Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-17
Complete Conspiracy
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and Roxie Stinson, who have been star
witnesses in the inquiry. Means was
employed by Mr.. Daugherty. he said.
while Miss Stinson was the social as
sociate of the attorney general and of
his closest friends.
Frank a. Vanderbilt. the New York
banker who furnished sensation i'm
the oil investigation. today offered
Senator Wheeler the assistance of the
citizens research bureau. which he or
ganized recently. and the offer was ac-
cepted. 1t is not planned to place Mr..
Vanderlip himself on the witness stand.
, Mr. Vanderlip came to see me and
gave me some information which /
believe will prove very important.
said Senator Wheeler. Il told him l
would be glad to have him and his or
sanitation or any other organization
help me and the committee in getting
the facts"
The fight film "dear' will first be
taken up tomorrow by the commit
tee. G. o. Holbridge of Baltimore,
former department Of justice agent.
Is to be called regarding an invest-
CATION and official report he made OF
the affair. In fragments of his re-
port read yesterday during the testi-
niony of Fred c. Quimby, the New
/ York film producer who told of the,
fight picture exhibitions in % states,
Holbridge mentioned Jap Muma and
others declared to be parties to the
arrangement.
! Holbridge may be followed on the
stand by Muma, Orr, or Richard II
Z, they arrive here on time.
t Officers of the army air service also
are to be examined tomorrow regard
ing the aircraft case.
! Roxie Stinson. according to Sena-
tor Wheeler's plans, will be brought
back to the witness stand next Tues
day or Wednesday. He said her pa
perS from Columbus, understood to
consist largely of letters and tele-
grams from Jess Smith, had arrived
and she was prepared TO resume her
story with her memory refreshed
! from her documents. CASTOR B.
| Means, the former department of
i justice agent, who told of receiving
100000 from a Jap for Jess Smith,
probably will follow Miss Stinson.
Means and = Stinson were relied
upon largely I'm Senator Wheeler's
statement tonight for support of the
contention that the fight film and
aircraft charges had been substan-
tiated.
"A complete conspiracy has been
shown in both the fight film and the
aircraft cases." Senator Wheeler said.
"Of course, it is almost impossible
that we can establish completely all
details of the payment of one humid
red $1,000 bills. The public can't ex-
pect to have us prove that Attorney
General Daugherty went out in the
middle of the street and took money
in the presence of persons standing
there on the street. That wasn't the
way they did business.
But we have shown, by the cor
roborated testimony of Miss Stinson
and CASTOR Means. of payments of
money. We have shown Jess Smith
had IS $1,000 bills when he returned
from Washington to Ohio. We have
shown that Jess Smith was almost
the bosom friend of Attorney General
I Daugherty; that Jess Smith killed
himself in the apartment he and
Daugherty had together: that Smith
left $4,000 and more to Daugherty
under his will.
I'VE also have shown by CASTOR
| Means that he turned over to Smith
100 $1,000 bills he had received from
a Jap in the aircraft case and that
the aircraft case was not prosecuted
in the department of justice for over
four years, and that this occurred in
spite of the demands of congress-
man and also lawyers formerly con-
nected with the department of JUS
tice. Every main point in the story
! has been shown. From the payment
! of the $1,000 bills to Jess Smith to
: the fact that Miss Stinson saw Jess
Smith with the 10 81 600 bills.
II could take the testimony on
both the film and the aircraft cases
and get convictions of conspiracy
to defraud the government and cor
ruption before any jury in the Unit
! ed States. .
and the attorney general per-
! forms very poor service for him
self by his attacks and ISLANDERS on
| the witnesses. by saying that CASTOR
! Means is not fit person to credit
| Means was employed by Daugherty
! in the department of justice.
| Miss Stinson was the wife of
Daugherty's best friend-Jess Smith.
| Daugherty knew for years of their
| relations. She was with Smith often
| when Daugherty also was present.
She was good enough to associate
| with Daugherty. She was good
enough to associate with Nal Daugh-
erty. She was good enough to as
! sociate with President Harding and
| coming of Mr.. Daugherty now TO try
| to bolster up himself by casting any
| reflection upon this woman"
Much more testimony was promis-
ed by the senator to support both the
! film and aircraft charges. In addi-
! ton to Tex Richard. Numa and Orr.
committee members said it might
| be necessary to call Jack Dempsey
| and Jack Kearns. his manager, but
| no subpocnas for them have yet been
| issued. Fred Quimbv also is under
direction to submit all papers on the
| exhibition agreement he testified to.
! Included is a copy of the contract.
which Quimby said he thought he
had. between the Quimby- Richard
Kearns syndicate on one side and the
Muma Orr Ike Martin group on the
| other. Martin cannot be located and
Senator Wheeler believes he may
have been a dummy" t'r
Another film witness whose pres
ence is desired by the committee Is
Howard Warrington of Ohio. now
reported in Paris. Senator's have in
formation that Warrington Is con-
nected in some capacity with the
work there of Charles G. Dawes, the
American expert working on repara-
tons. Warrington also was mention
ed by CASTOR Means as a close asso-
ciate of Jess Smith and frequenter.'
in the company of Jess Smith and
the attorney general, of the little
greenhouse on X Street" Measures
to bring Warrington from Paris. are
under consideration, according 10
committee members.
Further confederation of feature
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