Evening star., 1923-12-29
GORDON PLEDGES
FULL PROBE INTO
DRY RAID SCANDAL
Declares Presmont to Be
Kept on Case-WiII Prose-
cute EnergeticalIy.
NEWTON AGAIN DEMANDS
INFORMATION OF OYSTER
Representative, for Second Time.
Asks for Missing List" Facts.
Oyster Withholds Data.

While>poli and special intelligence
unit operatives were conferring to-
day on the next steps in the investi-
cation of Washington's alleged rum
syndicate, the Office Of the district
attorney announced that "every bit of
evidence available for prosecution is
being sought so that case complete
from all angles may be brought into
court.
Maj. Peyton Gordon also announced
that Assistant Attorney A. n. Pres
mont has not been removed from the
case.
There has been and there will be
no let-up in the prosecution of this
case" Maj. Gordon stated, adding
however, that the evidence had not
yet been turned over to him. Every
bit of evidence available for prose-
cution will be made use Of
Mr.. Presmont has not been re
moved and will not be removed from
the case, but will take part in i.
throughout We are working on the
case with all our energy sand are
exercising every effort to get ali
possible evidence into shape"
Newton Repeats Demand.
The case was further featured to-
day by another letter from Repre-
sentative Newton Of Minnesota to
Commissioner Oy ,ter, in which he
reiterated his demand to be told
whether or not any list as referred
to in news reports had been found
by the police.
CoincidentalIy with Representative
Nax laff mi iSS
ter's reply to the representatives first
letter was made public. Commissioner
Oyster in his letter stated that all evil
dence collected by the police was
torney's Office, and that Office must
make public what it sees fit.
Representative Newton's letter fol-
lows:
Il regret that you have not seen
fit to give me the information that
l requested. In brief. your reasons
are that you cannot make public evil
dence in your hands excepting upon
the instructions from the district at
torney.
Cites Oyster Statement.
"Of course, i have no desire what
ever to hamper further work by the
police, or by the District Attorney.
1t never occurred to me to request
any information of this particular
character At the time of writing
the letter to you, had in mind your
own interview in the local press
wherein you yourself are quoted as
saying that such a list of names
was found and seized. / naturally
came to the conclusion that you
would not have made this fact
known and given it out to the pub
any way to hamper the prosecution.
Il did not request the list or its
publication. l asked whether SUCH
a list had been found. The papers
quoted you as saying there was such
a list, which, they said, contained
the names of a number of prominent
and influential men. Surely, II you
could then give this matter out to
the press without fear of hampering
prosecution, you now should be al
liberty to at least give the facts to
a member of Congress.
1.-THE papers report that this list
mysteriously disappeared / merely
asked whether this was true. | did
not ask for the contents of the list.
Surely the disappearance of list
of patrons, containing the names OF
alleged prominent and influential
men, is matter of grave public con
Germ. The papers published the fact
of the disappearance of this list
They certainly must have received
this information from your office
Do you think it consistent to deny
to member of Congress information
that has been given to the press
from your office?
Repeats His Demand.
IF the statement was made to the
press that this list has disappeared
this case involves something far more
serious than the charge of bootleg
ging.' 1t goes to the integrity of the
law enforcement officers of the Dis
trict Evidence involving alleged
prominent and influential men is lost
Nobody knows anything about 1t. The