Seward daily gateway., 1926-03-18
NO CONSPIRACY IN CONJUNCTION WITH
 SEATING OF SEXTON
"FROZEN FOOT" JOHNSON CASE CITED BY SUTHERLAND AS
 FAILURE TO PROSECUTE
FORMER DRY GEAR IN ALASKA
 IN DEFENSE OF SUTHERLAND
Marshall lntimates Collision Existed Between Booteggers and Mar
 shals In First Division.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. IS. (P) Delegate Dan A. Sutherland charged U. s, District Attorney Arthur G. Shoup had failed to diligently prose cute several liquor cases which re- suited in the failure to convict Frozen Foot" Johnson, whom he described that arch criminal and biggest boot legger in Alaska"
 Shoup denied the charges and said Johnson had not been arrested on one occasion because prohibition agents advised him to postpone proceedings until they had obtained "an open and shut case"
 John B. Marshall, special assistant attorney general, and former prohibi- tlon director of Alaska, denied the ar rest of Johnson had been delayed on the request of enforcement authori- ties. He said if the case had been followed up, I believe he would have been convicted"
 Marshall said he had been transfer red to Washington because he had been "arresting too many prominent bootleggers. The name of former 'Governor Scott c. Bone was frequent- ly mentioned as being prominent among the opponents of prohibition. In one of Bones speeches he was quoted in which he referred to prohf- olt1on enforcement agencies as ''the nth wheel of the government"
 Contentious of the various factions Tn Alaska politics got into the record several times, until Chairman Cum mlns remarked: We cannot continue to have this controversy here; let's have harmony"
 Marshall yesterday said, during his tenure of office in Alaska. he had diff fculty in obtaining cooperation from the U. s. marshal forces, especially at time when several notorious road AAOooOo NCIS III Il.
 Shoup, in explaining his activities at the Republican National convention at Cleveland said he nominated Geo. Sexton of Seward, National Commit teeman, because he had been inform ed no official count of the primary ballots had been made, and that John Frame had an unofficial majority of 150 votes. Shoup said that s'Frame in my opinion was not the man uual- flied for the position. If had known then what know at the present time 1 would have had the entire matter referred to the whole committee"
 Shoup and Judge Reed emphatically denied they had conspired to seat Sex ton instead of Frame on the commit tee.
 Charles H. Miller, former assistant United States district attorney testi- fled before the Judiciary committee today regarding the abatement pro- ceedings against disorderly houses in Ketchikan, and said that such pro- ceeding could have been extended for more than a year ''if anyone should have been more interested and more active on such matters"
 spondence, which was read in- to record tended to show friction be- tween District Attorney Arthur G. Shoup and Miller, prior to the lat ter's resignation, which was request ed by the Department of Justice.
 Miller told the committee he was of fered $500 as a monthly bribe by Prince Rupert liquor ring if the attorneys office would mot be too hard' on the bootleggers if any of them would be arrested. Miller in- troduced letter he wrote Shoup re- garding such overtures, and Shoup's answer was asking to have the matter stand in abeyance.
 Why didn't you arrest the bribers on the spot?" asked Chairman Cum mins.
 Miller replied he had no authority.