The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-30
10 TRY BOYLE
 IN US COURT
Rum Ring Case Trans ferred From Mobile
 Circuit Court

MOBILE Ala May 29.-May 29.- Especial Leased Wire of the ease in which District Attorney Audrey B0y1es is charged with having covupt1y attempted to influence Will liam H. HoIcsmbe.- IT,, deputy sheriff. legissator aml one ef the defendants acquitted i'm the recent rum ring trial here win he removed from the Mo Aile circuit cVurt te the United States dlxtRles court under erder issued by Federal Judge Robert T. Erwin today.
 Judge Erwin granted a petition filed Im feGAeTml district court for a transfer of the case The petition carried the signature of Nicholas E. StaHwOrth- special assSstant attorney general who was employed to aid the district at feFneys 0fflce in the prosecution of zemsat10nAl expose of alleged hquor traffic eunditi0us i'm Mobile late last year-
 Immznixy ChzrEea
 The petition filed with Judge Erwin alleges that from December, 1922. to July 1S9S- approaches were made to United States District Attorney An hrey k0y1eS by several persons for the purpose eff procuring the corrupt entry 0f the government attorney into a con xparSey. which was claimed to have then been in existenee to violate the PE0hlhitbeR Aw and to receive immuni- tF from prosecution and that to that end H0le0uabe sought interviews with BSy1e$-
 The petition further claims that BeERess upon being requested for inter vhewx with Hs1c0mbe. believing that the purpose was to get him to accept @0neE to csrrupsfy influence his ac- s6@ms Ss United States attorney. re- p@rted the matter to the department of JRStlee i'm Washington and asked for the advhee of his SupertorS regarding the mAtter
 In support ef that cOutentiOu the petition cites two letters. one written by B0EIes to Mrs Mabel Walker Willie bEzmt- assistant attorney general in charge of prohibition enforcement on March zS- 19g3, and the reply ef Mrs. MlHlehFant a few days later
 The petition claims that following the receipt of the Iefter from Mrs. WIlIebramt regarding the matter that B@yBes did permit HoIcOmbe to ap- pFvaeh him and that statements made H@acomhe- together with other evidence from the basis of indictments returned against Holeambe by the federal grand jury last fall
 Letter Quased
 Parts of the Iefter from Mir. Boyles to Mrs WTlIebrant, as contained in the petition are
 Dear Mrs WilIebrant. again it be- c@12es necessary to report local eondf- SS0nS-
 Apparently the head graft manipu- latWEs Gf this city, as reported to me. have made another sffer to divide half 0f graft money now being collected They want the deal to be carried thrU@gh by the ex-sheTiff- I want no direct dealings with any of them but 1t seems essential that I deal with him The anlF chance have of getting him ls to get kIm MEself-a kind of work extre@eFy dlst2stefuI to me. however. duty never comes Sugar coated
 This whole plan may not appeal to you st all If sos should like to have Ea1r vesR of 1t by wire in orVler that | may stop it before 1t goes any fur AEE MAAAM EG418A ADL WOEAlH& cunt the way I have suggested IS to RAve the f6eld clear for the two under eGwer mEn, Wh0-are established in busi- ness nGw and will be able to make full and e0mplete Suecess of their work only If the town Is apparently wide open" at least sufficiently so to induce the EaIn operators to throw aside their present extreme eautiou- What I wish to 3S Is to catch them all at one haul. IzS1set them for conspiracy and send them to the penitentiary for by so d0- ing we shall have at least one dry port on the Gulf coast
 The reply of Mrs. WIlIebrant to Mir BOyReS is given as fOIlOws-
 SGr= This will aeknowIedge the EeeelPt of your letter dated March 23, 1923. KSp0EtInG developments in your investigation 0f persons engaged in the unlawful tRaffIe in intoxicating liquors 1n MsAIbe and vicinity and setting forth FOUr plan to entr4p the e01spirators by permitting them to raise the fund Gs1e@zzAlE to IHfluence you in your of fseIal 3ct5eR, but to be received by you Im proof of their conspiracy to bribe officials charged with the enforcement of pRuAihitisn laws
 This department approves of ef-