Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-08-20
'MICHAEL'S TALE
REMAINS UNSHAKEN
ACCuSer of Rep. MCDerm0tt Says
Money Is Due Him.
ASKS BODY FOR PROTECTION
Former Confidential Secretary of Chi
cago Representative lrritated by
Prods From Lawyers Demands
Aid-Brings Woman in Case.

Washington, Aug. 18.-A rapid-fre
cross examination, conducted by the
counsel for Representative McDer-
mott, failed to shake the direct testi-
mony given by Isaac McMichael, the
former confidential secretary of the
Chicago congressman.
Asks for Protection.
Becoming irritated by the continued
prods of Counsel James Easby-Smith
McMichael appealed to the committee
for protection.
Throughout the cross-eXamination
McMichael adhered to the important
features Of his testimony, and added
some new ones. He asserted that he
was now drawing a weekly salary of
SIS from the New York World, under
verbal agreement which will require
him, after the close of the lobby inves-
tigation, to furnish that newspaper
"reminiscences of his 21 years as an
employe Of the house, which are to ap-
pear under the title of Twenty Years
in the Capitol"
Brings Woman In.
McMichaeI also testified that Nc
Dermott owed him 1925, which repre-
scented money advanced by him for
McDermott, and that repeated efforts
to collect this money had failed. Nc
Michael entered the items forming the
account in a memorandum book and
permitted McDermott's lawyer to
make a copy, which was presented
by the lawyer to the committee. AS
soon as it had been offered in evidence
McMichael, without waiting to be ques-
toned, insisted that the committee
should note that one of the items was
Edna, 500"
Notwithstanding the vigorous rap
ping of the chairman of the committee
to suppress McMichael, he would not
be quoted until he had asserted that
this item was the one which caused
McDermott the most worry, and that
McDermott had said to him, in discuss
ing it, For Gods sake don't bring in
my name with any woman"
Tried to Collect.
McMichael was submitted to a line
of questioning, intended to make it ap-
pear that he had been willing to sup
press his testimony upon the condition
that McDermott pay him the 1925, but
he insisted that all his attempts to
mislead McDermott as to his plans
when called to the witness stand and
to retain his friendship were merely
for the purpose of collecting the
money.
McDermott's attorney attempted to
make McMichael admit that the only
money McDermott owed him was SIS
he had advanced to Mulhall, but upon
this point as we'll as upon the charge
that McDermott had told him that he
had received $500 to help defeat the
loan shark bill, he could not be
shaken.
Tells of Loan Shark Fraud.
Abraham Berstein, a pawnbroker,
who followed McMichael, corroborated
his testimony concerning visits McDer-
mott made to his establishment to
have checks cashed and also to the
effect that the pawnbrokers did raise
a fund to defeat the loan shark bill.
Never Opposed Bill.
McMichaels testimony to the effect
that he did not believe McDermott had
ever approached a member of the dis
trict committee in regard to the loan
shark bill was borne out in part by the
declaration of Chairman Johnson of
that committee and Mr.. Dyer, mem
Der of the committee and the author
of the BILL who assert that McDermott
never talked with them concerning the
measure.