The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-17
DATCEIERTY SAIDTOFACE SURE CASE Wheeler Maintains He Never Saw Clearer
 Testimony MORE WITNESSES
 ARE SUBPOENAED Committee To Proceed Point By Point
 Hereafter AIRCRAFT MUDDLE WILL BE FATHOMED Means And Miss Stinson On
 Program Of Coming
 Weeks Hearings
AIRCRAFT MUDDLE i: WILL BE FATHOMED
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 WASHINGTON, March 16.-An ef- fort to get the whole truth about the alleged "dealos. for showing the Dempsey Carpenter fight pictures in violation of the law, through sale of protection by 2 group close to Attorney General Daugherty including Jess Smith, his friend and confidant-will be made this week by the special Senate committee Investigating the department of justice.
 Senator Wheeler of Montana, prose- cutof in the investigation, announced Sunday that he will have subpoenas issued Monday for Tex Rickard, pro- moter of the fight; Jap Muma, New York representative of the Cincinnati Enquirer, B. B. McLean's paper, and William A. Orr of New York, formerly private secretary to ex-Goyernor Whit man of New York.
 An Untouched Field
 Wheeler also announced that new line of inquiry, hitherto untouched and which will bring a string of fresh sem sations, will be opened this week, after the picture investigation and further examination of the story told by Gaston B. Means, former justice department agent, who testified he had paid Jess : Smith $10O,O0 received Japanese representative of the Mitsui company, in which the Standard Aircrafts cor poration, which had suit pending be- fore the government that never has been prosecuted. He declined to indicate what wasinvol we'd in the new line of in- yestigation.
 Among the denia1s which have poured in from all sides as the investigation has proceeded, especially the statements by Daugherty, the Montana senator said that he expects during the next few days to bring out evidence which will directly involve the Attorney General. He explained, however, that what has already developed has satisfied him, and that in his long experience as prose- cutor, he has never seen clearer case against anybody than that which has been brought out against the Attorney
 New Subp0enas Issued
 The three men who will be subpoe- naed Monday were named as partners in the picture deal by K. CssQuinby, prdoucer of the films, who testified that he made around $125, 900. through sale of rights in 22 or nor states, and turned over between $60, GOO and $65,- 900 to Muma. Quimby stated that Muma represented himself as close friend of Daugherty and said that Orr was friend of Jess Smith. These two, with sickard, are expected to appear before the committee Tuesday.
 On Monday the committee will ext anime G. O. Holdbridge oS Baltimore, former agent of the department of jus tice. Part of report said to have been made by Holdbridge to the department of justice, regarding an investigation of the dead and naming Muma and others, has been laid before the committee by Wheeler.
 Wheeler said Sunday that he had no present intention of summOning' Jack Dempsey or his manager, Jack Kearns, though he may find 1t necessary later. it is likely that William Hayward, limited States district attorney in New York. and Alfred R. Urion, local lawyer, hoth of whom were mentioned by Quinn by. might be called later, as well as Ike Martin, proprietor of an amusement mark at Cincinnati, who was named as n partner with Muma and others.
 Wheeler said that he would finish the picture deal investigation before taking up other lines of inquiry and that hereafter he woNld pursue the policy of completing one line of in- yestigation before proceeding to others. When this is concluded, he said the Aircrafts transaction will be probed. after which he will take up the new line of inquiry. Both Means and Mrs. Roxie Stinson-Smith, former wife of Jess Smith, are to be called again, and it is thought the new evi- dence will. be brought out; partly by them.
 "Of course, it's going to be hard to show anything directly against Daugh- .erty," Wheeler said, discussing the case Sunday. 'That is the way a man of his caliber works.
 "But in all my expercince as a prosecutor I've never presented 2 case to a jury that was more beautifully laid together than this one already" he said.
 "All this piffle about the evidence being hearsay is silly, nonsensical talk coming from somebody who doesn't know q thing about tie evidence in law.
 x Take, for intance, this Aircraft case. The former wife of Jess Smith takes the stand and tells of Smith bringing 75 $1,000 bills to Columbus from Washington. She didn't know where they came from. She doesn't know Gastom Means, never saw him in her life.
 A .Then Means takes the stand and
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