The Washington herald., 1920-02-05
0FFIGE WOMEN
TELL OF MONEY
FOR NEWBERRY
Campaign Expenses Paid in
Currency, Managers
Employees Say.
! Is ON WITNESS STAND
Two Testify Newberry and
Aides Spent Freely to
Beat Ford.
s1S ON WITNESS STAND

Grand Rapids. Mich, Feb. 4.-Ex-
animation of witnesses in the New
berry case today was intended to
prove that the committee in charge
of Senator Newberry's campaign at
Detroit headquarters paid its Is
in cash The 135 defendants.
charged with election frards, COW
cred expenditures in that way. the
prosecution said
Three women stenograrhers at
the Detroit headquarters during the
1915 campaign said that q. F ank
Emery. Detroit committee office
manager paid them their salary in
currency.
Gold Kept in yauft.
MT Emory paid my salary from
large box filled with envelopes of
currency he took fror. a vault in
the Ofice." testified Sophie Altman,
stenographer
oscar b. Marx, former mayor of
Detroit. testified that Frederick
Cody. Newberry's New YORK man
ager. had asked the support of the
Marx organization in Detroit.
II told him 1t could not be DONE"
Marx said
Kathleen Marshall, Detroit. also a
stenographer at the Newberry com
mittec headquarters. testified that
the account of the comitte was kept
at the Commonwealth Bank in De-
troit. in cash placed in a vault.
Eighteen government witnesses
took the stand during the day. At
least two of them offered testimony
bearing directly on the govern
ment's contention. that those direct
ing the Newberrg campaign squan-
dered money with abandon.
Editor Refused Aid.
Walter l.. Chappele. editor of .
weekly paper at Harrisvills. told of
an effort made through Benjamin p.
Red to obtain his services as county
chairman of the Newbery orgsni-
Zation- re -.
Il refused to serve IN that capacity"
Mr Chappells said. Mr.. Reed urged
me to reconsider my decision. He
assured that for the man who had
charge of Mr. NewberrySs county
campaign the freight viii be paid.
still I could not see my way clear
10 act for him. l did carry Newberry
advertising IN my paper. received
in an about IS or so for this
One Of the chief purposes Of ;hs
prosecution :. and viii be- 10 ests.b-
ftsh that Senator Newberry was kept
IN constant touch Wit nthe methods
pursued by his campaign managers
and that he was coznizant of the
vast sums spent in behalf Of his
this suggestion strongly before the
jury was James Sxeinhart- New York
correspondent of Detroit pa per, and
a witness whose testimony was CON
tinusd from yesterday
Ruling Against Defense.
Mr.. Sweinhart told of visits 20 Chs
New York Office of Mr.. Newberry.
then lieutenant commander in the
navy. During the visits he generally
met Frederick cody. regarded by gov
ernnent attorneys as Mr.. Eewber-y's
private campaign dIer."
Upon one of these occasions wher
called at Commander Newberry's
office the witness testified. "Mr.
Cody met me and told me he had
just come back from looking over
the campaign situation in Michigan.
His words relative to the situation
were:
&c The lid is of in Michigan and
the sky's the limit"
Judge Sessions ruled today that the
court would insist on strict inter
probation Of the clause in the cor
rurt practices act. providing that e1-
penditures Of more than 1000 by a
senatorial candidate are Illegal The
Newberry campaign committee spent
Sl57.Oco. according to reports filed to
date