New Britain herald., 1917-01-16

To back it up MT. Lawson said immediately after leaving Henr their first conference he laid his formation before John O'Harn <. grove, Sunday editor of The New World: Erman J. Ridgway, pres of Everybody's Magazine, and ns Mcdonald, publisher of a Hl financial paper.
 Call these men, he derna1 ''and they will bear me out in I say.' '
 Almost in tears at Mr- Hcnry'l solute denial of his statement Iq' shouted:
 "I'll make good here, and I go to jail as the goat"
 Interviews Publishers.
 Lawson was called to the wi stand again today.
 "you stated" questioned 1sepk] tative Campbell, that when yo1l Washington after talking withs0 man Henry you went to New and talked with several publia Will you state the substance of 4l you uOlQ them !p e]
 T asked them their opinion of had happened in Washington,
 son began slowly, and tcld the| would like to get their advice whether I should go further or tho entire matter. | said much than I related here yesterday. before them Henry's statement 3j press that morning and called attention to what appeared to unfair slant that 1t took.
 After I left Henry's of!ice ! to New York and first called on , O'Hara Cosgrove in his edi1 rooms in the New York World Ol following morning.
 "When was the interview witA ! man T. Ridgeway ?''
 Tuesday, January g."
 fWhere did you see him ?' { 4'At my rooms in the Be'nlonI tel, New York" N Ef
 You spoke of seeing po:laai| Donald
 "In the early morning of lad 3, I came right from the train sat down in the Belmont hotel bj fast room when MT. McDonall in and sat at table across the He spoke to me. I had not spOkI him for probably fifteen years. | he spoke to me and asked me was going on in Washington, him of these things happening in York and said I would like to sc{ investigation but there wouitl be I told him what Chairman Henrl and he, being an old newspaper} and publicity expert, I asked hin advise. I impressed on him the ffdence which your chairman had posed in me, everything being fectiy friendly between Mir E and myself at that time.'
 Lawson Becomes Dramatic.
 ''Unless your chairman said " say he said, am guilty of foul jury" Lawson dramatically decI to the committee and unfit to bel where outside, of the bars of Q pri
 s'I was very much worked up the Henry statement" Lawson Jlnueu. w S lid0 -oSoiSSSk NNAi StA> he had said you word it, did he said it was fair and gave both and we shook hands on it. MI read his statement it appeared ul It looked as though in the three and a quarter he had asked mel and over again to give him n and that had failed
 He wanted Cosgrove and Rtde to hear his story, Lawson said. be1 they were men of long experi4nX Investigations and he dd to know whether they thought drop the entire affair, or owed it to the public to go furtd
 Representative Garrett objectd Lawson repeating his convers with those men, on the ground they did not tend to cast any liz the case.
 Representative Campbell changed the form of questt4 slightly and Lawson continued t peat his conversation with Henr5I will say in view of all that occurred here" Lawson dec1 "that 1t is right that you should all have to say. When there direct difference of opinion-str than veracity-raised, it is peri obvious that one or the other of perjury-rank pei This is no syndicate or national meeting. This is meeting of a of congress. Thcl nothing of greater importance for your committee to arrive at and honest decision, and to do you must hear what I have to sd
 Lawson Shouts at Committed
 Representative Garrett, FcsteI others objected to Lawson's argu and there was stormy wrangie ing which Lawson shouted his il ence that he should be heard full
 Chairman Henry ruled thai would be given an opportunity t all he wanted.
 Lawson continued his narratiJ
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