Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-15
WOMAN CRIES OUT
INTENTION To TELL .
ALL To SENATORS
Calls. Her Purpose to Brother
of Attorney General From
Stand During Daughefty
Probe Hearing

w A S H I NC T o n, March 10.
Whisky deals, deals for pardons for
a federal convict, deals to permit
illegal showing of prize fight films,
stock deals and various other alleged
deals of highly sensational nature
featured today's testimony at the
,senate's investigation of Attorney
General Daugherty.
In a two-hour session, replete with
thrillers Miss Roxie Stinson, divorced
wife of Jess w. Smith, bumper and
friend of the attorney general, tes
titled Smith had told her that he and
Mr.. Daugherty stood to make $780,
900 through showing of the Carpen-
tier-Dempsey prize fight pictures,
which the attorney general would
not prevent.
Pardon Purchase RumOred
Miss Stinson followed that by relat-
ing a conversation between Smith
and Joe Weber, the actor, which
related to getting "a parole for
Weber's brotherin-law, "a MI. Solo
mon," at the conclusion of WHICH
told her Weber was awfully cheap
and wanted a lot for nothing"
On another occasion, the divorced
wife testified Smith turned up at
Washington Courthouse, O., j'Ist
from Washington, with seyenty-five
ne-thouSand-dollar bills in a belt
around his waist, but wouldn't tell
her where he got the money.
Whisky, she said, she knew had
been withdrawn from government
warehouses on permit soon after Mr..
Daugherty took office us attorney
general, but they soon stopped that.
the witness said, because they got
afraid Of it."
At a dramatic moment in her
testimony, the witness called to the
attorney generals brother, M. S.
Daugherty, sitting as spectator in
the hearing room, reminding him
that she had told him she had de-
termined to "tell ALL"
In executive session the COMMITTEES
turned down unanimously the re-.
quest of the attorney general that
no subpoenas be issued for Castor
&. Means and Thomas b. Fielder, and
ordered Means to appear tomorrow
morning.
q. Ii. Means to BE Heard
Means is to be put on the stand
tomorrow in case letters Miss Stin-
son is expecting do not arrive in
time or there should be SOME reason
TO delay her further testimony.
The committee decided it was inn
probable that it would touch directlv
on the cases in which Means and
Fielder are involved and that they
could not receive immunity from tes.
tlmony given on other matters.
Miss Stinson's testimony started
reference fn hn
house on K street" She said she
was not familiar with Washington
and would rather not answer uues-
tons about it.
1T was purely personal" she said
1t is absolutely of no consequence"
Admits 1t Was Rendezvous
She reiterated, however, that
Smith had told her of meeting the
attorney general there. She said
"dlfterent senators and important
people" had conferences in the
house.
Department OF justice appoint.
ments were considered there, she
said, and people making appoint.
ments went there, she was told.
Senator Ashurst referred to Colo.
mel James G. Darden, and Miss Stin-
son said she met him in the "shack',Is
near Washington Court House,
which the attorney general, Smith
and others maintained.
DO you know who occupied it?"
asked Senator Moses
81 think it was one Of Mr.. Nc
Leans. I'm not sure about that
She said she did not know of the
purpose of the conferences there,
but Smith had told her the house
was used for private conferences
where they would not be disturbed.
They Wanted Privacy
Hesitating, Miss Stinson said she
could tell better later" of the con.
ferences between Darden and others.
Smith had told her the attorney gen.
erai and himself met in the green.
house" because they could meet "pri.
vately."
Daugherty was in Columbus, she
said, when she saw Colonel Darden 5
at 'the shack"
Il know they had something that
they were considering"
There was something wrong
somewhere" she continued. "They
did drop Mr.. Darden."
What brought this about was thst
Darden did not measure up" Miss
Stinson SAID
Measure up to what?" demanded
Senator Ashurst.
They dropped him." was the an
sver.
Questioned by Senator Wheeler,
Miss Stinson answered yes" when
asked if Smith was partner "in
hese various deals"
OF that, she said, her chief knowl-
Edge came from Smith. She said she
lnew of a deal between Daugherty
ind Darden, of which Smith had told
1er She said Smith gave Darden
y, 400 and he tod her Daugherty
gave the same amount to Darden.
Oil Deal Out West
They had a deal in an oil propo-
ition out west" she said.
Smith told her. she said, that Colo
lei Darden for years has been try.
ng to get through some leases some
way through Washington, prior to
his administration.
If this isn't a pipe dream, it may
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