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Gated the sums would far exceed
$5o0,000 as there are a number of
other matters similar to the fore
going which cannot be fully set
forth at this stage"
Mr.. Dewey cited four transactions
| in which he said Judge Manton di-
rectly or indirectly received loans
since 1882 from litigans whose cases
were later resolved in their favor.
A summary of his charges follows:
!. $50 900 received from agents
OF Dictograph Products Corp, in
December. 1886, and January. 1887.
while its appeal of patent case
was pending 1t won the appeal,
with Judge Mantons vote decisive
An additional $25 900 received with
in month after the favorable de-
cision, making total Of $4,000.
None repaid.
Tobacco Company Won.
2. S232,981 received from repre-
sentatives of American Tobacco Co.
in 1882 when stockholders suit
for recovery of corporation funds
was pending. A divided verdict in
favor of the tobacco company with
Judge Manton's vote again decisive
None repaid.
3. $57,5O0 from John L. Lotsch,
Brooklyn banker. in 1885, including
a $4,000 loan which "other banks
had refused to make" to a Manton-
owned firm. Lotsch was subse-
quently cleared in Judge Mantons
court of a pending extortion charge.
4. $4,000 from Harry M. Warner,
executive of Warner Bros. Pictures,
in 1885 between the hearing of ar
guments and a decision in Judge
Manton's court in a patent case
won by the Warner firm. All but
$4,000 repaid.
Two Other Transactions.
Two other transactions not in
volving actual litigants in Judge
Manton's court were among the six
listed in Mr.. Dewey's letter. They
were:
l. $4,000 from John McGrath in
December, 1887, after he had re-
ceived $4,000 in fees as a bank
ruptcy trustee. post to which he
was appointed after having been
recommended by Judge Manton.
2. $4,000 from an insurance
broker in 1884 on representations by
Judge Manton that he would re-
ceive the insurance business of Kings
Brewery, firm in which the judges
business partner, James j. Sullivan,
was a trustee under the Bankruptcy
Act. It was repaid when the broker
failed to get the business.
Largest Loan to Partner.
Mr.. DeWey's summary showed that
only $4,000 of the $439,481 in the
six transactions had been repaid.
He said that the largest sum
1892 ,981-Was part of a S250,000 loan
to the late James j. Sullivan, Judge
Manton's business partner, from
Lord & Thomas, advertising agents
for the American Tobacco Co.
The loan, Mr.. Dewey said, was
lIlduC dt CllC 1C4uCoO VI dul 4Ad1Al,
assistant to George w. Hill, presi-
dent of the American Tobacco Co."
Neither Mr.. Hahn, said to be in
Europe, nor Mr.. Hill was available
for immediate comment.
The district attorney said the
$52 900 received from the dictograph
corporation was advanced by George
N. Spector, an insurance agent and
confidential representative of the
late Archie M. Andrews, executive
in charge of the photograph corpora
tions marketing division.
Evidence of Payments.
Mr. Andrews died last April. His
brother, P. w. Andrews, president of
the Dictograph Products Corp, said
check of the corporations books
and records showed no evidence of
any payments.
Il am certain that no one con-
nected with the manufacturing cor
poration knew anything about such