| Show NOTED CRIMINAl LAWYER NOW V FACES COURT IN N Y Savior of Notorious Crooks Broken and Haggard Faces Charge of Bribing I Jury Hiding Place Found I Th Through Though ough Woman lit Iii 1 MA COL COLU ELLIS ELTIS Special Correspondent of The Standard Copyright 1924 by The Th Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated dated ness Pi ens ess Association An YORK Juh Jull 26 A 26 A A ira tra- tra-Kedy tra I edy gedy less Iss le poignant I than Chicago's but mainly because death was nas not ed 11 v as staged staffed In the thc crim inI division of or the tho federal court here her herI I lat broke broko without a friend nd In the tho underworld on whose back he climbed to fame and whoso whose mou h piece he was esen eHn a man or of o the l l-ew cw York bar barto barto barto to raise his voice In his bis behalf I Dill Bin rail rallon on once the leading crim criminal inal law lawer er In tho the orlas world lead lend lendIng leading leading ing city of crime Is Js fighting for tor Isis his honor A ear ago go rallon held the un- un undisputed undisputed un undisputed disputed supremacy in the tho crim criminal inal mat practice of ot New York lie He boasted hit he ho had collected in tees fees In t two tue 0 weeks lie lIo as the refuge the law or of more notorious criminals and nd they paid him well sell He Ho reI I among others Mckey Ickey Arnstein Mho ho li Is serving time at nt Len Leaen- worth Leaven orth foi the bond theft In Wall Vall street Bolty Botty tho alleged extortionist t to I pro pro- protect pro protect whose ankles ankle from the gayo gare and and prejudice prejudice-of prejudice of the tho jur the judge had a railing built as the I trial sas as recessed Dandy Phil and Isis his hi wife Daisy whO ere 1 ore charged char with working the I badger game on a II rich tc and the rul er ruler and McGee who isbn have o confessed that they s swindled the tho public out of more mor thin 10 GHI T T It is the tue story o of a n country laner la suddenly lifted to fame ot of a man wed cd tho ho Into inlo the tho associations pf pC the halt half V world orld orid by his practice became It Its leading leiding spendthrift and andone andone lone one of ot the five greatest monc money easter In the tho s history o of a aman aman aman man who sho ho forfeited the tho peace of ofa ofa o oa a a country to town n for the troubled e and a II certain fame In Inthe inthe Inthe the rallon FalIon rose ro e to hi his eminence In New lork ork City In bi 51 yeats In 1917 17 In V ter count as asas assistant district dl ho he sue sue- successfully suc successfully prosecuted 2 20 lit men nien on indictments The city lured him His brain heavy y with erudition his tongue tons suave SUa and quick sharp In a fIght tight manner and his knowledge of law carried him 1110 through No 10 lawyer who ho ho crossed with wills him scored cored a thrust lie was the de ot of older men and tho the delight of ot novitiates at atthe the bar He knew the th law he knew human nature lIe He had a grandiose dl for the reputations reputations reputations ot of men long established In criminal practice and jO ac- ac accepted ac accepted battle with aIth Ith them He lie ns termed the czar of the Forty Forty- second street bar A favorite story tory of ot his hl disregard for money Is that each tach morning ho he sent his t chiLi clerk erk Into the office of ot Ills his partner who attended to the tho of- of of office Ice flee details with eith this thi greeting Good morning Mr 11 1 rallon jallon sends Isis his regards and would like to have 1000 for tor spending mone money today BROKEN DOWN NOW Today he ho sat at In the federal courtroom here a pallid man wrinkled clothing still younG but with a II face lined el with the seams seama of ot dissipation and worry to answer the charge of brIbing J a jury jUl The Th magnificent furnish furnish- furnishIngs furnishings ings logs of his bis office have hae been taken by the th sheriff In payment pa ment of or the room rent his clients ave 1 ae as ashe ashe ash he described It fled led like 1110 rats from a sinking ship D OIL As Ac A he slouched douched In his seat scat Fallon heard an assistant district who has ha fought him In Inmany inmany Inmany many cases accuse him of haying having won those cases by buying jurors Three times ho he h pi e a n a con con- conviction conviction con conviction of Fuller luller and McGee each time the jury stood 11 to 1 con con- con conviction As the third trial ended the Juror who voted soLed for tor acquittal as arrested He Ho confessed that ice he had accepted a 0 bribe from Fallon Falion to hold out for acquittal ot of the th ruller Fuller and McGee pleaded guilty and will sill III ap- ap appear ap appear pear against t allon The will appear against him also Only ono one friend of his many stands by him That I is Gertrude Vanderbilt the tho actress It was through h her that rallon rollon was caught Ho He disappeared as a the juror confessed and for tor a month hid In a tiny flat In the outskirts of the tho city Watch Vatch the woman oman is Oman the secret I ser serIce Ice men were vere Instructed 1 hey hoy located rallon by trailing Mis Miss Vanderbilt Ho ito had a 10 bill billIn billIn billIn In his pocket all pocket all the money he he said Tho The rest of ot It went on false friends rallon ration explained non non- nonchalantly non nonchalantly lighting a Evidence In the th trial of the tho bucket hop shO shOed ed that he ad Ld a check for 3 he received from the firm 0 oer er to Miss Ho He was often oCten seen with Peggy Joyce Jooe the In roadhouse restaurants She's She a nice gill gici rallon rollion said aid of l Peggy egy She married three that hit s 5 moro mono than moot gills gli la can an dos doU do U JURY J rallon represented MI MIts JO Joco co hen she sho brought her bel 2 worth of je jewels els through the tho cus- cus customs cus custom toms tom house hou e The Tho district attorney charges that I allon won many of hIs ca cues cases es through jury I fixing ing ou Fa Pal Pal- Fallon lou lon In r ans ans n cr has lIas filed tiled an affi- affi affidavit davit attl-davit davit the contents of which are said to be sensational The Tho trial judge brAnded It sensational scandalous and grossly gros grossly ly Ins Ins- Im I proper What It contains only II on his attorney and the jUdge l know V no as lIS the tho Judge had it seal d dand and locked In a vault vaultI I I allon la is I not the tho sort ort however to be dismayed by a Judge Ho 10 still Ill attempt to bring out the contents of oC the affidavit In hi his trial It Is l known Down that he be- be be lIves himself persecuted The hearst papers paper have been relent l I ss sg towal d him 00 oo 00 |
