Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-11
SPITE WORK LAID
TO J. S. WILLIAMS

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banks in which deposits were proposed
to be made
Mr. Poole went to the office of Con-
troller Williams. Mr.. Hogan said. to OBJ
tain a deposit Of these feet corporation
funds for his hank. He said that Mr..
Williams asked who were on the board
of directors and placed his finger on
Hogan's name.
He asked Mr.. Poole. How do you
expect to have me approve this APP
plication so long as that man is a
member of your board of directors %
He asked Mr.. Poole how much stock
owned. He told Mr.. Poole indirectly
that if he would eliminate me from
the board. then he could come back
and have his application approved.
And yet Mr.. Williams says he does
not use his public office to attain his
private ends
Mr.. Hogan said he felt that the bank
cause of his being on the board
though Mr.. Poole would tell him
nothing about it. He said he laid his
resignation before the executive COM
mittee and that the executive COM
mittee had said that it would resign
as body before it would agree to
his resignation for such a reason.
Tells Who Were at Conference.
Mr.. Darlington told the committee
that at the conference in Mr.. Burle-
sons office Mr.. Williams and Edward
Jeffries were present, besides Mr..
Burleson and himself. He said that
Mr. Williams took little part in the
conversation. Mr.. Darlington said.
however, that when he left Mr.. Bur-
lessons office he and Mr.. Williams
walked down the street together.
Mr. Williams, he said, told him that
he had no hostility toward the bank
itself. but that if these Objectionable
officers, meaning c. e. Glover. Milton
r. Allies and William Flather, were
eliminated. he would issue a state
ment to the effect that the bank was
solvent.
Mr.. Darlington said that he replied
that the deposits in Riggs Bank had
increased greatly since it's contro-
versy had begun with Controller Will
liams. and that he did not know how
it appeared to Mr.. Williams. but it
seemed a pretty good indication to
him that the bank was considered
Mr.. Darlington told the committee
at length about the negotiations lead
ing up to the renewal of the Riggs
Bank charter. He said that indict-
ments had been brought against Mr.
and that they were pending at the
time. Efforts were made to hurry
along the trials. because while the
indictments were pending it was I'M
derstood that the application for the
charter renewal would not be granted
He told of the refusal of the bank
directors to agree to eliminate the Of
ficers to whom objection was made.
He spoke also of a visit to New York
to Samuel Untermyer. who was acting
as counsel for Mr.. Williams.
The Riggs Bank went ahead and got
a charter from the state of West Nir-
ginia as a state bank, he said. Mr.
Darlington testified that finally the
charter was renewed after the bank
had agreed to withdraw its suit
against Mr.. Williams and Mr. McAdoo.
Accuses Williams Attorney.
Frank j. Hogan. in his testimony
yesterday afternoon, told the Senate
committee that Samuel Untermyer.
personal counsel for John Shelton
Williams. had offered to trade indict-
ments against officers of Riggs Ma
tional Bank for their designations.
Mr.. Hogan insisted that Mr.. Inter
myer had acted for Mr. Williams as
his counsel. and that Mr.. Williams,
therefore. was responsible for the
offer. The offer, he said. was made
in room in the Shoreham Hotel to
himself and William Nelson Crom-
well, also of counsel for the bank
He said that the designations of c. c.
Glover. Milton E. Allies and William
J. Flather as officers Of the bank were
demanded. The indictments which
Mr.. Untermyer promised would not
be pushed were against those officers
for alleged perjury.
Senator Mclean. chairman of the
committee. uggested that such
trade would be compromising a felony.
Mr.. Hogan emphatically agreed with
him. He said that the trAde was re-
jected.
Asked to describe the conversation
with Mr.. Untermyer, Mr.. Hogan said:
THAT offer was made four years
ago. Probably 1 cannot repeat Mr..
Untermyer's precise words, but can
repeat his offer in substance Mr.
Untermyer stated that he deeply re-
GREETED that the threat of indictment
had ever been made: that he did not
believe there was any ground for in
dictment; that they should not be in
dicted He said. however. that some
thing would have to be done 10 sat
isfy Williams; that Williams was i'm
placable; that Williams insisted that
these men must be driven out of the
bank He said that if he could hand
their designations to Williams he
would be satisfied; that Williams
maintained they ought to resign.
and that he. Unterriyer. shared that
opinion.