The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-27

committee on the nomination of
Samuel Knight of San Francisco to
be special government counsel in
suits to recover sections 16 and SO
within the boundaries OF Califor-
MIA naval reserve number two.
Washington.-A hint of an oil deal
in which give men made 100000"
in the fall Of 1922 was brought before T
the Daugherty investigating committee
today by Roxie Stinson, divorced wife
of the attorney generals friend ana
political lieutenant, Jess Smith.
The witness said Smith had told her
Of such tran saction and that she UNI
derstood it had to do with the stock in
the Sinclair interests which on April z,
1922, leased Teapot Dome. She added
that Smit hhad said he and the attor-
ney general were "sore" because the
men who made the money were friends
of theirs, but had not let them in on
the deal She. could not name them.
The fitting reference to the $4,000
900 affair was made in the midst OF a
session which otherwise had lacked
much of the momentum of Miss Stin-
sons previous appearances as star
witness in the inquiry. Senator Vince
Ter of Montana, the committee prose-
cutor, was kept at home with cold
and the examination for the most part
proceeded quietly.
80, No Chvrga of MuFder.A~e 4.
The witness said at the ,entset that
she wished to disclaim any previous IN
! tiinations in the testimony that she had
thought Smith met his death by any
hand except his own. She was con-
vinced he killed himself, she said, but
believed Daugherty morally response
BILE" for his determination to kill him.
self. When he came to Washington,
Miss Stinson said, Smith was worth
some $4,000, but when he was found
dead in the attorney generals apart
rnent last Memorial Day, an inventory
of his property showed total of valu-
alton of S214,000. Asked whether she
thought there were other items omit
ted from the inventory, she said she
would rather not reply.
Suggest Smith Left Note.
She replied in the negative when
asked by Senator Ashurt, DEM crat Of
Arizona, whether she knew that note
was found in Smiths pocket after his
death ad never was turned over to the
authorities. A good part of the ses-
sion was taken up with the reading Of
letters Smith had written her on the
attorney generals department of JUS
tice stationery. They referred largely
to personal matters.
Asked further about the 33,00O,00O
deal, Miss Stinson said she would 'rath-
er have the things come out on cross
examination"
Senator Jones questioned her atti-
tude.
"Unless questions are asked of me-"
she asserted, "I'm going to say just as
/ little as ! can. I'm here because Sena-
tor Wheeler came down to my house
and told me had to-"
Smith Letters. Read.
She turned to the letters Smith wrote
in February, 1923, in which he stated
that he was "blue and depressed" while
Atty. Gen Daugherty was worrying
too much about things at the Office"
"This is getting on my nerves." the
letter said. II am afraid | will fly to
pieces. Keep your own counsel and
don't you get sick"
The witness broke into sobs when
Chairman Brookhart read one Of
Smiths letters dated in 1922 at E. B.
McLean's cottage in Bar Harbor.
II ann not drifting away" Smith said
in it. He also wrote that 'Ned Mclean
and think so much alike on so many
things" The writer "liked him very
much"
Senator Ashurst went back to the
$33, OOO,O deal and Miss Stinson re-
peated her conversation with Smith,
but she again resisted replying to ques-
tions as to the identity of "the five
men,"
Lost in Stock Deals.
81 was at home, in my apartment at
Washington Court House," Miss Stin-
son said, "and Jess told me he was
losing large amounts Of money on the
stock market. He said he was going
to stop. He said Ave fellows just made
$33. OOO, 900 on the stock market in three
days. l asked were you and Harry
in on it /? and he said no, that's what
we are sore about and went on to say
they we're men they had been dining
with"
"We would like to know especially if
Mclean was one Of these" said Chair
man Brookhart.
Miss Stinson bit her lips and stopped.
al don't like to tell for the simple rea-
son that / don't like to" she said. Il
have my reasons"
Chairman Brookhart excused her,
saying Senator Wheeler desired to be
present at the -exarnination. The
chairman then began reading kilograms
that passed between Smith and M >
Daugherty, E. B. Mclean and others.
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