Milford chronicle., 1913-01-17
JUDGE ARCHIBALD
FOUND GUILTY
Declared TO Have Used Office
For Private GAIN
OUSTED FROM U. S. BENCH
Jurist Is Convicted of Five Of the
Thirteen Articles of Impeachment
Against Him.

Guilty" on FIVE Of the thirteen a
t.cles Of impeachment against hir
was the verdict of the United State
senate in the case of Judge Robert W
Archibald, of the commerce court, VIII
was charged with misuse of his powe
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
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 thi
judicial court and designated to sit in
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 disqualifylng Arch.
bald from holding any office followed
by vote of SO to S5.
The conviction on the first count
which charged that Archibald had used
his position as a judge to persuade
the Erie Railroad company to give to
him and 2. J. Williams, of Scranton, |
Pa, an option on a coal dump at a !
price probably $4,000 less than its
real value, came with an unexpec. ed
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 whicn
the judge had been on trial since Dec
2, the vote was So to 5, for conviction
of high crimes and misdemeanors1
The five senators who voted for ac.
quittal were Burnham, of New Hamp-
shire; Catron, of New Mexico; Oliver
and Penrose, of Pennsylvania, and
Paynter, of Kentucky, the latter being
the only Democrat.
Not guilty was the verdict on the
second article Of impeachment. which
Jut ge Archibald with having
to obtain a fee by settling
a case between the Marian Coal com
pany and the Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western railroad. The vote was Az
to 25 in the judges favor.
On the third charge the senate. by
a vote OF go to IL, found Judge Arch
bald guilty. This charge embodied al
eged undue influence on the Lehigh
Valley railroad officials in a coal dump
ieal
The vote on the fourth article Of
impeachment, charging secret and
correspondence with a rail!
Dad attorney on case pending be-
ore him, again resulted in conviction
The vote was 80 to 90
The fifth vote resulted in another
'erdict of guilty, this one on the
'harge of having unduly influenced
& Reading railroad Off
,ials to grant a coal land lease to
frederick Warnke. The vote was Sc
O 6.
Archibald was acquitted on the sixth A
harge by a vote of "a to As. This
harge alleged corrupt use of inau
nee with the Lehigh Valley railroad
n coal land deals.
A verdict of not guilty was voted on :,
he seventh article, 90 to 36. 1t charg
d that Judge Archibald had received
took in a mining property from w
'. Rissinger, as reward for a favor
bic court decision.
Judge Archibald was held not guilty
lso on the eighth article, which al.
eyed that he had tried to influence c.
!. Boland and w. P. Boland, litigants
4 his court, to discount a note for
500. The vote was % to AZ. c. G
oland is the man whose alterations n
ID to the investigation and trial of H
udge Archibald
A verdict Of not guilty was voted ST
to 29, on the ninth article, charging en-
rchbald with influencing c. H. Van =
torch to discount his note. r
On the tenth article of impeachment =
ldge Archibald was again held NOT
uilty by vote of l to IS. This ac
Used him of accepting a trip to Eu
'pe from Henry w. Cannon, a rail I
lad director, who is a cousin of Mrs. NJ
rchbald.
A vote Of II to 81 on the eleventh ST
'ticle resulted in another verdict Of
ot guilty This article charged Judge
rchbald with accepting purse
Used among attorneys practicing in
IS court. al
Judge Archibald was acquitted on hC
e twelfth charge, that he was guilty tn
misbehavior in having appointed a pl
ilroad attorney jury commissioner in
The vote was 19 TO As.
The vote on the thirteenth and las "A
tiele, which charged Judge Archibald ~
'nerally with seeking credit from Iiti. ~
.nts before him and engaging in
neral coal land business, caused
me delay. Some senators wished 10
excused from voting because of Its
neralities. A debate followed The