The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-04-17

tiOn of the Indictment in Montana
of Senator Wheeler, prosecutor of
the Daugherty committee, will be
started tomorrow by a special
Senate committee.
Washington, G. D.-New charges Of
crookedness in the department of JUS
tice, this time reaching up to Harry
M. Daugherty himself, were brought
before the Daugherty investigating
committee today by CASTOR B. Means,
former department agent and man of
many connections. He testified that
Jess w. Smith on the night before he
committed suicide in the Daugherty
apartment here, asked Means to return
100000 to New York whiskey ring.
Didn't Smith tell you he had made
a division with the attorney general
and the attorney general wouldn't re-
turn it ?" asked Senator Wheeler, the
committee prosecutor.
"He did" replied the witness.
Means also declared Smith had told
kim that Daugherty knew he could
indict A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney
general under the Wilson administra-
ton, but decided not to because he
wanted to "black mail" him into using
influence in Congress. He described
meeting betwene Dauherty and Pal
mer from which he said the latter
emerged Scared to DEATH AZ the prop
osition Daughersy had put Up to him.
Wheeler tsets Personal.
Switching to the indictment Of Sem
ator Wheeler in Montana, the witness
I = L 4. s,.f 4; ,nH
tofore disclosed regarding the ACTIVE
ties of the department OF justice IN
the case. The men sent from Wash
ngton who really did the work Of
collecting evidence, he said, had work
ed under cover and their identity had
not been revealed.
During the Daugherty impeachment
proceedings in the House more than
a year ago, Means said he knew" de-
pertinent of justice agents had "inves-
tigated" Representative Woodruff Of
Michigan and other members OF
Congress.
"Did Daugherty tell you to take
orders from Jess Smith," asked Sem
ator Wheeler.
Smith Has Authority.
"He told me to do anything Jess
Smith ordered me to do. And he said
he liked me because / never let my
left hand know what my right hand
was doing"
"How did Jess Smith handle
money!"
"In a roll--the most ever saw
him have was $1OO,0OO-I brought
that to him."
GLOW much did you pay him alto
getherw
ooh, anywhere from $225,OOO to
$3.50 0OO The night before he died,
Smith told me that he wanted me to
return some money to New York boot
leggers. 1 wouldn't have anything to
do with it, and told him to see their
lawyers.
Warrington Refunded $4,000.
Warrington, on other deals did turn
back $4,000. The bootleggers wanted
5000 600 Everybody knew Manington
and Smith represented the attorney
general in whislsey permits"
81 wish you'd be a little more par
ticular," Senator Jones, Republican,
Washington, demonstrated.
81 mean everybody in the whiskey
ring Will Orr, Tom Fielder, John
Gorini," said Means.
Senator Wheeler then brought up
the subject of his own indictment in
Montana.
"Mr. Daugherty said he had nothing
to do with my indictment" he observed.
"Oh, Burns told me he had advised
Daugherty against getting that indict-
ment weeks ago." Means said "The
attorney general went ahead with it
against his advice"
"Do you know anything Of searches
of Senate offices during tariff fight y
Commission Under Surveillance.
ave had the whole tariff commits
sion under surveillance. We followed
up all the experts, and gave reports
on it to the chairman of the commits
sion and to Mr.. Fordney ever in tb-
House / had four to fy~
what did tn
find out?" ask
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