Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-14

sohn said that anything he wanted
from federal officials could be had if
Jack paid money enough
The statement taken down in writ.
ing, Of Mrs. Tiny johnson, declares
that she recently received a letter
from the pugilists The following par.
agraph Isl quoted from her state.
ment: ~.
THAT she (Mrs. Johnson) recently
ceived a letter from her son, telling
OF the entire transaction, and that
he stated that his hope was that the
world would know lie was being rob.
bed by those who posed as his pro.
tectors; that Mrs. Cameron received
$4,000 to soothe her, wounded feel.
ings; the deal was engineered by her
brave defender and protector of all
women. Charles Erbstein, who receiv-
ed $500 Of the contribution; that the
states in the letter that the sum of
$4,000 was retained by Sol Lewisohn
to pay all bills due and owing by him
to Harry Parkin, assistant United
States attorney, and Mr.. DeWoody OF
the department Of justice; that Sol
Lewisohn handled all moneys paid by
Jack to government officials, as Sol
was the go-betWeen for all transac.
lions where diplomacy would not per.
nit Jack to deal directly with them"
Il Mrs. Fritxinger's Story.
The statement; OF Mrs. Fritzinger is
largely c%orroborative Of the state.
ments of the other two. It follows,
in part:
81 had a long talk with Mrs. John.
son and she told me how her son was
being robbed. She said she was al.
most crazq on account Of the govern.
ment officials annoying her. .&&
"She said often after she had re.
tired for the night she was, awaken
ed by federal officials coming after
her son to serve some new warrant
on him or to tell him to come to the
office OF MI. DeWoody. She said that
every time lie went to DeWoody's
office he had to. pay out money. She
said that Mr.. DeWoody often called
Jack by telephone and made him
come to the office:
son one occasion ! saw Johnson
leave his automobile and go into the
federal building. I followed him and
he went into DeWoody's office.
went into the outer office. The door
to the inner. office was open and ]
could hear DeWoody and johnson
talking. DeWoody finally said, All
right and l thought they we're com
ing out, SO I left.
"On the occasion of one Of my Wis.
its to the Johnson home I found Sid
Lewsohn there. Mrs. Lucille John.
son was sitting on a3lounge with me,
and Jack called her and asked her to
go upstairs and get ink. She brought
it down and put it on the dining room
table, and Johnson and LeWisohn sat
at the table and signed some papers.
That day / had a talk with Johnson.
lie told me, as Mrs. Lucille johnson
had previously told me. that they
we're going to pay the United States
officials what they wanted and would
be permitted to- escape, because mo.
ney was all the officials wanter.
johnson said, i have reached De.
Woody He named another man,
whose name lido not remember. He
said. I have not reached this fellow
Parkin yet. What kind of a fellow is
ne? / wonder if you could reach
him ~" '%sa 81 @eH
/. Il did not sec either of them.
did not want to have anything to do
With the case. johnson told me he
vas paying government officials all
he time. He said he had been right
with all Of the federal officials"