San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-21
W|TNESSTELLS
HOW WH|SKEY
CASH WAS SPLIT
Daugherty Probe Learns
Details Of Illicit Liquor
Withdrawals.
SIX SHARED MONEY
Prohibition Director in
1921 and Dausherty's
Friend in on 1t.
SIX SHARED MONEY

washington. ~. ~, hafCu a.
Unfolding new maze OF startling
charges having to do with illicit with
drawals of whiskey in 1921. which
involved payments aggregating S2C0,-
coo. John Goroni, president Of the
Alps Drug Company Of New York, to-
day told the Daugherty investigating
committee that the money was split
six ways.
In brief. this was Koroni's story
Fifteen dollars ease was paid
for permits TO withdraw the whiskey.
The SIS, Goroni said, was split"
this way:
Four dollars case to the proh:-
bition director lin 1921.
Two dollars case to Howard Man
nington, one of Attorney General
Daugherty's friends, who had an Of
flee in the Little Green House on h.
street,
One dollar to the druggist in whose
name the wbiskey was withdrawn.
One dollar to himself tGoronil.
Fifty cents TO Assistant United
States Attorney LEsperance at New
York. q q.
SIX dollars and half to VIII a.
Orr and Owen Murphy. :.
.Manninston had TO split his two dol.
lars three ways, Goroni said Orr told
him, and that some Of it.went to Jess
w. Smith. Attorney General Daugb-
crty's bumper and friend"
Paid Out $4,000
Goroni testified that after being re-
fused withdrawal permits by Prohibit
ton Commissioner Hart he paid Muir
ply. Orr's partner. $4,000. and to
Orr himself $4,000 for permits.
Fifty thousand dollars III $1,000
bills. Goroni testified. was collected
from "other PARTIES" among them a
liquor dealer named John Lynn, who
later hanged himself.
How much of this 100000 was
for liquor?" Goroni was asked.
"No liquor at all. he replied, that
was just for the permits
Want TO Quiz Warrington.
"This committee needs the evidence
of Howard Warrington" Senator
Ahrurst said. Il have reason TO be-
lieve that there is conspiracy with
the attorney genera: to spirit Howard
Warrington away to Europe, where he
cannot be reached.
Il have demanded that Secretary
Hughes be asked TO furnish the origin
al application for Mannington's pass
port and that he be caused 10 be re-
turned"
Il understand he is on the Dawes
committee in Europe Senator Wheel
CIR put in.
II deny every implication of wrong
doing on the part of the attorney gen
eta. in this proceeding" Mr.. How
and put IN.
Then l demand you produce How
ard Warrington" returned Senator
Ashurst.
"Don't> worry, Warrington will be
here if we want him.
Rowland said he would endeavor to
produce Warrington.
I'VE will bring him here IL we cam
Rowland explained. land we want no
Implication that we are .suppressing
evidence"
The committee was suppiessing evi-
dence relative to Mr.. Daugher1y. he
said. Wheeler told him he had ut
tered lie."
In the ensuing discussion Wheeler
told Rowland that framed up evil
dcnce wont go ON the witness stand
here"
Tells oil Ul lfanS2ctiOnS.
William X. A. Hays. manager OF
Ungerleider and Company, Cleveland
brokers. told of a brokerage account
in which $4,000 in Sinclair and Mex
lean oil stocks were. traded in. he
told of an account which was carried
on his books as Nv. II. A. Hays No.
80 He said it was merely mis-
cellaneous account, and he had NJ
recollection of the dealings in oil.
Hays told Of the accounts sess
W. Smith. eonfidant and aide of At
torney General Daugherty. who com.
mitted suicide year ago. and OF
Roxie Stinson' Smiths divorced wffe:
who gave the committee sensational
testimony in regard to Smiths rela,,
tons with the attorney general and
of ~blind accounts with brokers.
Daugherty. HAYS said. never had an
account with Ungerleider and Com,
pany. although he had been one oil
HAYS customers with another firm.