The Washington herald., 1913-07-29
MULHALL' SSTORY
OF SECRET ROOM
Colonel, on Stand. Tel. Of
Chamber Engaged BY Rep
resentative McDermott.
WAS ASKED TO RESIGN
Letters 10 n. A. N. O&eials Tel Of
"BuYeau of Information"
Of MeMiehael.
WAS ASKED TO RESIGN
NJ JOSEPH r. ANNIN.

Of McMiehaeL
NJ JOSEPH r. AMIN.
| Evidence strongly corroborative Of the
Mulhall charges against Representative
James T. McDermott, of the Fourth ILL.,
nois District. and J. H. McMichael.
former chief page of the House. was in
troduced at the hearing before the Sem
ate lobby investigating COMMITTEES yester-
day.
Both through letters read into the rec
ord and through amplihcations of these
letters in Mulhalrs answers to questions.
II was alleged that McDermott was in
the closest kind Of association with Null
hall: that he turned over a secluded office
room to the latter as place Of secret
meetings: that he (McMichaeD and Null
hall met two or three nights . week out
side of the Capitol, and that he was
| known at the New York Office of the
National Association OF Manufacturers as
one Of the best friends the organization
had at Washington.
As for McNichaei Il was proved
| through his own signature to several let
tiers and to one receipt that he was on
| the pay roll of the National Association
| of MANUFACTURERS. The committee pro-
duced, had identified by Mulhall, and
placed In the record a receipt given Null
hall by McMichael for 800 for two
| months salary even after Congress had
adjourned.
Letters from Mulhall to General Mana
ger Bird told of the bureau OF informal
| ton McMichael had organized. and
waxed enthusiastic over the great inside
| work being done through using the pages
to eavesdrop on members
McDermott i'm Aeronautics.
Throushout his testimony on NcDer-
mott and McMichael. Mulhall has been
decidedly hazy as to the proper sequence
in which to place occurrences. and ap-
parent contradictions continually are
cropping up in his stories through con-
fiicting dates.
The relation by Col Mulhall Of an
alleged venture into fields aeronautic by
IMcDermott served the double purpose of
emphasizing the fact that the n. A. NJ
was cognizant of his connections with
Mulhall. and of breaking the monotony
of the afternoon with an occasional
laugh.
According to MulhaIl McDermott be-
came interested in a patent owned by
Connecticut inventor. on a non-capsizable
aeroplane. Mulhall gave McDermott let
tiers of introduction to a number of New
England manufactures
Mulhall says McDermott and his
friends got into Connecticut manufac-
turers to the tune Of about $1,000 in
plane. and then got out to escape being
mobbed.
.'How did McDermott usually approach
you when he wanted to borrow money!
asked Senator Nelson.
well, I hardly know how to answer
that. I can tell you of one instance.
was leaning up against the bar at Fritz
Reuters Hotel, where We usually met.
one night, and I pulled out my entire
roll. Ne swept it OF my hand and didn't
even give me car fare back. I thought
I'd get some OF 1t back. but he kept 1t
ALL"
How much was there in that roll?'
About $50"
He probably was broke at the time
suggested Senator Nelson
Il never knew him to be any other
way. Senator"
Story of secret Room.
In a letter which carried to General
Manager Bird the information that
'.McMichaels has gotten things into first
class shape as far as our bureau OF in
formation is concerned" Mulhall wrote:
We have a room in the Capitol at
the present time. and We have fully
supplied it with working material. with
out cost to our association"
who got this room for your asked
Senator Nelson
Mr.. McDermott." replied MulhaII
promptly.
what use had 1t been put to before
il was turned over to your
II understand il was assigned to Mr..
McDermott as a member of the COM
mitee on agriculture"
Were there any employees in itT'
mo. there was a young woman.
Miss Mason. who came to me for dicta-
ton and did her typewriting elsewhere,
and Mr.. McAIichaels reported to me fire.
quently.
WAS the room secluded"
Perfectly"
Did McDermott turn It over to you
or did McMichael?'
'McDermott told me to take the room
and told McMichaels to give me the
key"
WAS McDermott ever around there?'
Frequently
Malhall Asked to Resign.
Many of the letters read into the rec
ord yesterday dealt with the fight Of the
y. A. NJ, assisted by Assistant I0otm8S-
ter General Stewart. against a bill in
troduced in the House by Representative
Lloyd Of Missouri. authorizing the organ
zing of postal clerks.
The last letter read was the one In
which Mulhall submitted his resignation.
From the tone Of the letter. he was not
then in at all the militant mood he since
has assumed toward the organization,
and the letter does not bear out the
statements attributed to the colonel that
ie left the organization because he could
not stand the "gumshoe" tactics. The
etter shows that his resignation was de-
handed of him. following q session be-
lore the board Of directors. His expla-
nation of this was cut short by adjourn
nent. but he got so far as to say that
lie had gone UP to Maine. and. in trying
% take care of some Of the N. A. NJ.
friends up there, had gotten the organi-
,ation mixed up in the liquor question.
,r that his superiors believed he had. On
to New York, he said that
General Manager Bird censured him so
severely that he lost his temper and re-
,lied to Bird with more frankness than
diplomacy. Following this, he was called
,efore the board. and the next day he
endered his resignation to General Man
ger Bird.
Letters between James E. Watson and
chairman Overman. of the committee,
egarding request made by Mr. Watson
or an immediate hearing before the COM
nittee, were read into the record
Senator Overman announced yesterday
hat he believed Mulhar would be on the
tand befora Friday II L. nroho hla that