Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-30

SAVANNAH. Jan so--The com
a1ittee investigating charges OF offl-
,ial misconduct by Judge Speer Fri
1av morning turned its attention 10
ne connection of Max Isaacs, OF
Brunswick. and A. r. Hayward, SON
n-law OF Judge Speer, with several
-lig bankruptcy cases, and the al
eyed favoritism shown them by
Judge Speer
The most damaging point brought
out was that Judge Specr declined TO
hrow the Beach Manufacturing Com
pany into bankruptcy a year before
when Hayward and Talley we're at
tornevs for the company, and that a
year later, when Hayward and lsaacs
slIed that fl be done. he did so 1t
was also established that tho judge al
lowed the receiVership TO be made
permanent, and that jury later de-
c,ared the firm solvent
Judge Spoer was absent from the
court He was still a work on his
statement He said that In the event
the committee would not let him read
IL In fun he would ask TO make a
Commute argument at the conClu-
sion.
Galloway Denies Interview.
The feature of the days hearing
came after adjournment, when Chair
man Webb took Judge T.. n Galloway
to task for an interview purporting To
come from him. denouncing the hear
ing as a shameless farce. Judge Cal
laway stoutly denied the interview,
which appeared in a Macon paper
when the CORES pondent for the pa
per told the committee Il was thor
oughly reliable and authentic. and
had been given to him by Judge Cal
laway. The committee took no ac-
ton, but II was noticeably dtspleased
Judge Speer authorized his FIRST in
teryiew to-day. He said that he
didn't have anything TO say, and
everything that he could say was con-
tanned Rudyard Kipling's poem.
IF" which is of four stanzas and
particularly fitted to this case.
W. W. Ldmbdin. OF Waycross, an
attorney. was the first witness lie
was questioned about the Beach
Manufacturing Company case and
the conduct Of Judge Speer In u.
He said that Immediately after the
resignation Of Max Isaacs at Bruins
wick three important bankruptcy
cases were brought into court. They
we're the Beach case the Gray Ium
per Company and the Carter company
cases
SAYS Concerns Were Scared.
'lsaacs aud Hayward were the at
torneys and 1t threw shock into the
South Georgia business world
L3mbdin said. THE word was spoken
that the two attorneys had the ear OF
the Judge and his backing Every
company that had any accounts be-
came afraid
"In the Beach ease. at an ex-parte
hra s..tr rxts
the company an opportunity to be
heard named r. l.. Morse OF Athens
permanent receiver" he said.
we filed petition denying in
solvency, and when It came to be
heard Judge Speer intimated that a
settlement might be reached" Lamb
din testified.
we did not think SO. but following
conference with Leon Wilson, my
partner, and Judge Speer the Judge
said things looked pretty bad for the
defendant"
Mr.. Lambdin charged that in MAX
ing the receivership permanent Judge
Speer put in the court record, "by
consent when as a matter OF fact
the attorneys had vigorously fought
the receivership.
Finally Won Case.
Mr.. Lambdin said that just a year
before q petition to throw the same
firm into bankruptcy had been denied.
because In this case Talley and Hey
ward represented the company, with
other counsel
In all three Of the cases lsaacs and
Hayward had fee dependent on thu
firms being thrown into bankruptcy.
Said Mr. Lambdin:
Judge Speer was disqualified ab-
solutely 20 sit in either ease, because
Hayward was his SON law An
other Judge would have declined 10
hear the case, but we would have
faced a jail sentence II we had sug-