Evening star., 1924-04-21
BEST ''RA|D' LIQUOR
GIFT TO OFFICIALS,
WITNESS DECLARES
Confiscated Goods "Sorted
Out" in Justice Depart
ment, Is Charge.
GILLETT DENIES OFFICE
GOT TRUNK OF WHISKY
Speaker Says Receptacle Was
Empty-Daugherty Called Cool
to Antitrust Cases.

TO Antitrust Eases.
Further charges of dereliction in
enforcement of the prohibition and
antitrust laws under Attorney Gem
eral DauEherty were heard today by
the Senate Daughcrty committee.
+. VI. boucher. Il former Depart
ment of Justice investigator, testi-
fled that Confscatcd liquor was
SORTED out" at the department while
he was employed there, and the best
OF II Kept in safe in the office of
the chief of the investigation bureau
to supply officials and others.
Where Liquor Went.
He was followed on the stand by
Alonzo r.. Bunch, who told the COM
mittee that 100 cases of whisky il
legally taken from him had been
hauled away and delivered to people
all over town"
Called to testify regarding anti
trust cases, Huston Thompson, chair
man of the Federal Trade Commits
sion, said it had been useless" for
the commission to turn over to Mr..
Daugherty the evidence it had
gathered from time to time war
renting criminal antitrust prosecu-
tions. Until the impeachment charges
were made in the House against
Daugherty in 1922, he said, the COM
mission COuld not even Stl replies ~
its letters on these subjects.
You only sent over u the Depart
ment of Justice cases where you
found fagrant violations of the law 2
Senator Wheeler asked.
Charges Tobacco Conspiracy.
Yes" Mr. Thompson went on, from
1919 on only cases where there had
been very thorough examinations
went to the Department of Justice
and only when commissioners felt IT
their duty to have the Department of
Justice consider criminal prosecu-
tionS.
Your investigation in 1920 found
there was a combination of tobacco
manufacturers fixing prices to CON
sumers and producers? Senator
Wheeler asked.
I'VE found that there We're COM
hinations of jotbcrs assisted by man
ufacturers to hold up the price of
finished products Chairman Thomp.
raw tobacco were staying off the
market so there was 4 tremendous
drop in the farmers price"
GiIlett Takes Stand.
Speaker Gillett appeared at the
Daugherty committee hearing today
and questioned Fl. l.. Scaife, commit
tee witness, as TO his statement that
liquor seized in Washington by pro
hibition agents some years ago went
to (iillett's office.
Where did you get your informa-
tion?" the Speaker asked.
Most of it came from Mr.. Wood
ruff" said Scaife.
"Congressman Woodruff:
Yes"
CRepresentative Woodruff, a Re-
publican, is from Michigan.l
Scaife. Crmer Department OF
Justice Investigator, insisted that his
original testimony needed no cor
rection' to his knowledge. He re-
iterated that his Information was
IL constituent"
Witness Quizxes Speaker.
The witness then turned to the
Sneaker and asked if he denied that
the liquor had gone, to his office.
T certainly do. said Gillett: wont
DO you deny that a trunk went
there" Scaife persisted.
GilIett said that Il constituents
trunk had been taken to his ONCE
but that it had no liquor IN II.
Speaker Gillett then made a state
1nent to the committee under oath.
He said that in the spring OF l92Z ne
had heard and denied the report that
a trunk Of liquor" had come to ms
Office
ON investigation. he said, he found
that a trunk from which liquor had
been removed had been sent to his
office for Il constituent in 1919:
pepartment Of Justice records were
urodnced nv the Spe akcr to show that
the liquor had been removed, and he
said Seattle knew this when he testi-
fed
calls Ii an Outrage.
Il think it is an outrage" the
cr.,ker said Il don't know what
his motive is. If he had told the
whole facts, it would have entirely
"Fbis was before the Eolstead law,
l,nt II vas against the law to trans
port liquor through dry territory:
IN, Speaker said, adding that his
friend who owned the trunk. a very
DISTINGUISHED citizen OF Springheld,
Mass" had been bound on hShlng
mise and had six bottles of liquor
in The trunk" 1t was TIE breaking
Of one Of these which led to thG
seizure.
city at the time and his secretary
arranged to obtain the trunk and the
clothing it contained, but not the
linuor. and ship il To M. Il, in
Springfield. W.,
ruff all of the circumstances, he said,
and was assured that Mr.. Scaife
would not give any more publlclt%
10 the matter. 1t was printed IN
Springfield. however, the speaker
added, substantially as | have told
il here"
Joke on Prominent Man.
Everybody likes a joke on promi-
ncnt man" he said For witness
before YOU to throw out bold state
lnent that / got liquor from the De-
partment of Justice. when he knew
The facts, or had opportunity to know
the facts-well, that's an outrage.
won't try to conjecture what his mo-
tive may be-he may desire noto-
rety."
F. NJ Boucher, 4 former Justice
Department agent. testified that dur
ing his employment there was al
ways a supply of liquor in a safe in
The chiefs Office" meaning the office
Of the chief of the bureau of crimi-
nal investigation os the Department
of Justice This liquor was always
given to people," he said.
Boucher said he had seen seized
liquor stored in the chiefs office"
and "the best of it put in the safe"
while the rest was taken to the base
ment.
The delivery to the house on H
street, Boucher said, was in 1921,
after the Attorney General took
office"
Says Daugherty Got Some.
How much was taken to Daugh-
erty's house," Chairman Brookhart
inquired
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