Evening star., 1924-02-05
Seeks to Enjoin Mellon,
Daugherty and Others From
Obtaining His "Evidence."
EFFORTS TO DISCREDIT
HIM, BASIS OF PLEA
Declares He Wishes to Keep Papers
Until Grand Jury Is Ready
to Accept Them.

ment of Justice, who describes him
self as taxpayer to the federal gov
ernment, today filed suit in the Dis
trict Supreme Court for an Injunction
against Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary
OF the Treasury; Harry NJ. Daugherty,
Attorney General; Garrard B. Win
ston, undersecretary Of the Treasury.
and Augustus Seymour. assistant at
torney general, to prevent inter
ference with his possession of the
bonds, securities and other evidence
on which he based his report to the
late President Harding concerning
Irregularities at the bureau Of en-
craving and printing.
Brewers report was followed by
the wholesale dismissal of severa,
heads Of departments at the bureau.
He charges that efforts are bein.:
made to discredit him and IL he sur
renders possession of his proof he
would be further discredited.
The court is asked to prevent in
reference by the defendants ami
their agents, whit the keys to TIL,
safe deposit boxes where the bonds
T.
These boxes are in his name, M.
Brewer declares, but the keys are In
the possession Of Representative Ed
ward j. King of Illinois.
Injunction is also requested against
the. destruction of the liberty loan
isues now in the possession Of the
Treasury Department.
These securities. he says, are nee
essary to be retained in order to de-
termine whether or not they arc
III Isra% I~ III
yet been surrendered. The court is
also asked to prevent the defendant
from intimidating persons in the gov
ernment employ, who have give.
testimony concerning the bonds.
Mr.. Brewer declares ne wishes TO
retain possession of his evidence uTl-
til it can be presented to the grant
jury. He, however, expresses a will
ingness to deliver the documents into
the custody of the court.
Through Attorney W. Gwynn Gard
liner, Mr.. Brewer says his Information
was procured from reports made di-
rectly to him by two high Official
having to do with the financial affairs
Of the government, that when Presi-
dent Harding learned Of the inquiry
made by him, Brewer was summoned
to the White Houee and directed
Ito get the truth and If there are
any blocks put in your way let me
know"
Il.
port on the duplication Of bonds -
the bureau was correct.
Reported to President
Brewer says that with the sg-
thority of the President vested in b!i.
he examined the bureau of printin2
and engraving, the office Of the reg
lister of the Treasury, the division o!
~I Nj
visions Of the Treasury, reporting his
findings to President Harding in per-
son at the White House.
1t is claimed by Brewer that he
found duplicate bonds which had been
paid and surrendered. and after hav
ing ascertained that the numerals on
these duplicate bonds, although iden-
tical as to figures, had been impressed
on bonds from type of an entirely
different font, submitted the facts to
the President with whom Brewer said
he had numerous conferences at the
White House.
President Harding. according to
Brewer, called Secretary Mellon to
the White House and. in the presence
of petitioner. said: Mellon, they call
bring me such things as you see
there (pointing to evidence). They
are after this man good and hard
and do not intend to let a thing
happen to him. Mellon, according
to Brewer, was silent, merely nod
ding.
Brewer claims he was harassed by
persons in authority. and propaganda
started to discredit him. In the
course of his investigation, he states.
he had to visit a number OF federal
reserve banks in New York, Chicago
hns
week after the Harding funeral,
while he was in California, he re-
ce1ved request from Daugherty for
his resignation as special assistant
in the Department of Justice. This
letter was sent to. his home in Col
lege Park. Md. he says, when the
department knew he was in Cali
fornia-
Coolidge Revokes Discharge.
When President Coolidge took up
the matter, Mr.. Brewer declares he
selected Charles G. Washburn, a
lawyer of Massachusetts,, to hear and
consider the merits of Brewers re-
port, he laid the matter before Wash
burn and was directed by the Presi-
dent to proceed with his investiga-
ton.
After his discharge had been re-
voked by President Coolidge the
Treasury Department ordered an in
ventory, Brewer says, of the bonds
in his possession, although they had
his receipt for them showing numeraI,
issue and denomination. Chests in his
private office were broken open by
Burns agents, Brewer says, and he
was followed by secret service men
into the banks which he visited dur
ing his inquiry and employees Of the
Treasury Department have been ter
rorized and threatened by secret serv-
ice agents. Propaganda in the pub
lie press has been started to dfscred-
it him, he states, and unless the
court interferes irreparable damage
will be done him as q taxpayer. and
to the other taxpayers of the United
States.