The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-04
DAUGHERTY'S
B00KSS0uGHT
BY COMMITTEE
Trip to Ohio to Get Into Bank
r Records Planned by the
Investigators
HEAR OF DRUG TRAFFIC
Witness Declares That Off
cials Failed to Break it up
in Atlanta Prison

eating ths official acts of Harry NJ.
Daugherty reached out today in sew
eral new directions. Having failed
to induce Nal S. Daughcrty, brother
of the former Attorney General, to
come here with records of his Wash
ington Courthouse Bank the commit
tee decided to make trip to Ohio to
enforce its demands that the bank
books be thrown open to it. The
date of the trip is yet to be fixed
From Secretary Weeks the COM
mitteemen received batch of Army
Air Service records bearing on
charges of failure to prosecute war
time frauds. The documents were
examined in executive session and
the Secretary's personal appearance
ifor questioning was delayed until
later.
Senator Wheeler, prosecutor, then
called to the stand j. f. Dyche, now
an Oklahoma City prohibition agent,
and formerly warden of the Atlanta
penitentiary, to testify about narcotic
prosecutions. Among other things,
he said, he had kept after" Herbert
. Votaw, superintendent of prisoners
IN the justice department, for nearly
. year trying to get him to send
agents to stop drug trafficking. Vo-
taw is brother-in-law Of the late
President Harding.
Weeks Sends Records
The aircraft records sent to the
committee were those sent by Air
Who testified yesterday that he had
peen dismissed as legal adviser to the
\ir Service chief after refusing to
stay away from the investigating
Scommittee. Secretary Weeks asked
hat in view of the impoxtanto owl
ence involved bearing on prosecu-
ions now pending, the documents
kept in confidence.
M. S. Daugherty, whose books will
examined when the committee
;.oes to Ohio, has failed to respond
10 committee subpoena and con-
empt proceedings against him are
nder advisement. His bank, the
tidland National Bank of Washing
on Courthouse, permitted the ex-
miners sent by the committee to
vegin an examination of records and
then required them to suspend work
ecause of the wide latitude given
y Y the committee. The bank also
fused to send records. here for ex-
mining.
Narcotic Violations
The questioning of Dyche, who re-
Gently testified before the oil COM
ittee, marked the departure of the
,vestigation. into an entirely new
I eld. He told about failure of the
:. lstice department to curb the drug
y raffic, particularly at the Atlanta
lrison.
The witness said there were $50
'Olators of the narcotic law in the
lrison when he went there: Drugs
'ame into. the prison in various ways,
he said, and many convicts became
ddicts after their conviction. There
'as evidence that some of the guards
look the narcotics, he said.
After he had urged Votaw for a
..ear to do something, he declared
"A ". j. Burns sent three "under-cover'
men. Four prison guards finally
we're indicted but none Of them con-
'icted.
VOtaw Objected
Votaw came down when guards
we're indicted and insisted to the
United States Attorney in his hear
ing that the investigation cease un-
Ill the four were tried, Dysche said.
Did he assign any reason?' asked
Senator Wheeler.
Unfortunately the matter insisted
IN getting into the papers. His OBJ
.ection seemed to be the publicity.
Ie gave other reason, that 1T would
Iisorganize the prison, but there was
p nothing to that
And the traffic was still going
on?"
1T is going on today"
It was brought out that an in
spector of prisons went to Atlanta to
intimate" to Dysche that "Daugh-
5}ty wanted to get him out The
inspector said the Attorney-General
was lin JAM" Dysche said, and he
resigned. The witness said he had
reported the drug traffic conditions
personally to Attorney-G General
Daugherty but that ''he already knew
it," Dysche said he had been as
sociated with Jake Hamon in poll
tical matters and was appointed war
den at Atlanta, July l, 1921, Daugh-
erty, he said, was instrumental in
getting him the appointment. He re-