Evening star., 1924-03-14
Says He Investigated Mellon.

Says He Investigated Mellon.
Replete with details of his activ-
tiles, Means told a story alleging that
for the information of President
Harding, through Smith and W. T.
Underwood. he had conducted an in
vcstigation of Secretary Mellon. in
connection with liquor permits in New
York.
He slipped through our fingers the
first time Means said, but We got
him"
The office of Senator La Toilette,
Means testified, had been ransacked
by mis- agents soon after the senator
from Wisconsin began agitatlng IN
restigation of the Teapot Dome scan
dal, III an effort to find something
damaging" Senator Caraway, demo-
crat, of Arkansas, Means further said,
also came under espionage after he
began attacking Attorney General
Daugherty and Mr. Harding. SEN
ator Bruce of Maryland, also den @
crat, and newly elected, Means teStl-
fed, car1e under espionage, but
Means didn't know much about il.
Wheeler Says He Was Checked Up On.
Senator Wheeler. democrat, OF
Montana interiected into Means tes-
timony at that point that he under
stood five men were checking up on
him in Montana" and Senator Brook
hart. insurgeEt republican of Iowa.
chairman of the investigation, added
that he understood he was being
looked after. too.
A great deal of Means testimony
today turned about the aircraft cases.
He was assisted in his testimony by
Capt. r l.. Scaife. former inVeSti-
gator for the Department of Justice,
who, since he left the department,
has been agitating congressional in
vestigation of the subject Means
emphasized that he gave Scaife a
fully clean bill of health i'll the af-
fair and did not connect him in any
way with the corruption he alleged.
tScaife wouldn't know how to col
lect money" said Means.
The prize fight films were first
shown in Washington, Means testified
at the home of r. b. Mclean, the pub
Usher and central figure in the Tea :
pot Dome inquiry. President Harding
Secretary Hughes and other notables
were there, Means testified, consult
ing his records.
Means Valves Immunity.
Means, large, heavy-set man of the
typical Officer type, waved to ac-
quaintances in the room as he took
the stand. Before Means began his
testimony Senator Wheeler read q
letter\from the Department of Justice
suggesting that Means might receive
immunity under his pending indict-
ments if he testified before the COM
mittee.
Asked if he wanted immunity
Means replied:
"I waive immunity: I ask no quar-
ter and give no quarter"
Means said he had been urged and
advised by his counsel, L. p. Fielder
not to, but had decided to waive i'm
munity and tell it ALL"
Sketches His Career.
Means sketched his early life, his
birth in North Carolina, experiences
as a school teacher, then as a sales
man and confidential man.
"pye been accused of every known
crime in the catalogue, but never con-
yicted so far" said Means, when ask
ed If ever convicted of a felony.
when asked what his present busi-
ness was, Means first said:
Answering indictments" After
! ward he said his business was that OF
! investigator.
indictment for the murder of Mrs
Maud King. He said his evidence In
that case was in a large suit case il
the room.
Means said he hsd done work fol
Henry c. Frick in 1915 or, 1916 in the
coke fields in Pennsylvania.
Worked for Berlin.
Means said he also had worked fol
the German, British, Mexican anC
United States governments,-hrst fol
the German government.
He often was employed by the
Burns Detective Agency, Means said
adding that his relations now with
w. j. Burns, chief of the Department
of Justice bureau of investigation
were the 'friendliest In the world"