The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-12
OHIO
FILES SUIT
TOENDQJIZ.
M. S. Daugherty Strikes
Back AT Inves-
Iigat0rs
RESTRAINING ORDER
SERVED BY SHERIFF
Senator's Ordered To APP
pear In Washington
Courthouse Court
NATURE OF ACTION
= is NOT DISCI OSED
Attempt To Continue Inquiry
Fails When Witness Re-
fuses To Talk

WASHINGTON, COURTHOUSE,
Ohio. April 11.-(By the Associated
Press. IAN almok complete check was
administered here today to the Sen
ate Daugherty inquiry. A phalanx OF
lawyers, filing into the temporary hear
ing room set up by Chairman Brook
hart and Senator Wheeler, democrat,
Montana, special subcommittee OF
the Senate, made clear and certain the
refusal of NJ. s. Daugherty and his as
sociates to allow the financial trans
actions of Harry NJ. Daugherty, for
the ex-Attorney Generals friend and
bumper" now dead, in the Midland
National bank, to be traced out by ex-
animation or testimony.
The bank itself, controlled by NJ.
~ Daugherty, struck back itself at the
senatorial inquiries by hastily ar
ranged legal proceeding which resulted
in a temporary restraining order di-
rected to the senators, and served on
them as they sat, seeking to stop their
inquiry. No recourse was left the COM
niittee, Chairman Brookhart said, than
to return to Washington and take up
proceedings which have been Temporal
rily suspended, and seek to array the
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20 ss.rcb .,a NS;S,.md h"nP $500. a.
for : few hours savsraI ,raaIs 90 IA IA
learn that Harry M Danyhsrtv's IN ns me
was shown IN cert;ficates If denosit in
he Midland hank to th .7 fetal If S7k =
100. PheIon further said' test;fy;pg
from, n,emnrv that he fon,,d 1--WE oT
three certificates Of tieposif. ranging
IN to $40. 600 and $40 600. in totals.
In the bank records. He likewise said
that four certificates, cancelled as paid.
made oft "a 81. III. Gray. or to ~ !. Al.
cray bsit lHli09Sen by I Az q ii
erty. were reported.
r. nj. Mrk arlands another committee
agent, testified that the tax records at
Columbhs showed =. n. Daugherty
TO have presented tax return for 1920
with total assets OF SCOOP, offset
5y $4,000 in Indebtedness, In April,
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.;.hnnt ;,'Jnh.sa,s 49, r., az Co.
5sta II 1000 NJ oe,rt,e.t, IS
sboTn r. own s(l shares ~ Wr;cbss
Martin Ar;craft cornayat;aS stoctr
while in fine 1921 return he accounted
for $500 shares of the same stock.
Senator Wheeler made the point that
the Wright Martin. company was one
which has apneared in the INQUIRY
testimony as receiving .oyer uayment,
! on war contractsI
Lawyers Instead OF Witnesses
Arriving at washington Court
/ House, the committee issued new sub
uoenas. directing nj. s. Daueherty.
5 president of the Midland Rank. Harry
4 Il. Daugherty. its cashier. and Vera
s VeaiH an employe. to appear forthwith
with records to testify eoncerning the
4 financial transactions. Four Iawyers
appeared instead of the desired wit
nesses, and +. 1. vorys, their leader,
notified the sitting committee that the
witnesses and the Midland Bank
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