The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-15
QU|NBY Tells PROBERS
D. c. ATTORNEY HAD
PART IN DEAL

"Yes.'
"Well, who made it?"
II don't know"
Would you recognize him If you
would see him?"
Yes"
Was the same plan followed in
all Of the States?"
Il understood so, yes"
You do know, as q fact, that the
pictures were taken into Massa,
chusetts and shown?"
YES"
Shown in About % States.
"And you know that It was shown
In twenty-five or thirty two States?"
Well, about twenty-five States"
How do you know that?" asked
Senator Jones.
II saw it in the newspapers"
When you made a sale you
knew into what state it was 20.
tng?" demanded Ashurst.
e. II did not"
III you didn't know into what
state it was going, why did YOU
take 1t up with Urion to learn
the name Of a lawyer there?''
IF had a prospect come into
the office to buy l asked Orion
what lawyer he should see in that
state"
Didn't you know that the De-
partment of Justice was a depart.
ment Of easy virtue and you could
get by in showing the picture?
Answer that yes or no." demanded
Ashurst.
Il didn't know that"
AdmOnished By Ashurst.
Ashurst admonished Quinby sew.
eral times "for evading direct re-
plies" Repeatedly Ashurst shouted,
answer yes or no."
Jones charged Quinby with "try.
ing to conceal something"
You were a party to this plan.
Tel! the truth. Were you a party
to this plan?"
MY dear man, an attorney would
have to answer that"
Qulnby admitted under severe
questioning that he had entered
an agreement" with Urion, Orr and
Martin to get lawyers for the
purchasers Of the fight film.
Quinby said in Michigan he ar.
going to one of Urion's attorneys"
why didn't you follow that plan
in all the States?"
II don't know"
What made you follow a diff.
ferent plan in Michigan
Il can't answer that"
Why can't your"
Quinby did not answer.
You are afraid the Attorney Gen.
eral will make trouble for you If
you tell the truth here?"
COntradicts Earlier Words,
II don't know" Quinby finally
contradicted earlier testimony by
saying the films were already in
some States" when the sales were
made.
Then you knew the films were
to be shown in those States where
the films were when you made the
sales?"
Yes, sir"
The committee demanded the
States in which the pictures were
shown and the names Of the attor-
neys which handled the films in
each State.
Quinby agreed to furnish the com.
mittee later with the information.
>, The committee took Quinby over
the same questions time after time,
put the witness gave no additional
details.
Why did you suggest to the
buyer that he should have an at.
torney in his own Slater"
To make the sale"
You mean that things would be
tixed for them If they saw a certain
firm?' asked Senator Moses.
No. that's not right"
Told Of Showing Here
DO you know Holbridge, a De.
mo"
On or about July 4. 1921, ouinbv
sald ne gave Muma a copy of the
Didn't Muma tell you later that
the picture was shown at NJ
McLean's house in Washington
Eyes," 'o"'
Didn't he tell you that President
Harding, the Attorney General
Harry New and humber of
Eyes"
Wheeler then read a report Of
Z. ID. Holbridge. a Department Of
justice agent who investigated the
manipulation of the fight pictures
dolorluge now in Baltimore. has
been subpoenaed.
The report said Daugherty told
Muma to see "Mr. Alfred Urion.
lawyer with offices in the Munsev
Trust Company.
Did Muma tell you that?"
What was the amount that
Muma, Urion and Martin were to
get?" -
THE three Of them were to get
30 per cent Of the net proceeds"
Quinby replied.
"Was it before or after the show.
ing Of the picture in Washington
that you entered this contract?"
Wheeler asked.
II don't remember"
Apparently the plan was work.
ing satisfactorily when q Depart.
ment of Justice agent, Ralph Ma.
varro, came in and began asking
embarrassing questions of Fred
Crimby," continued Wheeler, land
you were arrested and fined
1000"
THAT is right"
Fined $1,000; Made $4,000.
"How much did you get in New
York from showing the film?"
II exhibited them myself and
got $4,000"
"You paid fine of $1,000 and
got $4,000, proceeds?"
EYES,"
you weren't bothered after
that?"
mo; we started showing them