The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-02
PAPERS IN CASE
TO Be GIVEN OUT
House Committee VIII Make
Public Correspondence IN
Caminetf Matter.
EFFECT OF RESOLUTION
Letter Of MeNab Telling Interest that
Matter Aroused Said to Be Csux Of
Criticism Against MeReynolds.
EFFECT OF RESOLUTION

Renewed attention will be directed +
the much discussed action of Attorney
General James C. McReynolds in delay.
ing the trial Of the Caminetti- Digs
W bite slave case today. when the House
Judiciary Committee will make public
the correspondence of the Attorney Gen.
eral with United States District Attor.
ney Hugh I. McNab. who resigned as
result OF the postponement. together
case which are in the possession Of the
De partment of Justice.
The committee yesterday voted unani-
mously to make all Of this correspon-
dence public. 1t was decided. however.
| that those documents which contain the
| evidence against the defendants which
! has been gathered by the district at
torney, and his assistants should be held
back for fear Of prejudicing the case
ior the prosecution in the trial soon to
begin To this end. Chairman Clayton
announced tina; the deiineation Of the
evidence which was forwarded to The
Attorney General by McNab a con-
siderable time before the discussion re-
garding the postponement. as well as
a report on the case made by a special
investigator would not be given out.
The making public Of this correspon-
dence will come a result Of the intro
duction of a resolution calling upon the
Attorney General to send to the House
direct all the papers and correspondence
in the case which the Department Of
Justice had in its files. Representative
Kahn Of California, introduced this reso-
luton last week when the criticism Of
the Attorney General was at fever heat.
1t was referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Papers Sent to Committee.
copy of the resolution was sent to
the Attorney General with the sugges-
ton that he send to the committee the
papers called for. The Attorney Cen
eral on Saturday transmitted to the COM
mittee every document in his files. which
he thought pertained to the case.
At yesterdays meeting the committee
selected the papers to accompany its re-
port on the resolution with an eye solely.
II was declared. to winnowing out only
those which were in the nature of evil
dence against the defendants on the
white slave charge. All Of the cor
between the Attorney Cen
eral and McNab as well as that between
the Attorney General and Secretary Of
Labor on the need for postponing the
case will be Incorporated in the report.
The report itself will be entirely non-
commi:tal as to the propriety of the At
torney Generate course in ordering the
II will state that all the
papers relating to the case which can
be given out now have been
furnished the House IN accordance with
the Kahn resolution, and will suggest
that the resolution itself be laid upon
the table.
Members OF the committee predicted
freely yesterday that little interest will
be aroused when the correspondence il
made public today. They stated that
only sne letter probably would be read
with much interest by those who have
followed the case closely since the Juror
brought on by McNab's resignation.
This is a letter dated May q, in which
expressed himself to the Attor-
ney General with regard to the need for
trying the case Immediately.
Tells of Interest In Case.
In this letter. 1t is understood, the
district attorney described the tremen- |
dous interest which the case had !
aroused in the California public. and re- |
ferred to the popular demand which he !
thought existed for an early prosecution. |
It is said that he informed the Attor-
ney General that there had even been |
talk of lynching the defendants because |
IF their alleged action in going to Reno. !
New, with the two young women who |
hey were charged with misleading.
1t was the opinion Of members Of the !
Judiciary Committee yesterday that this !
etter furnishes the crux Of all the
directed against Mr.. Nc
Reynolds for ordering the posfponement
I was pointed out that IL he had given /
lue attention to this letter. he could
lot have failed to realize the condition
II public feeling In California with re-
,ard to the case nor to have known 4
hat 1t would be politically. at least,
lnwisc to postpone the case