The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-23
ADAMS IS BALkED AT PRISON AGAIN
Walb Drops Last Chance to Prove Charge
Reed Turns Attention to
Finding Mrs. Wheatcraft
for Questioning.

The last official act of Senator
James A. Reed before transferring
his probe into Indiana politics to his
offices in Kansas City, where it will
be resumed Monday morning, was to
send out a call for Mrs. Vivian
| Tracey Wheatcraft, woman manager
| sor Senator James E. Watson and
vice chairman of the Republican par.
ty. He had just given one more
chance to Clyde Walb, Republican
chairman, to make good his charges
of money in every precinct in a cam.
paign of corruption and Walb had
again failed
Senator Reed, in closing his hear.
ings here made it plain that his
authority was limited and that he
could not go into the Stephenson or
other charges.
Reads Walb Letter
He carefully read to Clyde Walb
the letter sent by Walb to Senator
Borah, stressing his charges Of
evidence of money and asked him
| specially whether Walb would fur.
nish him any evidence of money
spent for corruption.
Senator Reed pointedly told him
that Walb had failed to give any
evidence to support the charges. He
made it plain that he came only be.
cause Walb had made these charges.
that he had spent large sums of
Government money in securing wit.
nesses, had spent his.own time and
that he then desired evidence if any
was to be had.
And once more Walb tried to tell
him that when he said that there
was money in every precinct, he had
meant literature sent out by organ
izations discussing world peace.
Somewhere in West
The search for Mrs. Wheatcraft
had failed to locate her on Saturday
She was presumed to be somewhere
in the West.
AS final resort, Senator Reed tel
egraphed Congressman Will Wood
in charge of the national congress
sional Republican committee, asking
him TO assist in having Mrs. Wheat
craft at his office Monday for exam
ination or at least notify him where
subpoena could be served. Mrs.
Wheatcraft is announced to be work
| ing for this committee.
If Mrs. Wheatcraft can be gotten
before Reed, the Senate slush investi-
gator intends to ask her about her
famous poison squads"
Interview Obtained
An interview obtained by w. A. S.
Douglass, correspondent Of the Balti-
more Sun, and F. j. Prince, repre-
sentative of a number of Indiana pa.
pers, from Mrs. Wheatcraft late in
August, represented Mrs. Wheat.
craft as saying that much OF the
success Of Senator James e. Wat
son in the primary last spring was
due to her 'p'poison squads Of five
women in each county who could
be depended upon to butter the
State with anything she desired,
within twelve hours after she sent
out the orders.
Mrs. Wheatcraft denied the in
terview, but Douglass and Prince
insist that they quoted her correct
ly. Reed also has subpoenaed Doug
lass and Prince to appear in Kansas
City, Monday.
Reed also will question Joseph My.
ers. in Kansas City, about the
assertion of Clyde A. Walb,
Republican State chairman, in Chi
cago Thursday, that Myers could
tell something about international
bankers corrupting the Indiana
primary. Walb gave the impression
that Myers was directing the pro-
paganda in Indiana.
Ex-Newspaper Reporter
Myers formerly was a newspaper
reporter. For a few months he held
position of secretary of the League
of Nations Nonpartisan Association
here. having desk space in an
Office of the Christian Church in the
Occidental Bldg. More than two
months ago he went to Kansas City
to edit a small publication of the
Christian Church.
Just before he adjourned the hear
ing here Friday. Reed called Walb to
the stand. Patiently and carefully,
the Senator read the letter Of Walb
to Senator William e. Borah in
which Walb made his charge that
international bankers were flooding
the State with corruption money.
The Senator explained to Walb
that it was this letter which caused
him to investigate the Indiana stu
alton, to spend hundreds of dollars
of the peoples money transporting
witnesses from one State to another.
and many valuable hours of his own
time.
Then Reed gave Walb his final
chance to prove his charges. He
asked Walb If he had anything to
add.
Passed Senator Pamphlets
Walb squirmed and passed to Reed
few pamphlets.
| Among them were several which
had been obtained from the office of
Mrs w. s. Lockhart, 513 Illinois
Bldg, secretary of the Indiana Coun.
Gil on international Relations. They
consisted chiefly of propaganda for
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