Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-13

, liam f. Wiley, Of the Cincinnati En-
quirer, was i'll and that he wanted
to take him to Palm Beach.
1--WE took up the wire matter in
November" the publisher continued,
land it had nothing to do with the
White House"
Senator Walsh took up another
telegram-from Mclean to Fall
h;ch mentioned important bust
ness" and suggested that the ex-
secretary should see McLeans sec
rotary.
1T was about sending a carload
of mares to Falls New Mexico
ranch" tho witness said.
He insisted, in reply to repeated
questions, that the message did not
refer to oil transactions or the COM
mittee inquiry.
Couldn't Read Messages
"Ill be darned if 1 know, senator, 1"
Mclean returned when Walsh asked
| for the meaning of another message:
| i've read some of these kilograms
until I'm dizzy, trying to figure out
what some of them mean.
He suggested it might refer to the
| morse SulpIueIlI.
Senator Fall was too perturbed
about oil for you to bother him about
| horses, wasn't he?"
mot too perturbed to talk about
horses. L think if he was in his
grave he'd jump right out if you
mentioned race horses"
Senator Walsh then read a mes
sage from Mclean to John F. Major
saying its sender "had a tip" he was
to be called in the oil inquiry. who
gave you that tip?" Senator Walsh
| demanded.
Senator, I presume I got thou
sands" Mclean told him. Tips
about everything. Sometimes I be-
gan believing L owned Teapot
Dome"
Asked about another message, he
said:
WELL senator, so help me God, 1
don't know what it was"
A message was read in which Nc
Lean directed Major to find out in
careful manner" whether a bank
would keep a record of Endorsements
on a check.
81 was thinking of buying a house
wondered whether to buy it in my
own name. 1 always thought the
check would be the best receipt.
Maybe it's only my ignorance"
Senator Walsh remarked that, the
publisher was a man of many bust
ness transactions.
Gives Lambert Credit
This man is" Mr. Mclean re-
turned, pointing to Wilton j, Lam
bert, his attorney. HE does all the
business for me-
The publisher corroborated John
Majors testimony that the word
Willis" in his kilograms referred to
Lambert He said he thought the
champion" who signed some of the
messages was Chris Dunphy, his golf
instructor.
II never coded telegram in my
life" the witness said. There's
only one word there l can Identify
the word 'gob'-it means period"
One of his employees, w. Q. Duck
stein, attended to cooling and de-
coding, he said, after having re-
ceived permission from w. j. Burns,
chief of the bureau of investigation,
to use the department of justice
code.
Harry" in the message, he said,
meant Attorney General Daugherty,
ne added, and "eyed'' meant E. s.
Rochester, the attorney generals
confidential publicity assistant.
did you recommend Rochester's
appointment" asked Senator Dill,
Democrat, Washington.
II think I did would have rec
commended him to anybody"
WAS there any duty Of Rochester
to keep you informed?'
None whatever"
Senator Dill asked about the en-
ployment of George Rothweu Brown,
of the Washington Post, in a similar
capacity by the attorney general
prior to Rochester.
Il think I recommended him." Nc
Lean said.
When he was asked about the
famous principal telegram, Nc
Lean said he did not know who the
principal was" unless it was Sen
ator Curtis, of Kansas.
Mr.. Bennett IRA f. Bennett, who
sent the message) has testified it
was Senator Curtis" the witness
to the opposite and President Cool
idge has testified it was not him"
Il didn't understand the president
had made any statement" Senator
Walsh remarked.
THE thing that struck me when
I got that message" continued Nc
Lean. was that the principal re-
ferred to Harry Daugherty. II know
! -
1 have a different idea"
Senator Walsh said he had "a
very definite idea" who it was, and
would be glad to have his mind dis
! abused.
Grilled on "Principar'
! The principal message in full
said:
Have seen principal. He appre-
ciates greatly. There will be no rock
! ing of the boat and no designations.
| He expects reaction from unwar-
ranted political attacks"
Senator Walsh went after the
witness idea as to each word of it.
There never was any understand
| ing between you land BennetO that
the word principal was to mean
J Curtis?" the senator asked.
Il wouldn't say there was"
Senator Walsh switched the exam.
i nation and got the witness to de
scribe the location of the Mclean
town house.
Attorney General DauCherty. he
said, early in the Harding admins
tration. had apartments adjoinins
This was apparently Il sort of
rendezvous" Senator Walsh sug-
gested.
Fall visited there often. the wit
mess said, but he said he never heard
the oil leases discussed at these con
ferences.
There is nothing to that tunnel
story" he said when asked if there
was an underground connection be