Evening star., 1925-03-26
DECLARES JUDGE
ACCEPTED MONEY
Woman Tells Congress Prob
ers She Saw Employer Hand
Bills to English.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associs ted Press.
ST. LOUIS, March 25.-Recaned to
the stand late yesterday Mrs. Grace
Thayer. a former employe in the office
of Referee. in Bankruptcy c. B.
Thomas, told the congressional COM
mittee investigating practices of Fed
eral Judge George W. English that
she remembered an instance when two
men handed Thomas a roll of bills and
the latter was divided by Judge Eng
Iish.
She did not give the names of the
men nor the date.
She proved such a reluctant witness
that Representative Earl Michener of
Michigan termed her "one of the most
hostile and unwilling witnesses I have
ever SEEN"
His remark brought reprimand
from Representative William D. Boies
of Iowa, chairman of the committee
Speaking as chairman of this COM
mittee, 1 want to say l wish you would
reserve your argument until we get on
the floor of the House" Mr.. Boies shot
at Michener.
Says She Saw Money Pass.
Other members OF the committee,
notably Representatives John r. Till
man of Arkansas, Royal Weller of New
York and Hatton Summers of Texas,
continued with the examination of
Mrs. Thayer, however. although with
out marked results. 1t was only after
| Mrs. Thayer had left the witness
| stand that she remembered an alleged
| money division between Judge English
and Thomas, and was given permis-
sion to return and tell about it,
Once while she was employed in
| Thomas Office, she said,- two men she
nSIv for priu II
several times with Thomas entered
the Office and handed Thomas a large
roll of bills. The money, she said
| Thomas Immediately divided with
| Judge English.
| Further examination revolved about
! whether the men were not bootleg.
gers who were facing criminal action
| in Judge English's court and Mrs
! Thaye1 said that was her understand.
| ing.
Was the money green?" asked
| Frank T. O'Hare of Paris. I'LL, chief
| of Judge English's counsel.
The color did not impress me-" re.
| piled Mrs. Thayer, lit was the size oi
the roll"
| Mrs. Thayer could not be found fol
several days after she learned that
! she was to be a witness, and at the
| opening of the hearing it was said
|
Louis, where she now is employed.
| Feared to Testify.
/ She was nervous yesterday and told
| the committee that she had informed
| her employer that she was afraid te
! testify.
/ Asked If some one had not told hel
she would be bumped off, If sh,
testified, she replied that such "in
/ formation" had reached her.
! Upon her first appearance in tn,
witness chair Mrs. Thayer testified
that frequently Thomas would tele
| phone Judge English and that wher
the jurist arrived Thomas would Civ,
/ him unknown amounts of money. She
| said Judge English was in Thomas
| Office nearly every day. She said alst
| that Thomas gave Judge English!
son Virgil money on different occa
sions. and that it was generally un
derstood that Thomas bought Judg'
English an automobile.
i How Judge English commanded
East st. Louis police to release ant
restore the pistols of number o
Williamson County citizens who hat
! come armed at East st. Louis, wa
related byss.John J. Barry. police chic
81 that CITY. Some Of the men ha,