Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-17
|AUGHERTY SHARED
RUM CRAFT MONEY,
WITNESS DECLARES
aston Means Bares Alleged
Workings of Ring Says
Smith Wanted to Return
Part of Fund

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WASHINGTON, April 16.-zNeW
|harges of crookedness i'll the de-
<artment of Justice, this time reach
3g-up to Harry NJ. DauGherty
nself, were brought before the
7augherty investigating committee
$day by CASTOR 3. Means, former
Rrartment agent and man of many
bnnections.
He testified that Jess w. Smith,
the night before he committed
|icide in the Daugherty apartment
IRE, asked Means to return
700, 600 to a New York whisky
ng.
Didn't Smith tell YOU he had
ade a division with the attorney
sneral and the attorney general
=buldnt return it, asked Senator
heeler, the committee prosecutor.
He did" replied Means.
Means also declared Smith had
Id him that Daugherty knew he
uld indict A. Mitchell Palmer, at
rney general under the Wilson ad-
inistration, but decided not to, be
use he wanted to "blackmaiP' him
to using influence in congress. He
scribed u meeting between DauSh-
ty and Palmer from which he
lid the latter emerged scared to
hath at the proposition Daugherty
Pd put up to him.
Switching to the Indictment of
aenator Wheeler in Montana, the
illness asserted he had information
bt heretofore disclosed regarding
e activities of the department of
stice in the case. The men sent
+om \ shington who really did the
prk of collecting evidence, he said
Id ' <ed under cover and their
entity had not been revealed.
Took & 'Gers From Smith
During the UauGherty impeach'
ent proceedings in the house more
Ian Il year ago. Means said he
tneW" department of justice agents
ri Investigator Representative
oodiuff of Michigan, and other
embers of congress.
Did Daugherty tell YOU to take
ders from Jess SMITH" asked Sen
or w heeier.
.'He told me to do anything Jess
NTH ordered me to do. And he
id he liked me because | never let
1v left hand know what my riShl
md was doing
GLOW did Jess Smith handle
oney?"
I'm roll-the most | ever saw
+ m have was 100000 brought
bat to him
How much did you pay him alto
kther?"
"Oh, anywhere from $225 900 tC
ESQ, 900. The night before he diet
&nith told me he wanted me to re
Urn some money to New AorF
botleggers. [ wouldn't have any
hing to do with it, and told him &c
be their lawyers.
/ s.Manington, on other deals, die
*rrn back $4,000. The bootleg9er>
fanted 100000. Everybody knew
tanington and Smith represented
be attorney general in the whisky
ermits.
II wish you'd be a little more par
cular," Senator Jones, Republican
Washington, demonstrated.
@T mean everybody in the whisky
Finga Will Orr, Tom Fielder, Johr
Goriai,''' said Means.
Sfnator Wheeler then brought VI
NJ subject of his own indictmen'
Montana. II,
"Mr. Daugherty says he had moth
o. to do with my indictment, ht
oserved.
ooh. Burns told me he had ad
ksed Daugherty against Gettlns
hat indictment weeks ago" Means
hid. THE attorney general wen
head with against his advice.
Tariff Experts Trailed
lido YOU kD'W any tiiliio VI 80
of senate offices during the tarlL
glt?"
1--WE had the whole tariff commits
an under surveillance. We follow
M eli tho experts, and gave re
Drts on it to the chairman OF the
commission and to Mr. 'fordney Owe
! the house. l had four or five mer
lping.
"What did the department wan
find OUT" asked Senator Jones.
lone thing, some Japanese import
g wanted special rate and one O
a G commission experts was actually
aployed by a Japanese concern, An
her expert was dealing with the
iSar crowd.
"Then Il wasn't the tariff com
3ission, it was their experts, Sena
r Jones said.
"That's right" Means replied. He
las excused for the time being ant
he committee recessed its hearing
tltil tomorrow.