, of Pennsylvania, and
Paynter. of Kentucky, the latter being
the only Democrat.
Although this verdict insured Judge
Archbald's removal from the bench.
and the service of the United StateE
courts, the senate proceeded imme-
diately to vote on the other twelve
counts Of the articles of impeachment
which charged various other acts by
Archibald which, it was charged, were
improper uses of his influence as q
fudge.
At his trial the accused judge ad-
mitted practically all the facts of every
accusation brought against him, but
protested In defense that none Of them
was wrongful or corrupt and that he
could not be convicted in any court of
law for them.
With Judge Archibald as he received
the verdict were Mrs. Archibald, his
son, Hugh Archibald, and Mrs. Hugh
Archibald.
Not guilty was the verdict on the
second article Of Impeachment, which
charged Judge Archibald with having
attempted to obtain a fee by settling
case between the Marian Coal COM
pany and the Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western railroad. The vote was 46
to 25 in the judges favor.
On the third charge the senate, by
. vote Of 60 to IL, found Judge Arch
bald guilty. This charge embodied al
legged undue influence on the Lehigh
Valley railroad officials in a coal dump
deal
The vote on the fourth article of
impeachment, charging secret and
wrongful correspondence with a rail-
road attorney on a case pending be-
fore him, again resulted in conviction
The vote was So to 20.
The fifth vote resulted in another
verdict of guilty, this one on the
charge of having unduly Influenced
philadelphia & Reading railroad off,
eials to grant coal land lease to
Frederick Warnke. The vote was sc
to 6.
Archibald was acquitted on the sixth
charge by q vote Of "a to As. This
charge alleged corrupt use of inhu-
ence with the Lehigh Valley railroad
in coal land deals.
A verdict of not guilty was voted on
the seventh article. 29 to SO. 1t charg-
cd that Judge Archibald had received
stock in a mining property from W.
w. R1ssinger, as a reward for a favor.
able court decision.
Judge Archibald was held not guilty
also on the eighth article, which al
legged that he had tried to influence c.
G. Boland and w. P. Boland, litigants
in his court, to discount a note for
$500. The vote was % to AZ. c. G
Boland is the man whose allegations
led to the investigation and trial of
Judge Archibald.
A verdict of not guilty was voted.
% to 29, on the ninth article, charging
Archibald with influencing c. H. Van.
btorch to discount his note.