The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-28
Some One Driving Good
Trades in Wall
Street.
VENDORS OF GOLD
BRICKS SOUGHT
Lobby Committee Is Hard on
Trail of Persons Who Have
Been Impersonating Congress :.
sional Leaders in Efforts
to Pry Money From
Capitalists.
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Washington, JLnc 27.-"Before we
arc through with this Investigations,
SAID memberl of the Senate lobby. IN
Nestsating committee tonight. Il sus-
pect that We shall be able to show
that some one in Wall street has bsen
driving very profitable business
through tho sale Of members of CON
gress whom he was never able IN de-
liver. u Z
1T all goes to show wh,. aishty
set the big men in Wall Street are.
FOR some reason they will deal with
ahHoody who claims to be able to in
V"ke official power, without ever
stopping to investigate Seemingly
All that man has to do is declare
himscii In on deal under threat Of
expos IRE, and he sets his share
dont mean by that that all Wall
street deals are crooked Its merely
tendency which | am trying to IL
lustrate. Wall street will buy a man
rather than have any publicity.
Here's the case which Judge Loyett
brings out--a man tvlcphoning him all
Kinds OF threats through his Supposed
influence with great big men in Wash
inston Yet 1t had to be dragged out
of Judge Lovett''
Ills Identity Known
Inc Senate committee is determined
to drag into the light the mysterious
man who mace this us, of the tnle
phone. Ills identity is known His
telephone calls have been traced back.
and they lead direct to tae man who
Is under suspicion. There is a grave
Suspicion, too. that this man has not
been operating alone. He has had
the advantage Of expert legal advice
ana so Tar as the Investigation has
developed. which is somewhat further
~ l,.-, 4,
he has covered himself in such a way
as 10 be Immune from prosecution
For the present, :he efforts of the
committee Will be devoted to this
task OF uncovering the mysterious
telephoner and his associates, and
melting out To them the punishment
which is possible.
Senator Overman chairman of the
committee. said this evening: The com
mittee. OF which | am chairman in
tends to go to the bottom OF this thing
ana disclose the mysterious person who
mas been claiming to speak for Con-
CreSSnen"
Lamar. who must come TO Washinrton
willingly or be brought here on a Fed
eral warrant incidentally, subpoenas
were ordered to-day for Lewis Cass
l.cdyard. who talked with the myste-
rious man over the telephone when he
represented himself TO be Congress-
man "a. Mitchell Palmer, of Pennsvl
vania. and for Paul D. '-.,vath, who
was mentioned by Judg, ..ovett as
having also been subjected 10 the mys-
terious calls of the unknown
Mr Ledyard and Mr.. Cravath have
indicated to the committee a willing
ness TO come whenever they are need
ed, but the committee has had no word
yet from Lamar. Before the latter lie
put on the stand, however. Mr. Lauter-
bach will be cross examined
Close guard is being kept by Chair
man ONerman over the letter which
MIR. Ledyard wrote to Congressman
Palmer. in which he detailed the con-
versations he had with the unknown
when the latter was posing as Mr..
Palmer. The letter will not be made
public until Mr.. Ledyard has taken the
stand and identified 1t as having been
written by him. Included In this let.
ter, II is understood, is the stenographic
report OF the statements OF the mys-
tcrious unknown and the understand
ing here is that IL will come very close
not only to revealing the Identity oS
the man who did the telephoninr hXt
also that of his associate
There was lull in the inouirv to
DAY. Owing TO the fact that the Dem
ocratic caucus is actively engaged IN
the tariff bill. II has been decided not
TO resume the sessions until the bjlI
has been reported TO the Senate which
Will he about a week hence. The next
meeting. therefore. probably will be
held on July I BY that time II q.
said, the sergeant-at-arms will have
rounded up all the witnesses needed 10
resume operations