The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-07
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Judge Promises to Bare Whole
Past-TeIIs Of Acts
of Mercy"
BY A. CLoYD GILL.

Little Reno's divorce Judge. who
has recently been charged with
refusing mercy to supplicants at
the bar of his court. today begged
for mercy at the hands of the
committee of the bar association
which is probing his official acts.
Moncure was "before the bar"
in his own court practically the
entire afternoon when he testified
in his own defense. G
Judge Uses Pathos.
As the ponderous form OF the
manipulation Of the famous divorce
mill Of Little Reno" sank into a
chair and prepared for the examina.
ton, the scores of persons in the
crowded courtroom surged expectant-
ly forward.
With pathos in his voice the &C.
cused judge told the committee that
II was very embarrassing to him TO
be present but that he felt IL a duty
TO the committee and the community.
At this juncture John 8. Barbour,
counsel for Moncure. announced thai
Moncure would answer questions OF
members Of the committee but would
Attorney Frank Stuart.
Should Mr.. Stuart desire 10 qucs
ton the judge, he will have to do so
through some member of the probe
Mr.. Barbour said.
Planned Letters to Paper.
"I had always intended to write
a few articles for my local paper
telling the truth about the whole
matter" Judge Moncure said.
He launched into a vigorous
attack on The washington Times,
declaring that he would not answer
the charges of venomous men.
He branded The Times as IAN
alien yellow sheet" which he would
not dignity by hitting back.
His statement. he said before the
committee, Is addressed to the
clergy and bar of Alexandria and
not to The Washington Times.
The judge said 1t had come to his
attention that one member OF the
Alexandria Ministerial Association
made "scurrilous and unkind re-
marks about me-"
He referred the minister in ques.
tion to that Book which the minis.
ter teaches. He said the minister
should read about Nicodemus and
about Saint Paul, who teaches that
man should not be condemned "un.
heard"
"What Chances" He Cries.
What chance had one lone man.
worth probably $4,000 to $4,000,
with a man who owns a chain of vel.
low papers and is a multi-million.
aire7" asked Moncure.
The Judge said that The Wash.
ington Times and other newspapers
had insulted him and certain mem.
bers of the bar of Alexandria land
our fair city"
Most Of the articles in The Times
are unqualifiedly false" Judge Mon.
cure charged.
A certain scandal monger In Alex.
andria, the Judge said, had tried to
get other Washington papers TO
launch the campaign on him. but
had failed until The Times took 1t
up.
"The washington Times and this
man have deliberately planned judi.
'cial murder" Judge Moncure said.
The Judge told the committee that
his statement would be divided into
three sections: First, the charges
made by Frank Stuart against him
and the cases cited to support them:
second, his knowledge of Stuart and
Stuart's career; third. his own life's
story.
The first case cited by the Judge
was the Smith case, where a minis
ter was called In to marry girl
who was about to become a mother,
He said that his action In that case
was an act OF mercy.
The fact that Attorney Frank
Stuart threatened to horsewhip
him last July on the streets Of
Little Reno still rankles in the
brain Of ]. w. Troth, a Justice of
the peace Of Fairfax county.
Smarting under the tongue-lash-
ing administered him by Stuart
when he clashed with him last
year, Troth today came to the dc"