Evening journal., 1922-07-12
RESUME HEARING
IN ADAIR CASE
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concerning ss1O.6s surplus from tn
sale which was claimed both b
Long and Adair. He said title t,
the property was in name of JUL,
A. p. Adair.
on cross examination Mr.. Harmon
attempted to identify certain note.
and renewals of notes, but Mr.
Willis did not remember them. The
The cross examination became
heated when Mr.. Willis stated that
the Chancery proceedings were
terminated because of sympathy for
Adair, that Mr.. Harmon sympathized
| with Adair. but he (Willis) did not
Mr.. Wills said the Long property
was sold by the sheriff for non-pay-
ment OF taxes. According to the
stipulations of counsel, the surplus
was to be paid to Mr.. Eastburn.
| CORNER Chancellor Charles NJ.
Curtis. testified to the proceedings
in the Long case which came be-
fore him in 1918. The defendants
in the case were Mr.. Adair, Julia
A. p. Adair and Sheriff Walter 3.
Burris. he said.
Afidavits were filed by the COM
plainant but none was filed by the
defendants. Mr.. Adair was given
an opportunity TO speak. but he had
nothing TO say, whereupon he (the
Chancellor) dictated an order for a
preliminary Injunction, the former
Chancellor said. The matter drifted
along and was finally dismissed.
The petitioners after hearing OF the
testimony OF former Chancellor
Curtis, rested their case. Mr.. Harman
then objected to their resting de-
manding that he first clear up the
differences he alleged Mr.. Reinhardt
made TO the effect that he (Mr.
Harman) had made mlsstatements
to the court, and that witnesses in
the Dudjenski case had been tamp-
cred with by Mr.. Adair.
This contention between the two
attorneys was settled to the salts
faction OF Mr.. Harmsn when Mr.
Relnhardt stated TO the court that
he had never said that Mr.. Adair
had tampered with witnesses, and
that the "misstatements" were tina.
Mr.. Harman had said that the Long
matter was a chancery Court case
and should be referred back to that
court whereas Mr.. Reinhardt claim
ed that it did not grow out of Chan
cery Court; that II grew out Of
money in the hands of the Sheriff /
in a Superior Court proceeding.
During the examination of a wit /
ness. by Mr.. Harman. Chief Justice /
Pennewlll asked several times III
they couldn't get along faster and |
impressed that the case must be
finished today. The court room
was extremely warm and close.
Mr.. Adair took the stand in his
own behalf and first related in de-
tail the DR.. Ross Dudzinski transac-
tion. He said that while the trans
action was in progress he accepted
no money for his services from
Dudzinski as the man had been out
OF work and had failed to obtain a
loan. He was given a check for
s14.44 by Dudzinski and s5O.56 in
,ash by Mrs. Dudzinski to make set
.lement for the house, and said that
when he met DR.. Ross about a week
ater the latter declined the money.
iaylng that he wanted all due him
or none at ALL" He testified that
/ hindrance in the sale was a con-
ention over back rent.
He denied that he ever told Mr..
)u Ross that he had spent the
i65." He said that when the checks
he gave Mr.. Du Ross for the se5
we're found to be worthless, he Of
cred on a number of occasions to
make them good. but something al
Ways arose between them to prevent
t." He said that Du Ross assault
d him in the Court House Janu-
ry ? and that later he told him
hat he was a three minute horse
n a two-minute race"
Suggestion was frequently made
iat Mr.. Adalr abbreviate his state
lent. The court excluded consld-
rable OF his testimony, and Mr..
reserved the right to have
ther portions stricken out.
After Adair had talked for an
our, Mr.. Relnhardt protested
gainst further rambling"
Mr.. Harman next questioned
dair concerning the Satterthwaite
nd Long cases.
In regard to the Reuben Satterth-
-aite case. Mr.. Adair gave his YER
ION of his conversation with that at
Drney to the effect that he told him
I the sheriff's sale of the property:
hat the sheriff had a surplus and
Id not want to pay It out until he
ad authority; that the records
'ould show that the money belong
d to his mother; and that "it was
'orth $50 to him to get it quickly"
nd that he asked Mr. Satterthwaite |
make a search Of the title Of the l
roperty and that he CMr Adair) 4,
ould pay him as a client.
MIR. Adair testified that he made
dvances OF money to Long and was
ever repaid in full He said the
80 surplus from the sale belong
d mostly to his mother, but that
ONE Of it belonged to him.
Cross-eXamination OF Mr.. Adair
'as started by Mr.. Reinhardt AZ
24O o'clock. Court recessed at
o'clock.
Reuben Satterthwaite. Jr. an st
orney testified yesterday afternoon
hat Mr.. Adair had offered him s15O
advise the then sheriff that a sur-
lus OF about $500 from the sale of
ne Long property should be pai5
yer TO Mr.. Adair. Mr.. Satterth-
'aite said he considered it was an
tempt to brlbe.
John Dudzinskl. his wife. and
o,tno eon tastfaad -