Evening star., 1924-04-15
MANINGTON REFUSES
TO ANSWER SUBPOENA
Senators Decline to Take State
ment from Attorney in
Daugherty Probe.
TELLS OF LIQUOR DEAF
Paroled Prisoner Says He Bought
10000 Gallons of Alcohol.

Howard Manington of Ohio, friend
of former Attorney General Daugh-
erty and proprietor of the Little
Green House on K Street." today
refused, through his attorney, to ap-
pear before ths Senate Daugherty
Investigating committee.
His attorney sought to present a
written statement of explanation, but
the committee ruled it out and the law
yer then informed the committee prose-
cutor that 'tf you want Warrington
you'll have to get him.
In the rejected statement Naming
ton had sought to question the au-
thority of the committee to question
him, but did not fall back on the con-
stitutional prerogative of refusing to
testify because it might incriminate
him.
Mentioned variously by previous
witnesses in the inquiry as having
been one of the owners of the Demp
sey-Carpentier fight films, having
taken money in liquor cases and hay-
ing received twenty-case LIQUOR
shipments at the K street rendez-
vous. Warrington had been sought for
been located in Paris, and had been
served with subpoena in New ork as
he was returning with the announced
intention of testifying to clear his
name.
Since then the committee has not
been apprlsed of his movements
Divided on Future.
The committee appeared divided as
to its future course in regard to the
elusive witness. Senator Wheeler in
dicated that he might ask that
Manington be arrested if he could be
located, and brought before the COM
mittee. Chairman Brookhart thought
1t might be best not to pursue the
case farther, because it might result
in Warrington securing court immu-
nifty.
c. H. Kerns, recently released on
parole from the Atlanta penitentiary,
told the Daugherty committee today
what he declared was the inside story
of the liquor conspiracy in which he
had been convicted in Ohio.
He named A. Ungerleider Of Ohio as
one of those to whom he sold a large
consignment of whisky, and declared
Ungerleider had told him he was in
cause he had contributed to the re-
publican campaign fund.
At one time, -kernS also testified,
an Ohio attorney named Warren Bar
nett had offered to get liquor permits
for him at SIT a case through How
Washington.
The witness said he employed John
Todd. a former partner of Harry M.
Daugherty, to represent him in order
to secure influence at the Capitol,
but went to the penitentiary, anyway.
He was released on parole in Feb
ruary, but declared that since he had
talked to several people about ap-
pearing before the Daugherty COM
mittee he had been ordered by Heber
Votaw, the prison commissioner, to
return to Atlanta as soon as he was
released from subpoena
The warden at Atlanta called him
by telephone in New York recently
and told him to return to the prison,
Kerns testified, after he had dis
cussed with some people" his prob
able appearance before1the Daugherty
committee Later, in Washington, he
said. Votaw told him there had been
some mistake" in his case and that
he was to go back to Atlanta when
released from the committee SUBJ
poena.
Three ADealso Put Over.
1t had been explained to him, he
said, that in the granting of his pa
role, signed by Votaw and Harry NJ
Daugherty, certain conditions relat-
ing. to his case had been "over-
Kerns said there had been three
deals put across" in connection with
100000 gallons of alcohol at the Old
Hickory powder plant, Nashville,
Tenn.
The witness said he heard from a
Columbus broker in January, 1922, of
the Old Hickory alcohol and made
gallons at 80 cents gallon. Five
carloads were taken out by workmen,
he added, who were there ostensibly
to do the denaturing.