South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-16

else asked Rep. Patton OF New
York. after he enumerated many of
the names brought into the leak
yesterday.
Yes. Count Won Bernstorff. re-
piled Lawson.
Mr.. Henry volunteered that?
asked Patton.
He did" said Lawson.
Chairman Henry informed Law
son that papers had been prepared
yesterday TO hold him in contempt
If he refused 10 answer questions.
Yes, / read IN the papers OF the
different sorts of torture invented
for me If / failed TO answer" said
Lawson. And / said 1 would no
longer be the goat"
Talked With Untermeyer.
Lawson told how he had sought
and received advice from Samuel
Untermeyer. He met Untermeyer on
the train coming TO Washington
Just before the leak inquiry began.
Sens. O'GOrman and owen were also
en- the train, he said.
The examination led TO a discus
sion of Rep. Henry's characterize
ton Of LaWson's charges as "a
mirage"
L still think they are mirage"
said Henry.
God help the American people If
We have many more such mirages."
retorted Lawson.
Did Mrs. Nisconti reveal TO you
the source Of her information ."
asked Rep. Patton. turning 20 n dis
cussion of Lawson's testimony yes
terday about ". W. Price. a Wash
ington newspaper man, being the
go-between for Sec'y Tumulty and
others.
Not Fair Question.
Il don't think that fair cues
ton" said Lawson. since you have
summoned Mrs. Visconti herself be-
fore the committee"
The question was temporarily
withdrawn.
You testified here yesterday that
w. w. Price acted as go-between
for Sec'y Tumulty. Don't you be-
lieve it was unfair to blast the clean
reputation of a man by repeating
the unsupported statements of a
woman you had never seen before ,"
asked Rep. Patton.
You corkscrewed and bored the
information out of me-" retorted
Lawson Il wanted TO give you the
information in private
Lawson said he interviewed Mrs.
ViscOnti in his room in the Willard
hotel i'm the presence of square
and reputable lawyer"
Asked the name of the lawyer. he
said:
Woman is Convincing.
When the lady il put on the
stand there won't be any disguise
about anything" Lawson said. He
declare I the woman appeared so re-
sponsible and convincing that she
left no doubt in his mind.
He refused 10 tell the name Of
the person from whom Mrs. Wis
CONT said she obtained her informa-
ton. He declared Mrs. Visconti was
'actuated only by desire to do good
to the country" and he referred 10
her as a woman Hquivering with, red
bloOded patriotic impulse"
Lawson said the mysterious "A.
Curtis" letter was obviously anony-
nous.
4 received a thousand of such
letters" he said. The A. Curtis
letter would never have gotten my
letter opener"
Impressed by Letter.
Il was impressed by Mrs Wis
conti's letter and by her cOnversa-
ton. She seemed honest square.
above board and actuated by high
motives. 1 wish her name could
have been kept out.
The A Curtis letter was evil
IDENTIFY written by some one trying
10 get even
o'clock.
Long before the time scheduled
for reOpening of the investigation a
crow of several hundred persons.
mostly women. was at the doors of
the committee rooms clamoring for
admission.
As soon as the doors were thrown
open the crowd stampeded into the
room. overturning chairs and
crowding the aisles in its eagerness
to secure the best seats for the big
show"
Many Of the women were cong
ressmen's wives and had 70 be
handled with care" by the capitol
police. Order was finally restored
before the hearing began.
4 subpoena for Mrs. Visconti's
appearance was issued. but a deputy
had not located her when the ses-
sion opened. At her apartment it
was merely explained that she was
out"
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