Show ENDS IN IRY BY RESIGNING JUDGE HANFORD SENDS resignation TO PRESIDENT WHILE UNDER investigation accused justice justices counsel declares that the judge hai has desired to resign Relf lr for several week weeks no further action will be taken seattle wash states die brict judge cornelius II 11 hartford IIan tord the first federal judge appointed when waa was admitted to statehood twentythree twenty three years ago ent sent his resignation monday to president tatt taft while the i last es were wait ing ng to testify before the house ludi judi clary committee which has been heaping evidence relative to charges ot of misconduct filed flied against judg llan han ford the committee will leave at once for washington taking a voluminous record of the twenty days testimony and also the records of 0 the law suits upon which moat ot of the charges against judge II anford were based it Is the general understanding that no further action of any kind will to ln taken by the bouse house judge blanford a chief counsel EL C aid said after the resignation that jhb judge has desired to resign several weeks seeks ago but could not well do so with no evI evidence deace heard in the case the judge and bis his friends ac cording to counsel are satisfied kith with the showing made by him in the hear ing which they may BJ did not sustain the charges abat the judge was anxious to reli was kept secret from all per onu in washington ura from every bod badr in seattle except his counsel |