The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-01
MARSHALL BLAMED FOR
PERJURY BY WITNESSES
U. S. Attorneys Zeal in Bankruptcy Ring" Cases Said
to Have Landed Lawyers in Jail-Stanch-
field Praises Official.

Overzealousness on the part of II.
Snowden Marshall. United States Dis
trict Attorney. In his efforts to break
up the bankruptcy ring In this city
was charged before the Congressional
committee Of Inquiry INTO Mr.. Mar
shalrs OFFICIAL conduct yesterday. Two
lawyers insisted that bankrupts had
been persuaded to become Governmen,
witnesses against their attorneys and
In doing 40 had committed perjury.
II. n. O~ppenheimer Of TO broadway.
attorney in the case Of JoYn Samuels.
n bankrupt. said that samuels was e,
of with "A light sentence for telling a
story that implicated Oppenheimer and
led to hts indictment. Seven indic;-
ments were handed down In an attempt
To get one that would 'stick," he told
the committed. and all but one wc.r
nolle pressed. lie said that AZ q result
of the bistfict Attorney action ne had
lost all his law business. although for
years he had been retained by such
firms as knauth. Nachod & kuhne, A. q
Hyde Il Son.. Parrish. Stafford n Co. n
Bacon n Co.
80 W. w w.
brother Of Max and David SHADE. who
were indicted and tried for their part ci-
patton In the Rae Tanz.r-James ". Os-
borne suits. said that he believed Ia.
United states Attorney subordinate
had been guilty of conduc, that Ger
'ainly merited investigation. He cited
the case OF Simon kuge'. an attorney
OF 1858 Union street. Brooklyn, who had
previously testified 70 being indicted and
tried twice for conspiracy in %bankrutcy
proceedings. KuRel's clients pleaded
guilty II esraped with light sentences
after testifyins agains, their attorney.
sIade Charges Undue Zeal.
Slade said that the chronological rec
ord OF the case suggested undue zeal
~ least on the part Of Assistant United
states Attorney Hershcns,e.n. lie said
that he learned that the late Abraham
Gruber. who had been retained b."
Royal & Brass. bankrupts. after Kugcl
had severed his connection with the case.
was dismissed. and Israel Weinberg Of
Paterson. y. j., n a roommate OF
Hersherstein's. was retained. After This
switching Of counsel Regal and h!s part.
rer pleaded gully ard testified against
kuRel. who was subsequently, indicted.
, Sff. 'f'N ~ ~ th't ~ A
he you'd make against Marshall was
failure TO investigate thoroughly the cir
cumstanCer of this case after h.. ,Siadel
had called Il To Marshal!'s attention.
He said also that ho thought /, queer
that he. hts stenOgrapher and witnesses
for the defence should have been sum-
moned before the Grand jury for the pur-
pose OF obtaining Information 10 aid tho
states case.
"Do you mean" said Representative
Nelson. that YOU were called before tho
Grand Jury In a case in which you were
acting as attorney"
'Tha IS exactly what | mean SAID
Slad~.
What was tho object ."
The practice has been that 'he Cow
eminent "A man in invcs:igatiuS
a cas-. and he * asked questions with
which ~ il confronted when he appears
In court. II pur>orts 20 he his evidence,
Also by This means the Government sue
ceeds IN finding out what the defence is.
since Marshall came In that seems 10 bs
the custom, but whether II existed before
or not I do not know"
John n. Stanchield, lawyer. was then
called by the committee 10 find nut II
there had been any unprofessionsl con-
duct charged against Marshall in con-
alton cases. Mr.. StAnchfeld began hts
testimony by saying that he knew OF
nothing improper in Marshalis conduct
In any case.
lie was asked about the cas-" Of Abra-