Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-16


II never seen any money actually
pass between them" said the witness,
leaning back in his chair and pausing
to puff his cigarette. But l had rea-
son to believe that plenty of 1t was
passing. l got mine open and above
board"
why do you say you had reason to
believe money was passing?
The witness leaned forward and
pounded on the committee table:
I'm not fool, he declared viger-
ously. When two guys like me and
McDermott sit down TO a table and the
two of us amt got penny. and thlrd
man comes in and We have eats ana
drinks and get up with the dough
known that dough don't grow on trees
On on the table,
The witness said that he. McDermott
and Mulhall. after comforting at the
Capitol would adjourn TO dining room
in a small hotel near the Capitol. for
extended sessions" He described the
room provided in the Capitol for the
conferences as a good place to sleep
off DRINKS"
How would you or McDermott know
these conferences" asked Chairman
Garrett.
Wed just smile at each other" he
said Both of US was careful not to
let the other know about how much
money we had. If Mulhall gave me two
bills I'd hide the larger one and flash
the smaller one, because every time
flashed anything over two dollars he
copied half of it. He would go to the
cashier and give him his money and
draw two dollars and come back tc
where | was. He'd say to the cashier
For Gods sake, don't let Mack see
this We were both doing this.
The committee and the spectators
laughed heartily at McMiehael,s deserip-
ton of these transactions.
AT this time your relations with Me-
Dermott were confidential?" asked Gar
ret.
"Oh, yes said the witness. He said
that hotel cashier named Regain had
made affidavit as to these transactions.
Regain will appear later.
The money he received from Mulhall
on these occasions. the witness said. was
always deducted from his monthly st-
pend. He said that his employment by
Mulhall was for the purpose of keeping
Mulhall and James f. Emery, counsel for
the National Association of Manufacture
ers, advised of the status of legislation
in the House and in various committees
and supplying documents to National AS
ISOLATION of Manufacturers officials.
Throughout McMichaers testimony Rep
resentative McDermott sat directly OPP
posite the witness watching him closely.
and listening attentively to his story.
Tonight. McMichaels went over in de-
tail the Mulhall letters in which he was
mentioned or of which he had any knowl-
edge. He told of advancing SO to send
Mulhall to Chicago in 1912 to collect funds
for McDermott's campaign. When Nc
Dermott returned to Washington after
the campaign he told McMichaels, the
witness said, that Mulhall had not col
lected a Nickel" although Mulhall later
produced the list showing that he had
collected $3.50 for McDermotts support
from manufacturers in his district. in ad-
dition to two checks for $3.50 each from
Harold Mccormick, which Mulhall pre-
viously had produced.
Attempts by Mulhall to dispose OF
collection of affidavits which Me-
Michaels said, showed that Burns de-
tectives had committed perjury in 4
counterfeiting case, were detailed al
length. After Mulhall had left the Ma
1 tional Association of Manufacturers
the witness said. these affidavits Were
offered to the corps of attorneys de-
Tending Former Senator Lorimer in
the Senate for the purpose of dis
crediting the evidence of Burns de-
tectives. Later he added he and Null
hall tried to get McDermott to turn
, over the aflidavits and other docu-
ments in Muhall's possession includ-
ing the correspondence recently made
public, to committee Of the House
| to Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and
! to Clarence Darrow, defending the
! Mcnamara brothers in the dynamit-
/ ing cases on the Pacific coast.
McMichaels told of conferences
early in 1912, at a saloon near the
Capitol when, he said, he. McDermott
and Mulhall drew up resolution pro-
viding for the publication of the Null
hall correspondence and documents
lie said that McDermott agreed ia
see Speaker Clark, Majority Leader
Underwood and Republican Leader
Mann and If they We're faborably in
clined to introduce the resolution in
the House.
! Three days later" said the wit
ness, "McDermott told Mulhall that
he had seen the leaders and that they
advised against the introduction OF
the resolution. McDermott lied about
that. He hadn't seen the leaders
How do you know he lied?" asked
Chairman Carrot.
why he'd rather lie than eat" said
McMichaels.
The chairman had some difficulty ir
restoring order in the committee room
after this outburst.