Show receivership SQUABBLE As A matter of course after asking leave to withdraw from the in vesti gation ot the charges planted by himself against receiver dyer and attorneys peters and williams judge zane did not appear at the time appointed by the court for the hearing of the evidence he had to present before examiner harkness it is now a question in the light of the fact that the pursuance of the investigation was directed by a mandate of the court as to whether the ex chief justice is not in contempt even if failure of compliance with the order in question did not constitute an offense of that character the document in which the anten tion to withdraw is set forth is liable to be construed to be somewhat contemptuous it seems to take the court by the par ear and say in substance you want me to do a job that necessarily devolves on you and to prevent its being done you tie my hands behind my back this being the effect of your amended order that kind of an insinuation reaches in our opinion pretty nearly to the domain of an accusation of there is one position from which it is scarcely possible for judge zane to recede that of a prosecuting witness he has made charges of fraud corruption and unprofessional conduct against three gentlemen of important standing in the community he has iterated and reiterated his ability to prove the allegations if given a chance if they were proved the subjects of the charges would stand in the light of criminals subject tto to prosecution if judge zane is unable bobring to bring forth the proof he would stand as a slanderer liable to pursuit in criminal actions for defamation of character and to proceedings for damages in view of the serious character of the charges does it not become the duty of mr peters as public prosecutor to place judge zane in the position of a complaining witness if in that capacity the latter succeeds in establishing his allegations should not the grand jury indict mr peters mr dyer and mr williams if that point were reached it would then become the duty of district attorney peters to see that papers were placed in the hands of marshal dyer to secure the arrest of attorney peters Roc receiver eiTor dyer and attorney williams it will be observed from this explanation that this business associated with taking a large amount of property from a church gets more tangled as it goes along if the matter takes the shape of a regular proceeding and judge zane should fail in the capacity of a complaining witness to establish the truth of the grave charges he has preferred in about as aa public a way as they could have been made then it would appear competent for him to be put through the mill in which he has been in the past habit of grinding others while there appears to be good ground for the position that the amounts claimed by the receiver and his attorneys for compensation have an abnormally swollen appearance fair minded people will decline to believe the wholesale charges of fraud corruption and unprofessional conduct made so sweepingly by judge zane this deelan atiqi to believe should exist until the latter be given an opportunity to prove his allegations under ch circumstances cum stances which will not admit of his retreat should he wl next |