Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01
W|NSLOW RESIGNS
+ sASFEDERAL JUDGE
+ IN FACE Of PROBE
Subcommittee's Investigation
of Alleged Irregularities
Blocked. h. q -:E Al.
IMPEACHMENT CHARGES
WERE READ IN CONGRESS
Accusations Involved Rumored Sale
Of Decisions in Bankruptcy
Cases.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 1.-Federal Judge
Francis A. Winslow, against whom ar
ticles of impeachment were recently
read in Congress, announced his res
ignation from the Federal pench
through his attorney today.
Representative F. H. La Guardia, who
read the articles of impeachment
against Judge Winslow, charged him
on the floor of the House with grave
irregularities" in the administration OF
Justice and demanded congressional
investigation.
Probe Slated for Today.
A subcommittee was appointed to IN
vpstigate and the preliminary inquiry
was to have begun this afternoon. Be
fore it could get under way, however,
Martin Conboy, Who had been retained
to defend Judge WinsloW, announced
the iuriSts resignation.
The irregularities" with which Judge
Winslow was charged had to do IN
large part with bankruptcy cases. Mar
Gus Helfand. a personal friend OF the
Judge, recently was charged by Unlteo
states Attorney Charles Tuttle with OIL
fering rulings by Winslow in bankruptcy
cases for sale. A hearing was held to
determine whether Helfand should be
barred from further practice in the
Federal courts in this district, but just
before its completion Helfand resigned
from practice both in the Federal and
State courts.
Just prior to announcement Of Win
slows resignation, ISador j. kreSel
counsel for the congressional 1nvestl-
eating committee, announced that the
Investigation might not take place II
reports that Winslow would resign
proved we'll founded.
Kresel said later that he would take
no steps in the investigation until he
had conferred with members OF the
committee.
During Helfand's hearing there was
testimony that Meyer Kaplan, man
convicted in bankruptcy case. had
been placed on probation after giving
Helfand $4,000 to ak things up with
Judge Winslow. Later, Kaplan said.
his probation was revoked, and he was
sent to Atlanta Penitentiary to serve
his term. and he expressed the opinion
that this was done by Judge Winslow
because Kaplan failed to make second
$4,000 payment.
Reasons for Quitting Given.
Judge Winslow's reasons for resigning
we're set forth in a statement issued
BY Conboy, which said in part:
Judge Winslow has felt, from the
time the charges were made against
him, that his usefulness as member
of the judiciary was thereby impaired,
and he has since refrained from ap-
pearing as a judge. The same belief
is still uppermoSt In his mind. In the
interval, the charges directed against
him in Congress have been made the
subject of inquiry by the grand jury in
New York Also, since the presentment
of the grand jury was made, proceed
ings have been instituted and concluded
against certain Of those whose names
have been associated with his in the
complaints. These several proceedings
having ended Judge WinsloW finds that
he now has to consider the future of
his relations to the bench in the light
of his own sense Of duty. He cannot
but realize, notwithstanding the failure
to impugn his personal integrity, that
the prestige of the court would be i'm
paired should he return to it, and this
he could not for himself endure, nor
could he allow it to continue as an en-
barrassment to the other judges"
Shortly after the charges Of irregu-
larities were made against him in Con-
greSs Judge Winslow issued statement
in which he said that he was conduct
ing an inquiry of his own to determine
how and when the "diabolical con-
sDiracy" against him originated.