Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-08

ACnOy " PAoSSCO.
Mr.. Slack, District Attorney Frederick
Van Nuys and Daniel simms, who re-
signed as special assistant district at
torney, because Of Palmer's orders, were
ordered sworn as witnesses.
Mr.. Simms the first to take the stand,
declared he knew Of no understanding
whereby certain evidence was to be sup
pressed
It was hinted in passages between the
court and Dan W. Simms, former special
assistant Q. S. attorney, Mr.. Slack, spe-
cial assistant to the attorney general In
charge Of the case. and District Attorney
Frederick Van Nuys, that there were
persons connected with the defense In
the case who were closer to the attorney
generals office than the local govern
ment attorneys
HUGHES INSISTS on
HAVING NAMES.
Pressed by Charles Evans Hughes,
chief counsel for the indicted miners and
Republican candidate for President
. in 1916, for the names Of the per-
sons whom 1t was said had been hint
ing to the district attorneys office during
tne past summer that the case would not
come to trial, District Attorney Van
Euys stated that the person who had
made such statements was Mr.. Hauck
Mr.. Hauck is Earl Hauck OF Terre
Haute. for many years a special agent
Of the Department of Justice. who gained
national fame as the detective who did
much of the work which resulted IN the
successful vote fraud prosecutions In
Jude Anderson's court against officials Of
Terre Haute and Indianapolis, and who
early this year gathered much OF the evi-
bailey
then special assistant United States at
torney. to convict United States Senator
Truman Newberry and 100 others OF
vote frauds in Michigan.
Mr. Hauck for several months has been
employed BIZ the defense in the present
case to gather evidence with which to
combat the Government Mr.. Van Nuys
said Mr Hauck had made statements to
Floyd J. Mattice. assistant district attor
ney. and 10 himself, which led him to
believe some persons were closer TO the
Attorney Generals Office than he him
self was
c. B. Ames, former first assistant at
torney general who said be was ap
pearing merely as a friend Of Attorney
General Palmer, attempted to explain to
the court that the attorney general In
instructing Mr.. Simms not to use evi-
dence which led up to the contempt pro-
ceedings against the miners In Judge
Andersons court last November and De-
cembeT. did not intend TO -'hamstrtng
the present case.
COURT READY FOR
EACH STATEMENT.
The court, however. met each state
ment Of Mr.. Ames by reading from vart-
Gus kilograms and letters Of Mr.. Palmer
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was repeatedly stated and inferred that
there was an agreement reached upon the
occasion Of the attorney generals visit
here to end the bituminous coal strike
Dec. and ., 1919, not to use evidence
involved In the injunction and contempt
proceedings.
Cdurt was adjourned at 1920 o'clock
with Mr.. Ames and the court involved
IN an argument over the attorney gen
erals statement Mr.. Ames kept plead
ing that the Judge, who said he was
"much stirred up" over the inference
by the attorney general that the reputed
agreement had been reached IN a con-
ference before the court on Dec. s, try
to listen TO his arguments with an
"open mind"
The hearing was replete with startling
statements By the two Government at
torneys. Mr. slmms and the court, ana
frequent Interruptions by Mr.. Hughes,
who entered exceptions to some state
ments which be conside<sd prejudiciaI
30 the defendants.
Judge Anderson assured the noted
counsel for the defense that he was not
making staten ents Of his own, but quot
ing statementn OF representatives OF the
attorney general, whom he inferred now
Is attempting to block the case.
J Mr.. Hughes emphatically stated that
there had been no connection between
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