Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-12-08 | Page 39 | [Illegible] Senators Hear [Illegible] Archbald Case

fiisir flffllLQ CASE - lssses Testify Regarding 1 1 -est of the Judge in the falydid Culm Bank. i , 1$ pNGTON", Dec. 7. "With not i&n ono-fourth of the senators Vadjl most of the time, additional wit-In wit-In regard to tho Katydid Culm Tjrj el were heard today liy tho acn-line acn-line ns l court of Impeachment trial of Judgo Hobort W. Arch-tthc Arch-tthc commerce court. The deul. i Edward J. Williams and Judge AtiL I woro interested, to buy tho f A bank from the Hillside Coal & npany, a subsidiary of tho Eric lit L furnlthcJ. the basis for tho 5 - charge against tlie judge. 0D tp F. Conn, a prospective pur-Isl pur-Isl Ifes if to banlr, concluded In a few i today his testimony about thu rs to sell the Williams-Archbald :e in tho bank to him. Tho dopusl- Williams, given montliH ago, to -ri CTfe it of thu department of justice, ilefu t0 tno senate "to contradict" , z- ly In regard to Judgo Archbald'a part In the deal, as told to tho senato committee by "Williams early In tho WfOlv. lllchard Bradley of Scranton, Pa., another an-other prospective buyer, told of offering . $20,000 for the option and of Vf. A. Iny. an official of tlio Hillside Coal & Iron company, seudlncr him a form or a,-contract of Balo Juat before tho investigation investiga-tion of Judge Archbald's conduct became be-came public. The. witness was questioned ques-tioned closely by Representative Clayton aa to the reasons which 3Iay gave for rcailllng the contract a day or Iwo later. The letter wan produced In which May wrote to Bradley that "because of complications com-plications brought to your attention yesterday," yes-terday," ho called off the eulc. Bradley swore, that May never gavo him any reasons for ending negotiations and that he was unablo to explain tho phrase. Knulley was certain that May did not say It was because of tho Arohbald Investigation. In-vestigation. May tcstlllcd that ho had explained it was because of complications complica-tions as to title, buL Bradley could not remember that. At $20,000, Bradley testified, he expected ex-pected to make "a little money" out of the Culm pile. Mc said he did not know Williams and Archbald wcro only paying ?S000 for the property. The trial-will continue Monday.