The Washington times., 1914-06-22
WRIGHT PROBERS
HEAR O'DONOGHUE
Attorney Tells of Sale of E
Straet Property to Client of
Ambrose.
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In January. 1909" said Mr.. O'Donog-
hue, David w. Sullivan, who was my
client. came to rne about the sale CT
.a42 + street, of which he was the ten
ant.
10 whom did the premises belong 90
To the Augusta L. Weisenborn
estate, and the property was in the
hands of Frank S. Bright as trustee. 1
found the sale of the property had been
authorized by the trustee and a decree
OF III court to F. H. Smith Company
for $I7.5O0."
The sale had not been consum-
L think not. My client. Mr.. Sullivan,
had no means to purchase the premises,
and he wanted to get the Heurlch
Brewing Company. or some one else to
building. He got the brewery inter
ested. and. not desiring to appear in
the case. the brewery got a man by the
name of Michael Coughlan to act Tor
offering SIS, 500 for the property. and he
letter was mailed with a check Tor sooo
After the letter was sent to Mr..
Bright. I saw him and Attorney WI,
liam E Ambrose, who represented
George w Norris. ] believe l under
stood from Ambrose that the court had
approved the sale. On February Z, l95,
the matter came up for settlement in
Justice wrignt's court and he decided
that the proposed offer of the F. II.
Smith Company would not stand and l
asked Mr.. Bright to have my offer OF
$500 affirmed. Mr.. Bright was uncer-
tain about the matter and he suggested
that he would put the property up at
auction
Sold For sIe,s25.
Il told Bright L wanted the privil-
ese to bid on it when it came up.
The next day Mr.. Sullivan, my client,
told me that the property had SOLD
for sIS.525. told him that that
on the phone and he told me Justice
Wright had confirmed the sale to Mr.
NCrris that morning for Sl9,525 !
got in touch with my client and
drafted another letter and offered
Mr.. Bright $4,000 net cash for the
property. ] called up Justice Wright
and told him. my client was willing
to give more for the property and
wanted q chance to bid on it.
He said to have all the parties in
Of the matter. All the parties were in
court on Monday and I called Justice
Wriehts attention to my higher bid. 1
argued the case and gave my reasons
ythy the party I represented should be
Fivnn an opportunity to hid. ! do not
Hememher any argument by Mr.. Am
Hrose or NJ. Bright. Justice Wright
ruled that the sale would have to stand
and that I had had an opportunity to
hii and had not gene high enough
The witness then exhibited a carbon
cony of the 'etter dated January y, 1909
offering sI9, 500, and the letter sent sub
sequentIy, Offering $4,000 net cash.
Congressman Beall put into the record
2 letter from Mr.. Bright to the court
Saying that SInih's offer was not gnally
settIed and giving the offer made by
Attorney O'Donoghue of S19,509.
Wilson Recalled.
District Attorney Clarence Wilson. re-
called, was asked by Chairman Mccoy
If he could refresh mis- memory and say
whether counsel for Wade II Cooper
had notified him they would oppose JUS
tice Gould as presiding Justice in the
Cooper Indictment case. Mr.. Mccoy
Quoted Mr.. Wilson's former testimony,
thich was not positive On that point
Mr. Lambert testified to 4 converse
ton with you wherein you asked him If
they intended 10 iIe any affidavit in
the event the case came before Justice
Could. Does thar refrcsl your mem
'ry?' asked Chairman Mccoy
can't say that it does" said the |
'.SlTict Attorney. 1t NAV be that Mr. |
Lambert and Mr.. Cox said they would |
cppose Justice Gould. l don't remern- |
anbert briefly ] also talked with JUS |
lice Gould, but the converse tions we're |
mere incidents in a busy day"
Did Justice Gould ever say TO you |
hat the statement was made that an |
atfidavit would be filed to disqualify |
Him?'
he proposed affidavit" "
Did you discuss any possibility of .
"hiection with Justice Gould. and |
y henT'
Perhaps so. I cannot fix the time Of
1E conversation with either Justice
'iould or Mr.. Lambert"
Postponing the Date
Did Justice Gould come to your Of
ice on this matter"
i don't think So
Did Justice Gould postpone the date
f'r the arraignment of Cooper at any
lIme1"
Had the matter been before Justice
ioUld prior TO the filing OF the motion
"a" stay proceedings
Il don't believe so"
Did ne not set il over"
IF so, It was by arrangement among
Iunsel"
Vow the Indictment was returned
'!@rCh 81" said Chairman Mccoy. This
..:tler. ordinarily. would have been cal
,siared on the next Friday. April 80"
Yes unless by arrangement Of coun-
q. in the regular course it would
"me up then"
What took place on April 20
Il do not remember" |
The next Friday was April 10. This
vas Good Friday, I believe. Did the
court have holiday"
Il believe there was no court that
lav"
But on the 9Th a motion to stay
proceedings was fledT"
y think that IS correct"
Was it on the 18th that the matter
vas called up before Justice Barnarj?'
4 believe so"
Chairman Mccoy asked if there was a
-r indictment matter came before Bar
lsrd on the 9Th or 18th.
Course of Cooper Case.
District Attorney Wilson said he
would ask his assistants and see what
could be obtained
II would like TO have from you a
memorandum showing the course of the
cooper case" said Chairman Mccoy.
AS l understand II. the docket does
not show unless there is papsr of
some kind filed. I would like TO know
what happened In between the docket
entries"
Mr.. Wilson agreed to look the mat
tel up and advise the committee
Attorney Darlington said ne would
like TO have Mr. Wilson advise whether
any step in the Cooper case was noted
Tor April 3, also whether the case was
noted for arraiGnment before April 9.
That is exactly the information
want, too" said Chairman Mccoy. Il
v oulc like TO know particularly If any