The Washington times., 1914-06-23

for this property?''
IF l received it, It was on Monday
morning. just as went into court"
What was to preclude the Judge
from withholding approval Of the sale
and saying, I must protect this es-
tate and let this additional money come
TO this cripple?'"
On Best Judgment.
The Judge said the equity court could
not be turned into an auction block. ]
never heard OF the 1000 offer until
Monday. I thought 1 was getting a
good price at sl7 500 with only one in the
field"
THAT is all the more reason you
should have waited with two in the field
and the offer UP to sle.5oo." said ME-
Nelson.
Il would not have given s14,0oo for the
property myself said Mr.. Bright. Il
acted on my best Judgment at the time.
I thought I had exhausted all offers,
and when reeSysd this SIS lnsseass ass
laid II before the court
Mr.. Bright said he told the Smith
company that II was unnecessary TO
get an attorney to bid. but they re-
tanned Mr.. Ambrose nevertheless. Am
brose, he said, received a fee of 800
according to Bright's information.
Congressman Beall examined the
witness also. but he stuck to his con-
tention that, after getting various of
fers for the property. he thought all
bids had been exhausted and consid :
cred that he was doing mighty well''
as trustee when he got $1s,525 for
the property which Mrs. Weisenborn
had held at $4,000 during her life-
time.
Appraisal From Income.
did you get an appraisal Of the
property from some real estate man?"
mo, sir"
How did you arrive at the valua-
tion?"
The property was bringing an In
come OF 31s per cent"
what was left of the estater' inquired
Mr.. Nelson.
The home on Sixth street and about
s1,00o personal estate"
The boy was living In the home?"
Yes, SIR
LAS a matter Of fact, the boy had
the home. $1,000 personal estate, and
building. What was the necessity for
hurrying the sale OF the property"
Il thought / had exhausted all bids,
and accepted the one that was the
highest"
Tell as fully as you can what state
ment you made to Justice Wright
about the value OF the property" ad-
vised Mr. Darlington.
II probably told Justice Wright Of
the value of $1,000 put on the property
by the owner"
Did you tell the court the proper
thing to do was to stand by the offer
You accepted?''
IT must have told him that"
'In submitting the offer OF Sle,525 to
81. a ont . ha
possibilities of other offers2"
'T do not recall"
Automatic Obligation.
DO you recall whether you said
anything to the court about . request
made to you by Mr. oDonoghue about
a privilege to bid further"
"I don't recollect"
What relation did you bear to any
of these purchasers%
None whatever.
What interest did you have II any.
in any OF the purchasersF"
None. I did say to Justice Wright
mine. felt obligated to sell It to F.
H. Smith Company"
Have you ever seen me about this
case?"
"No. sir. I have never discussed the
"Did you testify before the grand
Jury In the Cooper NATTER" asked
Chairman Mccoy.
There's just one thing rd like to
have you develop and that is the
moral obligation that devolves on q
trustee to his estate?"
"Axiomatic, is all"
What 10 the axiom
The duty of an attorney n first to
his client"
court that If the property was yours,
you would take the offer made By
Smith,
Il thought IT was a good price and
felt obligated to them"
You say neighbor of yours. Mr..
Mr.. Nelson. What was his offer and
for whom was 1t NADER"
'I don't remember the amount or
for whom It was made"
Was there anything to lead you to
believe that Hurdle acted for Mr..
Subsequent developments Indicate
that he was appearing for Mr..
O'Donoghue."
The Lawler Case.
His version of the Lawler VS.. Law
Ter contempt case was told to the COM
mittee by Attorney Crandall Mackey,
who said:
''Lawler had been a saloon keeper In
Alexandra and I had prosecuted him
a great many times. One day George
Harper. a friend OF LAWYERS, came to
me and told me that Mike Lawler was
in the custody Of a marshal. and asked
me If l could help him. LawIer vas
eleven years back in alimony in the
District. but ! felt sorry for him and
acted out OF charity. / called up Julius
Peyser. with whom l had talked many
times about the Lawler case. and
Peyser told me he would release Law
Ter II 1 would bring him into court.
Some time later, as I was going across
the street in Alexandria. Harper intro
summer garden at the foot OF Seventh
street. Hall and Harper expressed sym
pathy for Lawler. and Hall said IL the
case could be gotten before Justice
Wright, he could fix II. Hall invited
me to 20 down the river boating with
him and Justice Wright. and / thanked
him and said I would some time. Later
! heard that Lawler got out OF the
matter.
81 want TO correct a statement made
by Mr.. Peyser. when he testified to the
effect that told him Hall had sold him
out I never made such statement
I told Mr. Peyser what l have told
here"
what was the condition OF LAWYERS
health at the timer" asked Mr.. Nelson
- think he had a cancerous growth
He was in the Georgetown HOSPITAL and
they caught him there. During the
neriod that the alimony was TO be paid.
he was prosperous he owned Two sa-
Looms in Rosslyn and had some horses
b,,t he suffered reverses and was down
a nd out =,