The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-06
aver AMBROSE
EXPECTED POST
Witnesses at Wright Probe
Establish Seemingly Inn
portant Point.
JUDGE GOULD CALLED
Receivership of Building Association
Topic of Testimony for
Six Hours.
JUDGE GOULD CALLED

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In the course Of more than six hours
of probing into the circumstance sur
rounding the appointment Of William E.
Ambrose as receiver for the First Co
operative Building Association Of George
town. the Mccoy subcommittee OF the
House District Committee. investigating
charges against Justice Wright yester-
day, managed to establish but one fact
Of seemingly important bearing upon the
This fact wa. that william E. Am
brose. who testified he did not expect
the receivership appointment. told two
witnesses that he had expected II from
Justice Wright's hands. These two wit
nesses are Edgar Frisby and Joseph H.
Lee, the latter connected with the build
ing association.
Knew of Reports.
The committee developed the fact That
attorneys for clients interested in the
building association knew Of reports that
Ambrose was short in his accounts, and
at least one withheld complaint because
he heard an attempt was being made to
make good the deficit by friends and
relatives of Ambrose.
Justice Gould. who testified in the aft
ernoon. told the committee that when
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the second extension OF time from May
Is to June Is. to allow Ambrose to file an
account of his receivership, Justice
Wright was absent, and Justice Stafford
alone voted against the motion.
The first extension. from May to May
Is was made on the request of the clerk
Of the court. who asked for the delay
because of excess of work on hand. ac-
cording to William c. Sullivan, an at
torney for some Of the creditors of the
association.
Sullivan testified he had refrained from
pushing the case for two reasons, be-
cause Of a suit pending against the as
ISOLATION. which, II decided in favor OF
the plaintiff. would have left little for the
creditors TO divide UP, and, secondly, be-
cause he heard that Ambrose's family
and friends were working to make good
a reported deficit.
Justice Gould Quixxed.
Attorney Darlington, for Justice Wright,
the cross-examination of Justice
Gould, established the contention that
in naming Attorneys Reside. Lambert,
he had acted partly under q misappre-
hension. Justice Gould testified that
when he signed the order. which later
was set aside by Justice Wright, he was
not aware that no attempt had been
made by the three men to have Justice
Wright sign the order, and that he be-
lieved the matter was of greater exigency
than afterwards proved to be the case.
The methods employed by the three at
torneys by Justice Gould were char
acterized as back door practice" by
parties in the court, according to AS
sistant Clerk John r., Smith.
TeStifyiuR to n visit N Aunhr,oSe'a
office the morning after the latter's ap-
pointment to the receivership by Jus
tee Wright, Joseph II. Lee. who was
member of the finance committee of
he association, said:
Il saw Mr.. Ambrose in his office the
morning after his appointment >as re-
,eiver, and he said he had expected to
De appointed. He said he was a good
friend of Judge Wright and that they
rips together
Erisby said he had heard the conversa-
ion and Ambrose's statements about the
hunting and fishings trips.
Upon taking the stand, Justice Gould |
vas questioned first as to his reasons |
or appointing Reside. Lester and Lam |
'ert receivers for the building association !
when Justice Wright was presiding as |
racation Judge.
Tells of Conference.
Justice Gould said:
ION the sth Of July, 1905, was spend
ng some time in the country adjacent |
o Washington, and I came in on the /