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

SAVANNAH. Jan 30 The com
mittce investigating charges OF OH
cial misconduct 10y Judge Speer Fri
day morning turned its attention to
the connection Of Max isaaCs of
Brunswick. and A. n Hayward, SON
in-law Of Judge Specr with several
big bankruptcy cases, and the al
legged favortism shown them by
Judge Spcer
The most damaging point brought
out was that Judge Speer declined TO
throw the Beach Manufacturing Com
pany into bankruptcy year before
when Hayward and Talley we're at
torncys for the company. and That "A
year later when Hayward and lsaacs
asked that II be done. he did SO. II
was also established that the judge al
lowed she receiycrship 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 lie said that IN the event
the committee would not let him read
Il in fun he would ask to make
30-minute argument al the conclu-
sion
Galloway Denies Interview.
The feature of the days hearing
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man Webb took Judge r. H. Galloway
to task for an Interview purporting To
come from him, denouncing the hear
ing as shameless farce Judge Cal
laway stoutly denied the interview,
which appeared in "A Macon paper
when the correspondent for the pa
per told the committee IL was thor
oughly reliable and authentic, and
had been given to him by Judge Cal
laway. The committee took no ac
ton, but It was noticeably dispeased.
Judge Speer authorized his first in
terView to-day He said that he
didn't have anything to say, and
everything that he could say was con-
tanned Rudyard Klplng's poem
II" which Is OF four stauzas and
particularly fitted TO this case.
W W. I.ambdin of Mayeross an
attorney. was the first witness lie
was questioned about the Beach
Manufacturing Company case and
the conduct of Judge Specr In II.
He said that Immediately after the
resignation OF Max lsaacs at Bruins
wick three important bankruptcy
eases were brought into court They
were the Beach case, the Gray Lum-
Der Company and the Carter company
cases
Says Concerns We're Scared.
"lsaacs ana Hayward were the att
torneys and il threw a shock into the
South Ctotr'a business world"
Lambdin said 1.-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
In the Beach case, AZ an eN-parte
hearing. Judge Speer, without giving
the company an opportunity to be
heard, named Il l.. Morse. Of Athens
permanent receiver" he said,
We filed petition denying in
solvency. and when II came 20 be
heard Judge Speer intimated that a
settlement might be reached" Lamb
din testified.
we did not think so but following
conference with Leon Wilson, my
partner and Judge Speer, the Judge
said things looked pretty bad for the
defendant"
MIR, Lambdin charged that in maxi
ing the receivership permanent Judge
Speer pat In the court record. by
consent when as a matter OF fatt
the attorneys had vigorously fought
the receivership.
Finally Won Case
Mir Lambdin said that just year
betofe petition to throw She same
Arm into bankruptcy had been denied,
because In this case Tallcy and Hav-
ward represented the company. with
other counsel
In all three Of the cases Isaacs ami
Hayward had Zee dependent on the
firms being thrown into bankruptcy.
Said Mr. Lambdin;
Judge Specr was disqualified nb.
solutely 20 sit in either case. because
Hayward was his son In law. An
other Judge would have declined &"
hear the case. but we would have
faced a Jail sentence II we had sug-