The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-08-01
Mulhall
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We believe We have the right of at
lacking these statements"
Mulhail Flares Up.

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After n long wrangfe, McCarter car.
ried his point. Then Mulhall assert,
ed he would refuse to answer uurs.
tons unless granted counsel. His an.
ger was aroused at the first question.
which related TO his dismissal from
the Cleveland tOD police force, IN
1883.
81 want counsel" he said. 81 won't
talk. III 20 to jail for contempt first.
! was only their agent when | worked
Tor this organization. ! wont let them
attack me and get away with it,"
Let us conduct This examination
without counsel" Reed suggested.
you wont do that" interrupted
McCarter.
I'VE will" said Reed. 81 won't hear
another word
Overman finally restored order.
Calls.t Lie.
Instead OF being designed to throw
Light on this case many Of these gurS.
tons are designed TO throw mud at
the Witness" Senator Reed declared
This is an investigations; not a trial.
insist you have no right to say 4
word here" lie concluded, addressing
McCarter.
Mulhall withdrew his demand for
counsel and the hearing proceeded
with the attorneys submitting their
questions to Chairman Overman.
rs il not true that Samuel II,
Springer who resides at your house,
tried to dispose of these letters to the
Philadelphia Press and the Philadcl.
phia RCcOrd?" MuIhall was asked.
IT'S vicious lie" he shouted.
Mulhal denied that he ever offered
the correspondence 10 two magazines
! or 40 the New York Times. He de.
MED having made Il statement to Rich.
ard Barry who was representing him.
that the manufacturers association
would pay S1jO.OOO for the documents
i; they could not be disposed of to pa.
pcrs or magazines.
Mulhall denied that the agreed Bar.
ry should sell the letters TO the New
York World for $4,000 and that h..
would be content with $4,000: but la.
ter he testified that at Barry's sug.
%cstiOn he did agree. He never paid
Barry.
Says Gompers Tried to Get Them.
Have you produced all letters be.
tween you and the association" ask.
ed Senator Cummirs.
81 believe I have not"
Mulhall swore that payment O!
monthly sums to J H. McMichael, ono
time chief page of the House; Harry
Parker. messenger to the Ways anu
Means committee, and the speakers
Goorkeeper were made with the
knowledge and consent of j. H. En-.
cry, counsel for the manufacturers.
He testified that the payments be.
gan in 1909 and ran through most OF
1910 and 1911. Questions were de.
signed to show that Emery was on
the Pacific coast and in Europe many
months in those years. Mulhall con.
tended that when Emery was away
the three were not paid and the SUMS
were made up later.
Mulhall swore that Samuel Comp.
ers, president of the American FEEDER
alton Of Labor. and Jackson II. Raj
ston. attorney for that organization.
tried to get the letters he held before
the Senate committee more than i
year ago. The committee read a let
ter from Mulhall to John Kirby. Jr.
president OF the manufacturers July
%, 1912. in which he spoke of an in
terview with Gompers in Washington
and telephone conversation with
Ralston in Baltimore. He wrote Kirby
that lie wOnid never sell out" to enc.
mics OF the association. Ralston, he
swore. tried hard to get the papers,
but he refused to give them up.