Evening star., 1924-03-27

Ohio. on March 8. 'Mr Daughsrty viii
be interested. Another gusher came in
close to track
DO you know who D. L. Thcrnp-
son is?' Senator Wheeler asked, call
ing Miss Stinson to the stand.
He's lawyer at Washington
''This certificate for Twenty-Five
shares of White Motors, which YOU
sold in Columbus in September, 1922,
Mr.. Rowland began Would you say
that you did not buy that stock in
October, 1891. yourself?'
Miss Stinson hesitated.
ITO bs frank about it. that certifi-
cate was handed to me by Jess
smith, she said.
She owned at several times more
certificates of White Motors stock,
she said, and would not be certain
as to the disposition of any parttcu-
lar lot.
Tells of "Prame-Up."
-On Saturday you read from a state
ment about this Cleveland transac-
ton" Mr.. Rowland said. referring to
Miss Stinson's assertion that she had
been framed up" in Cleveland ho-
tel with A. L. Fink by false regis
tration. You said you had some
notes of what went on there"
Il tore them up" she said. Il
don't presume, though. that I'll ever
forget about that"
'Have you talked over this matter
with Senator Wheeler"
'I have met him. she said; I've
read over letters to him"
Asked as to whether she had dis
cussed the matter with Frank A.
Nanderlip, she said that he told me
he was interested AT a citizen
How long have you known Mr..
Fink" asked Mr.. Howlarh.
About ten years. she said.
Mr.. Rowland continued to test her
story that she had found herself reg
istered as Fink's wife.
Sought to Sell Stock.
did you come in as a purchase +
Of rubber stock" Mr.. Rowland ask ed.
Miss Stinson said that Fink had so
regarded her. A Mr. Ellis was his
partner, she went on, and the two
had forty men out in Cleveland"
Il was introduced as Miss Brown to
Mr.. Ellis at the Statler Hotel" Miss
Stinson went on. II don't know why;
l ask ed Mr.. Fink what he did il for" "
Miss Stinson, Rowland put in, had
finally decided not to interest herself
in the deal.
when did you next see Mr.. Fink
after leaving Columbus"'
"At home, where he came with
Senator Wheeler and Mr.. Stearn."
"You have explained that at Cleve-
land you were incensed to find your
self registered like that" Mr.. How
land said. But you had dinner and
breakfast with him
Il had breakfast with him because
] wanted an arrangement whereby l
could get my luggage" Miss Stinson
retorted.
Feeling Toward Fink.
Il don't feel kindly toward Mr..
Fink-yet n man 1 had known twelve
years before, irresponsible, perhaps"
said the witness. Deep down in my
heart 1 think a lot of Fink, but that
is of no interest to the world"
do you think he was unfriendly
to you in this transaction"
Il don't know-Td like to find
out"
Miss Stinson repeated her state
ment that Lyle Johnson, who rep
resented himself to be from the Asso-
ciated Press" had offered her $1,000
to tell her story.
You know that. is denied by John
SOM? Rowland put in.
II don't care-there was a third
party there" Miss Stinson said. She
named Mrs. Holbrook of Washing
ton Court House.
1Johnson is employed by the Co
lumbuS Citizen, which is not a mem
Der of the Associated PreSS.)
HoWiand asked if she would relieve
Smith w. Bennett, Columbus attorney,
rom confidential relationship as her
counsel.
senator Ashurst, democrat, Arizona,
Said Rowland lowed it to the commit
tee to withdraw the question" and
Mr. Rowland dropped the issue.
hen were you married to Jess
Smith ," he ask ked.
November =. 190S.'
w hen were you divorced?"
about year and a half later
GU testified yesterday Jess Smith
told You there was a profit made of
53S.oO0,eoO by five men. Who were
they?"
Just a minute" Chairman Brook
hart put in. The committee has de-
cided not to go into that. because
Daugherty and Smith were not in it,"
You see how We are handicapped, -
Mr.. Rowland said.
You are not half so handicapped
as We. Senator Wheeler said. The
Attorney General has refused to give
us the files that show the existence of
conspiracy to smuggle arms into
Mexico conspiracy that was not
prosecuted"
Ex-senator Chamberlain insisted
Mat the names be brought out, as the
Attorney Generals friends" were in
volved, if not Mr.. Daugherty himself.
If you men want to take the re-
sponSibility of dragging in the names
of these five" Senator Wheeler came
back, I'm in favor of letting you go
ahead"
In the exchange which followed
Wheeler told Chamberlain he was
''misrepresenting" testimony. and
Chamberlain said Wheeler was TAX
ing advantage of senatorial i'm
fnunity."
VIII Give Up Immunity.
Il withdraw myself here or any
here from any senatorial immunity
I may have" Wheeler said.
Repeat that outside" Chamberlain
went on. "I'll indulge in no police
court practice before this committee"
Senator Chamberlain said Miss Stin-
same crowd" that the S33.000.0O0 was
represented to be a profit lin one of the
jTnumerable deals she had told about -
although Senator Wheeler said that
she did not involve the Department of
Justice
I'VE don't know who these five
people are and we care less Senator
Chamberlain said. We assume the
committee wants the truth My i'm
PRECISION is that she is going to say
Jess Smith told her one of the five men
was the President of the United States.
Now, when the fact is this uplifter.
Frank a. Vanderlip-"
Here the committee came into ac-
ton.
Senator Wheeler said it was not
fair, in view of the facts, that every
member of this committee is under
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