Evening star., 1924-05-07
Lived With Warrington.

After Harding'S nomination Kraft
miller said he took an apartment at
a hotel with Warrington and lived
there until May, 1921.
What was the first business trans
action you had with Manington?
Senator Wheeler asked.
'"rhe first was the getting of a
wholesale liquor permit for the
General Drug Company of Chicago"
hraffmiller said.
Did he get it,
Ohio. working with Mr.. Warrington.
got it,
How much liquor did that permit
call for%'
II don't know"
How much did you pay?~
Some 100000 was paid to me; l
retained one-t third and gave the bal
anCe to Manington.'
Warrington, he said, gave S1.500 to
McCaskey and retained the rest
Warrington got the money on rep
resentation that he was close to
Daugherty, Kraffmiller said.
My next TRANSACTION was pay
ment of $2,500 to Mr.. Warrington as a
retainer for the General American
Tank Car Corporation" Kraffmiller
went on. ''to represent them in a tax
matter"
Maningotn was asked "by the At
patronage appoin tments,' the witness
said In the tax matter nothing hap
pened."
when did you move to the Little
Green House on X street, Senator
Wheeler asked
'In May. I remained there until
January, 1922. McCaskey was there
Warrington and 1 paid the expense"
Bill Orr came there several
times?"
yes. only saw him bring liquor
once"
The occupants of the "Green
House" got twenty-five or thirty
cases from the Commodore HOTEL
hraffmiller testified.
Here to Protest
Nick Cimino was down to kick to
Warrington because he couldn't work
with Bill Orr in New York in
the liquor business kraffmiller said
He objected because he couldn't get
more than so cents d case out of
permits
Senator Wheeler asked if Naming
ton got a job for Miss Walsh The
witness did not know, but said Man
ington got appointments.
For the J. B. Shever Company,
Kraffmiller said, he sought two per-
mits, one to manufacture and the
other to sell liquor products.
Il gave Warrington s25.000 for that"
the one to manufacture at Chicago.
They got implicated in a bootlegging
prosecution in Milwaukee, and the
other permits were stopped"
The Marland Refining Company had
a tax case.
'They paid $780," Kraffmfller
went on, "and I paid $4,000 to Man
ington. 1t was our agreement that
on business L got / was to retain a.
third
Krafrmiller agreed he was not an
Senator Wheeler asked for the
next case"
1T was a. Shipping Board matter
for the Meacham & Babcock Com
pany,' Kraffmiller went on, II gave
other attorneys outside of Caskey"
He believed that was about all the
transactions"
Senator Wheeler put in a paid
dated June, 1921, and another for
$4,000. Both were made out to Man
ington.
Kraffmiller said the $4,000 check
was a part of the "Shrever matter
and the $4,000 was the check in the
Meacham and Babcock case.
Senator Wheeler presented a batch
of checks to Fred A Caskey and
others and photostatic reproductions
of a series of others.
I'VE just want them marked for
Identification" he said.
Went to Mexico.
Wasn't it a fact that Warrington
expected to be indicted with Bill Orr
in New York-what happened?" ask
ed Senator Wheeler.
HE went to Louisiana and later to
Mexico" Kraffrniller said
Roy A. Haynes, the prohibition
commissioner, came to see Warrington
once in New York relative to ap-
pointment of a prohibition commits
sioner in Ohio" the witness said He
mentioned visits by George Christian
and Gov. Crissnger of the Federal Re-
serve Board to the K street house.
Paul Rowland, attorney for ii. M.
Daugherty, got the witness to say
that the permit matters were before
the Treasury Department and the pro-
hibition unit.