The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-15
WOULD
DISBAR A. COIN
EIardO and WaddeII Cases
Charged to Have Been
UnprOfeSSiOnaI,

Hearing Of the charges filed against |
ADe Cohn, attorney by a committee |
named by the Memphis Bar association, |
IN which It is alleged that Conn haa |
been guilty of unprofessional conduct !
PROBABLY win take place before Judge |
iaughnn. OF the Fourth circuit court |
Immediately after the holidays
=, A copy OF the charges We're served OH |
MI Conn late Saturday and he was |
given 10 days in which to answer.
Inc charges embrace two separate al |
ieged offenSes. The first was In the
case OF Tony Elardo. a fugitive from
Justice, who was arrested by the Mem.
phlS police on a charge Of murder, a.
mont. O.
1t is charged that on June -. two
DAYS before Elardo's arrest by the DO
nee, Elardo retained Mr., Cohn as his
counsel TO represent him in Ohio. 1t is
further alleged that Mr.. Cohn demanded
a Zee Of 5000, and that Elardo gave
MN all the cash he had. E245, and a Ger
utlcate OF deposit on the Colonial Bank
ana trust company Of Fremont, O..
telling NJ. Cohn he would get the re-
mainder later from friend.
On the same day, the petition says
Judge John Galela, Italian consul al
Memphis, advised Eiardo to employ an
OHIO lawyer to defend him in the courts
IN that state, and ElarGo therefore re
queSted Judge Galella TO have Mr.. Cohn
return to him the none, and certificate
OF deposit. MIR. COIN refused to turn
over the money, it is charged where
upon Judge Gaiela, it Is said, tele-
grapher the FrGemopt hank to withhold
payment on the certificate Of deposit
Mr.. Cohn, it is charged, OF the same
day deposited the certificate Of deposit
N the American Savings Bank and
Trust company of Memphis for collec-
uon. On the same evening Eiardo was
turned over to Ohio officials and taken
back to Fremont to stand trial. On
his departure. it is said, Mr.. Cohn re-
turned $50 of the cash to Elardo re-
tanning the remainder and also the Ger
tlticate of deposit. The bank at Free
mont, however refused payment of the
certificate when presented, the petit
ton recites.
Elardo was indicted by the grand jury
at Sandusky county, Ohio, on July 10,
and Mr.. Conn took no steps to go there
and represent the man, it Is charged
notwithstanding this, Mr.. Cohn. the pc
tition alleges refused to release the
claim he had on the certificate OF de-
postt, even though payment on it had
been refused.
For this transaction the bar assocla-
ton committee claims Mr.. Cohn was
guilty of unprofessional conduct which
renders him unfit to be member of the
Memphis bar.
Hot Springs Skin Game.
The second charge against Mr.. Cohn
grew out Of the arrest of three Arkan-
sas men by the Memphis police The
men arrested We're Jere Wooten, Nose
Anderson and William Ambrose 1t is
charged that the three aided and albeit
ted by confederate a man named
Nishtengale, at Hot Springs, Ark, con-
spired to enter into a game in which
! they would in no way lose, and engaged
in the game with one A. G. Waddell,
| taking from him the sum Of more than
| $2.362 and some jeWelry. The three
| men were arrested in Memphis on April
! TO- 1918, at the request of the Hot
| Springs authorities,
It is alleged that MIR. COhn, in order
| to enable the three men to escape pro
| cured their liberty on a writ of habeas
corpus heard before Judge Galloway, OF
| the probate court The men then left
| the city. Mr. Coin. the petition says
| then sued out a writ of replevin In
| chancery to recover from the police the
money and jewelry held at police station
| for the Arkansas authorities. He
| claimed that part of the money was
| due him as fee, and that the rest, in
Guiding the jewels, belonged to the three
| men. Mr. Coin. the petition says got
the money and jewels.
| On April II Of the same year, the pc
| titiOn goes on TO say. the governor of
Arkansas issued requlsition for the
| extradltion Of the three men. but they
| had left the city Waddel, the alleged
| victim of the gamblers conspiracy, then
| Instituted separate suit in the chan
Gerry court against Mr.. Cohn to recover
| the property, which he alleged was his
own, the petition says. Mr.. Cohn com
| promised the case by keeping part of the
money as fee, turning over $3.50 of
| the money and also the jewelry,
! The association declares that Mr.
Cohn's part in this transaction also was
| unprofessional
The committee filing the petition was
as follows II. r, Boyd, president Of
the bar association; w. w. Farabough,
Wightman Hughes. A, H. knipmeyer,
| A. ] Calhoun II. Dent Minor and Was
sell Randolph.
~ have asked Judge Laughin to give
me an early hearing of these charges
preferred against me by the Memphis
Bar association" Abe Cohn said Monday
willing to waive all notices by statute,
as well as 10 days allowed me to an
swer and would be willing to file my
answer at once.
Cohn said that he proposes to show
that all parties referred to in the SEC
ond charge against him were negroes,
and that Waddell the alleged victim of
Ambrose and others was a notorious
crook and running mate of Hammett
Ashford who 10 years ago was one OF
the most notorious negro diVekeepers
in Memphis. THE three men just beat
Waddell AT his own game Coin said.