New Britain herald., 1919-12-11

war, but he received many thousands Of dollars at 8 time when it became certain that America would declare war. At least one donor realized the position he was placing himself in when he wrote pr. Muck to be sure and keep his contributions quiet Gave Name to Allies, Cash to Germans
 One distinguished Bostonian who served on practically every large com n1ittee ever formed on behalf of the allies was constant contributor to the German cause through Dr. Muck He probably would desire greatly to have a copy Of a certain letter now in the files of the government, where in he explains to Dr. Muck why he prefers to advance the German cause by gifts of money. He gave his name to the allies and his cash to the Ger mans.
 Dr. Muck had much more than SO ciaI support. in Boston. The newspa- pers could never find out much about what was going on in the local offices of the Department of Justice, but Dr. Muck could. He had inside infor- nation" It is apparent from read ing the doctors letters that some one was tipping him off'' as to what went on in the Department of Jus uce as far as he him self was con- cerned
 Shakeup in Boston Office. flnaAy the government. grew sus- 1 piclous. It seemed that certain off | clals in Boston were more eager to l ouild up 8 case for pr. Muck than 1 asahst him. When the department m Washington asked for a report rom Boston on pr. Muck's fake SWISS citizenship, to the amazeme ol oHlcials in Washington a. report canle rom Boston sustaining it. &t
 ms was the last straw. The blow leh then and a, shakeup was in or l def. teW people knew that of all tue danger spots" of German propa- sanda in America Boston was the worst There were more hidden in nuences impeding the work of justice here than anywhere else The Muck case was merely an incident in the whole course of events
 There is still an indictment nandips against pr. Muck in the United States courts. He could not be extradited from Germany, though it has noth- ing to do with the war, but helgcouId 1 be arrested on the indictm ent if he should appear in America, in the fu- ture. \ 1 The officials had a perfectly good reason for not trying pr. Muck on the indictment instead of sending him to an internment camp. The evidence against him could not have been made l public. No newspaper would have
 printed it. The public would have been ! barred from the trial and the whole / proceeding would have simply shown
 the depth of disgrace to which a man
 can fall.
 hnan m a srsf
 the Muck case by reason of the fact
 that the officials of the Department of Justice in Boston, Division Super
 intendent George E. kelleher and As ] sistant Superintendent Norman l..
 Clifford, were under orders not to 1 allow the facts to become public 1 Newspapers sought in vain to get the < true story of the Muck case.
 l TAa6sthe Post was enabled to pierce l the mystery is due to Attorney-Gen- 1 eral A. Mitchell Palmer. Before MT. 1 Palmer assumed office it was the pol
 icy of the department not to allow ! the public to know the facts in these | so called spy cases.
 MT. Palmer looked at the matter differently and, he refused to be party to the flushing up" of the I' Muck case. He resisted a great deal ! of pressure in order that the public | i might be informed. One compelling ! reason for allowing the Muck case to become public property was the fact that petition had been circulated among prominent people in Boston seeking to have Dr. Muck allowed te V come back to America.
 The facts about him put a sudden 1 end to this activity.
 THE END