The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-19
EHELD
 FOR GRAND JURY FAT MANAGEMENT
Congressman And Gov.
 ernment Employe Un- s s der $5,000 Bonds

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-After q preliminary hearing of more than five hours in crowded little Virginia court room, Representative Harold Knutson of Minnesota and Leroy NJ. Hull, 29- sear-old government employe, today were held for the grand jury on grave charges preferred against them by two Arlington county police officers.
 Judge Harry R. Thomas withheld Temporarily issuance of formal order holding the two men for the grand jury m order to give them opportunity to ar- range new bond. Each had been held in $5,000 for the preliminary hearing, which the court refused to reduce on motion of State Senator Frank R. Ball of Virginia, of defense counsel.
 In addition to Senator Ball, Knutson was represented by Representative Lawrsen of Minnesota and Thomas A. Bradley, Washington attorney. Four witnesses were heard during the day, John Wise and John R. Burke, the off eers who made the arrests the night of March 9, on a road on the outskirts of Washington; Louis Zimmerman, brother-in-law of Burke, and driver of the officers car when the arrest was made, and Harry Woodward, jailer.
 Arrest Ia Described
 Wise, the first witness, testified as to the conditions under which the ar rests were made when he and Burke reached Knutson's car parked about 15O feet from the main road. He told of s'offers" made to him by Knutson Ito settle out of court" saying the offers" were refused.
 Replying to direct questioning by Commonwealth's Atotrney William c. Cloth, Wise said he was unaware at the time that Knutson was a member of Congress or whether he was a demo crat or republican" Attorney Bradley objected, but was oyerruled by the court .after Cloth had declared an attempt was being made by some to infer the arrests were the result of a frame up"
 Declaring proof of the charges had been established, the states attorneys rested after Wise's testimony, but was met with replies by defense attorneys that in view of the seriousness of the charges against the two men all wit nesses should be called.
 Clash Over Procedure
 Representative Larsen said the charges involved the honor of the Con- gress of the United States and it was the ethical obligation of the prosecut- ing attorney to call every witness" l" Cloth took 0ffense at what he said was an attack on his fairness and charged Larsen with attempting to revolution ike the criminal practice of the state" because one of the accused happens to be a member of Congress-"
 Wise, who was then cross-examinted by the defense, repeated his story and Burke and Zimmerman, also called by the defense, described the circumstances of the arrests substantially as did Wise. During Zimmerman's testimony there ], were frequent heated exchanges between Cloth and Newton as to the propriety of the defense questions, the prosecution < claiming Heading questions were being put to the witness" Judge Thomas ruled out many of the questions. Cloth did not crosS-examine Burke or Zimmer- man, preferring to rest with Wise's testimony.
 Charged With Felony
 Harry Woodward. jailer of Arlington county, the last defense witness, testi- fled he had charged the men on the books with a felony" on advice of Sheriff Howard Fields after the latter had talked the matter over with Wise and Burke and that the records were in his office.
 The defense asked that the records be brought into court, but Judge Thomas refused to grant the request and expressed the opinion they had no bearing on the case.
 After strenuous appeal by Mfr. Ball for a reduction of bond from $5,O00 to 5000, Judge Thomas ruled the former amount was not excessive for such cases and held Knutson and Hull on that bond for the grand jury. The next grand jury session in Arlington county iS aat for Anril 21