Evening star., 1920-11-20
BrOther=in=LaW of
President Accused
in Probe.
TUCKER K. SANDS
TELLS OF $4,000
hes He 'Under-
stood Amount Was to
Be Split Four Ways"

stood Amount was 10
Be Split F our Ways"
Br the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November eo-R w.
Boiling, brother-in-law of President
Wilson and treasurer of the Shipping
Board, was named in connection with
q $4,000 bribe alleged to have been
paid by Staten Island shipbuildlng
company to procure unusual favors
from the board in testimony before
the congressional committee inves-
tigating Shipping Board affairs here
today.
Tucker K Sands, former vice presi-
dent of the Commercial Natlonai
Bank, Washington. testified that II
was his understanding" that $l,su
he loaned Boiling against his note.
and Of which Boiling already has paid
back $500. was Bolling's share OF the
100000 bribe' Of the Wallace Downey
Shipbuilding Corporation for unusuai
Shipping Board favors.
Sands said that the $4,000. he un-
derstood. was to be split four ways
between himself, Boiling, Lester Sis
ler, former Shipping Board secretary,
and q man named Kramer.
Aanaits Making Allegations.
Sands admitted that he had in an
interview with Alfred w. McCann, re-
Allegations of the alleged bribe, which
were incorporated in an affidavit, a
photostatic copy of which was sub
mitted to the board today, prepared
for his (Sands) signature.
Involved In Loan, He Says.
The transaction involved the loan
Of 81 500 to Boiling against his note.
of which Boiling has paid back $500,
Sands made plain.
Sands admitted that he is under in
dictment for allowing shipping COM
-pany in which he was interested to
overdraw its account at the CONNER
cial National Bank.
Sands said he had paid Sisler $4,000
and that it was mot loan.
Bolling's share of the money Sands
said he understood was to have been
$500. but that Boiling did not take
the balance" between it and the $1.S00
loaned him.. s.- = ~ ~ II = g
Admitting to the chairman of the
committee that he had received from
pc9ney $4o.ooo n notes. sands . sald .iI
with other matters than that of pro-
curing shipbuilding contract. He
admitted that he had said in his state
ment to McCann that Downey want
ed these notessto appear ostensibiy as
Sands added that he got a loan from
the Commercial National Bank for
100000 for Downey, and that the sum
was left on deposit there, although
later transferred to the savings ac-
count"
Allegations that bribes were offered
10 Shipping Board officers by ship
building company through WASH
ington, broker were featured in testi-
nony today before the congressional
committee investigating Shipping
Board affairs.
All. Fisher. secretary and investi-
gator for the committee. who made the
allegations. asserted that his state
nents were supported by what was
described as a photostatic copy of an
afidavit. which showed no signature.
in his possession. OF the whereabouts
of the original affidavit he said he
had no knowledge.
Refuses to Admit Record.
Chairman Walsh. refused to admit
into the record the photostatic afi-
davit copy until it has been proved
authentic" Evidence of the clearing
Of notes" connected with the trans
action through New York banks al
leged In 1t Fisher said he had. adding
that the matter had been referred to
Rear Admiral William 8. Benson. presi-
dent-chairman Of the Shipping Board
II
session did not establish criminality.
as they were "oniy affidavits and not
proof"
Alfred w McCann, reporter for the
New York Globe, following Fisher on
the stand, testified that it was he who
had procured the alleged affidavit in
volving the bribery statements. but
said the man who made the affidavit
refused to sign it, and had torn up
the original after the photostatic copy
of 1t had been made and after he had
consulted his attorney.
Says ~l<fanerr 10 Promoter.
Sands identified the name of "a man
named Kramer as John Craner. who
ne said. is a promoter living in Rich
mond. Va. and Representative" of the
Downey Shipbuilding Company.
He said that he introduced Cranel
to Boiling and Sisler. He said he
knew, however, that Boiling and Sis
Ter did not have anything to do with
The awarding of contracts in the Ship
ping Board"
Sands said he still owes Boiling $e0t
on a real estate lot Boiling sold him
and admitted asking him. lowing to
lis connection Nith the President" to
use his influence in his behalf in con.
nection with Sands indictment He
said he did not doubt that he had re.
ceived a letter from Boiling dated Oc.
tober 1s, 1918, exhibited to him by the
committee chairman. in which Boiling
said that because of his relation
with the President" any attempt OF
Bolling's part to "interfere with thu
processes Of the Department of Jus
tice would not only be open to seriou.
misconstructiou but improper"