The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22

Following is the text of the Means statement incorporated in MT. Daughter tvs letter to Mir. Davis:
 To Whom It May Concern:
 I, Gaston Means, desire to make the following statement of facts regarding my connection with the attack recently made by the Brookhart-W Wheeler Ser ate investigating committee, against former Attorney General Harry NJ Daugherty and the Department of Just ice in particular, and the current ad- rlinistration
 On February s, 1924, at Palm Beach, Fla... received a telegram from my wife in Washington, stating that United States Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, through a very close friend had requested that l s.e hm in connection with the above men toned investigation. The information in this telegram came to me in connec- ton with the other information at that time. 1 promptly reported this to 2 close friend of Mir. Daugherty. The suggestion was made that l see Mir. Daugherty and arrangements to this end were thought to have been perfected. but no such arrangement eliminated successfully.
 Advised To Proceed
 I was advised to go ahead and get i'll touch with Senator Wheeler and find out what information Senator Wheelr was seeking and what was the basis of any attack Senator Wheeler was about to launch against Mir. Daugherty and 5, the Department of Justice. I called to see Wheeler and held numerous conferences with him both at his home and at his office, all of which 1 have record of.
 | The only evidence that Wheeler ha" of any possibility of an attack on ths | Department of Justice and MT. Daugh erty, which he disclosed to me, wert some records in regard to bringing inrt Washington of moving pictures of thu Dempsey Carpenter fight. Senator | Wheeler had this evidence more or les | ill documentary form and stated to me he was going to use this as an attack on Secretary of State Hughes, Presi. dent Colidge and others who attended ported to friends of MT. Daugherty that this was the only evidence that Senator Wheeler had.
 Had Many Callers
 In the meantime Senator Wheeler because of publicity that he was about to or had offered a resolution to in vestigate the Department of Justice and MT. Daugherty, began to have many callers at his office with the most sensational statements and stories as to conditions that existed at the De partment of Justice. In each and every instance I explained to him that there was nothing of substance in the | statements that these visitors were giving him, and showed why the state ments could not be true and that they were emanating from people who had been discharged from the Department of Justice.
 Upon my return from Florida and at a conference with Senator Wheeler, it was agreed that 1 was to assist him | in the investigation of the attorney general and the department of justice | in the way of furnishing of evidence, examination and coaching of witnesses, etc.
 Working With La Toilette.
 Wheeler grew desperate in his ef- forts to find some information on which he could base charges against the ad- ministration and against the depart ment of justice, saying that he was working with La Toilette and had cer- tain plans in view that made it im- perative that he made good in connec- tion with his public statement as to the conditions in the department of jus tice and that the department of justice be connected with the alleged oil scan dals. These facts and what was going on in Senator Wheeler's office and that an effort was being made to frame Mir. Daugherty, were reported to Col. Thomas Miller, the alien property GUS todian, an official, and personal friend of Mir. Daugherty, with the request that he give this information to Mir. Daugh- erty. Colonel Miller reported back that Mir. Daugherty said it would be