The Washington herald., 1913-08-22
MULHALL AGAIN
ON THE STAND
Corroborates, in the Main,
Statements Made by
McMichael.
LOANS TO MDERM0TT
Memory Fails Him in Regard to Some
Details-Henry E. Davis to
> Testify Today.
LOANS TO M'DERMOTT

The investigation of the loan shark
lobby by the Garrett committee OF the
House was halted yesterday afternoon
by the failure of witnesses to appear. 1t
viii be continued today when Henry Z.
Davis takes the stand.
Nolan L. Chew, formerly note broker,
who was mentioned by Horning, and
Charles E. Tribby, who formerly did
some money lending. took the stand for
brief statements of no particular i'm
portance.
Resuming the stand yesterday after
noon Col Mulhall corroborated in large
part the story told by L H. McMichael
former chief page of the House, of the
relations between Mulhall and McDer-
mott and Mulhall and McMichael.
Reported Facts to Emery.
.'How soon did the fact of your en-
your supporters in the N. A. NJ asked
q member of the committee.
1.-The morning after the first meeting:
before I had paid him anything" replied
Mulhan. II reported the facts fully to
Mr.. Emery"
What did Mr.. Emery say?"
1T was perfectly agreeable to him. /
told him that it was impossible to do the
work assigned to me without some one
to assist me in collecting documents the
N. A. NJ. officers were always demand
ing"
Had Harry Parker been receiving a
regular salary up to that timer
'I believe not. think Mr.. Emery and
myself had been giving both Parker and
Neale, the Speakers messenger, substan-
tiaI tips of IS and $40. but neither of them
was paid a regular salary until after
McMichaers employment Then Mr..
Emery used to draw a check for 800
each month. and from that would give
McMichael $50. Neale $50, and Parker 81"
Continuing, he said: II tried on sew
eral occasions to get more pay for
McMichaeL because ne said he was al
ways dividing with another party"
who did he say he was dividing
with
The Honorable James T. McDermott.
McMichaei said McDermott was always
touching him for dough- and McDer-
mott frequently asked me TO nave NC
MichaePs pay raised in order that he
tMcDermotD might get more money from
IT.
Last Payment to Neale.
when did Neale get the last payment
under the new arrangement" asked
Representative Garrett.
II think at the time when Mr.. Emery
wrote me that he had been unable to
find either of them before he left Wash
ington Tor his European trip, and in
closed $50 to be divided between them"
why did Mr.. Emery, If he knew that
Neale was to get $50 and Parker so. send
you so to divide evenly?"
Mulha1 could offer no satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION
Representative STAFFORD asked him con-
corning his charge that McMichael had
listened to and reported private CONVEX
! sations on the floor of the House.
do you mean that he was eavesdrop-
ping?" asked Mr.. Stafford.
well, i wouldn't put 1t Just that
way, but, as a matter Of fact. that Is
about What it amounted to-"
But McAIichael has sworn that he
had never given you any such infor-
nation, that it was beneath him to
think Of such thing"
became friendly with McDermott 1t
wasn't necessary for me to depend
upon McMichael for confidential infor-
nation" replied Mulhall, who then
went on to tell of alleged condolences
which McDermott had repeated to him
following conversations with Repre-
sentatives Rainey and Buchanan OF
iIIlinois, and other members of the
House.
Got Documents from 1fc4Iichael.
when did you get your first real
help from McDermott?" asked Repre-
sentative Ferris.
sDuring the winter session of 1870"
what did that help consist Off"
well, we were always getting a
large number of documents from Nc
Michael. and he always insisted he was
giving them to us under orders from
McDermott."
The committee attempted to learn
about how much Mulhall had loaned"
McDermott Mulhall refused to give
an estimate, saying that he had loaned
him amounts varying from so cents
to $780,.
besides" he said, II always was the
goat, and paid the bills at the parties
we had at Fritz Reuters Hotel here.
Night after night 1 have paid the bill
at IL o'clock, and left them there
drunk. McDermott used to borrow on
an average Of SIS or $50 a week"
did you ever borrow any money from
McDermott?''
ST neved had the opportunity. II
seemed to me never saw him when he
had any money"
Referring MulhaIl to a letter in which
Mulhal had stated TO Secretary Schweot-
man that, through his efforts, three men
had been removed from the Judiciary
Committee when the House reorganized
in 1909, and three men, among them vree-
land of New York and Damon of Ohio
had been named in their places at the
behest Of the N. A. NJ, Representative
Willis showed him records to prove that
vreeland never had been on the Ju-
dietary Committee for two years at the
time when MulhaI wrote he had sue
ceeded in having him appointed. The wit