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

SAVANNAH Jan. 30.-The com
mittee investigating charges OF ON u
cial misconduct by Judge Speer Fri
day morning turned its attention to
the connection of Max lsaacs, OF
Brunswick, and A n Hayward. son p
law of Judge Speer, with several
big bankruptcy cases. and the al
legged favoritism shown them by
Judge Speer.
The most damaging point brought
out was that Judge Speer declined 10
throw the Beach Manufacturing Com
pany into bankruptcy year before
when Hayward and Talley were at
torneys for the company, and that a
year later when Hayward and lsaacs
asked that II be done, he did So 1t
was also established that the Judge j.
lowed the receivership to be made
permanent, and that a jury later de-
clared the firm solvent.
Judge Speer was absent from the
court He was still at work on his
statement He said that In the event
the committee would not let him read
it in fun he would ask TO make
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.. H. Galway
to task for an interview purporting To
lome from him, denouncing the hear
ing as shameless farce Judge Cal
laway stoutly denied the interview
which appeared in Macon paper,
when the correspondent for the pa
per told the committee IL was thor
5ughly reliable and authentic. and
had been given to him by Judge Cal
laway. The committee took no ac-
ion, but Il was noticeably displeased
Judge Speer authorized his first in
erview day. He said that he
lldn't have anything to say, and
everything that he could say was con
tanned n Rudyard Kiplings poem
IT." which is of four stanzas and
particularly fitted to this case.
w. w. Lambdin, OF Waycross, an
attorney, was the first witness lie
was questioned about the Beach
manufacturing Company case and
the conduct of Judge Speer In IT.
He said that Immediately after the
resignation OF Max lsaacs at Bruins
wick three important bankruptcy
cases we're brought into court They
we're the Beach case. the Gray Lum-
peT Company and the Carter company
cases
Saws Concerns Were Scared.
'lsaacs ana Hayward were the at
torneys and II threw a shock into the
South Georgia business world. :"
Lambdin 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.
'ln the Beach case, at an ex- parte
hearing Judge Speer, without giving
the company an opportunity to be
heard named X l.. Morse. OF Athens,
permanent receiver" he said.
we filed petition denying in
solvency, and when II came TO be
heard Judge Speer intmated that a
settlement might be reached" Lamb
din testified.
we did not think so. but following
a 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 matter of fact
the attorneys had vigorously fought
she receivership.
Finally Won Case.
Mr. Lambdin said that Just n year
before a petition to throw the same
arm 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 Isaacs and
Hayward had a fee dependent on the
firms being thrown into bankruptcy.
Said Mr. Lambdn;
Judge Speer was disqualified nh
yolutely to sit in either case. because
Hayward was his SON in law. An
other Judge would have declined 10
hear the case. but we would have
faced Jail sentence II We had sug