Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-04
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IN DAUCHERTY
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Committee Decides to Go to
Washington Court House
to See Nal Daugherty
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Weeks Sends Batch of Army
Air Service Records in
War Fraud Cases
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WASHINGTON, April 4. - The
far-sweeping eye of the Daugherty
investigation ommittee today en-
compassed a vast array of scattered
activities including air service
frauds, drug smuggling and federal
paroles at the Atlanta penitentiary,
transactions at a Daugherty bank in
Ohio, and reported liquor drinking
at the little green house on K
street.
The reference to the K street rem
devious here came near the end of
a long committee session, when DAN
iel Smith. formerly negro butler for
Howard Warrington at the green
house, testified that whiskey and gin
had been delivered there in twenty
case lots, carried by express company
wagons under the protection of "a
man with badge and a gun" Harry
NJ. Daugherty, Harry F. Sinclair,
Will Orr and "Mr. Christian" were
named by the WITH s as among
Manington's visitors.
j. e. Dyche, former warden of the
Atlanta prison, told of extensive use
of drugs among prisoners there, and
said he made repeated and ineffect-
ual efforts to induce Mr.. Daugherty
and Haber Votaw, federal superin-
tendent of prisons, to help stop 1t.
Instead. he said, Votaw's interfer-
ence resulted in suspension of an in
vestigation started by w. ]. Burns.
Burns, himself, then was summoned
with the records in the case.
Dyche said he had heard prison
er" talk of money payments for pa
roles, but had no first-hand knowl-
edge of corruption. He disclaimed
any knowledge of a photostat pro-
duced by Senator Wheeler. the COM
mittee prosecutor, purporting to
show a contract by which Elias H.
Mortimer was to receive $4,000 up
on the parole of Charles Vincent of
Baltimore, a liquor law violator who
never was paroled.
The affairs of the Midland National
Bank at Washington Court House,
Ohio, of which Nal S. Daugherty,
the former attorney generals broth
er, is president, were discussed at
an executive session and it was de-
cided that the committee should go
to Ohio to enforce it's demand to in
spect the books of the institution.
Behind closed doors. the commit
rteemen also looked over air service
records submitted by Secretary
Weeks.
Asked about the Atlanta drug in
vestigations, Burns said his agents
told him that Mr.. Votaw stopped
it." The director also said he had
told Assistant Attorney General Hol-
land of the situation at Atlanta, and
thought he had also told Daugherty
about it.
Burns said he believed the inves-
tigation would have reached "the
men higher up" If it had been al
lowed to go on. He said it was "un-
questionably true" that an ''infiu-
ential ring" was bringing drugs into
the country.
1t also was revealed by Burns
that like Edward S. Mclean, Fred
w. Upham of Chicago, treasurer of
the Republican National committee.
had served "dollar a year" secret
agent of the justice department. He
said Upham was enrolled because
he was going to Europe and the
badge and commission would save
him trouble.
Having failed to induce Nal S.
DduSnerty, DTOtner OF Ine lOTIner
attorney general to come here with
records of his Washington Court
House, Ohio, bank, the committee
decided to make a trip to Ohio to
enforce it's demands that the banks
books to, be thrown open to 1t. The
date for the trip is yet to be fixed.
From Secretary Weeks the COM
mitteemen received batch of army
air service records, bearing on
charges of failure to prosecute war;
time frauds. The documents were
examined in executive session, and
the secretarys personal appearance
for questioning was delayed until
later.
Senator Wheeler, prosecutor Of
the inquiry, then called to the stand
J. z. Dyche, now an Oklahoma City
prohibition agent and formerly war;
den of the Atlanta penitentiary. who
testified about narcotic prosecutions.
Among otheh things he said he had
kept after" Heber votaw. super
intendent of prisons in the justice
department for nearly a year trying
to get him to send agents to stop
drug trafficking. Votaw is a broth
er-in-law of the late President
Harding.
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