The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16
MEXICAN REVOLT
 FIGURES IN STORY
 TOLD OIL BODY
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 nesses who brought gun-running and bootlegging into the inquiry today by testifying that there had been failure and neglect by department of justice officials to prosecute these violations in Texas.
 Ouimby was called unexpectedly to- day in place of Means or Miss Stinson and supported Means story that Ideal" for exhibition of the first films had been made in 19921 with Jap Muma, friend of Jess Smith, and New York correspondent for the Cincinnati Enuuirer; William H. Orr, ex-secretary to former Governor Whitman of New York, and Ike Martin, said to be of Cincinnati. Quimby said there was an arrangement that men who were sold state exhibition rights received small fines and then were allowed to proceed unmolested with exhibitions. }.
 He identified soine of the men named in a list given out by Mir. Daugherty last night as having been fined as those sold state rights. The selling syndicate, according to Quimby, included himself, "Tex" Rick ard, fight promoter, and the Jack Kearns-Jack Dempsey Amusement cor poration. The contract with Muma and his associates provided for a 6O-00 di- vision of profits, he said, and he testi- fled to payment of $65,000 to Muma.
 To Submit Records
 Details of the arrangements were drawn from Quimby with much diff culty at times and he was excused only with a promise to submit his books and records showing the whole transaction. This will be gone into further Monday by the committee with G. 0. Hold bridge of Baltimore, former department of justice agent, who today was sum moned here hurriedly while Quimby was testifying. Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, conducting the development of the testimony, read today fragments of what purported to be a report by Holdbridge to the department of justice regarding an investigation of the film "deal."
 This report, presumably in the de- partment's files, mentioned Muma and others named in the transaction. Quinn by said he was told by Tex Rickard that Muma was a ''good friend" of Mr. Daugherty, Edward B. Mclean and William J. Burns, chief of the bureau of investigation. Muma, also told him of his friendship with Jess Smith; and it was under these circumstances that Ouimby went into the affair, with as- surances, he said, that everything would be all right" and that those in- terested would not be- disturbed"
 And he (RickardD told you that mony was that Urion, with Muma, ar Daugherty, Edward B. McLeal and that it could be fixed to show them all over the country" Quimby was asked.
 "Yes," he replied.
 Attorney Figures In Story
 Alfred Urion, a Washington lawyer. said to be a friend of the Attorney Gen. eral, also figured prominently in the de- velopment of the film htory. The testi- mony was that UrnOin, with Mpma, ar ranged to have attorneys in different states select men to whom the films could be sold. Quimby reiterated that his part only was in making and selling the films and not in their transporta- ton. He dessisted entirely from show ing the films, he said, in December, 1921, after being told by Ralph Ma varro, a New York agent of the Depart ment of Jstice, that he would be subject to prosecution for conspiracy.
 Meantime, for exhibitingf the film in New York state, Quimby asserted, he had been prosecuted and fined $1,O0Ol but was told by officials in the office of District Attorney Hayward and in Hayward's presence that he should "wait a little while" before giving further exhibitions. He said he waited about 30 days. resumed showing the pictures and then finally made about $75, 900.
 After Quimby's testimony, committee pursuit of; the subject was deferred un' til Monday in order to hear witnesses on gun-running and other subjects from men who had been waiting for several days.
 Baldwin, whose home is ;,S: : n An tonic, testified that he h. resigned aa department of justice agent on the Texas border after being, as he believed, too active" to suit officials at Wash. ington in his investigations of border gun-running to Mexican revolutionists bootlegegrs and other cases involving District Attorneys Zweifel and Hartman of Texas and their friends.