The New York herald., 1922-12-14
PREDICTS COLLAPSE
OF DAUGHERTY CASE
Volstead Says Testimony SO
Far Fails to Back Lmpeach-
ment Charge.

WASHINGTON. Dec. Is. - Interrupting
examination OF witnesses, called before
the House Judiciary Committee In us
hearing of Impeachment charges asaihst
Attorney General Daugherty, chairman
yolstead declared tonight he did not be-
lieve il possible judging from the char-
acter of the testimony already pre-
sented. to make anything out OF the case
against Mr.. Daugherty. ~
The rest of the hearing was devoted
primarily to the conduct of William J,
Burns. director of the bureau of inves-
tigation of the Department OF Justice.
Witnesses included Burns, Senator john
son of California, George w. wicker
sham. former Attorney General, ana
Samuel Gompers.
Testimony covered a wide range, be-
ginning with the Oregon Land Fraud
trials in 1906 and running through the
arrest and confession OF the Mcnamara
Brothers in the Dynamiting OF the Los
Angeles Times Building and events or
more recent date. Numbering among
these was the political feud which de-
yeloped between Taft and Roosevelt in
1912 and the assistance the American
Federation of Labor is rendering
to Representative Keller Republican
(Minn.). in the presentation of some of
his charges against Mr.. DaugheFty.
Mr.. Burns. whose alleged activities in
connection with tho drawing OF jury
TO rthe trial OF Willard \. Jones. In
the Oregon fraud cases was the prin-
ciral subject O fthe evidence yesterday,
was called to the stand by Paul How
land. attorney for Mr.. Daugherty. He
not only denied anything improper IN
his conduct in Oregon. but asserted that
President Taft. in granting a pardon TO
a
Jones had paid for" the pardon.
Senator Johnson was called as a
character witness for Mr.. Burns and de-
clared he had observed the detective
under the pressure and under the fire.
in the San Francisco investigation and
had commended him to the Attorney
General.
In his testimony Mr. Burns charged
that since the arrest of the Mcnamara
brothers Samuel Gompers had "hounded
him" at every opportunity He also
charged that A. r. Maculy, an American
citizen living in Toronto. who wrote to
President Harding protesting his ap-
pointment, had been arrested in st.
Louis on information obtained by the
Burns Detective Agency as to the al
legged passing of worthless checks drawn
against the Canadian Express Company.
With respect to the Mcnamara ar
rests Mr.. Burns charged that Mr. Comp
ers had sent an agent to Los Angeles to
prevent the confession of the McNa-
mara brothers, but that the representa-
tives had arrived too late. he also
charged that when the McNamaras were
arrested Mr.. Gompers issued state
ment declaring the arrests to be a
frame
Mr.. Gompers in reply testified that
the statement that he had sent an agent
to Los Angeles for the purpose stated by
Mr.. Burns was absolutely without the
slightest founda ton" He also said he
did not think he had issued any state
ment to the newspapers charging that
the arrests of the McNamaras was a
''frame-up."
Declaring that it was untrue he had
"hounded" Mr.. Burns. the veteran labor
leader told the committee it had never
occurred to him that this man hunter
should regard me az bounding him.