Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-14
JURORS PARENTS
FACE BURNS MAN
KidWeII's Father and Mother
Meet SIeuth Charged With
Visiting Them.

them during the trlai.
O'ReiIiy had been under a gruelins
direct examination by the Government
all day when James O'Leary. assist
ant u. s. attorney, surprised specta
tors by suddenly announcing he wa:
going TO ask two persons TO step int
the courtroom for identification.
The door opened and a small timit
woman dressed in black advanced
slowly to a position in front of thu
witness. AS she stood silently fac
ing the detective. O'Leary asked hin
IL he had ever seen the woman before
Not Sure OF identity.
Il cannot say positively" replied
O'Reilly, but | think may hav,
seen her
when" he was asked. Or
October "a at A house on L street,
the detective replied.
The Government attorney asked
OReiily if he was sure the woman
WAS in the house. IF she is the
same lady she was in the house" the
witness replied.
Three times the Government at
torney asked O'Reilly what house be
fore the number was given as 1861
l. street northeast, which is the ad
dress of young kidwell.
At this point Attorney OLeary
said he was going TO ask another
person to step into the courtroom.
identifies Barber.
A man who appeared as large a.
Juror KidweN is small walked into thu
courtroom and stood silently facing
the witness. O'Reilly promptly identi
fed him as the man he had seen "
a barber shop in Congress Heights or
the afternoon of October "a.
WAS It before or after you saw the
lady in the u street house that you
saw this gentleman" O'Leary asked.
1T was about Is minutes later" re
piled O'Reilly.
The Government attorney then took
the witness back to events earlier IN
the day until about 3 O'Clock, wher
charles G. Rudy, contact man he
tween the Burns detectives and Henry
Mason Day. vice president of the Sin
clair Exploration Co., gave him in
structions to look up a barber named
KidwelI."
The witness testified that he was in
structed to locate the mans place OF
business and to get description oil
him, SO as TO provide for Identified
ton IL necessary.
Called Kidwelrs Brother.
did Rudy say anything about
Juror Kidwell at that timer" asked
OLeary.
"He said very frankly that the man
was Kidwell's brother" the witness
testified.
Covernment counsel sought at this
time to find out whether OReilly hao
anv other person under surveillance
nrior to October "a During the OBJ
iections raised by defense counse
Neil Burkinshaw, an assistant United
States attorney. remarked that O'Reihs
was roper" The term roper"
applied by detectives to an operation
who obtains the information by pre-
text from a subject. according to pre-
vious testimony given In court.
George p. Hoover, counsel for Harr.
+, Sinclair, the oil magnate cited FOL
contempt. objected to Burkinshaw In
terrupting proceedings. The cour'
siIenced further interruptions by
banning them.
Denies "Roping."
Government counsel next asked thu
witness il he had ever done any gen
eral surveillance work that would IN
cIude "roping." O'Reilly replied inoig
nantly that he had not.
Upon receiving Ruddy's instruc
tions the detective related that he wen
to the Mayfiower Hotel to make IN
auiries from the city directory con
corning locations in Anacostia where
the Kidwellz resided, and then wen
to the addresses.
At the barber shop in the basement
of the Myrtle Hotel he found kidwelI'
father, when The Burns peopi'
thought ali along was brother OF INT
juror.
did you have a talk with him?'
asked counsel. II did," the witnes!
replied. At this point O'Leary said n
was not going to ask the witness
about what was said during the con
versation. After these two visits, tn
one To the kidwell hume and tn
other to the barber shop, the detectiy'
testified he returned to the Wardms
Park Hotel to report to Rudy OF
results, Mr.. Day was in the room
he added, within hearing distance, b0
made no remark whatsoever.
Return 10 Pep" Meeting.
Going back TO testimony givel
earlier in the day relative TO tn
Burns pep" meeting in the May
flower Hotel after midnight of Octobe
%, Government counsel asked the VIII
ness IL anything was said then abou
Juror Kidwell.
ITO the best of my recollection
nothing was said about him." OReiii,
stated.
Government counsel attached con
siderable importance to the approach
of Kidwelfs father, and also TO IN
admission made by the juror TO IN
effect that he was conscious of beini
Swallowed during the trial lnstruc
lions given the Burns operatives
according TO the returns MED j.
court by respondents. was that h
detective should approach juror
annoy them.
stirred for a brief period by me II
PRODUCTION Of activities of William ..
McMullin. former Burns detectiV'
who ''played along" with the Jur
shadowers after reporting to the Coy
eminent he had been induced" I
make a false affidavit about a Depai'
ment Of Justice official.
~
Ruddy and the Burns operatives en-
ployed to trail the jurors, was on tn
witness stand. He had been que
toned by Leary as to who he had r.
ceived reports from October %. tn
witness said he had been in commun
cation with McMullin. who WA
known TO the Burns operatives a
L36, William V. Long.
Ordered Brought in.
DO you see him here?" the Coy
eminent attorney asked.
There was suspense in the cour1
room for McMullin's connection wit
the case has been a continuous scr
spot to the Sinclair defense.
The detective looked about the cour
room. but could see no sign OF M
Mullin.
Bring him in the courtroom
George p. Hoover. counsel for Harr
r. Sinclair. demanded sharply. O'Leal
iumDed TO his feet excitedly and int