The Washington times., 1924-04-15

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Kerns said he saw q telegram
he believed to be from Washington
advising Grant Of the day he would
be set free.
''Was it the usual custom down
at Atlanta for the moneyed pris.
oners to get paroles or pardons?"
"Yee. the men with money usual.
ly got out while the poor fellows
were kept In prison.
Another parole. Kerns said, was
given q negro physician named
johnson from Toledo, Ohio.
johnson was q dope peddler. -
said Kerns. IT was told In the
prison that his parole was arranged
through Walter Brown, Of Toledo. %
Kerns said he had been ordered
back to Atlanta. He said he be-.
lieved the order was induced by his
appearance before the committee.
Kerns said Grant paid the $25, 900
to q lawyer whose name he had
forgotten.
Still Special Assistant.
Kerns said Ungerleider put him
in touch with a Mr.. Grossberg, de-
scribed as working for the Armand
Drug and Candy Company.
After $4,000 cases of whiskey
had been removed from the Ohio
warehouses and sold,'" said Kerns,
Grossberg was made the goat.
He was indicted, but = fled to
Montreal, Canada"
who was his counsel?" asked
Wheeler.
Stewart r. Bolin. formerly dis.
trict attorney Under Former At.
torney General Palmer and later
special assistant to Former Attor.
ney General Daugherty,"
did Mr.. Bolin make frequent
trips to Montreal to see his
client?"
''He did"
"And while he was representing
this fugitive from justice, he was
a special assistant to Daugherty?"
Yes, he's still a special assistant"
Kerns said.
Kerns said his own partner, w.
e. Talhelm, was also indicted with
him.
What became of Talhelm's
case?" -
Another Old Hickory Deal.
"He employed Bolin as counsel
and it was taken under advisement
in United States, Judge KiIlett's
court two years ago, and still Is
under advisement."
Evidently" Wheeler commented
he choose the right counsel"
Kerns told Of a deal for 200, 200
\ gallons of alcohol at the Old
Hickory Company's plant in Nash.
vile, Tenn. The alcohol, he said,
was used by the company in making
munitions.
You knew Jesse Smith had some,
thing to do with the Old Hickory
deal; you knew Jesse got some
money for putting that deal over?''
There were three deals at the
Old Hickory" said Kearns. "There
was one company, the st. Louis
Trading Company, which took out
thousands Of dollars worth at 30
cents a gallon and sold 1t for sic
a gallon"
THAT was the deal in which Jesse
Smith participated" :
"Yes."
who goI the so cents. on each
gallon?"
THE Nashville INDUSTRIAL Cor.
poration."
The alcohol, Kerns explained, was
sold as unfit for beverage pur.
poses," but II, was actually used for
beverage purposes.
Kerns said he got contract with
the Nashville Industrial Corpora.
ton to remove some Of the alcohol.
II got 500 barrels out and then
a carload assigned to my firm in
Toledo was seized in the yards, at
Chicago" said Kerns. 1.-THE col
lector of internal revenue ordered
that no more alcohol be sold me
under my contract"
Kerns said that the Jefferson
Distillery Company, Of New Orleans,
obtained some more Of the Old
Hickory alcohol for 171h cents a
gallon.
Bargains in Alcohol.
This alcohol, when sold by the
United States marshal on seizures.
brought more than IS a gallon, SO
you can see 1t was a good deal for
u.s." said Kerns.
His deal. Kerns added, was ar.
ranged through Columbus broker
named Hornstein.