Evening star., 1924-05-22

plosion was not an accident" and
continued:
Weren't there detectives inter
scare the banks and corporations into
giving them a job"
II suspect there is mething to
what you say. as a general PROPOSE
tion," returned the witness Il don't
know as to the specific case. Any
way, / was never able to locate this
red army, led by Senator Borah and
ex-senator France, that was sup
posed to be marching on to Washing
ton. So far as l know, the Depart
ment Of Justice never did anything
about it."
Too Many See Files.
did you know Jess SMITH" Chair
man Brookhart then inquired.
Il met him in the fall of 1921"
Grim said, land passed him going in
and out of the department. He came
to me once about a nephew of his.
A law student in the department"
What did you understand Smiths
relations to be?' ask ed Senator Jones,
Republican, Washington.
MY curiosity was aroused" said
Grim. II think I'd better say. He
stopped me on the street and ask ed
abruptly:
John, do you know Warren well?'
Now i was under instruction. /
made Inquiries and was told that
Smith was one of the fellows from
Washington Court House who had as
sociated a great deal with the Attor-
ney General, but he made no great i'm
preston on me until l read the news
papers"
Did you know he had access to
files in the department."
mo, but I'll tell you one thing
too many fellows have access to those
files"
Defends DnuEherty.
TIE then described Smith as "a good
natured fellow, a hanger-on, man of
some means, who ran errands for the
Attorney General"
'It will take a great deal OF evil
dence and I'll have to go through the
record with my own pencil" he said
under further questioning. before
I will believe that Harry Daugherty
ever took a cent or CROOKED money
through Jess Smith.
HE had his faults. the Attorney
General, as you and l have. but II
have to judge that evidence myseiI
before III believe he prostituted MS
office. To me, he never taitereo; ter, about
Jess Smith"
NO"
Doubts Any Corruption.
In a personal fashion Grim told of
his long and intimate relations with
Mr. Daugherty.
ION this question of selling his
loyalty to the government" he said,
its utterly impossible for me at
this moment"
The Attorney General would some
times want to take things to the
cabinet" or 1.-THE White House." Grim
proceeded.
matter up that way over there IN
the hands of a lot of politicians, and
perhaps the Attorney General would
take his hat, go to the White House,
come back and say wed have to wait
that he couldn't get to the ITesi-
dent that day-but no. never thought
the delay was due to corruption"
The work was done at the Sugges-
ton Of Mr.. Todd, Bonner said. though
Clifford Burns, another assistant at
torney general. actually gave some of
the instructions to the Investigators.
Burns also issued the order, he said.
calling OF the watch.
The witness named as one of the
secret agents who worked under him
Mrs. w Q. Duckstein, who testified
yesterday that she had ldentlned
Means papers after they had been
seized.
"Did she ever tell you that story"
asked Paul Rowland, attorney for
Daugherty
"She did not" Bohner said, "and
under the rules she should have re-
ported that they were stolen, SO we
could have made an effort to return
them to the committee. I'm not SO
sure those papers were stolen, either.
Tells of Watching Means.
Mr.. Grim was excused without
cross-examination,a and the committee
reverted to it's inquiry into the de-
tectiye maze, said by witnesses yes
tartlay to have been thrown about it.
edward Bonner, a. special agent of
the Justice Department, was placed
on the stand after the committee had
agreed at the request OF counSel Tor
Mr.. Daugherty to hear at tomorroW's
session Hiram c. Todd. assistant at
torney general at New York. Todd
was named in yesterdays testimony
a having sent detectives to Washing
ton to watch committee members and
Castor B. Means, one of the star wit
LeSSes.