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

ments from witnesses that they had
seen, money, supposed to amount to
S S 5000, given to Harry A. Parkin, as.
~sistant United States district attor.
ney, during the Jack" Johnson case,
were offered to the federal grand jury
yesterday by Glenn Griswold.
The main facts contained in the
statements, it is believed, were given
in Testimony before the grand jury
several days ago by the witnesses,
who later repeated them, in writing,
in a lawyers office.
Three statements were submitted
by Griswold. One was from Mrs.
Jennie Rhodes, sister of "Jack" John
son. One was from Mrs. Tiny John
son, mother of the fighter. A third
was from a woman investigator, Mrs.
NJ. Evalyn Fritzinger, The state
ments purport to tell of the visits OF
the fighter to the office of Charles
F. DeWoody. formerly chief Of the
department Of Justice, and Johnson's
statements that each visit cost him
money; of a visit of Parkin to "Sol"
Lewisohn's Office and the payment
to him of money by Lewisohn; OF
the alleged division of an additional
10000 by federal officials and finally
that the amount spent by Johnson is
effecting his escape aggregated be-
tween $4,000 and 100000.
Jury to Make Report.
After hearing the witnesses WAC
appeared yesterday, the announce.
ment came from the grand jury that
no more testimony would be taken,
but that the jury's report would be
started at once.
The statements were written in the
office of Richard Westbrook. a negro
lawyer, at 1900 South State street.
They were prepared in affidavit form,
ready for the signatures of the three
women. The statement Of Mrs.
Rhodes is perhaps the most interest
ling of the three. 1t follows, in part:
Jack and Lewisohn discussed the
payment Of $1,000 to Harry A. Par
kin, and assistant district attorney,
in return for which Parkin was to
permit Jack to leave the country
without h%indrance. Jack and Levi
sohn agreed that the So. 900 was all
that was left Of a sun of 100000,
which Jack had paid to Lewiston, to
be used in paying federal officials
and protecting Jacks interests in va.
riOus ways. "a.
while we were in Lewisohn's Of
flee he was called to the telephone
and answered a call. He said that
the was talking to Parkin.
Its all .Ligbt, cpme oyer We're
ready for YOU LeWfsohn said over
the telephone.
Enter Private Room.
within half an hour Parkin came.
into LeWisohn's Office and entered
the private room where we were sit
ting. Parkin said hello to us and
called Lewisohn into a corner Of the
room and talked to him in a low tone
of voice. ! did not hear. the CONVEX
sation. Then he turned to us and
Lewisohn said, IT'S all right and
and handed money to Parkin. He
started to unroll it and Jack and ]
went into the outer office while Par
kin and Lewiston conferred further.
"Parkin' came out and asked Jack
where he could see Benjamin Bach.
rach. Jack told him the he was go:
ing to. sB%achraeA's Office and suggest
ed that Parkin telephone Bachrach
while he was there. Parkin said he
needed the money and said something
about using it to buy some property
on Michigan avenue.
Jack told me. that he had spent
100000 in satisfying the demands of
federal officials and that he had given
Lewisohn $25. 900 to protect him
against loss in furnishing bond for
Jack. He said that the case cost him
100000 and that the government got
the most Of it. For almost a year
he was frequently called by tele-
phone and would say that it was De.
Woody talking and that he had to go
to DeWoody's office to see him. This
happened as often as twice and on
rare occasions three times in n
week. H.. -
Jack would say after returning to
his home that DeWoody or some 9th
er officials were demanding money
and that he would have to dig up
Men who said they were deputy
marshals often came to the house
and pretended to serve new warrants
on Jack. To the best of my recollec-
ton, this happened a dozen times.
Jack used to accept service, because
he knew they would wait until they
got Iii mand then make him pay
more. H..
Told Of Paying Money.
Upon each occasion Of the serv-
ice of an alleged warrant Jack would
say that he would have to see De.
Woody again, and when he returned
he would say that it cost him some
more money. He seldom. discussed
details of these transactions, but said
the federal officials were bleeding
him to death. On the night Jack
went away he told his mother and
me that he had spent 100000 in de-
Tending himself against the charges
made and against federal officials de-
handing money. He said that lie had
paid all the money that anybody de-
manded and that none of the federal
officials would ever bother him again. /
"On the night Lakeland 1 met Par
kin in Lcwisohn's Office Lewiston
Everything is fixed now and you
can go where you please
"Lcwisohn often came to our house
To discuss the casc with Jack. He
said that he was very close to Rarkin