Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-20
Attorney Davis Resents Ques-
tions Propounded at Lobby
Investigation.
INCIDENT DURING QUIZ
OF GEORGE D. HORNlNG
Witness Discl0ses New Fund of Sew
eral Thousand Dollars in Pawn
brokers' Campaign.

House lODDy 1nyeStlgatlOn committee
hearing today. while Horning was being
put through a vigorous cross-examination
by Mr.. Nolan.
For almosts an hour Representative
Nolan had been examining Horning.
standing close to the witness and talking
IN q loud voice and with a very deter
mined manner. He was endeavoring to
get some further details as to the re-
ceipt for $1,000 which Horning received
from Mr.. Davis when the attorney was
paid for legal services in connection with
the Dyer loan shark bill.
Mr.. Nolan asked a question and i'm
mediately Mr.. Davis arose.
Il object to that question: he said to
Chairman Garrett, las it implies that the
receipt was manufactured for this Occa-
sion and / will say to the gentleman that
l can settle the matter with him outside
this ROOM
Mr.. Nolan has perfect right to ask
that question" said Mr.. Garrett.
81 meant to imply just that" said Rep
resentative Nolan, land as to going out
side, I'm ready at any time
Implies Doubt Of Witness.
The hearing then resumed its course
without further interruption. Mr.. Nolan
had been putting questions to Horning
plainly indicating that Nolan did not be-
lieve all that had been related regarding
the amount which the pawnbrokers had
raised and expended. The Davis fee had
been the point of a rather long-drawn
battle of wits between Nolan and Horn
ing.
The ongressman's purpose was evi-
to djScrodif Mr. HOrninR'S state.
ment that all three pawnbrokers who
employed Mr.. Davis knew that his fee
| was 5000.
did you ever receive any other
| shark legislation asked Chairman
Garrett. To every ones surprise Horn
| ing then related the details OF a fund
amounting to several thousand dollars
made. although the committee has ear
nestly striven to obtain just this infor-
nation.
Names the Contributors.
Horning said he got from J. S. Masters
5000; A. Case. $79O or $500; William
Bishop. $1,000; a man named Watt Of
Philadelphia, 1000: a man named Wall of
| Chicago, 5000, and Horning gave about
| 1880.
This was all in addition to the s3. $50
paid by the three brokers, Burnstine,
Heidenheimer and Horning. about which
| there had been previous testimony.
Asked what was done with this money
amounting to more than $500, the WIT
ness sad H. Z. Davis had received an
| other S2,uOO; that Tucker. Kenyon & Mac
| fariand received 81 ,OCO for work on a case
now in court testing the validity Of the
| bill.
Horning said he had $500 of this
| fund "in his safe"
What are you going to do with it?'
"Oh l am going to fight this bill! I'm
not going to stop. If this fight fails I'm
going to introduce another bill. / feel
| l never was treated fairly.
| He said once ex-senator Thurston
was employed by the loan brokers Ito
| look out for their interests"
Flatly Contradicts McMichael.
| Horning made a fiat denial of Nc
| Michaers former statement that Nc
! Michael had been asked to sign a note
for $50 with his name and that Of Repre-
| sentative McDermott.
| What. Do you think 1 would ask a
| man to commit forgery Horning said
| to Representative Russell.
| But McMichael was McDermott's con-
fdential secretary it was suggested.
NO secretary has the right to sign
| another mans name to note The
| note wouldn't be worth the paper 1t is
written on.
| Horning said he had loaned $5O to
McMichael on jewelry. and could not re-
| member whether 1t had been paid. He
also said that the so which McMichael
| had borrowed and not repaid was not
charged off the books at Representative
McDermott's request. as McMichael had
testified He said the exact amount owed
- hin, by REPRESENTATIVE McDermOtt iS
s1.os5.
Mr.. Horning said he always under
stood McDermott to be against the
Dyer bill because 'he was card
man..
what do you mean?
"He carries labor union card" and
the labor union committee which ef-
amined the bill reported that 1t should
nroyide- for per cent a month, the
nawnbrokers to come out of the bill.
As McDermott is a union man. j pre-
snmed he would vote the way labor
wanted him to.
that the whole District committee had
,nistreated him." as his attorney, Mr..
fucker. had been given only ten min
ntaa Of time when he appeared be-
fore it.
Enclosures of George d. Horning.
c.oree D. Horning. the pawnbroker
Jxxyhn
annlov aid to defeat the pawnbrokers'
amendment to the Dyer loan shark bill.
testified before the committee yesterday
afternoon that Representative James 7.
Mcnermott Of Chicago owes him $1,000.
ond that the debt has been standing for
ahout two years with no interest at
tached to it in any way. He said his
friendship for McDermott arose through
some of his relatives who live In McDer-
motifs district in Chicago. They worked
for McDermotts election. he said. and
when the representative came to Wash
,noton the two families became intimate.
forming said he had done considerable
uire pulling on his own account to get
cnnsressmen to ''see the right SIDE Of the
nawnbrokers' BILL and had talked with
Representatives Kahn, Buchanan. Cary.
Rothermel, Adair. Johnson. Dyer and per-
hans half a dozen others. His principal
Complaint, he said, was that the District
Committee did not give his side of the
question enough consideration. He also
mentioned the Monday Evening Club as
having framed the bill.
what is the Monday Evening Club"
asked Chairman Garrett
"A club of reformerS.
.Aro Won a memberYe