The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-01
CHARGES "HOLDOUT"
TO BENCH ASPIRANT
Race Betting Agent Says
Lawyer eastman Kept
Money lie Collected.
E\TORTION Is HIS REPLY

Joseph r. eastman. n lawyer Of 81
Chambers street. whose friends have
been urging Mayor Mitchell to appoint
him ~ Chief Magistrate in Brooklyn,
has been accused in papers submitted
to supreme Court Justice Gavegan OF
collecting bets on horse races made
with clients who are betting commits
sionors and refusing to turn over
si,O9i asserted to be due the clients. In
reply eastman insisted that he had paid
over all his agreement calls for and that
the court proceedings were the result
of an effort to oxtort money from him
because of his ambition TO be appointed
chief Magistrate.
The charges were disclosed in an NJ.
plica,ion by Hugh L Collins. "A race
track betting commissioner. to compel
Eastman as an attorney to pay the
amount demanded. Collins has been as
ISOLATED with Richard 9. Doggett. bet
ter known as Cad Doggett, n the bulk
Of the claims turned over to eastman
for collection were held by Doggett.
Justice Gaveran appointed 5 Stanwood
Menkcn as referee to take testimony In
the case and to determine how much, IL
anything. eastman owes.
Claim Against Ensiishinen.
Collins said In his petition that in
1911 ne gave eastman a claim for
Sl.g6O against n London man. dating
from 1907. OF which Eastman was to
have - per cent. II he collected u
Later he turned over claims held by
Doggett. he said, which aggregated more
than $4,000 and ranging In amounts
from II few dollar to $1,000. Collins
said Doggett would he satisfied with 30
per cent. of the money collected n
that he and eastman we're to divide the
rest. Among the claims were W
against Harold a. Richardson of Lon
don. aggregating $1,000.
Collins said that eastman asserted
he had collected nothing from Richard
son. but early In 1914 Collins met the
Englishinan here aad Richardson said
he had paid sl,9st In settlement of the
claims in 1912. lie then accused Cash
man of collecting the money and hold.
ing out and said the lawyer became
greatly excited and admitted Vt, but
promised to pay up and gave two rea-
sons why he thought he could.
NH for Legal Services.
lie said that eastman. among the
other claims. collected the following 4:
J. Wesley DoRne, s3O0 j. Jay O'Brien.
$3.50. and Alexander keogh, s25. COL
lins said that after making various de-
manJs for the pay ment OF the money
he got a check from eastman or Jan
uary 30 last for s796 and n bill for legal
services In other matters which eastman
asserted settled his account with Col
llns.
In Cashman's reply he told Justice
Gavegan hat the betting claims num-
bered 100. and hat in attempting TO
collect them he wrote 1900 letters and
made many business and personal calls.
He admitted that he didn't report the
collection OF the Richardson claim to
Collins because he knew Collins would
demand part OF il, and II he didn't get
II he would induce Doggett to drop
him In regard to his desire 10 he
appointed Chief Magistrate the lawyer
said
collins is using this as a leverage
to compel me TO pay him money that
does not belong to him. Because OF
the information he obtained as to my
ambition no thought ! would not resist
his efforts TO compel me to pay. !
deny the statements OF Collins that 7
have lost money on horse racing I am
not Interested in horses and have never
been a betting nan
eastman said that Doggett told him
the claims had previously been in the
hands Of another attorney for collec-
ton who had SKINNED the cream -
For this reason Doggett was willing 20
take - per cent. eastman said he told
Doggett ne wouldn't sue on any Of the
claims because they were betting trans
actions and not enforceable at law,
md that he would merely call the at
tcntion of the debtors to the claims.
Discussing the matter OF the money
collected. eastman said