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something like that 1 can't remember
more than that
Describes Smith Job.
She began to work for Smith at the
Department of Justice in September.
1922. she said.
Smith was sort of confidential
assistant to the Attorney General"
she added. land was second in author
ity. | thought. He had a messenger
assigned to him..
Did you ever write a letter about
the Dempsey -Carpe ntier fight pic
lures"
Yes. to somebody up in New
Jersey, 4 man named Reed, I think" !"
Smith got files and anything with
in reason" he wanted at the depart
ment. she said. Alfred Urion. Howard
Warrington and Wade Ellis visited
MIN frequently.
Means and Smith. she said. also
were frequently together.
Told Means What To Do.
Did Jess Smith dictate confidential
memoranda to Means" Senator
Wheeler asked.
Very frequently. Instructions as
to what Means was to do, and other
| things / think Smith had Means in
sending Means reports on TO the
President
She also named Mrs. Cross" col.
Darden,' "E. H. Mortimer" "Senat or
! Caraway" OF Arkansas, and Repre-
sentative Woodruff" of Michigan. as
those
Smith was directing Means in the
! work. she went on, and some of il
| was for President Harding.
The witness declared that Smith
signature of President Harding in
1922 authorizing CASTOR b. Means
and w. T. Underwood 10 Investigate tt
the prohibition situation" in New
York.
This had been preceded, she said
by a conference between Smith and
Means. which ended when Means said
he would have to have something
more"
Smith then walked over to me-
she went on. "and dictated the letter
to himself for the signature of Pres
ident Harding"
Switches Exaaina ton.
Senator Wheeler switched the ex-
animation to espionage upon the
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firmed her husbands account.
The letter Petit and O'Brien had
was addressed to Mr.. Daugherty-
do / have to tell you all this ?'
Yes said Chairman Brook hart
She went on to explain that the
letter used her name. and said Means
was going to use her to fortify his
own statement before the committe.
1t was signed by Todd she said. and
suggested to Daugherty that he have
Mrs: S,r Duckstein questioned. She ex-
plained that she felt she should help
Petit and O'Brien. because Mr.. Todd
was helping the Attorney General
A description of extensive detective
operations conducted by the Depart
ment of Justice with regard to Means
cial agent of the department,
Says Means SAaAovved.
AS Achief shadow" assigned to fol-
low Means. he said. he had five as
sistants one of them a woman. Be-
tween March Is and April 1, when
the work was discontinued, he said.
every move of Means was covered. -
and every visitor of his home was
followed up and identified
Mrs. Alaska p. Davidson, also a
department operative. testified that
she was one of the shadow group"
and drove an automobile used in its
functions. From March 6 to March
ls, she said. the watch was not SO
ciose' Out later extra men were as
signed.
Means. who has told the committee
or collecting money for Jess W. Smith
and or many other sensational activities.
sat IN the committee room grinnins
broadly at his shadows while they
were undergoing examination
Attorney Chamberlain asked Rurrr,s
II the watch on Means was not placed
because of New York indictments
against him, but the witness did not
know. Orders to stop the watch came
TO him April !. he said.
Duckstein On Stand.
Duckstein testified to knowing Jess
Smith. and said Smith introduced him
in June. 1922. to W. r. Underwood. a
man whose name has been frequently
heard in the Daugherty Investigation.
Duckstein said he presumed, but was
not sure" that Castor Means had been
employed by Mr.. Mclean on several oc.
casions during recent years. UnderWood
Means and Mclean were all in Palm
Beach during January. 1924, he said.
What were Underwood and Means
doing down there?" asked Senator
Wheeler.
Il saw them going over a lot of
papers once" Duckstein replied
Duckstein. whose wife is a secret
agent of the department.. and author
of the famous Mary" message that
figured in the oil inquiry, then told
the committee that a crew of opera
tives,' men and women, led by wal
ter Petit and a man named OBrien.
and claiming to work under direction
of Hiram c. Todd, special assistant
spy on committee members and wit
nesses. He declared Petit and
O'Brien said they were going to
railroad Castor Means to the peniten-
tiary" and frame Senator Wheeler"
the committee prosecutor.
.Ws0en WiFe-rapper..
The crew" had women detectives
Duckstein declared, and "wire-tap,
pers" to get" conversations
The Department of Justice teIe-
phoned to his wife several weeks ago,
the witness declared. and said that
two men from New York" were any
then came to mis- nat, he continued,
and said they had a letter from Todd
in New York to Daugherty. arranging
for their operations. In series of
and O'Brien told him fully about their
Chairman Brookhart OF the commit
tee also was put under surveillance,
Duckstein said He did not know
progress. 1t started March 16.
''OBrien told me they had men in
Iowa looking up Senator Brookhart,s
record, and men in Montana on Sem
ator Wheeler Duckstein said, "and
were looking up ali the members of
the committee"
"I think the less attention we 'pay
to this the better" remarked Senator
Jones, Republican, Washington
II don't think So" Chairman Brook
hart rejoined.
wed better and out how far this
government by blackmai is going to
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