New Britain herald., 1922-10-31
Democratic Candidate for Senate Also Declares Woman Paid $5,OOO Fee to Members of Bar For Obtaining Bus Permit
Mrs. Helen Muter Appears
 at Meeting With Tears in
 Eyes and Reports Arrest of Her Drivers-Tells o6 State Investigation.

Charges of Lobbying" were made
 against a local lawyer by P S. Nc.
 Mahon, democratic nominee for state
 senator. at monday rally at tho
 Landers. Frary & Clark factory gatesl this noon. McMahon did not men-i ton the name of the individual to- whom he referred.
 McMahon told 8 story of an alleged exhorbitant fee which he said was charged by two local attorneys for se- curing iitney bus permit for local woman, the amount charged being s5.00o Hardly had he concluded his talk than he was met by Mrs. Helen Muter, the woman supposed to have paid the fee, and with tears in her eyes she told him that her two busses had been stopped by the police and her drivers arrested for overcrowding. The candidate was enraged and pledged any part of $50,0on in the defense of the drivers, asserting that he would make an effort to bring David E. FitzGerald of New Haven here to defend them.
 McMahon Will Go to Court.
 
 responsible for the arrest. saying that
 it was significant that it should coma o1 the day after his political cams paign was opened with sensational charges, He plans he says. to be in police court in the morning and will furnish attorneys who will motion for continuance in the case so that ir1- portant information nay be compiled.
 In the meantime. Mrs. Muter will go to Hartford for the purpose, h3 explains. of securing checks and n mortgage on her properties which vent to make up a s5.ooo fee alleged to have been paid two attorneys who represented her successfully before the Public Utilities Commission when she was seeking license to operate a route. The rspers form tho basis of sensational charges which are be. ing daily made by McMa1on in his political speeches. he says,
 Tells of State Probe.
 Neither McMahon nor Mrs Muter were able to give more than a vague idea of what is likely to follow the which they say is being conducted by the state authorities. Mrs. Muter apparently had acted un- der elvica since she knew nothing 1aore han that an investigation by the state authorities is in progress
 Discusses Alleged "Moyie"t Lobby.
 During the course of his monday rally. the candidate introduced moro when he charged that local moving picture theater men had paid ar rge sums to have the bill doing away with Sunday movies killed. He did lot say whether it was local or out ,f town legislators whose aid was en- isted. Speaking of one assembly, nan, who he said had been reward d for his efforts with the payment ,f over s2,ooo, the speaker said his unning mate is now seeking election 0 the legislature,
 Dugald McMillan, retired mer- hant appeared at todays rally and leckled the speaker on the coal situ- tion, calling upon him to tell tho ruth" about coal prices The two 1en argued back and forth for sev- ral minutes furnishing abundant for the gathering, refer ing 10 one another as Paddy" and Dugie.'
 The candidate introduced figures alculated to prove that hard coal ould be put on the tracks in this itv for s19.sS a ton. The costs of it to the bins should not be lore than 50 cents ton. making g. ,tal of S1433 a ton, he feels He resented the figures of a prominent pal broker offering anthracite for ii for 2,24o pounds. Figuring off ,s amount the value of 24o pounds nd freight on that amount he alleges would be possible to bring the corn- ,odity here for s13ss ton. ,.