The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-04

the United States and defended by MT. Rungee and convicted.
 Now, as to this liquor selling, on this Island in which by themselves or through their relatives the officers of this court were interested, there came before the committee on Judiciary one Joseph Whelan, who testified to cer- tain illicit transactions, which had a tendency to show the defects of the court
 ''Now, also, is R. Jay Walsh; head of this Walsh ring, a banker in Green wich, and the head of the Greenwich Trust company, from which this Whe- Ian, and Gis wife, and al certain friend of theirs had secured mort gage loans.
 Close upon the heels of MT. Wine lan's testimony, came a notice from the trust company that those mort gage loans must be paid, at once.
 The letters written to MT. Whelan and to Mrs. whela,n respectively were as follows:
 The Greenwich Trust Co.,,
 96 Greenwich Ave,
 Greenwich, Conn.
 Robert Jay Walsh, Pres.
 Mrs. Joseph A. WE1elan,
 Greenwich. Conn.
 s.Dear Madam-We are short of ac-
 tive funds and are borrowing large
 ly to supply our customers. We are compelled to reduce our mort gage obligations and naturally se-
 Iect those persons who do no
 banking with usb or whose ac-
 counts do not warrant the carry f ing of the loan. We, therefore,
 must ask you to place your mort gage loans, amounting to $s.2oo,
 elsewhere before June 1st.
 Very truly yours. GA w W. MARSHALL sfVice Pres. and Secretary. " "P S-we have also notified
 Lucinda. B. Newman that her loan
 of s4O0 must be paid by June 1st' or foreclosure proceedings VIII pc
 started. This loan was extended
 +o her as an accommodation to you and we would thank you to give
 it your attention.
 'e6soi1ld anything be palmer than Ine element of reprisal and vengeance l1 this letter? The letter to MF.s "neiaH was of similar tenor. .T do most poignantly regret the necessity of laying these facts before this House. [ do so in the hope tha' this great scandal may be prevented and this improper and in1ud1clous ap- pointment estopped.
 ''I hope also that the lesson or this thing may cause us to enact q s.atue ee ~ taking these judgeshfps entirely out o1 the General Assembly, except In so far as we may confirm the appoint mentss of the governor.
 tsThey have ever occupied the time of this House undu1y, have been pro vocative of scandal and the source o1 much criticism.
 .sThe sooner we make it known to the world that the members of this body do not come here to vote them selves fat offices and father enolu- ments, more than they would accept a direct bribe, the better for this House, and the better for this com m onwealth.
 ''The thirty pieces of silver are still abroad in the world. They do not al ways have the form of coin, but they are potent for evil. ever they were whether they are metam morphosed in to judgeships for legislators or some other form of undue temptation. ''It is against reason to believe thai parties can be properly led and dis cip1ined, or the people properly serv- ed by the members of this body, while Judicial appointments are made under l a system which makes courts ano gamblers, prosecutors and law break CTS lies down, like the lion and the lamb, together, in the peace of addi- 1 ton, division and silence"