Evening star., 1924-05-31
A. L. Fink Says Wheeler Got
Liquor for Roxie Stinson
and Charges Bribery.
AID OF POLICE NEEDED
IN RESTORING QUIET
CASTOR B. Means Tells More of Al
legged Undercover Work for
Jess Smith.

A. L. Fink, who first introduced
Senator Wheeler to Roxie Stinsan.
suddenly became the center of new
outburst of fireworks today in the
Daugherty investigation. while Gas
ton b. Means was rounding out his
long story of undercover transactions
and Investigations extraordinary.
Bursting into the committee pro
cedure without invitation, Fink said
he wanted to testify how Senator
Wheeler got booze for Roxie Stin-
son" and how Frank A. Vanderlip Of
fered him money to give perjured
testimony
The committee prosecutor himself
was not present, but Chairman
Brookhart restored silence with the
aid of the police and Fink departed.
Later Senator Wheeler asked that he
be recalled. but he could not be
located, and the senator announced his
opinion that Fink was lust liar"
briught in by the Daugherty attorneys
as part of 'frame-up."
At the end of Means cross -exami-
nation today Chairman Brookhart an
nounced that the committee desired
to hear former Attorney General
Daugherty next Friday
Counsel for Daugherty agreed To
communicate with their client and
advise the chairman whether he could
appear that day.
Lodge on Hand.
Means took the stand after Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge had appeared
voluntarily to directly deny any in
ference in previous testimony that he
had been concerned in securing
whisky permit for Craven Brothers.
New York. Means later reiterated
that he had not charged any wrong
doing on the part of the Massachu-
SettS senator.
Repeating under cross examination
his story of how he passed on $100.
600 to Jess Smith from the Mutsui
Company, which was interested i'll
the Standard Aircraft claims, Means
declared he did not consider at the
time whether the transaction was il
legal ----~s---r,-,.-s
Had you become suspicious pre-
viouS to this time that Jess Smith
had become crook and was selling
the Attorney Generals influence"
Howland demanded.
Never Acts on Suspicion.
Il never allow myself to act on
suspicion" Means asserted. One
fact upsets 10000 suspicious. | asked
Jess Smith no questions
You made no report of this TO W.
J. Burns or anybody in the world.
I've done many many things with
out reporting
You testified you handled money
for Smith before this?"
Yes, if I had my diaries, 1 could fix
the dates and amounts
Got No Commission.
of course, you didn't get any com
mission. You just passed it along?"
That's right
You recall any other money trans
actions?" Howland asked.
Yes, / recall $1,000 and $1,000
there was $4,000 once" Means said.
Il didn't know what it was all about.
Sometimes 1t was in connection witt
the DEMPSEY Carpenter fight pic
lures. Jess Smith discussed that.
Now, when this Jap knocked on
the door in the night season and
handed you 100000, it was 80 COM
mon a thing in your young life you
didn't take much notice.? asked Paul
Howland.
I've had a German knock on my
door and hand me $1.500,000." returned
Means We Deen ADVISED
by lawyers to ask no questions undcI
such a acircumStance-juSt take ii.
Denial by Lodge.
At the outset Senator Lodge made
an explicit denial that he had ever
aided in the issue of export liquor
permits. as indicated in recent testi-
mony by Means.
3A1l 1,,N l,.,,
permit in which Senator Lodge in
terested himself resulted in the ex-
port to Canada by Craven Bros. of
consignment of liquor which later
was landed by smugglers off Allan
tic City. The senator declared. how
ever. that he never knew of the e~-
istence of Craven Bros
Il never heard of it, he said. Il
never obtained an export permit for
anybody
Fink Causes Disturbance.
The committee then heard Fink
launch into his series of charges.
Fink shouted that he was ''the man
Frank vanderlip tried to give 81 900
for perjured testimony against Presi-
dent Coolidge" and that he wanted
to tell how Senator Wheeler, the
committee prosecutor. got booze for
Roxie Stinson.'
We don't want your lies, Chair
man Brookhart thundered back al
him, and Senator Ashurst, Democrat
Arizona. the only other committee
m ember present, told Fink he was a
crook.
! Fink Disappears.
! Senator Ashurst promised 10 put
! him out If TIE chairman will allow =
and Fink left the room S.fore Sena-
tor Wheeler entered. A moment later
the committee sent for him.
Efforts to get him back into the
committee room were fruitless. The
police reported that he had disap-
peared ~
Fink was the man charged by Miss
Stinson. the divorced wife of jess
| Smith. with being concerned in an
| alleged hotel "frame-up'' to discredit
| her. He is at liberty on bail pending
trial at Rochester on charge pre-
| ferred weeks ago.
| His Intervention in the committee
proceedings apparently was a com
| plete surprise to committee members.
| Arising from his place among the
spectators, he declared he was under
subpoena, and demanded that he be
| heard The police restored order.
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