The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-13
.COAKLEY GETS
S2l,O32 FOR FEE
Secured Releases from
Women at Road House
and Others
TOTAL OF $S5,OOO
GIVEN TO LAWYER
Says He Paid Most of 1t to Others
Settled All Claims In Cash to Avoid
Photograph of Checks-David Stone
man TeStiEes

Photograph of Checks-David Stone
man Testifes.
BOSTON, July 13-Daniel H. Coax
ley, named by Attorney General j. Wes-
ton Allen as a principal with District
Atty. Nathan A. Tufts pf sAIiddleseH
county in an alleged conspiracy to ex-
tort 100000 from motion picture men
who participated in a midnight party
at Mishawum Manor in Woburn in 1917,
received $21 .032 as his fee in the case. he
testified today. He said his services CON
sisted of obtaining releases from women
who were at the road house and others.
David Stoneman, counsel for Hiram
Abrams, alleged by the attorney general
to heve been the go-between, had testified
previously today that he paid Coakley
$4,000 from funds given him by Abrams
Coakley acknowledged the payment
He said he gave $4,000 to Daniel III.
Sughrue of his Office and spent $4,000 in
expenses and in connection with the re-
leases. He paid $1,000 at one time and
SI4,@oo at another time, hp said, to H. c.
Sawyer who represented client with
an alleged claim against Jesse Lasky.
sawyer client, he said, was man
named Crane. He also paid $1,000 to
James j.. Aylward and a man named
clark, counsel for two other complain
ants.
The various claims were settled in cash.
he said, because he did not wish to run
the chance of check getting into the
hands OF a woman of the underworld
where it might be photographed" The
witness said the papers and vouchers in
the case disappeared lat the time rep
resentative of the Watch and Ward So
cIety was in my Office stealing papers,
LeYenSon had cOrroborated statements
made IN AbramS'S disposition that
Abrams had come to Boston from Port
land IN response to a message from May
or james NJ. Curley, who told him there
was likely 20 be trouble He said Alb
rams and Walter Greene went to Cam
bridge with Coakley to endeavor to CON
vince District Attorney Tufts that they
were men of good standing Abrams
told him, he said, that Tufts told them
he would make further investigation as
to their innocence.
David Stoneman, a Boston attorney,
testified today that he had kept no rec
ord of his connection with the case.
The witness said he was cmDloyed hy
Abrams in 1917, about two months aft
er the dinner at Mishawum Manor, the
road house conducted by Brownie"
henedy He first learned of the Woburn
party at conference at Hotel Touraine.
where Abrams told him of dinner Civ
en- to Fatty Arbuckle. at the Copley
Plaza on March g and said that after
wards some members of the party went
to Mishawum Manor.
Yesterdays evidence tended To show
that Mr.. Levenson's firm got SIS. 900, but
Of this 50. 800 was paid to Charles n
Innes and $1,000 to Councillor Wright
and $4,000 to David Stoneman. These
lawyers further divided among other
lawyers, \. Berman receiving 81 800 from
Wright and $3.50 from Innes.
All OF the lawyers who have testified |
so far have stressed the number of con !
,Frehces that We're necessary, and Mr.. |
Wright averred yesterday that fine flo.
lre at one time was set as high as $3.50 !
300 as the sum necessary for the film men
to pay to go free of danger. but finally |
MIR. Coakley engineered the settlement
-otalling 100000