The Washington times., 1926-08-09

| the State Department (chief coun-
sci for the Tacha-Arica plebiscite
and former advisor 10 the Chinese
government. through whose efforts
my case was taken and successfully
carried through the Supreme Court.
Not only did he literally save
me" through his legal knowledge
and ability, but hts personal visits
with expressions OF confidence ami
hope, gave me courage to keep up
the fight in spite Of my desperate
situation. / hope to carry h,s
inspiration into the future as i
Grateful To Counsel
Runners OF ingratitude towards
my first counsel, James A. O'Shea,
have been brought to me from,
time to time and the idea has some
how gone abroad that he was re-
sponsible for obtaining the reversal
from the Supreme Court. In JUS
tice TO all concerned. the following
statement, therefore, seems neces-
sary.
william C. Dennis and Frederic
D. McKenney were chiefly RESPONSE
certiorari followed by a reversed
from the Supreme Court OF the
United States. With them on tn j
petition for certiorari and on the
brief. we're John w. Davis, Janiea
A. Nolan, jr., and Charles Faky.
The case was argued before the SUI
preme Court by Mr.. Dennis and M.
| McKenney. To- all these men in
| different ways and for different
services, all gratuitously and most
| generously rendered, my sinccrest
gratitude is due.
James A. O'Shea was my attor.
ney in the first trial which re-
| suited In conviction, and then took
| the case to the Court Of Appeals
| where it was allowed to hang
fire" for five years and was final
| ly lost. Although Mr.. O'Shea s
name was placed on the papers
| going before the Supreme Court,
| it is my understanding that he had
nothing to do with the preparation
of these papers and took no active
| part in the case before that court,
but shortly after withdrew of rec
ord. To Mr.. O'Shea my. sincere
gratitude is extended for all he
tried to do for me, particularly
the careful noting of executions
which facilitated obtaining the re-
versal from the Supreme Court.
Priest Who "StOOd By
Many already know OF the
wonderful help and encouragement
given by the very Reverend Peter
j. O'CalIaghan who stood by
through more than five dark years.
The inestimable support of this
good friend, a father in every
sense of the word--was given re-
| CARELESS OF the fact that / had
been confirmed and still remain
an Episcopalian.
Father O'Callaghan came TO me
through the solicitations of my
never-to-be-forgotten friend, Hugh
O'Donnell, assistant business man.
ger of the New York Times, who
had taken time out of his busy
life to keep in constant touch with
me and who had interested Father
Lane in my case. Father Lane
took the matter to Father Walsh,
Of Maryknoll, New York, who In
turn asked Father O'Callaghan to
see me and inquire into the case.
Thus started friendships of more
than five years during which per-
sonal visits, letters and messages
or hope and courage helped sustain
Through him and DR.. Dennis
came the next great event when
Wilton j. Lambert, knowing l had
exhausted my resources in the first
trial and might never be in a posi-
ton to in any way compensate him,
was persuaded to defend my case.
Those who followed the last two
trials know Of the constant attention
given during two full months lii.
addition to the preparatory time) by
MIR. LamEert and his partner, Ru.
dolph Yeatman; Senator A. o. Stan
ley, Arthur G. Lambert, and. In
fact. Mr.. Lambert's entire OFFICE
force. aided by the O'Dea Detective
Agency. g..
Lambcrt's SOIicitude
All this is nov matter of pub.
lic knowledge, Lut no one except
my brother and myself has known
VI Mr.. Lambert's many friendly
visits to the hospital during the re-
CENT maJor operation of my brother
van. even personally seeing him to
Inc train when he was sufficiently
convalescent to return to New
York--and doing innun1erabIe kind.
ly things in the midst of his busy.
crowded days. All the help and
friendliness extended to me. q
stranger, foreigner, an alien, al
ready behind bars--has' done much
to restore my faith in human ma
cure and my confidence in America
which has been so rudely shaken
by the tel rible tribulations of 1919
and the years following.
nave no words in which to
thank Miss NJ. f. McCalmont, who
has given so much time to the
preparation Of articles and to the
writing OF my book, coming to the
Jail In all kinds of weather and
regardless of personal convenience.
Her careful study Of the case
brought to. light for use in the third
trial much valuable evidence which
had been covered up until then.
Thanks Witnesses
I also wish to thank those Jurors
and the many witnesses who tes-
tilted in my behalf, and who not
only gave tangible evidence of their
confidence in my innocences but
found other ways of expressing
their sympathetic interest, which
touched me tdeeply.
There are many more friends
would like to tell about, and many
more bright spots that shine out
in the darkness, but the rest will
have to wait until the publication
of the book.
would, however, like to men,
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