Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26
{ D WARDS SAYS
SPEER'S SOUL
IS DISEASED
Noted Author Declares SeIf-Con-
ceit and Tyranny Are Enc
mics Of Sound Mind.
Continued from Page I.
10 them and also twarded them. or
approved, excessive fees.
Used Court Attaches.

approved. excessive fees.
Used Court Attaches.
George F. White. former Marshal,
testified that Judge Speer did not in
struct him to walk" the jury in the
Scarborough case AT Albany to pre-
vent a verdict He sni dthe jury was
walked for few minutes for exer-
else.
Mr. White admitted after Sc
tere examination by Chairman Webb
that balliffs. criers and deputies had
eorked as personal servants for Judg"
speer. even to currying his horses
He thought, however, the Judge paid
them extra for such services
George s Jones. law partner of
one Of Judge Speer's counsel In the
present proceeding testified that
Judge Speer was unfair, arbitrary and
oppressive, and inclined TO fine at
torneys for contempt OF court with
out justification. He said he was
aned $40 for excepting to one OF the
judges statements.
MIR Jones said the Judge was too
quick to appoint receivers without
notice. on ex parte hearings, and had
been several times censured for 1t by
the Appellate Court
Colonel W. A. Huff went back on
the stand TO elaborate his previous
testimony He declared that in his
bankruptcy case his original attor-
ney was "bulldozed" and inundated
by Judge Speer until he withdrew
from the case.
SAYS Soul Diseased.
Harry Sulwell Edwards, noted au-
thor and former postmaster Of Ma
con. in tetifying as to Judge Speer's
varying moods with regard to his
mental condition, described the
Judges trouble as follows:
Destructive spirituality embraces
those emotions which we classify IN
der jealousy. envy. malice, hatred
self praise, love Of praise and desire
ter public APPRECIATION. Those cover
destructive spirituality They are ia
tai to the soul OF any man that VIII
entertain them long enough think
they have Judge Speer in their grasp,
That is my opinion of Judge Speer."
Mr.. Edwards was the most interest
ing witness before the investigators
Friday afternoon
Shift TO Savannah.
After to-day's sitting the probe
Into the charges against Judge Speer
will shift to Savannah, where at least
a week viii be spent,
Judge speers lawyers regard the
testimony of Friday Of the most Sc
rious brought out, but they have an
explanation or reconciliation for every
feature OF IT,
feature of the Friday afternoon
session was the introduction of an af-
ndavit from Harry Burns. a former
bailifr, in confederation OF the charge
made by District Attorney Alexander
Alderman as to Judge Speers alleged
manipulation of a jury at Albany in
the trial OF a banker
Kept Jury Walking.
This jnry stood ten to two for con-
Viction. and the fact was reported to
Judge Speer The District Attorney
swears that Marshal White stated
that he (White) had ben ordered by
the Judge not TO let the jury DELHI
crate any more. but to keep them
walking" from supper to bedtime,
The affidavit from Baiiff Burns Is
10 the same effect. and also that he
did walk" the jury until 10 o'clock
The next morning he brought the jury
into court. and mistrlal was de-
clared.
II Is claimed by Judge Speer's at
torneys In regard to the jury episode
that he merely wished to give the
jurors plenty OF exercise