South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-11
Pres. DrummOnd of Bar ASSo-
citation, l. N. Hammer
schmidt and A. |. Hubbard
Decline to be lnterrOgated.
SAY DISBRRRED LAWYER
IS WITHOUT STANDING
Declared He Has No Right of
Challenge = Committeeman
to Succeed YeagIey Not Yet.
Named.

Taking the position that John w.
Talbot. petitioner for reinstatement as
"a practicing lawyer before the Indi-
ana appellate court has no right TO
challenge as to the personnel OF the
committee appointed by the St. Joseph
County Bar association TO oppose such
reinstatement, Pres. Charles 2. Drum
mOnd. Of the association, Arthur J..
Hubbard and L y. Hammerschmidt-
the latter the committeeman chal-
lensed-failed to appear before the
digbarred attorney at his office Thurs
day. for the purpose Of being inter
rOgated, in accordance with the Tai
bot summons gotten out Wednesday
evening.
That summons didn't amount to
the paper that IL Is written on said
Pres. Drummond. commenting upon
the proceeding. and when service was
made, he threw the paper back at
Constable Byers, and told him to keep
it. 81 am trying to be impartial In
this matter-as impartial as possible
but il is almost impossible TO find
anyone 10 take the responsibility who
hasn't a mind OF his own, one way or
the other. Talbot can't summon me
anywhere. The appellate court call
ed for a committee and the bar asso-
citation ordered one, and l named 1t.
L am done. 1t is up TO the commit
tee"
Names No Successor.
Pres. DrummOnd has received the
resignation Of John A. Yeagley to-
serve on the committee. but stated
that he had made no appointment as
yet to succeed him, nor would he tell
when he would.
one prominent attorney stated that
Talbot's action was an effort to dis
tract attention from himself to +. J.
Louis Meyers, and to try TO have 1t
appear before the appellate court that
all the opposition to his reinstatement
is Myers opposition.
Summons was served on -JrUmmond,
Hamm erschmidt and Hubbard 10 ap-
near in the office of Talbot at 10
o'clock this morning. that deposiuons
of their testimony relative TO the Pc
tition OF Talbot might be made ana
presented TO the appellate court.
Summons Is Served.
The present development In the
Talbot affair has created stir among
the members OF the county bar aSso-
citation. President Drummond retus-
ed to be interviewed regarding the
summons Wednesday evening but gave
out the above interview today with re-
luctance.
In his challenge of Hammerschmidt
as a member of the committee select
ed bv DrummOnd, Talbot asserts that
the committeeman is his personal en-
eny and that he has no legal right TO
serve i'm that capacity lie alleges that
Hammerschmidt is a friend Of +. j.
l. NTevers' Talbots most strenuous
opponent, and VIII act at Meyers Ill
rection. if he remains on the commit
tee.
The most important reason given by
Talbot in his challenge 10 DrummOnd
is that the president of the bar aSSo-
ciatiCn violated the instructions OF lheI
in hi IN n
ner Of appointing the committee. Ial-
hot asserts that neither DrumInond
nor the bar association set out any
legal causes as q bar for representa-
tiCns TO be made TO the appellate court
lv the committee. The dISbarred at
tOrney states in his challenge that the
nresideut gave no particulars, incl
dents or facts as causes for opposition
10 the applicant nor instructed the
committee as 90 what grounds they
we're TO use in resisting the apphca-
tion This. Talbot asserts, is contrary
10 the orders and rules OF the court
which also requires that he be mott
fled OF the charges placed against MIN
by the committee
-r-ba latest Developments in the case
came as a result of the opening OF the
fight on Talbot by the bar association
Which voted S4 10 8 TO resist his apph
cation To state bar Whlcn Is now oe-
fore the appellate court or lndlana-
John Kitch is acting as attorney Ior
the applicant and is hahdllh8 'he
matter. H.,
Talbot. i'm his challenge OF Ham
,,,ers,brr,idt states that he was an act
i've party in defeaung him as cahul-
dat. for city Judge on the democrauc
ticket at the fall election ana mat
Nevers and the committeeman nave
1oined forces against nm.