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Show I EH AGIST judge mm in jj Attorneys for Accused Jurist jj .Will Begin Their Case E j on Monday. ' i; . WASHINGTON, Dec. H. The testimony testi-mony upon which tho houso managers ask the senate to convict Judge Robert I, W. Arcbbald, of tho oonuuerco court, of misbehavior and raisdemounors in ! office vras concluded today. On Monday Mon-day attorneys of the accused judgo will begin tbo presentation of tho wit-l wit-l nesaos for tho defense. I, Today's witnesses tucludcd C. Laruo Munson, of Williamsport, Pa.: Samuel H. Swicplo, of tho Premier Coal com-f com-f ?any, of Bcranton; Fred W. Joues, of ;! the Delawaro & Hudson Coal company) i, 0. H. Vonstorck, a Scrantou lawyer; W. W. Risingor, a coal man of Scran- ton: W. "M". "Ruth, bank cashier of j Scranton; J. . Wilson, t-ccrotriry of ; the Sdranton-Honduras Miuinp: coin pany; Edward R, Scarlo, clerk of the federal court in middle Pennsylvania, aud T. F. Farrell, of Now York. Most of tho witnesses testified in regard re-gard to Judge Are.hba.ld ?s alleged ac- tivity in regard, to tho culm bank i leases and ' tho discounting of notes bearing his namo. luuson aud Scarlo were examined in regard to the raising ; of $500 as a purse" toward defraying J'udgo Archbald's trip to Europo iu IflJO. Mr. Munson said ho was asked to subscribe to tho purse nnd that he declined because of his high regard for tho judge and his dosiro not to embarrass embar-rass him. "L would like to sav," added Mr. IMuuson, "that I always found Judge Arcbbald absolutely fair and impartial and that I never tried a caso before a more honorable nnd upright judge than .i he.-' , Mr. Scarlo declared, that sihec testi- j lying before the house judiciary committee com-mittee ho had refreshed his memory in regard to tbo purso. Ho said tho plan 1 to present it originated in talk about giving tbo judge a dinner boforo lcnv-t- :ng for Europo. It developed that onl- eight or nino could attend tho dinner and so those who had planned tbo affair af-fair agreed to givo the judge tho money raised. They feared that tho judgo would rcfuso it and so put tho money in an envelope marked f'f-ailiug orders do not open until two days out." Mr. Scarlo said Judgo "Arcbbald came to him upon receiving a letter from the jurlffo's wife's cousia, Icnry W.. Can-uon", Can-uon", iuvitinp bim to bo Ins Rncst ou tbo European trip. Tlic witucsa explained ex-plained tbat .Tmlgo Arclibahl licsitated to accept because those bo owod un'sbl feci tbat bo should have used the inonnv it would have cost for the trip iu pa--inp lits debts. , Mr. Scarlo was j)rosscd an to tlic judpo's debts. Tie insisted there were debts but tbat tbo nudge's credit was good. Mudgc Arcbbald has been bold and is uow held in tho highest respect by tho people of Scrantou," said the wit-ucss. |