The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-16

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opposite the witness watching him
| closely and listening attentively.
| Tonight McMichaels went over in de-
tail the Mulhall letters in which he was
mentioned or of which he had any
| knowledge. He told of advancing SIS
| to send Mulhall to Chicago in 1912, to
| collect funds for McDermotts cam
paign. When MeDermott returned to
| Washington after the campaign, he told
McMichaels. the witness said, that Null
hall had not collected a Nickel al
though Mulhall later produced the list
showing that he had collected $3.50 for
McDermotts support from manufactu-
rers in his district, in addition to the
two checks for $3.50 each from Harold
Mccormick. which Mulhall previously
had producted.
| Attempts by Mulhall to dispose of
collection of affidavits, which, McMi-
chaels said. showed that Burns detec-
\ tfves had committed perjury in coun-
| terfeiting case, were detailed at length
After Mulhall had left the National
Association of Manufacturers, the wit
ness said. these affidavits were offered
to the corps of attorneys defending
former Senator Lorimer in the Senate
| for the purpose of discrediting the evil
dence of Burns detectives.
| Later. he added. he and Mulhall tried
| to get McDermott to turn over the af-
halls possession including the corre-
spondence recently made public, to
committee of the House. to Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, and Clarence Dar-
row, defending the Mcnamara brothers
in the dynamiting cases on the Pacific
coast .a.-..
Conference in 1912
McMichaels told of conference early
in ~ - -
he said he, McDermott and Mulhall drew
up a resolution providing for the publica-
tion of the Mulhall correspondence and
documents. He said that McDermott
agreed to see Speaker Clark, Majority
Leader Underwood and Republican Leader
Mann and If they were favorably in
clined, to introduce the resolution in the
House.
Three days later" said the witness
"McDermott told Mulhall that he had
seen the leaders and that they advised
against the Introduction of the resolution
McDermott lied about that. He had not
| seen the leaders,
How do you know he lied?" asked
| Chairman Garrett.
| why, he'd rather slie than eat" said
McMichaels.
The chairman had some difficulty in
restoring order in the committee room
after this outburst.
Washington, August 15.-McMichaels de-
tailed his relations with Representative
| McDermott of Illinois-wh figured in Null
halls testimony ''McDermott was gem
orally hard up he said, and the MONTH
| ly check from him would come to me.
| A pawnbroker would give me the cash
for it and hold it. until the first of the
month. Some time he would give me $50
| or $15'
He told of entering Mulhalls employ
| to receive $50 every month when Congress
| sat. .s n .sNhr 81
He continued in the pay of Mulhall, he
said, during the session of Congress in
1909 and from December, 1910, to Decem-
ber 1911, and always received his pay
in cash from Mulhall personally. His
| duties he said, were to supply Mulhall
and James A. Emery with documents
| and copies of bills and information
did you ever use the pages of the
House to spy on members" asked Rep
resentative Garrett
Nothing of the Kind
Nothing of the kind" said McMichaels.
THAT is absurd
| McMichaels said that Harry Parker.
| Representative Underwoods messenger,
told him before he introduced him to Null
hall that he (Parker) was getting $40 a
month from Mulhall and that he thought
t'eie was Chance 10 make llIIle
| change"
II said introduce him to me-" said Nc
Michaels blowing cloud of cigarette
smoke toward the committee. "and he
| did"
| McMichaels said that on one occasion
| he paid $50 to Parker and $50 to. Henry
| Nell, the speakers messenger.
| Did any one else know of your ;em-
ployment by Mulhall?' asked Representa-
| tive Garret
| Representative McDermott did," said
| McMichaels. II told him of having per-
| suaded Mulall TO help him in his dis.
trict and he said to me, Well Mac.
| guess he's pretty good skate, and I
said. Yes, he is a good, square guy and
he met Mulhall''
| Turned Over Key
| At the instance of McDermott Nc
Michaels said he turned over to Mulhal
the key to small room in the basement
| of the capitol.
| 'McDermott and used to meet Mulhall
there said the witness, "and hold con-
ferences. Then we would adjourn to a
| hotel private dining room.s we used to
use the room for conferences and sleep
| ing off drunks. I've slept off many a
drunk there
Ibid Mr.. McDermott have any share
| in this $50 a month salary?" asked Rep
resentative Garret.
Not directly, as salary from the Ma