San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-22
Miss Stinson Declares Smith
Told Her Attorney
General Aided.
FEARED FOR HIS LIFE
Put House in Order" Juss
Before He Died,
She Says.

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Miss Roxie Stinson, in her testimony
today before the Senate committee in
vestigating the Department OF Justice,
declares that her former husband.
the late jess Smith, had mentioned At
torney General Daugherty's name in
connection with "whiskey deals de-
claring that Smith had told her specif-
| ically that it was 'only through Mr..
Daugherty's influence" that they could
be put through
The witness also stated that Smith
had told her the whole story of the
Chicago convention. She said that
Jake Hamon told hey of deal there.
Both Smith and Hamon told her. she
said, that Hamon was 10 have a cab
met position.
Daughcrty got word, Miss Stinson
said Smith told her. that they were
embarrassing him, and he (Daugh-
! crty) went to the Chicago hotel con-
ference at o'clock in tine morning.
which agreed on Warren &. Harding
as the nominee. and by strong-arm
methods arranged TO have Harding
! backed for the nomination.
Says She Was Framed.
Miss Stinson told the committee her
version Of the affair in Cleveland
hotel, in which the attorney general
charged she was registered with A. j..
Fink of Buffalo. y. Y. as man and
wife, and MADE an attempt TO black
mail him 1.-THE attorney generaD for
$4,000.
Miss Stinson's reply TO the attor-
ney generals charges in that regard
was that il was a "frame-up."
Her version was that she went 10
Cleveland to meet Fink. TO talk over
a big deal" and had him to dinner
in her room. There, she said. Fink
told her he had registered them "un-
der a fictitious name" Miss StiE-
son said she was incensed when she
learned it. Later. she said Fink came
and told her they both were under
arrest for registering under fictitious
names" and they "wcrc headed for the
bars unless she promised to say moth
Ing damaging abou- Harry Daugh-
crty."
Miss Stinson said She WIS told
that a man named Ellis had made
an affidavit that S1J0.000 would be
paid. divided between her. Fink AMI
Ellis. ii she would promise her silence.
Fink told her. She said, that they
were holding Ellis" and that she was
in danger. He called NJ Samuel I'm
gcrleider. broker. She went on. ari
told him Il cant make This woman
understand the seriousness OF things
Talked TO Ungerleider.
Cngerleider came lin Ia her room.
she said. end told her that he didn't
understand much about it. but 1t
seems there is conspiracy against
Harry Daugherty."
"Ungerleider told me that l would
be behind the bars" she went on. Il
told him 10 take me. that this was
frame-up. pure and simple"
Cngerleider said. she recounted. thar
Fink and Ellis "were being held un-
der $4,000 bond and pointing TO
Fink. said. "he is so scared he will
testify TO anything"
II asked Ungerleider why Nal
Daughcrty or Harry Daugherty. or
whoever was engineering the conspir-
acy. didn't come over themselves" she
went. on. aud Ungerlcider said. " they
just want your promise not TO talk
about Harry Daugherty.'
She told Ungerleider that they
couldn't strong-arm her." and there
isn't going TO he convenient escape
through my brain. and that she would
testify in Washington.
Ellis. Miss Stinson said she heard.
was TO make an affidavit that she
had asked S1J0.000 from Daugherty.
Threatened With Prosecution.
Fink came 10 her and told her. Miss
Stinson said. that they were both under
arrest and faced the bars" because
OF the fictitious hotel registration.
Fink told her he had been given the
third degree"
Unless she would promise not to tel
anything she knew "about Harry
DaugheFtv. Miss Stinson said. Fink
told her. they would be prosecuted.
After the Cleveland affair. Miss
Stinson said she met Nal Daugherty
end accused him and he denied being
Y party TO the alleged frame-up.
Miss Stinson testified that one
LYLE johnson, who represented HIM
self as coming from the Columbus
Citizen and The Associated Press. of
fered her $1,000 for a lead on how to
get information about Teapot Dome.
(Lyle Johnson is not employed BY
The Associated Press. and the Column
bus Citizen, for which he is court
house reporter in Columbus. Ohio, is
not a member of The Associated
Press.)
She Involves Dsugherty.
Senator Jones. Republican. Wash
ington. asked Miss Stinson for spe-
cific IDEAL" in which jess Smith had
mentioned Mr.. Daugherty's name and
she said he had in connection with
"whiskey deals" He also told the