Evening star., 1924-03-16
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CONTINUED from First Page,l
New York, and Ike Martin. said to be
of Cincinnati. Qufrnby 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 some OF the men named
in a list given out by DaGgherty last
night as having been fined, as those
sold state rights.
Division Of Prsnts.
Quimby. included himself, TEX"
Rfckari. fight promoter, and the Jack
kearns-Jack Dempsey Amusement
Corporation. The contract with .Mu-
ma and his associates provided for a
$3.50 division of profits, he said. and
he testified to payment OF $s5.s0e to
MUma.
Details OF the arrangements were
drawn from Quinby with much diff
ficulty at times and he was excused
only with promise to submit his
books and records showing the whole
transaction. This will be gone into
further tomorrow by the committee,
with G. o. Holdbridge OF Baltimore,
former Department of Justice agent,
who yeste, day was summoned hur-
Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana,
conducting the development OF the
testimony, read fragments from what
purported to be q report by Hold
bridge to the Department of Justice
regarding an investigation OF the
film deal"
This report. presumably In the de-
partments films mentioned .Nnma
and others named in the transaction.
Assured OF safety. -.
Quimby said he was told by Tex
Rickard that Muma was s. 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 Quirnby went in
TO the affair, with assurances, he
said, that everything would be all
right" and that those interested
would not be disturbed"
And he lRickard) told yon that
Muma was the close friend of Harry
NJ. Daugherty, Edward r. Mclean
and that it could be fixed to show
them all over the country" Quimby
was asked. .--
Yes" he replied.
Alfred r. Urion, local lawyer, said
to be a friend of the Attorney General,
also figured prominently in the de-
velopment of the film story. The tes-
arranged to have attorneys in diff
ferent states select men to whom the
films should be sold. Quimby re-
iterated that his, part only was in
making and selling the films and
not in their transportation. He de-
sisted entirely from showing the
films, he said, in December, 1921, after
being told by Ralph Navarro. a New
York agent Of the Department OF
Justice, that he would be subject to
mr. fnr
Was Told to Wait.
Meantime, for exhibiting the films
in New York state. Quimby asserted.
81 900. but told by officials in the
office of District Attorney Hayward
and in Hayward's presence that he
sho u1d wait little while before
waited about thirty days. and then
resumed showing the pictures, and
finally made about $4,000.
After Quimby's testimony, commit
tee pursuit of the subject was de-
ferred until tomorrow. in order to
other subjects from men. who had
been waiting here several days
Baldwin, whose home is at San An
tonic, testified that he had resigned
as Department of Justice agent On
the Texas border after being. as he
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at Washington in his investigations
Of border gun-running to Mexican
revolutionists bootlegging and other
cases involving District Attorneys
Zweifel and Hartman Of Texas and
their friends ="
Left Border UneuardeA.
F. With. gun-runn4ng rampant on the
border, he said. he was ordered to
close his oface at Del Rio and go to
Dallas leaving a 2oe-mfie stretch OF
border unprotected, so far rs the De-
pArtment OF Justice was concerned.
sured the COMMITTEES. was but "a link
in chain" of evidence by which he
expects to demonstrate that Amerf-
can oil interests were behind revoS
lutionary activities IN Mexico.
testimony were that he received or
ders,. after making q report on Dis
trict Attorney Zweifel, to cease in
vestigating federal officers, and that
during the administration OF Attor-
Department Of Justice gave orders
stopping its agents from prohibition
endorsement work, an order which,
he said, was still in force
:. CHARGES Axninst ZWeA1d.
District Attorney Zweifel was
charged by Capt Baldwin With fail
inE to press prosecution OF JACK Wi
(ley, q friend, charged with imperson-
ating q federal omcer and securing
$1,000. Baldwin also declared that
ZweifeI, in company with Joseph
Kingsbury, identified as 4 prominent
republican leader In Texas, were In
terested in a preliminary inquiry into
affairs OF oil stock promoters later in
dicted by wholesale and convicted.
Baldwin said he believed" that
l"blackmair. was their object. He said
he conferred on. the matter with d.
w. Dawkins, post Office inspector at
Fort Worth and that Hawkins came
here and said later he had talked with
Mr.. Dausherty and Post Once Depart
ment officials. = =. =
Baldwin added that Hawkins told
him in. confidence what the ofneia1s
here had said and was excused from
ldivu1gfnE this Information. Late to.
day, however, the committee issued a
tsubpoena for Hawkins.
District Attorney Hartman Of the
western fexas district was charged
the case of Harry Hamilton. former
Echargs Of selling stills seized from
lboot1egEers to other bootleggerA Al
Though Baldwin raid he had complete
evidence with Witnesses he declared
Hartman delayed action and no in
tdistments yet have been found al
though two grand EjurieS have opers
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