Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22

L. 5. Fielder. now Attorney General,
las stayed by him all of the time, de-
voting an immense amount of work
without o cent OF compensation.
Finally all of the property was sold
all with the exception of some lots
in South Macon, worth $4,000. Ex-
actly $92 900 was realized from the
sales. Even the home place fell I'M
der the auctioneers hammer: and,
though it has been cut into lots and
streets and is being exploited by a
realty syndicate. the little grave re-
mains untouched. 1t has been set
apart in the devising of the property
lines, and stands absolutely to itself
Occasionally an old man, white
haired and white whiskered is seen
to visit it, stand sorrowfully by it
Tor half an hour. and depart, slowly,
after depositing a handful of flowers.
Warns Against Harmine Grave.
This old man put the world on no
tice. as he expressed it, that the de-
struction of that tiny hillock would
bring untold remorse upon the man
responsible for it. No one has touch
ed it,
Last year Judge Speer ordered a
partial distribution Of the $92 600,
sum which has lain in the vaults of
bank for three and a half years--a
bank of which Judge Speers partner
in a gold mine company is president
and of which his brother-in- law and
clerk of court is vice president. 1t
has been in that bank for that time
without drawing any interest. The
original debts. the adjudicated court
costs. the unpaid fees held up by APP
peals-they have all accumulated in
terest, however. The debts. fees.
costs and interest will consume all of
the S99 600, but there remains the
South Macon property, the "Armory
lots" to restore to Colonel Huff
Colonel Huff says that this, per Sc,
proves his solvency.
Judge Speer contends that the
showing is due entirely to his excel
tent management of the estate during
its long course in the devious chan
nels of the bankruptcy court.
Letters Attack Speer.
Because he thought the litigation
was progressing too slowly. because
he thought Judge Speer was seeking
to "outlive him." Colonel Huff unbur-
aened his heart in two letters to the
iudge in July. 1912. Those letters
we're written during period OF sew
eral months with pen that is re-
garded-in Macon. at least. If not
elsewhere in Georgia-as superbly
trenchant, as vitriolic beyond meas
IRE.
Those letters reviewed the HUFF
case. They also reviewed Judge
Speer's whole personal and Judicial
career They conveyed Colonel Hun
unrestrained opinion of the judge
These letters were sent to the judge
AT his home One of them was al
lowed by Colonel Huff TO be published
hy the newspa pers The next day he
Vas arrested. rhe day after he was
araigned in court. in the presence OF
an audience that packed the court
room and crowded the corridors
There a curious spectacle was en-
acted. Judge Speer answered the at
tack on him. but he talked to his ac-
cuser more than he did to the audi
ence. He replied in detail to Colonel
Huffs charges. and. finally with tears
streaming down his cheeks and his
voice broken. he declared that an
ether Judge must preside. Aftef
MANY months. Judge Grubb Of Ala
hama. came to Macon and tried Colo
mel HUFF. Several more months
elansed and then il was announced
that the aged defendant had be"t
found guilty. Sentence, however, has
never been passed, 1t is believed that