San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-21
Appears Before Probe and
Questions Witness,
H. L. Scaife.
MORE RUM TESTIMONY
Justice Department Ex-
agent Says "Supply
Always on Hand"

NdSiiiIlgtOn, ~. u. april IL
|peakcr Gillett appeared before the
enate committee investigating former
|ttorney General Harry NJ. Daugher-
and questioned III. l.. Scaife, former
|sent of the Department of Justice, rs
his recent testimony that liquor
lied by prohibition agents some
bars ago found its way into Gillett's
Afice.
n When asked where he obtained his
Formation about the liquor, Scaife
|,plied that most of it came from Mr..
oodruff, Republican member of the
Aouse from Michigan"
y The, witness then turned to the
caker and asked him if he denied
Hat the liquor had gone to his Of
hep
II certainly do" Gillett replied.
EDO you deny that Il trunk went
here:' Scaife persisted.
said constituents trunk
Nj been taken to his office but that it
Nd no liquor in it.
hScaife insisted that his original tes-
|lhony needed mo correction" to his
1Iowledge. He reiterated that his
Information" was that the speaker
IN the liquor for "a constituent"
MI. Nj. Boucher, also a former JUS
Ne Department agent, testified that
Firing his employment, there was
mays supply of liquor in safe in
ge chiefs office" meaning the Of
Ne of the chief of the Bureau of
Investigation of the Depart.
INT of Justice. This liquor was al
Us given to people, he said.
Gillett i'm Statement.
Speakcr Gillett made statement
the committee under oath. He
Nd that in the spring of 1922, he
III heard and denied the report that
+ trunk of liquor" had come TO his
4fice.
NON investigation. he said. he found
lht 4 trunk from which liquor had
IN removed, had been sent to his
Xlicc for constituent in 1919.
of Justice records were
3bduced by the speaker TO show that
Y liquor had been removed and he
Nd Scaife knew this when he testi-
HI think it is an outrage" the
Maker said. Il don't know what his
I btive is. If he had told the whole
Hts. it would have entirely exoner-
Md me-"
4 This was before the volstead act,
~ it was against the law to trans
Il liquor through dry territory" the
|aker said, adding that his friend
1Jo owned the trunk, "a very dis
Iguishcd citizen of Springfield.
S." had been bound on a fishing
Use and had "six bottles of liquor
tlthe trunk" 1t was the breaking of
of these which led to the seiz-
he speaker said he was out of the
at the time and his secretary ar
M ged to obtain the trunk and the
hing it contained. but not the
Tor. and ship it TO Mr.. B." in
73ingfield.
Told Woodruff Details.
he told Representative Wood
!4f all of the circumstances. he said,
4 was assured that Mr.. Seattle
|{}hld not give any more publicity
|Hlthe matter. 1t was printed in
lHingfield, however. the speaker add
III substantially as l have told it
lEyerybody likes a joke on a prom
Ett man," he said. For a witness
Ere you to throw out bold state
LIN Il that j got liquor from the De-
fment of Justice when he knew
stEfacts. or had opportunity TO know
I iii fact-well, that's an outrage. j
HIT try to conjecture what his mo-
@,I.may be-he may desire notoriety."
t(3caife insisted his information
only came from Representative
I tpdruff, who had been active, along
Jk1 Scaife in the impeachment fight
4 Inst Attorney General Daugherty
jt1922. but from various sources.
- ing other things. he said. there
VI report by Special Agent Cox
4 3aiso named DIR. Samuel Wright
Ill "a man named Bunch" who
M ,ght suits TO recover some liquor
Md at the union station here.
II ne committee then called +. NJ.
n finer, Department of Justice in
eErgator. who testified that "he was
Kissed by William J. Burns
lien he came in" He said he had
Hin one delivery of seized liquor
~ house on Is street.
Il Rho lived in this house," asked
,tor Wheeler.
Dir. -Daugherty and Mr.. Smith"
llNkou mean jess SMITH"
Ityfes."
RE lie Escorted" Liquor.
II NE witness said he had escorted"
'iiEquor consignment to the X street
Inn, but did not know what per-
lsjht was delivered - As to ota.r
Irics. he referred tho COMMITTEES
tShe bows who drove the cars and
tf }nade the deliveries
Il r1ucher said he had seen seized |
bl,f "stored" in the chiefs office.
the "best Of il put in the safe"
|i'L III rest was fakcp n the base
t The delivery to the house on X |
y