Evening star., 1924-03-23
DAUGHERTY Is LINKED
TO DEAL IN 1920 FOR
HARDING BY WITNESS

Continued from First Page,
small part Of the letters were reached
and the witness will continue that
phase Of her testimony next Monday,
and also will face the ordeal Of Cross
examination.
The name OF Howard Warrington
was again brought into the picture
by Miss Stinson, who related confer
ences at "the little green house in
4 street" where, she said, Smith told
her that Warrington. Daugherty and
others held important conferences.
She said Smith named Senator Wat
son, republican, Indiana. and Post
master General New among the fire.
quentors Of the famous place.
Warrington has been charged by
other witnesses with receiving thou
sands of dollars in the Dempsey
Carpenter fight film case and New
York whisky deals. Committee MEM
bers said yesterday they had assur-
ances he would come from Paris to
testify.
yisit BY Ham0n.
The Chicago convention matter xas
taken up with Miss Stinson by Sena-
tor Wheeler and she said she had
heard "the whole deal discussed from
beginning to end" and that Jake
Hamon himself had talked of it with
her. When Hamon visited Smith and
Daugherty at Washington Court
clared:
You know. it is understood ] am
to have a cabinet position"
Jess had also told me that that
was the plan" Miss Stinson added.
Neither one knew OF the other hav-
ing told me-
What did they say that Daugherty
had to do with that" she was asked
and the reply was:
That was all sdated, that he was
to be Attorney General"
Asked what Mr.. Daugherty had had
to do with lannon's alleged selection,
Miss Stinson continued:
Deal n Convention.
at this Chicago convention Jake
Hamon did not go as a delegate for
Harding from Oklahoma, but through
friends and personality and strong
armedness and doggedness Mr.. Daugh-
erty did this thing for Harding, and
in some way they got Jake Eamon on
his side, and some other people, and
Mr.. Daugherty had the courage to go
into this private conference at 2
o'clock in the morning, which settled
the affair, absolutely, that Harding
was to be presented as the dark horse.
"The way Mr.. Daugherty expressed
it, that he got word or understood
they were double-crossing him and he
took his nerve in his hand and he
went into this secret conference. Any
way, the deal was made, and that
was at 2:30 o'clock in the morning.
Smith was not in the secret CONFER
ence. He could not go there. Mr..
Daugherty was in"
weeps On stand.
Often, especially when replying to
Daugherty's charges, Miss Stinson
broke down entirely Tears streamed
down her face as she sobbed her re-
plies to the blackmail and other
charges, and recited details Of the
last days and death of Jess Smith.
She declared Smith was "enmeshed
by Daugherty and feared exposure.
Daugherty was charged by Senator
Wheeler during the examination with
having done IAN indecent and un-
manly thing in attackig Miss Stin-
son.
shame in him or the slightest bit of
manhood" said Senator Wheeler, he
would retract the statement he has
made"
The Senator added that 1.-The least"
to suspend Daugherty from oitice dur
ing the investigation. and charged
that the great power of the Depart
ment of Justice was being use1 TO
thwart the committee. Former Sena l.
tor Chamberlain of the Dausherty
counsel replied that the Attorney
Generals lawyers had had no oppor- =
tunity to cross-examine Miss Stineon
or other important witnesses, nor 70
call any for Mr.. Daughcrty. If this
torney General might not possibly
,, have found it necessary to make that
statement"
DauKherty II Suenf.
Contrary to the usual Gust om since
the inquiry began, there was no state
ment issued last night by Mr.. DauEh :
erty nor the Department oi s9ss.ce
In counterinS Mr. Daugherty's s
blackmail and other charges against
her, Miss Stinson said she had been
threatened with arrest in Cleveland
; in conferences with Fink, a man
named Ellis and Samuel Ungerieider.
prominent Cleveland broker. She
said she had laughed on the threat
and told M. S. Daugherty, brother of
the Attorney General that she pro-
posed to give to the investigating
committee the Information she had
from Jess Smith.
The witness told this part of her
story reading from an account made
q few days ago, she said, from notes
taken at the time of the Cleveland
episode a month ago. Senator Jones.
republican. Washington. pressed Wig
orously for production of the original
notes. Miss Stinson said she thought
she had torn them up. but would pro-
duce them If possible.
Denies BlacA1Aail Charge.
"Just utterly false" said Miss Stin-
SON of Daugherty's charge that she
had sought to Capitalize her silonce.'
utterly false and impossible" she
added, of the Attorney Generals
charges that she and Fink occupied
She went on to say that Samuel
iUngerleider told her that the man.
Ellis, had made an affidavit about
some fabulous sum- think he said
$15o, ,000-which / was to receive for
not giving out Information about this
isituation."
ellis, as Mr.. Ungerleider told me" !"
she continued, was to get 20 per
cent Of the money. the remainder to
be split between Fink and myself.
ii said to him: IL you have both
their words for this I should think
! it is true. Do as you please, / don't
know anything about their business
Only my own. and I am not inter-
ested.' 1t was the slightest. most
| hun cling child-lik thing that I had