Evening star., 1924-03-21
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.t{Mas ! b.lanes that Lynn owed
Do Or and Murphy on papers
-PSpsrs.. tho Witness expa.ind' were
!Soy II Va. Tuning the business for i've
drug companies" Goroni said. He
named the Central. the 8. q B. Drug
tbs The ARs .sooos oos 0tsssH psid to n1
thinxs?" Tnere was confusion-the
witness spoke with q marked ifaAian
-Orr was selling the permits for
SIS per case" Goroni went on. ~and
each Of my drug companies was get
ting 81 q case back from Or.
Did you pay any more!
ITO Murphy I paid about $1bO,O0o."
That was for infuence?
"It was for these papers"
when was it,"
from May to about August. 1921.
In those three months ta you paid
Orr a and Murphy s2oo'ooo!
That was for liquor
mo; for the permits"
DistnIerias Are Named.
-And you were not able to- get any
permits .rWd IS without that
Goroni @ said he lust got the papers"
concerns. He named distilleries.
"Overhoit distillery in Pittsburgh
have any permits?' Senator Wheeler
The first papers came on the
who does that distillery belong
Il don't know" The permits all
Tho man that buys those permits
he goes and buys the whisky. -,
How much whisky in case?'
asked Senator Brookhart.
The room dissolved into laughter.
The answer was inaudible.
Goroni was led on with his ex-
planation, the drug companies, pay
ment of 81 a case to him for using
This s15o.ooo you paid was boot
asked.
"Yes, sir"
Tell us what the $So9.oo9 yon paio
vas for" Senator Wheeler directed: -,
The witness said it was for "1410,'
the section of regulations under
which the permits issued.
Sold to Bootle8gers.
Senator Wheeler explained that the
drug companies sold the permits to
booueggers for SIS per case and paid
81 per case to Goroni:
tNow. the 100000 to OFT ana
Murphy. it was for these permits?
Goroni i said he had records of pay
Il Signed the papers. got the money
and turned it over to orr anu
Murphy" chic nm
'-at the trial?"
Il wasn't permitted
Now, you were paid back some
money from Felders so01n once @ere- in
sisted that Orr give it back to me"
e%e He waited s his z,ioo cases of Scotch.
aDid you meet Mannington-"
.'Yes-in Murphys office in new
and they told you he was the At
torney Gensrars s1sosfT frisna! n. Attorney
General. It was the Columbus crowa-
what did they say as to smith!
wanfed to Testify.
THAT he was in the Attorney Gen.
did you ever talk to Hayward. dis
trsct attorney at New YORK:
-n,dn:t YOU ofrer to turn states owl
4 did not I wanted to waive I'M
munity, defend myself as a ciean
who did you tell that to?
my own attorney:
~You wnnted to make q clean breast
Of it?' Senator Jones put IN.
senator @ wheeler took up the threat
oS eIamination again, Goroni descr1o-
Did what you ten today come out
them .4v md the
nrohibition Director claimed the
papers (permits) were stolen Co
roni said.
Some Money Returned.
ibid Howard Warrington turn back
some Of the money? How much was
p,aa aabomt out $4,000 OK .so.oeo-t was
Goroni indicated that the permits
vere "caIled back and Cancelled through
Some permits went through
Yes, about $4,000 cases
.1s. ~ SIS per. 'aSs
You had trouble with Felder?"
~Yes-I paid him $4,000 with q
promise I would not be Indicted. l
asked for my money back when was
wv. j. Flynn recommended Fielder
to me-said he was an honest man"
remarked Goroni. The committee
identified Flynn as former head OF
the secret service.
of Scotch whisky from Scotland ''in
a legitimate way but that w. J:
FaIlon, a. distiller's agent wanted
him to sell it to booueggers.
Was Offered S25OO0O.
HE offered me q quarter OF q
million dollars Goroni went on, "to
sell that to bootleggera refused.
The whisky was in the White Star
warehouse.
Heilbronner and Company, export
ers, tried to get possession of it They
failed. After that they came to me
with Fielder and said they would
give me $4,000 to ship the liquor
"Then T. P. Fielder threw mo out
There was litigation and ''by order
Of the Attorney General the whisky
was reshipped to England" Goroni
tried to stop the shipment but the
aDid YOU have any information rs
to what actually become Of itT'
"The same kind Of whisky, in bot
ties and cases, was selling by the
eoslesssrz sss poatiVe afaVad the New
whisky was his own, but '-it was the
same brand and that kind has never
been there before"
What did you lose? ,
Between $4,000 and $SS,ooo-htl-
cation and all"
Had Permit to Export It
Tho 7,1o0-case shipment vas sent TO
the Alps Drug Company, Goroni ex-
'Sd Il Sad % a permit to export it. I did
not pay anything for that permit-it
was . legitimate transaction" t3o-
aWhy did the Scotch company re-
-fuse the payment you offeredr Sena-