Show ALLEGE PLOT I TO ENTRAP ARCHBALD Bolands Defeated in His Court Planned Ruin of Jurist SENSATIONAL STORY BY CONFIDENTIAL CLERK Grew Out of Lawsuit Between Be Be- tween Coal Men and Employee WASHINGTON V May Iny 13 A 13 A purported deliberate plan of or W w. P P Boland to entrap Judge Rb Robert Robort r W. W of or the commerce corn com cm mr merce e court in an embarrassing transaction transaction tion ton was revealed c toda today before the house Judiciary committee which Is IB Investigating ing InK charges Charle brought b by Boland to determine determine deter deter- mine whether Impeachment nt proceedings against the jurist urist shall be instituted b bytho by tho s senate nate Allan Alan confidential secretary of or orthe the Interstate commerce commission read reail rea to the tho committee his memorandum of W W. W P. P Bolands Boland's orl original nal statement of the char charges es against Judge Archbald Boland according to the memorandum told Interstate Interstate Inter Inter- state Commerce Con Meyers Meyer that he pur sought to entrap Judge Archbald in the Kat Katydid culm bank transaction transaction trans trans- action acton after ater a demurrer in iii a suit against his hs coal company had been decided deWed against him in Judge Archbald's court court Boland Boland declared r that he sent E. E E. E J J. J Williams WlIam Wl- Wl Wil WI- hams liams Iam to Archbald to lure luro him into the Katydid culm option opton deal with the Erie Erle railroad after Williams ilams had come to him with wih Jud Judge e Archbald's 50 note for dis db- count count- count Boland declined to discount the note ard and subsequently nt his demurrer was s decided against him In making charges Boland admitted according to Cockrell that ho he had us used d Williams In an effort eror to involve olve fn the judge in a discreditable transaction Brownell Aso Also Witness Cockrell was was the first witness and amid G G. F F. Brownel Brownell first vice president of the Erie Eric E railroad whom Judge Archbald is alleged to have ha-e. asked ake about about the te Katydid Culm bank property was wa amo among those tose present preset ready to lt rea Mr Cockrell prepared prepare th the memorandum of at charges Archbald which were submitted by Interstate Commerce Commissioner ner Meyer Meyer Cockrell made notes of ot the charges a as al outlined to Com Com- Meyer by WS W. P. P Boland of or th the lop Mariori Coal company of or Scranton Pa Fat H ip copy of te the memorandum wh which ch chwa was wa as read rend the record Contra Contracts s Identified Tf The n i i s 's t th thaE L I s seral p eral yer years ago ao the Marion Coal Cal company owned owne by the DOland brothers rs ha had as a manager a- a aman man nam named Peel who vho who wt was discharged and ad who filed fe suit stilt for breach of at contract A demurrer was 3 filed lla Jn in inthis this arid and W W. P. P case ad Boland Bold declared that E E. J J Williams ns' ns c came to to him with witha a a note signed by by Juge Ar Archbald him to discount it i. i Boland re refused ro- ro fused aking d to discount It It The demurrer demurer wo was not sustained and the tle cae case is i still pending The memorandum set et forth the statement state state- ment that Boland wa was much aroused and determined to t trap Judge Archbald in de U which would unfit him for th the bench Roland Boland thereupon according te to the memorandum set this trap with the t Katydid culm bank transaction wih with the Efe Erie Brie railroad as the vehicle and Edward Edwal J. J Williams as a the tIme agent in this plan All thi this was while the case was pending in the commerce commee I The negotiations were carried out cour until Boland Boland Bo Bo- Bo- Bo land exposed ec them to the government o officials The memorandum also Stated int d the te circumstances relating relating- to the te Marion Marlon Coal Coat company compan and ad the Delaware I Lack ack- Lc- Lc a wanna railroad before the interstate commerce commission Mr fr Cockrell Cocrel participated in the con con- conferences con con- with Attorney General Wickershain Wickersham Wick Wick- er ham later when tho the Bolands related their charges lo to t him He HP was asked II lf Edw ird J. J Williams when Attorney General AUoreY Wickersham Wickerham showed him photo photographic copl copies ss s of the papers In tho case cae had repUdiated any of them as he has done before the a corn com mi tee cm- cm I Williams did not dispute any am of ot this UI I all al MS papers and admitted said S ald Cockrel he had He le signed them Planned Planed to t Entrap Judge Mr Mi- Cockrell al alo aIo o auld suld that Cockrel n i i i which Identified tho alignment assignment contract TS In Judge Archbald I wag WM referred d loy SUI a nt part party This Williams William WS to lo y before bf re iw th the committee c. c though edging his bis 1 signature On eros cross 01 examina Hon tion ton Mr iti- Cockrell Cockrel wa was akl aked I if v W. p r. Bo SoT o land h hail said am anything thins about any ny other othel federal ra Judge d declared that Bo Boi land in with Commissions Commissions- Bo Me ec February 21 IA last l. l had affidavit made b by sorno omo one in ret referring to a breach of or promise suit a federal fed fed- eral cral In judge ludge Scranton This was as a matter mater not supported bv by anything hut but th the lt at hand land said aid CockrelL It ft did not I appear much on its Iu face tace and it Iw was apper d deemed mc l ii- ii advisable able to mike make nn any II ai t reference to it in these proceedings ll in J J J. T r. r of ot a civil ll and mining en engineer t testified that the th the number of tons In tho l Katydid culm amounted to UlAn 90 it di S I negotiated for tor In the option n from the tho I opt Erie b b- b Williams and Judge Archbald as thing thing- over o tons rh rhe total value yalu ot of th the contents d' d was Val rh The options WPM were to hav cost Williams and Archbald |