The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-11
MERRITT IS BACK
TO TELL It ALL
Says He Has Documents to
Prove Worse Than He
Told Before
STANLEY DECLARES
GARY Is SOCIALIST
Rockefeller Declines Invita-
ton to Defend Integrity,
but Gates Must
Come

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.--Leonidas
Merritt, OF Duluth, Mimi, whose tes-
timony was the sensation of the inNes-
tigation by tho Stanley Steel COM
mittee has returned to Washington 10
give testimony before the committee
which he says Will be still more SEN
sational He declares that the reve-
lattons he proposes to make about the
dealings OF Rockefeller and Gates
with himself will be most startling,
and that he is provided with doou-
ments to prove everything that he
says.
AS soon as Chairman Stanley re-
ceived the letters of Rockefeller and
Gates announcing that they didn't In
tend to come to Washington in re-
Spouse to his invitation he sat down
and wrote the following reply:
MY recent communication was not
intended to provoke a discussion as
to the value of Mr.. Merritt's testi-
mony or as criticism of your per-
sonal integrity. 1t was intended to
give you an opportunity to defend your
integrity.
VERY truly yours.
"A. o. STANLEY"
Mr. Stanley says that Gates at least
will come to Washington and will tes-
tify.
Merritt Again on Hand.
Merritt arrived in Washington i'm
mediately following the publication of
the Rockefeller and Gates letters and
called upon Representative Stanley.
chairman Of the investigation commit
tee The interview was short. To-
morrow or the next day Merritt will
tell Stanley the details of other pecu-
liar business dealings In which ne says
Rockefeller was concerned.
II didn't try to make my testimony
sensati onal. when I appeared before
the Stanley Committee said Merritt
today.
Il can give some that will be SEN
sational. and have the documents to
prove II. I am going to tell 1t all
to Mr.. Stanley.
"Of course know that Rockefeller
and Gates will use the retraction ]
signed sixteen years ago at every OPP
portunity. They paid $525.ooo for it,
and they are not likely to forget It.
But the people can hardly understand
how one can be harried by men OF
that type until one IL ready to do al
most anything. am an old man
now-old in years, anyway. would
much prefer to be back home with my
grandchildren than down here bring
ing to mind things which I have tried
to forget for nearly twenty years. but I
am willing to stay here all winter IL
necessar- to even up my score with
Rockefeller.
Il know that the combination which
am going after is the biggest in
the world. I was the one who intro
duced in evidence my own retra ction.
by the way. I didn't leave It for
Rockefeller to do.
Il have seen the Rockefeller and
Gates letters in the newspapers. no.
tice that Rockefeller makes one false
statement. even In such a short let
ter. He says he declared my state
ments false sixteen years ago both in
sworn testimony and upon cross-ex-
animation As a matter Of fact he
didn't appear In person at the hearing.
He sent written statement"
Rockefeller ''SmOked Out
Merritt did not appear to be
wrought up In the least about the
disinclination Of Rockefeller and
Gates to testify. Anyhow. It was the
first time Rockefeller has ever been
smoked out enough to come back
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