Evening star., 1924-04-04

money with the parole board" and
urged Votaw to withdraw the recon-
mendation for the Dyke parole.
Alleged Contract Read.
Senator Wheeler then read from a
tract between E. II. Mortimer and
Charles Vincent of Baltimore under
which the latter was to pay Mortimer
s50.000 when Vincent received "a
Communication of sentence"
Mrs. Mortimer WAS called for mo-
ment to identify Mortimer's sigma
ture.
The witness said. he had advised
Vincent two or three times to quit
giving money to fellows to get OUT
Il think he was paying money to
lawyers, though" he said. Il never
heard he was giving money to OFF,
cialS."
Objects to Evidence.
Paul Rowland, counsel for II. Nj.
Daugherty, objected to Introduction
of the contracts. Mortimer is the
man whose name was connected with
charges against Charles r. Forbes,
Representative Langley of Kentucky
and others.
When the Nincente parole applica-
tion came before the parole board,
Eotaw and Dyche voted against it
and DIR. Fowler for it, the witness
said.
On cross-eXamination, Dyche said he
knew of no case of corrupt use Of
money in federal parole cases.
The witness explained that Nincente
was serving an eighteen month sem
tence for violation of the prohibition
law. He served out his term.
Smith Goes On stand.
Daniel D: Smith, d negro. former
employe of Howard Warrington at
the little green house" on X street,
followed on the witness stand. He
told of having seen DauShcrty at the
X street house Ito call on Naming
ton"
Smith said he had also "let in" as
butler, Harry r. Sinclair, VIII Orr
and others. There was liquor" at
the house. he said but he could not
say that Orr brought any of it. Smith
was posit tive that he had never seen
Edward Il. Mclean there.
Twenty-Case shipments of liquor
Were received by express at the X
street house, Smith said. with "a rev.
enue man in the wagon"
Asked 10 repeat his statement, the
witness said the shipments always
were guarded by a man with ladge
and gun and he had assumed this
man was Il revenue agent.
The liquor included whisky and
dry gin in cases with no labels on
the whisky bottles. Smith said lie
mentioned specifically two shipments
received in express company wagons.
Smith named Jess w. Smith and
Mr.. Christian as among other green
house visitors. He said that liqour
came "fn broad daylight" and said
he had taken bottles of liquor to "a
room in the New Willard" several
times on instructions OF Warrington.
Smith said he had talked about his
testimony with a Mr.. Fisher" whom
ne understood to be some kind Of
an investigation"
How much we're you. paid?" How
land demanded.
Not one cent" Smith replied.
The Mr.. Fisher" who talked with
Smith was identified by Senator
Wheeler as a "Vanderlip committee"
employe
We are glad to get that into the
record" said Rowland
The Daugherty lawyer then asked:
HoW much was your lawyer paid?"
Nothing yet was the reply. Il
expect to pay him. lie is looking out
for me, isn't he?"
What are you promised?"
Nothing"
Smith said he signed receipts for
two of the liquor shipments, putting
Manlngton's name above his own.
The deliveries We're in About Au-
gust 1921, and a month or two later.
lie said the Wells Fargo Express Com
p't-iS p4puS the ilquor and the
boxes bore the label "whisky" and
were not covered up or disguised. The
receipt bill he signed named 80 many
cases of whiskey and gin, he said
Burns Takes Stand.
". J. Burns took the stand but
said that he had not brought the
Atlanta drug records, as Acting At
torney General Beck took the posi-
tion that disclosure of these papers
would mot be compatible with the
public interest" The witness said
he agreed that publication OF the
records wound be unwise. as thcE