Evening star., 1926-09-24
NAL s. DAUGHERTY
TEST|F|ESB SBROTHER
| BURNED RECORDS
Ledger Sheets Were Alleged
to Show Part of $441,OOO
Was Deposited for Him.
OTHER ACCOUNTS GONE,
NERVOUS WITNESS SAYS
Big Sums Traced by Government,
Including $4,000 Bonds From
Merton to Miller.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 24.-Testi'
mony that Harry NJ. Daugherty, At
torney General in the Harding cab
inet, burned ledger sheets that the
Government alleges would show that
part Of an alleged bribe was deposited
10 his credit in the Midland National
Tank. Washington Court House, Ohio.
was given today in the Daugherty-
Miller conspiracy case by Nal 5.
Daugherty, brother of the defendant
Daugherty.
The admission was ELECTED by Dis
trict Attorney Emory r. Buckner,
acting for the Government in the In
Nestigation under way here.
Mr.. Buckner called the former At
torney Generals brother as the first
witness in today's session of the trial
of Daugherty and Miller for alleged
conspiracy to defraud the United
States of their best services. The
Government charges that Daugherty
and Miller received approximately
100000 of SAL 900 paid as a com
mission" forA the release of $1,000, 900
of seized enemy property.
Miller was alien property custodian
and Daugherty Attorney General at
the time of the alleged fraud in 1921.
Nal S. Daugherty was visibly
nervous as he was sworn. Buckner
Immediately began questioning him
about the disappearance of records of
the Midland National Bank of Wash
tngton Court House, Ohio, Of which
he is president.
The records, the Government al
leges, We're destroyed by Harry M.
Daugherty to prevent the Govern
ment from tracing to his accounts
$150,000 of the $441 900 commission.
King Got Commission"
The S441 900 was paid by Richard
Merton, German metal magnate, to
John r. King, late Republican COM
mitteeman from Connecticut.
The Government has shown" that
King and Daugherty were friendly and
that King introduced Merton to Mil
Ter and Daugherty.
He was then questioned about three
ledger sheets for his own account,
that of his brother and one for Jesse
w. Smith. confidential adviser to
Harry NJ. Daugherty, who committed
suicide in 1923.
Nal S. Daugherty had been sub
poenaed to bring these ledger sheets,
but he said they were gone.
Were they in your bank when
you left?" Buckner asked.
mo"
Where were they?"
Il haven't the slightest knowledge.
We, my brother and 1, brought them
here in October, 1925
Gave Them to Brother.
They were brought then for the
grand jury investigation into the part
Jesse Smith played in the alleged
conspiracy The ledger sheets were
not subpoenaed, but the witness said
he brought them anyway.
Have you seen them since?"
NO"
What did you do with them?"
"I gave them to my brother"
At the time of the grand jury in
vestigation in New York that resulted
in the first indictments against Daugh-
erty and Miller, Nal S. Daugherty
said he was subpoenaed to bring the
ledger sheets
IL went to Columbus, Ohio" he
said, land asked Harry for them"
What did he say?"
HE told me he had destroyed
them"
How did he destroy them?"
"He burned them.'
Nal S. Daugherty was asked If he
had destroyed with his brother the
contents of the ledger sheets and
other documents. He replied that he
had.
'When?"
Il don't recolleCt."
Before they were burned?"
81 don't remember" ="