The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-10
ARE HELD
 IN BONDS
 OF $5,OO0

Lund, of the Tool company and the | other half by Henry Bobken was turned over to Greenstein. Nichols attorney, for payment to the inventor | Breen is said to have paid over the l money, after which it is said to have passed through the hands of Badesch and Mesard. The upshot of the whole l matter seems to be that Nichols never | received a nickIe of the money. Green l stein is accused of having received | $2,500 of the sum, while $7,100 is said to have been locked up in safe deposit vault in New York city. The remaining s400 has not been account ed for.
 After this transaction, which he thought to be of a rather shady char. acter, Nichols consulted another at- torney and proceedings were started against the four lawyers who are now under arrest. Warrants were issued last night by Prosecutor Delaney. The criminal actions follow a friendly suit which was brouglt in tho civil courts a few days ago by Nichols who sought to recover from the man. ufacturtng company, royalties on the heaters which were turned out dur ing 1919 and 1920. A contract was entered into whereby Nichols was to pay to the company the sum of $6,500 for the cost of perfecting this dnven- tion- It is claimed that this contract
 was not lived up to by Nichols. and 1 for this reason the case will fail. i When the case was opened in the l City court this morning, the prosecut- ing attorney immediately asked for an adjournment until February 19 in order that. further investigation might be made
 Attorney Jacob B. Klein, represent l inc 1aT a1- oquent appeal in which he demanded 1 that the case be tried at once. These men are ready at any time l to state their story," said MT. Klein I've are ready to present our case | now and the State also should be ready. All of these men are reputable members of the bar and each one
 stands for something in the commu
 nifty. All that a lawyer has is in his
 reputation, and this is now at stake
 in the cases of these men. hope, your honor, that you will fix the earliest possible date for this hearing if we cannot go on today.''
 Attorney Henry Shannon, who is associated with Klein in the matter
 of the defense, substantiated MT. K1ein's request for an early hearing, declaring that the accused will stand under a cloud until the matter is
 
 Henry Greenstein, one of Bridge ports most prominent young lawyers, 1 who is one Of the accused attorneys,
 then made a sincere appeal to Judge
 Frederic A Bartlett for an early
 hearing.
 'I have lived in Bridgeport all my
 life," declared the young man, "and
 never before has my honor been be-
 smirched. "As I look at my name | lii o7,o rI, r Ioof
 will go down in the records of this
 city, that I was once brought before l this court charged with being a crim-
 inaI. This affair weighs heavily or
 my heart and also on the hearts ci i the men who are likewise accused ot
 being criminals
 EtI am not talking for the newspapers
 or the public when I say this, but dc
 want a hearing and if the court finds
 me guilty of any crime I want to be
 punished. If I am not guilty wish
 that my name be cleared without
 further delay. If the court can find probable cause against us, send us up.' tT will be on record as a criminal '
 continued the attorney. Imagine mc consulting my clients in an advisory : capacity while standing before thi: 5 court as a criminal. Therefore ask } your honor to be fair with us in a mosi serious way. Delays were never more 5 serious than at this tiIne.'
 MT. Greenstein then took a shot a. Prosecuting Attorney De Laney, say 5 ing, Never was there more shor } sightedness shown on the part of { public official than in this matter MT. De Laney has had the case il
 hand for two weeks, and surely wher : he issued the warrants he must have | Mt : matter is bearing heavily on me, bu l to have issued this warrant withou :, 1 consulting me is something that cal [ weigh upon the shoulders of tn 5 prosecuting attorney.
 The prosecutor replied, "I woult ! have been open to criticism if l hat | not issued these warrants. If I an 3 later convinced that the warrant 1 should not have been issued will b t big enough to come before this cour Q and say so. No one feels this situa alton more seriously than myself, bu e when duty calls, friendship mus ], cease at least temporarily" g Judge Bartlett decided that Feb
 i 19 was a fair date of postponemen
 ] and continued the case after assurin; l the attorneys for the defense tha
 the case would be settled on tha
 l date.
 The four men who are now facinl z charges in the City court are al | prominent members of the bar ant ? three of them highly respected citi | zens of Bridgeport. Attorney Breel y came into prominence through hi a candidacy for State Senator. Henr. Il Greenstefn was formerly liquor prose e cutor, and Solomon Badesch gained :. considerable notice through his in
 vestigation of the Grand Rapids Fur
 niture company a number of year f ago.