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Ex-Warden Of Atlanta Creates
New Sensation Before Senate
investigating Committee.
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON,
International News Service.
The Senate's investigation mill
ground out a new crop Of sensa-
tions today.
While J. Ed Dyche, former war
den Of Atlanta prison. was testi-
flying that the Rev. Heber Votaw,
brother-in-law Of the late Presi-
dent Harding, used his official
position to stop a cleanup of
drug smuggling into the peniten-
tiary, Senator Wheeler sprung a
fresh surprise by introducing evil
dence purporting to show that
Charles Vincent, Baltimorean,
paid $4,000 for q pardon from
the Department Of Justice par
don which he never got.
identified By wife.
With dramatic suddenness, Wheel
or produced q Letter written by VIM
cent? to Elias III. Mortimer. who has
figured In snkhaR alleged ttdeals' dur.
Ing the present Investigation. It
contained d demand note for $50.
boo, payable to Mortimer when he
received communication or rennis-
sion "a sentence of eighteen
mons which Vincent was facing
IN At.snta. Vincent was secretary
Of the Baltimore and Jamaica Trad
Ing Company.
The letter contained a footnote
signed by Mortimer, ratifying the
agreement.
AS soon as he had read the let
ter, Wheeler called Mrs. Mortimer
from among the spectators and had
her identify her husbands sigma,
ture.
Burns Sent Men.
Approximately 100 Of the prison
ers at Atlanta were drug addicts
when he became warden, Dyche ties,
titled. ~
Some were addicts when thew
were received" he said. while
others began using dope after they
got In. The drugs were smuRRIed
IN to them by dishonest trustees
Il wanted to put a stop to Il. I
Kept after Superintendent Vctaw.
here In Washington, to send some
inspectors to help me in what 7
traffic.
Mr.. Burns finally sent three in.
Vesttgators down. / wanted to find
our the source Of the morphine"
Dyche said it was impossible fo,.
any prison employee to minEIe with
the addicts and find out anything.
Daugherty i'm q "Jam.'
Dyche, who was manager of the
campaign. Of the late Jake Hamon
Tor Republican national committee
man in Oklahoma, repeated much of
the testimony he gave recently be-
Tore the Senate oil COMMITTEES be-
fore launching into the details Of
his troubles at Atlanta--Groubles
which finally led to his forced res
ABuhIIOu as WArO0us
In explaining how It was init
mated to him that Attorney General
Daugherty would appreciate his res
ignation, Dyohe said:
The man who told me that said
the Attorney General was in a
jam"
Forced Two Guards Out.
Dyche said the traffic went on
unmolested while he strove for a
year to get action from Washington.
Meanwhile, he said, he forced two
guards suspected Of peddling drugs,
to resign.
After an investigation by the
Burns men, he said, four guards
were indicted, Two were not con-
victed ana two were dismissed,
Dyche added.
'That dope traffic is still going
on" Dyche continued.
Dyche said that Votaw went to
Atlanta and stopped the investiga-
ton Of dope smuggling into the
prison.
What did Votaw say?"
He insisted the investigation
stop and the guards be released"
said Dyche.
Objected To Publicity.
What reason did he give?"
He seemed to object to the pub
licity and he said 1t would disrupt
the organization. There was moth
ing in that"
Dyche admitted that opposition to
the investigation came from tho
deputy warden charged with, en-.
forcing discipline, when 1t became
apparent that the inquiry was going
to involve the guard force.
Trouble In Washington.
The witness said Burns three de.
tectiveS were very thorough, and
earnest.
Then the tr0ubIe was in Wash.