San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
Distorted Facts Concerning
San Antonians Cir
culated.
BRANDED AS LIE"
Department of Justice
Agent Tells Of up
Visit.

SIS OF lGulu WIS lut CuuIst Hluuc sat
urday by federal officials here whose
names have been mentioned in connec-
ton with the investigations now under
way in Washington. The further
charge is made that the leak in the
United States marshars Office in re-
gard to the names of those for whom
subpoenacs were issued by the COM
mittee appointed to investigate the De
partment of Justice and Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty, as charged by Sena-
tor Brookhart. does not exist. The
leak" is is charged, is in Washing
ton.
Despite the propaganda that has
been broadcasted the last two or three
days reflecting upon the integrity oi
certain federal officials here. they had.
until Saturday afternoon, remained ST.
lent. Angered, however. by the con-
tinued efforts TO impeach their char
acters and their administration OF gov
eminent affairs. they were goGded TO
the point where they deemed that some
answer should be made to the accusa-
tions directed against them.
Brands Dispatch MS Lie.
A press dispatch Saturday altec-
noon. carrying a Washington date lne,
and to the effect that Gus L. Jones,
special agent of the bureau of investi-
CATION of the Department of justice,
had "uuiZzed" John Camp. witness
summoned to testify before the commit,
tee investigating the Department OF
Justice. was denounced as lie by Mr..
Jones. in a statement to The Llght
Saturday evening.
Camp came TO my office voluntar-
ily," Mr.. Jones said, for reasons un-
known to me. Believing at the time
that he was there for some motive
which / could not fathom. ! refused
TO talk TO him alone. / called in Spc-
cial Agent !. J. Lawrence in order
that there might be third person
/ present. ! believe that Camp was
sent there for the purpose that j.
might be said that he was "quizzed
| by me.
That | was justified in taking thC
precaution of having third person
present is indicated by the events that
occurred within few minutes after
Camp left the office. There were tw,
telephone calls. both asking If CAM
was in the bureau of investigation OF
fees. The persons who called did moi
give their names. They could have
had no reason 10 believe that he had
been in my office unless they had beer
informed beforehand
I Camp, it is reported, is secret ser
vice operative for the Mexican govern
ment, and is reported to have in his
possession alleged evidence of Depart
ment of Justice Irregularities in con
nection with the shipment of arms and
ammunition TO Mexico.
when Camp appeared at my office
he informed me that he had been sum
moned to testify before the committee
and asked me if l had been sum
moned. That, in substance, was the
extent of his conversation"
Walker in Denial.
Emphatic denial was made by Unit
| ed States Marshal ID. A. Walker that
he had given out the name of any
person for whom he held a subpoena
until that person had been served. Fol
lowing the serving of subpoenaes upon
w. A. Wiseman, formerly agent in
charge of the Mexican bureau of the
Department of Justice here, Ranger
| Captain Il. c. Baldwin, formerly an
agent in the Department of Justice,
and Mr.. Camp, it would have been I'M
possible to have kept the fact secret
that these subpoenaes had been served
after these men had been sum-
moned they appeared at my office and
| questioned me about the matter OF
| transportation and other business in
connection with their departure from
San Antonio. The fact that these
three men had been summoned became
public property. They were under no
mandate to remain silent about the
matter and there was no reason far
silence after subpoenaes had been
served.
Reported Before Being Served.
| "As a matter of fact, / have rea-
son to believe that a person in this
| city not in government service had
possession of the names of the per
sons for whom subpoenaes had been
issued before | had even received the
subpoenaes. The leak is not in my
| office"
One Of the several instances cited
| by Marshal Walker in substantiation
of his theory that a person outside
of government service but having con-
nectiOn in Washington was responsible
! for the premature publication of the
VI WIN uOI at Tue
time been served with subpoenaes was
the fact that John Camp came to Unit
ed States Marshal Walkers home
Thursday night and accepted service
without notification from the mar
shall.
Jones Did Not Trail Fall.
Indicative of the accuracy Of GER
tain unreliable accusations bearing
Washington date lines is one that ap-
peared Friday afternoon in which Mr..
Jones was named as the man who was
sent to New Mexico by William ].
Burns TO ''trail'' Albert b. Fall. As
matter of fact, an agent, stationed
Mt FL Paso. and who is not a personal
friend of Senator Fall. was the one
mentioned by Mr.. Burns.
In view Of the criticism that has
been directed against him, the United
States marshal is declining now to
even give out the names of the men
who have been subpoenaed subsequent
to the summoning Of Captain Bald
win. Mr.. Wiseman and Mr.. Camp.
1t is practically certain. however, that
Mr.. Jones has been summoned to APP
pear before the committee investigat.
ing the Department of Justice and At
torney General Daughtery.