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JIIBWt-l Ill*- VdMInterest to LaPorteans for the iMtcn Hint Mr Talbot Is wrllknown Id La-I’orte. one of the members of the prosecuting committee is a former l^aPorte ationtey. the Parrow-Talobt disbarment case Is brought in, the old Lake Shore gang figure prominently ami John W. Talbot ami John Johnson. who were In the Darrow-Talbot case are also involved In this action.The caption of the complaint t-ears the name* of legal committe— men, the regular form of legal documents ami sets for the imrpntie f*:r which the commit lee wn* npitoiuicd: It al-o States When I lie defendant was admitted to the bur and that lie is siow a pranking attorney.A- a prefix to the *|H'Clfiejt ion* the cosnpialnt state* that Jo-cpli K. Tal*«olt; has blt;■ n guilty of ullful violations of his duties a- all an T-'tii* and th*- charge, specified fol-. low:j S|«e( ifi.nt Ion one charge, that on :July 1 !•“». John Lhle.k.-r filed!a complaint in circuit court against August Wicgatiu and Johanna Wic-gand to foreclose a me.halli.'s lien: that Mr. Talbot was employed n* the idiiintin - attorney ami that after the case hud been duly filed and I -el fur lilal Ml Tulbiit 1il-d an al* I leged and spurious allldavit for a jchiinge uf venue, i The aflldavit Is I then reproduced i. The specific;!-! -lot, furlicr *a' 1 that lit— d*-f*-ml !ant did not sweat to the nflidavit . and that the action on the e.irt ofcut ini; attorney, notwithstanding the fact that on or about the 22nd day of January. iC-OS. In a suit pending In the Elkbart circuit court. Elkhart county. Indiana, entitled In The Matter of the Charges Against 1-emuel Harrow. Il-iuiin \V. Worden and John W. Talbot. a Judgment was rendered by the Elkhart circuit cour' forever disbarring the said John W. Talhoi from practicing as an attorney at-law in any of the courts of the state of Indiana and that during dll tltm-s from January 22i»d. l'WC. the -aid Joseph W. Talbot well kimw that Inlin w. Talbot had been disbarred. That wliile ailing 3s prosecuting at: lonn-y. S’ate's Ationtev Talbot in absolute tiisr* said of his duties us an attorney and as prosecuting attorn* v did wilfully, wrongfully. knowingly and In absolute contempt of the older of lit** oiersaid court, employ John 'V. TallwM a« deputy ptoxi-i Mime Htinrmy and that as mh lie prmliced ill tie- vatiims POllftK of ’It'scomity Spy tile i lutt-gcs are made in til- illations uf cases tried by J W T.ilbot In the Justice iOih' of William 11 Wtight in tin* criminal n«« **f tie- state v*. Idn It Cripe et a I ; Suite I’iIii Collide: Sliiie 'Vji-lui/ Sim* d« t Stab- ' Kal.t'/.ynnItm-lhiski and tin- State \ Vlolr. Schultz ami Charles Pi'us. Also 'Itat In- was permitted to ivpiwni the mat- In the cliy court in He- criminal cam- uf iIn- Sian- \s Wllllnms Fe-ni-lug a ml «\ K. Konlt; r. Ii flirt h»i charge* Him other similar violation*Specification eleven charges that | the prosecutor did not prosecute one I Mary Margaret Smith, alias Madge 1 Cole, for keeping a house of prostltu- ■ tlon at 121 Colfax avenue, as well as not prosecuting her for the illegal sale of liquors and permitting a slot machine to be kept In the place.Specification Ii charges: That Joseph Talbot was regularly elected prosecuting attorney In 1906 and ibat In June. 1907. and for a long time thereafter, one Bert Aunis did keep, maintain and operate a gambling ; house in the city; that Mr. Talhot ; was fully acquainted am! advised of is Hie fm-t ilia' such a gambling hous.- * •■visit'd mid was in iMosi-ssion of ••'!• 1 dence *umcleni to prosi-cute and cott \ vict the owm-r of tin* place and that t he was requested to prosecute said I Aunis but failed, refused, and ne*t- v leeted to do so. whereupon he will- r fully delated and disregarded his dm i ti*-* a* a prtnei tiling attorney ami an t attorney at law. iAfter the charges were fili-d With i the court. Judge Funk looked then; , ox-r .uni passed tln m to Mr. Talbot's lt;altonu-ys. It It J kites. Samuel Park- 1-r. F. J. I^uls Meyer and C. V. Drummond, .Iu»i what will Ik* done by tli- di f-ttse Is not known «)ii;*r | ihaii it is umli rstnnd that nttswe*s . Will lie filed. The l|ofe|u|;nit ha* five days in wltbh to file his n-plh-s. Tblt;-• as** will he set fn* tvlnl at tin regie lor case.n.iing time.Asks Foe Speedy Trial.Mr. Tnltiot. uhell seen by a news-
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La Porte Weekly Herald
La Porte, Indiana, US
Thu, Sep 17, 1908
Page 10
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IN, USA 19 Jan 2018
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