Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-18
FRIEND OF JAMES n. SMITH
Will Reveal What He Knows of His
Chum's Life.
BUT ONLY IF OFFER Is TAKEN
Charles Mullholland interviewed in
Atlanta Penitentiary Regarding
Crimes Committed Here.
Special From a STAFF Correspondent.


ATLANTA. Ga. December lS-Onering
to reveal much 81 the life history OF
James IA. Smith. alias Kabusta, the man
accused OF assaulting Norris Bennett, tho
Seoar Heights. ID. c. grocer, and who
also is held by the Washington police as
suspect in the Mickie murder case,
CHARLES Mullholland, a convict in the
ieoeral prison here. today sought to per.
suade Sergt j. w. Mccormick, q mem.
Der Of the Washington police department.,
to intercede in his behalf through MAJ.
Sylvester with the pardon attorney at the
Department of Justice and with Presl-
dent Taft to secure a reduction In the
four-year term which he is now serving.
Mullholland predicated his proffer of in.
formation on the Communication OF his
sentence. hedging IL about with the re-
marianne requirement that Sergt McCor-
mick should go to Maj Sylvester and
have him get Attorney General Wickx-
sham to fix up the papers whereby I Will
not have to serve all of my term and
then have President Taft sign them and
bring them here and show them to me,
and then 1 viii tell you everything Z
know
Convicted of Forgery.
The convict is serving his term following
his conviction on n charge of robbery
| and Sergt. Mccormick. who came to At
! lanta as one OF the guards to a gang OF
convicts from the Washington jail, sought
him out because IT was known he former
ly was an intimate friend of Smith. The
policeman talked 10 MullnoIland for fully
| two hours, but no amount Of grilling
| would influence the convict to reveal
| whatever knowledge he had of the life
of his pal
The only information which Mullhol-
land gave was of a superficial nature and
ca. culated To prove that he regarded the
I actual testimony he could give might be
OF such value as to justify the purchase
/ price which he placed upon it. Muilhol-
land said he met Smith in the fall OF
1873. in saloon at 10th and ID streets
northwest. and subsequently they met
and became friends while 18th were in
| jail at Upper Marlboro, Md. After their
release from that jail they were together
much of the time, and Mul.holland de-
| ciared Smith, or kabusta, told him a
| of residence of the Smiths. He said Smith
| told him his father was q rancn owner
in Texas, though Mullholland professed a
lack OF memory regarding the exact place
| related to him many experiences of his
| life in Chicago. in which city I'm ISIS
he frequented State street resort known
as 'Hinkey Dinks.'
Did Not Know Squiers.
Sergt. Mccormick questioned Mullhol-
land regarding the murder OF Joseph e.
Squiers, the pension Office clerk who was
shot and killed on the morning of NJ
vember 70, 1863. I'm the woods a short dis
| lance from the Wine View Club, Eta
street and, Brentwood road northeast, bur
Mullholland declared he never had been
at the club and he did not know squiers
Mullholland tried to lead the policeman
to believe that he could give some I'm
formation about the murder OF william,
Mlckie In exchange for a reduction in hi 4
prison term, but Mccormick upset Tho
piis oners theories in this regard h,.
pointing out that any knowledge he had
or the Mickie murder must have beca
Cleaned from the newspapers since Null
holland was committed to the Atlanta
peniientiary November IL, FIVE DAYS be-
| tore the murder occurred.
Tlsat terminated the snteryiew MuIIhol-
land declaring himself in this fashion:
"Al right: / won't tell you anything
| more. 4 only got four years to serve and
1 guess 1 can do IL without telling any
thing about Smith. who is my friend