Evening star., 1924-03-20

asked. T. G. Spellacy, a former jus
| tice agent. was named by Gerald o.
| Holdridge as able to confirm the al
Legations as to the fight films conspiracy:
appear. and H. r. Taft, superintend-
| ent Of the Western Union Washing
| ton office, was called.
He brought with him kilograms ex-
changed between Jess Smith SHIT IN IN
Attorney General Daugherty in Wash
| ington., He also had some from San
| Antonio and Texas points He OBJ
jected to producing them except un-
der order Chairman Brookhart over
| ruled the objection and said the COM
mittee would receive them in execu-
tive session.
I Spellney Takes Stand.
| The Washington Court House tele-
grams Mr.. Taft gave the committee
were sent during the months of
March. April and May, 1923. Previous
| messages have been destroyed, he
said.
Are We entitled to inspect these
messages?' Mr.. Howland asked:
| After we get through" Chairman
Brookhart returned. Mr.. Taff left the
records.
| Spellacy then took the stand.
which you denied you talked with
Jap Muma," Senator Wheeler said
| Zone newspaper man caught me. hut
I told him / had nothing to say.
Speliacy said.
II know Jap Muma very we'll"
| Spellacy agreed that he had made
an affidavit to Holdridges written re-
ports upon Muma and the alleged con-
| spiracy, saying the reports were cor
rect.
| Makes Some Corrections.
! "There are a few little changes l
| would like to make" Spellacy added.
! He first met jap sMuma several years
| ago. He Joined the Department o,
Justice in 1921, Spellacy went on, and
| was ordered to report for duty TO
| Holdridge. in northern New York
| In the fall of 1921, Spellacy stated'
he took Holdridge to call on Muma In
the Ansonia Hotel. New York.
"Muma had often told you OF his
acquaintance with the Attorney Cen
eral and Mr.. Burns?" Senator wheeler
! asked.
"He did"
Muma had Daugherty's autograph
ed picture and a letter or two from
the Attorney General to show.
sort of a position for an old gentle
man through Mr.. Daugherty. Speliacy
went on. ITO be frank with you, l
had a great admiration for Muma
and believed in the influence ne nad.
/ wanted him to get promotlon LOT
my chief. believing the chief would
take care OF me when he went up in
the department"
Told of Showing Film.
"Muma told you of showing the
fight pictures in Washington to Pres
ident Harding, to Mr.. Daugherty, to
several members Of the cab!net?" Sena-
tor Wheeler asked.
Yes, sir" Spellacy said. "By that
time my breath was gone"
Muma, Spellacy said. convinced him
a L. roII
"He thought a good deal of George
iChristian, said they were good
friends" Spellacy went on.
He said Mr.. Daugherty said trans
lporting the picture around the coun-
ltry was against the law, but the law
was made for niger"
Did he tMuma) say Daugherty sent
lhim to Urion?"
"Yes. but l believe Muma said, too
lhe'd known Urion a long time"
| You and Muma are good friends?"
"As long as I've known him
haven't seen Mr.. Muma since then"
Thinks DauEherty Quoted.
do you remember Muma saying
that the Attorney General told him
he he os ought 70 get big cut at least
II think he said something about
Mr.. Daugherty saying he ought to
get an interest"
II Spellacy remembered some OF
Holdridges reports on other details.
II remember Muma saying that
Urion and Mr.. Daugherty were asso-
ciate counsel in some Chicago case.
he said.
go to Urion?'
yes. that he saw Urion quite
,ften."
And that at these meetings they
planned how to send the pictures
around the countryr'
Something to that effect"
| "And that there was to be goat In
each state, to be fned?'
II don't remember just as to that
to connect up that goat word-they
used some characteristic language.
Called "Jap" by Harding.
He recollected that Muma had told
lof seeing Ned Mclean. Senator
wheeler read from Holdridge's re-
port where Muma was represented as
calling himself the master mind,
the friend of President Harding who
| calls me JAP"
Spellacy confirmed 1t.