Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-07-09 | Page 6 | Piles Testifies for Judge Hanford

PILES PIUS TESTIFIES FOR JUDGE HANfORD WORD SEATTLE S ATTLE Wash Vash J July ly 9 Samuel H. H t Piles t former United States senator was called by the defense yesterday In the onal Investigation t of ot United S States te Judge Cornelius Hanford and the legal mazes surrounding the celebrated Sullivan myan case ase were ere added to the tho record of ot 1 testimony n onY t Tho first questions directed at the wit wit- peas ness ess had t tp do with the habits of ot J Judge ge geIl Il when hen off ott the bench Mr fr Piles Piles Piles' described the usual drinks called for b by the tho Judge and himself when they met at a club as had had ha been their practice twice a a week for a a. year past I HI Ho JIG declared he h had d never seen een Judge Hanford Hanford under the Influence of ot li liquor nor norand and that the jurist drank no more than thana a gentleman ordinarily drinks on such occasions at the banquets both men had bad attended Mr Ir Piles riles contradicted the testimony of or Witness s Peterson who had said that that he had seen the Judge and the former ena- ena tor on the street together recently the former showing signs of or Intoxication Mr Pile was WWI then questioned concernIng concerning concerning concern concern- ing the Sullivan will case cas In which Judge Hanford's decision nullifying tho the probatIng in Ing of at the oral will wUl of or Marie Carru was reversed reversed by tho the appellate court cort and the case dismissed by the supreme court of or orth th tho United States Piles te testified that his firm Oral was engaged on p. p a contingent contingents fee tea b by the themen men mn who financed John R Wright right to find the Irish heirs hol of ot the aged Seattle capitalist t who left Jett an estate valued at Mr Piles could not remember the names names of oC the companies that finally came Into possession of or the estate and asked repeatedly that h pl la attorney James Jame B. B Howe be called Howe was summoned and gave a full history of or the flan George Gcorge formerly United States district Judge testified that Ian Han fords fordu apparent nodding and napping In court did not Interfere with his a aUen- aUen tion n l' tion to cases Witness had never naVI noticed Judge Han Han- J ferd rd under the Influence of Intoxicants