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

L. S. Fielder, now Attorney General,
has stayed by him all of the time, de-
voting an immense amount of work
without cent of compensation.
Finally all of the property was sold
all with the exception Of some lots
in South Macon. worth $4,000. Elk
actly s92 900 was realized from the
sales. Even the home place fell an
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 seer
to visit it, stand sorrowfully by it
for half an hour. and depart, slowly,
sitter depositing handful of flowers
Warns Against Harmins Grave.
This old man put the world on no.
tice, as ne 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 1872, 900 a
sum which has lain in the vaults of a
bank for three and half years-a
bank of which Judge Speers partner
in a gold mine company is president
and of which his. brotherinl law and
clerk of court is vice president. II
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 s92. 900, 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
lent 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-
dened his heart IN two letters to the
iudve in July. 1912. Those letters
were written during a period of sew
eral months with pen that Is re-
garded-in Macon, at least. II not
elsewhere in Georgia-as superbly
trenchant, as vitriolic beyond meas
ure.
Those letters reviewed the Hun
case. They also reviewed Judge
Spee1's whole personal and Judicial
career. They conveyed Colonel Huff :
unrestricted 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
bv the newspapers. The next day he
was arrested. rhe day after he was
araigned In court. in the presence OF
an audience that packed the court
room and crowded Jhe corridors.
There a curious spectacle was en-
acted Judge Speer answered the at
tack on him, but he talked to his ac-
cnser more than he did 70 the audi
ence. He replied IN detail TO Colone
Huff's charges, and, finally, with tears
streaming down his cheeks and MS
| voice broken, he declared that an
other Judge must preside. AFTER
MANY months. Judge Grubb, OF Ala
bama. came 10 Macon and tried Colo
mel Huff. Several more month
ola psed. and then it was announces
that the aged defendant had beer