Lawyers Under Arrest

January 16, 1909

Summary

Corrupt lawyers are charged with bribing witnesses thrown in jail.

Transcription

New York, January 13. – Carl Fischer Hansen and Alexander Michelson, law partners, were arrested in the district attorneys office and held for $10,000 respectively, which was furnished. They are charged with bribery of witness or payment of money to witnesses for the purpose of withholding the truth.
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Location on Page

Lower Left Quadrant

Contributed By

Alan Banuchi

Citation

“Lawyers Under Arrest,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed May 17, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1852.