New Britain herald., 1921-10-01
TUFTS DISMISSED
 IN MASS. SCANDAL
Middlesex County Prosecutor Dropped ''For the Public Good"

Boston, Oct. 1.-The supreme court of Massachusetts today announced the removal from office of Nathan A. Tufts, district attorney of Middesex county. It's findings, it was stated, was flor the public good.'
 Attorney General Allen announced the appointment of Charles Raymond Cabot of Newton as successor to Tufts. Cabot is now an assistant to the attorney gen. eral.
 The courts ruling was on charges brought by Attorney General J Weston Allen alleging multiple instances of mis- use of his office by the district attorney for his personal gain or interest
 Lawyers Disbarred.
 Within the past few days incidents charged against Tufts have been ad- vanced as causes for disbarring several of the attorneys involved-Daniel H Coakley and William J. Corcoran, the latter Tufts predecessor in office, hav- ing been made the subjects of petitions for removal by the Boston Bar associa- tion. The attorney general now also is considering a petition by a committee of the association to institute proceed i inss for the impeachment of District
 
 county. The charges in the pelletcr case have not been made known. The attorney general cited more than 50 instances of action or inaction by the district attorney to support charges of 'nlalfeasance, misfeasance and non. feasance in office.''
 Sensational Charges.
 The most sensational of these spe- ,if fi<. oho ho1 tN Io yx,itl, Io tIo ment of litigation growing out of a mid night party in 1917 at Mlshawaur7 Manor, a Woburn roadhouse conducted by woman known as "BroWn=' Ken ne6y. Several prominent New York mo- ton picture producers were involved 1 The attorney general charged that Tufts | was concerned in a conspiracy by which they were induced 10 pay ap- proximately $1OO,OOO to Daniel H ] Coakley and other attorneys under threat of prosecution. Payment of tho money was admitted by the movie mer but Tufts denied he had shared in it had taken any action to prompt the l payments, or had any knowledge O l them.
 Details of Case. | The prosecution introduced records O bank deposits by Tufts at about th' time in 1917 that Coakley w@s disburs ing large sums in settlement of thu threatened suits The Tufts deposit were all in cash and he was asked t' explain their source and the fact tha they were in bills instead of checks The district attorney told and his moth CT testified in support of his explana ton, how his father had given him th' money from a bureau drawer at variou; times as an ante mortem settlement o 1 his estate
 In connection with a charge by th' attorney general that Tufts had uset his office to serve private purposes, th prosecution introduced testimony tha he had promised Mrs. Charles E Stearns that he would obtain a divorce for her and if necessary would furnisl ! a woman who could involve her hus band. In the rebuttal, the prosecution pl esented testimony that a MT. Sugh l rue of Coakleys office had guarantee the bills of the woman thus obtained a an apartment and at a garage.
 An allegation that Tufts acted iron | improper motives when he brough about the return to state prison of Her man l.. Barney, a convict who ha made his escape while serving lift term for killing a Boston policeman also was treated at length by both sides Tufts denied all of the charges agalns him and in addition to testifying a length himself called many witnesses Il defense of his actions. The trial be fore five judges of the supreme coul opened on July Il and continued for month, the court taking the matter un der advisement on August II.
 MT. Tufts who has long been prom inent as a football coach and officia first took office as district attorney l 1917 and was reelected three year later. His present term would have eA pred in January, 1925.