Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-10
JUDGE FINDS NO GROUND
FOR HOLDING /. SUSMAN
After Sensational Scene in Court.
room, His Release Is
Ordered.
MANY WITNESSES EXAMINED
Requires Forcible Efforts of Several
Men to Calm Defendant to Such
an Extent That Hearing Can Pro-
coed Without Interruption.
Especial to The Times-Dixpatch. F,


| RALEIGH, " c.. April o.-Entcrinr
upon what he told Judge Daniels
would be a clear statement of the
whole transaction. II. Susman became
almost frantic on the witness stand
TINS morning, stamping his foot.
pounding upon the Judges desk and
literally rarnE against the charge
mat he had practiced any fraud IN
telephone construction contracts made
with j. y. Cnderhill and others for a
rural line out from Louisburg
! 1t required the combined forcible
efforts OF Rabbi j. L. Mycrberg. of
Goldsboro. three or four lawyers and
othefs TO get Susman to his seat and
Hhally Gained to such an extent that
inc business of the hearing could con-
| tinue. 1t was a habeas corpus hearing
| taken from commitment on Wednes-
DAY by Magistrate Palmer. at Louis
nufE holding Susman under $500 bond
/ on the criminal charge
Judge Daniels, very few minutes
after the sensational scene created by
: SuSmah. ordered his release on the
ground that there was nothing in the
written contracts signed by Cnderhill
ana others to show that Susman rem
resented that they were getting any
Sell telephone stock or any thing but
shares In the local lines being con-
structed from their homes to Louis
| burg. Counsel for the prosecution
urged upon the judge features of evil
deDcc that Susman represented to the
prosecutors that they were getting
STOCK in the Bell Telephone COMPANY.
but that to avoid allegations of trust
methods OF business, 1t was best to
make no mention OF the Bell stock in
the written contracts. and that these
| representations constituted fraud. The
judge, however, insisted that men of
intelligence should be governed by the
written contract. and that there was
no ground to hold the defendant under
the bond eXacted by the Judge.
The hearing began before Judge
| Daniels at o'clock this morning con
sisting of elaborate statements Of the
opposing contentious by counsel and
the examination of twenty-five or
more witnesses. numbers of them. how
ever, character Witnesses for Susman.
In his personal testimony, Susman
said he was born in Poland. lived for
many years in Washington. y. c. and
Tor the past two years in Richmond
as the general manager of the South
Ierh Construction Company. and inter
csted in number of other enterprises
He testified that he had promoted 100
ior more telephone lines in this state
and Southern Virgirio, and that thi.
was the first trouble he had gotten
into.
Susman maintained that In his rep
reservations to Cnderhill and his as
sociates he made no claims to connec-
ton with the Bell Telephone Compnv
except that he used tho Bell equip
ment. which is standard for the whole
country. and that all he represented
they were getting was the interest I'm
proportion to their subscriptions i'm
the rural line from their homes to
I LouisburE, except that he did repro
sent to Cnderhill that by taking 500
interest he would have the controlling
interest in the entire line. He was
cross examined by w ~ Parson. Of
Louisburg, and stoutly denied that he
made any representations of interest
in Rell Telephone Company.