The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-01-14

near scranton, ia. Judge ArChpdId
acknowledged his part in the negotia-
tons but denied he "wiltully or unlaw-
fully or corruptly, or otherwise took
any advantage Of his official position"
to influence the railroad officials.
Second: That he attempted to effect
settlement between the Marion Coal
Company, Of Scranton, and the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western rail-
road of case then pending before the
Interstate Commerce Commission on a
basis that would have given him q
share of the fee earned by George NJ.
Watson, attorney for the Marion Coal
Company. Judge Archibald declared he
acted in the case only az a friend of
the interested parties and did not ex-
pect compensation for mis- work.
ThirdS That he attempted to infiu-
ence the Lehigh Valley Railroad Conn
pany to relinquish a lease on packer
No. near Shenandoah, Pa, SO that
he might lease 1t on favorable terms
from the Girard estate of Philadelphia.
Judge Archibald claimed his negotia-
lions for this property involved the ex-
ercise of no influence upon the Lehigh
officials but grew Out of an attempt to
operate on adjoining coal property.
Fourth; That Judge Archibald Sc
cured from Attorney Helm Bruce, of
the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
private letters and arguments to sus-
tain an opinion in favor of the rail-
road in a suit before the commerce
court. The jurist answered that his
correspondence with Mr.. Bruce was
only to clear up a disputed bit of tes-
timony and was not material to the
ultimate decision of the case.
Fifth: That Judge Archibald inf1u-
enced officials Of theaP Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company.
owned by the Reading railroad, to
grant a lease of coal property to
Frederick Warnke, for which Warnke
gave him a. note for $500. Judge Arch
bald denied that he wrongfuliy used
his influence with the Reading COM
pany and asserted that the note given
him by Warnke was payment for GER
tain other coal properties in which
Judge Archibald had an interest.
Sixth: That he tried to influence
officials of the Lehigh Valley railroad
tc buy an interest in 500 acres of coal
land belonging to the "Everhard heirs"
Judge Archibald denied this.
Seventh: That he settled an insur-
ance suit In favor of w. w. Risinger,
of Scranton, and accepted certain gold
mining stock from Risii-ger. Judge
Archibald declared the stock was not a
reward for his decision but collateral
given him to protect him on a note he
had signed with Risinger
Eighth. That Judge Archibald at
tempted to have a $500 note discounted
by C. G. Boland and w. p Boland,
litigants in his court. He denied that
! he had authorized having the note pre-
| scented to the Bolands for discount.
| Ninth. That he permitted the same
| note to be presented to c. H. Van
storch, Scranton attorney. then prac-
ticing in his court, who discounted it
and that Judge Archibald had just pre-
| viously rendered a decision in Van
| storch's favor. Judge Archibald denied
/ that his influence as a Judge had any
! thing to do with the discounting of
| this note.
Tenth. That Judge Archibald ac-
copied trip to Europe at the expense
| of Henry w. Cannon, a director In
several railroads. The defense was
that Mr.. Cannon was Mrs. Archbald's
| cousin and that the trip was an ordi-
nary family courtesy.
| Eleventh: That Judge Archibald ac-
| copied at the outset of this trip a
purse Of $500 raised by Scranton attor-
neys practicing in his court. He an
/ swered that he knew nothing of the
collecting Of this purse until after 1t
| had been presented to him.
Twelfth: That Judge Archibald ap-
/ pointed as jury commissioner in the
middle district of Pennsylvania j. B.
J Woodward, a railroad attorney. His
answer was that Woodward was a
| lected for his fitness for the position
and that the method of jury selection
was such that no undue influence
! could be exerted by commissioners.
Thirteenth: That Judge Archibald
| had sought to obtain credit from and
+ through persons interested in suits in
/ his courts; that he had carried on a
I general business in culn dumps for
speculation and profit while judge
and had unlawfuIly influenced railroad
/ officials. All these general charges
were denied.