The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-21
CONFRONTED BY
CANCELED'CHECK
J. H. Daily Placed in Embarrass-
ing Position by Evidence Be-
fore Grievance Committee.

A sensation was sprung at the meet
inp Of the grievance committee Mon
day morning when a check for $25C
made out to J. n. DAILY and signed by
Edna Brown and which Mr.. Daily had
previously told the committee he had
destroyed because il was vaIueIess, was
produced and was shown to have been
cashsd by Mr.. DAILY at the Hamilton
National bank. The check was pro-
dueed and Sam A. Strauss, assistant
cashier, stated that he remem-
bered the transaction Of Sept. 7
for the reason that Mr.. DAILY was no.
titled the check was good and came
to the bank and got the money on il.
Mr. Strauss also produced a deposit
slip which showed that the following
day Mr.. Daily had received the money
on the check, that he had come to the
bank and deposited in cash $3.50. Mr..
DAILY whom confronted by Mr.. Strauss
and the check stouteIy denied that he
had gone to Mr.. Strauss about the
check and denied that he had ever gone
to him about any check. "Are you
sure" asked Mr.. Daily, "that | pre-
sented that check and got the money on
it." ~ am absolutely sure it was you"
replied Mr.. Strauss. The incident
came as ono Of the closing incidents Of
a three day session held by the COM
mittee, for the purpose Of investigating
accusations that several young criminal
lawyers were soliciting the business Of
making bonds and representing i'm
moral women, who had been arrested
in connection with the soldiers.
Claims Woman Left Town.
Seceral days ago at the hearing given
Mr. Daily, Capt. Kern recited the
Edna Brown case in which the women
had been arrested three times on the
same night on the same charge of being
In company with soldiers. He stated
that on one Of the occasions Mr.. Daily
had signed the bond and that he had
net Mr. Daily and told him that the
Brown woman was one of the worse
women he had to contend with. He
said that Mr.. Daily then said that he
would Immediately surrender her.
However, Capt. Kern said he later
learned that Mr.. Daley had gone to
he woman and he'd her give him a
heck for $3.50 to cover her bond in
he event she left, and then had run
Ter off and had kept the money.
Capt. Kerns further stated that the
Brown woman had been seen coming
,ut of the hotel where she was
stopping, and Mr.. Daily was carrying |
Ter grips. Later at the trial Capt
Kern said that Mr.. Daily had told /
Judge Fleming the woman had left /
own and that some woman hollored out /
hat DAILY had taken the woman's |
heck for $3.50, and had run her off.
Mr. Daley when testifying, stated |
hat on Sept. he was called by a
Brown was living, and told that Edna
brown was in Jail and she wanted a
awyer to get her out Mr.. Daily said
lie then went to the police station and
made the woman's bond and received
25 for same. He said he left police
tation and went to Thompson's res
aurant, where he met Capt. Kern and
old him of the Brown incident. where
pom Capt. Kern told him that the
roman was a bad one and would jump
er bond. Mr.. Daily stated that he then
Ient in search of a policeman at the
orner of Ninth and Market street, but
nding none went to the Union Station,
ut could find no officer there. He said
was then he decided to go and ar
est the woman himself and when he
rrived at the hotel the Brown woman
-as coming down the steps with her
rips and he stopped and accused her
{ jumping her bond. 1t was then she