The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
Miss Stinson Is Stopped From Listing Five In
 $3s,OOO,OOO Deal DAUGHERTY AIDS
 DEMAND NAMES Committee Refuses To Be Trapped Ashurst
 Exclaims DEPARTMENT FILES
 ARE WITHHELD Attorney General Refuses Entry For General Fishing < Expedition

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 WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27. Bexie Stinson, divorced wife of Jess w. Smith, virtually wound up her testimohy today before the Daugherty inyestigating committee, but not until she had provided the occasion for an other row between the committee and the Attorney Generals counsel.
 Former President Harding's name was again brought to the edge of the inquiry, but the committee disclaimed any intention of letting it get in. At torney General Daugherty's counsel, seeking to develop her story that Smith had told her five men in Washington made $3S, ,0O0. 900 in an oil stock deal, insisted on knowing who the men were.
 Ny impression is that she will name . the President of the United States" !" former Senator Chamberlain. one of Mir. Daugherty's attorneys, exclaimed tee stopped the pressing of the ques- tion. Miss Stinson left the stand with out answering.
 Not To Be Trapped
 We are not going to walk into your trap" shouted Senator Ashurst, demo- erat, Arizona, to the Attorney Gen erals counsel. You would like very much to have us be charged with be- Rmirching the name of some one now dead, but we are not going to walk into your trap.
 Further proceedings of the inquiry committee brought out q qualified re- tusai from the Attorney General to allow the committees agents access to his departments files for "a general fishing expedition ;;' additional testi- mony concerning prosecution of war 7 time frauds in aircraft with the possi- hle passage of bribe money to "block's their continuance. The day was con efuded with Chairman BrOokhart pre- pairing to- appeal to President Coolidge for the hIes the Attorney General was
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 aepator Wheeler. dsmocfat, Montana, was back to direct the taking of testi- mony when Miss Stinson was recalled today.
 Paul Howiand, one of Nr. Daugh- ertg's lawyers, ended short cfoss- examination by citing her testimony on the previous day that Jess Smith told her that five mem had made S33,- 100000 in few days in deal in Sinclair oil Stocks. He directed her to give the names. The exa6hination stopped while former Senator Cham berlain, assisting Mir. Rowland; Senator Wheeler and Senator Ashurst and Chairman Brookhart took part in an embittered wrangle as to what Miss Etins0n had said, and as to what she should be allowed to say.
 The committee ruled, Chairman Brookhart said, that her statement of the names would not be pertinent to the inquiry and as Senator Wheeler charged Senator Chamberlain with misrepresentation, the latter warned him to be careful' and spoke of .-sen. atorial immunity" which Senator Wheel et offered to waive. Senator Chamberlain then made his statement as to what he expected her answer would be.
 Miss Stinson left the stand after having answered only a few questions in extension of her story that she had been .'frameGfVp" to appear as hay ing registereGsN in Cleveland hotel as the wife of A. l.. Fink and having attempted to hlaekmail Attorney Gen sral Dausherty.
 Senator Wheeler called H. L. Scaife, former army officer and later depart ment of justice investigator in air. plane war fraud cases. Scaife told of being associated by Gaston B. Means in prosecutions which he found blocked"
 Scaife described one item affecting the Standard Aircraft corporation of what he called "oyerpayment by the government" amounting tr $2.260, 900. Senator Wheeler called 4r robbery of the government"
 Itwas the case, Scaife said. in which occurred the alleged transaction in which Jess Smith, the Attorney Gen. with receiving $1O0,000 which Means got from Jap" in q Washington hotel.
 Senator Wheeler used Scaife's ap- pearance as opportunity to read four letters indorsing Means, ". J. Burns, head of the department of justices bu- reau of investigation, declared Means to be "honest, able and courageous" and mentioning his suspension from his own bureau, said Means made many powerful enemies by going fearlessly after big crooks" Guy ID. Golf and Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt, assistants to the Attorney General, and Senator Moses, republican, New Hampshire, also wrote recommendations.
 "0verpaymentss Listed
 Scaife's story of ''blocked', inyestiga- ton was left unfinished by the days adjournment. He mentioned an "oyer- payment to the Wright Martin Air craft corporations and the Dayton Wright company which totaled $7,000,- GOO and touched upon the actions of the spruce division of the wartime air service.
 Senator Wheeler. interrupted Scaife'a testimony to call for M. $. Daugherty, the Attorney Generals brother and president of the Midland National bank in Ohio, and when he did not appear moved that the committee treat him as a witness in contempt of the Sen ate. Papers were ordered prepared to
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