The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-16
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ter was serious to the nation and the
administration.
But did give one name to Speak
er Clark, that Of Charles H. Sabin.
president OF the Guaranty Trust COM
pany Of New York. Mr.. Sabin came
before you and was allowed to go
away, without giving any information
or showing his books. Mr.. Sabin has
left the country and his evidence is
gone. A
I am willing to give all the names.
but appeal to the committee to take
all my answers in confidence. Then
IL the committee determines that l
shall make them public I will repeat
them in public don't want to
bubble and don't want to refuse"
Here the committeeman held a brief
whispered conversation and Chairman
Henry announced that the witness
should answer the questions publicly.
Lawson looked at the committee
stern1y. squared himself in, his chair
and said in q voice scarcely audible:
Chairman Henry Of your commit
tee Is the congressman, who gave me
the names"f
Henry Unperturbed.
The room hummed with excitement.
Members Of the committee, although
they had heard rumors that Lawson
might connect Henry's name with his
charges, shifted in their chairs.
Lawson. silent and grave. looked
straight ahead at the chairman Mr.
Henry, without a sign Of perturba-
ton, waited a moment for the buzzine
to subside and then deliberately pro-
ceeded to read the next question for
mulated by the committee.
1t was merely an elaboration of the
first. put in slightly different language
referring to the fact that it made nc
difference whether the information
came to him "rumor or gossip" and
brought reiteration from Lawson
that Representative Henry had given
him the information in Henry's office
in the capitol on January 2.
The third question called attention
to Lawson's statements that he had
been told by a broker that New York
banker, a cabinet officer and a sena.
tor had a joint stock brokerage ac-
count and directed that he tell the
committee the name of the man who
had given him that information.
THE man who told me that was
Archibald s. White, Boston, of the
firm Of White & Co."
Representative Harrison, moved ani
the committee approved, that White b.
subpoenaed. 9*2srf eve
whom he had referred to in statement.
that members of congress had engaged
in buying and selling stocks, Lawson
said he could not give their names, a!
he did hot know them.
Tumulty Brought In.
It was in answering the next ques
tion,. as to other persons who hat
given him evidence in substantiatio1
of his various statements. that Lawson
Brought in the names of Secretary Tu
@multy and William w. Price, Whit,
House correspondent of the Washing
ton Star. He received a letter from
a Washington woman, Mrs. Rutl
Thomson Visconti, saying in part:
my dear Mr.. Lawson: If the nam
OF the man who was the go-betwee,
in the present leak and the amount o
money be assistance to you can sup
ply the name and the amount he re
ceived and give the name of at leas
one associate at the White House VIII
participated in the haul.
IT yau are interested, I will max,
an appointment to meet you at such
place as you may designate"
- The letter further requested tina
Lawson hold the sinformation in tn
strictest confidence in case he did no
proceed further in the matter.
Lawson then testified he made al
appointment with Mrs. visconti, VIII,
came to his apartment with an at
torney whose name he could NOT re
call. After a long conference. he said
Mrs. Visconti told him that Mr.. Pric
had a part in the leak affair between
Secretary Tumulty and others. N,
reference was made either by Lawson
or the committee to the amount o
money referred to in Mrs. yisconti'
letter.
Senator co."
Asked to whom he referred as tn
alleged senator. an alleged banker, ant
an alleged member of the cabinet
Lawson said he understood Secretar
McAdco was the cabinet member II
Pliny Fisk the banker and the sena
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