Evening star., 1927-11-14

which bulged with papers. Wen
make our statement before the grand
jury first" he added.
The three principals in the Burns
agency, William j., the founder, and
his sons Raymond, the president, and
Sherman Burns, secretary and treas.
urer. appeared defiant when they
came to the courthouse shortly before
the grand jury convened this morning.
None of them ventured. however, to
give out any information in advance.
The corridors outside TIE United
States Attorneys office were particu.
larly crowded in view of developments
expected during the day. When the
three Burns principals arrived Charles
G.. Ruddy, chief of operations during
the trial, was on hand with his group
OF operatives.
William j. Burns was not in a
talkative mood today. He held many
whispered conversations with his two
sons and would promise nothing in
the way of statement.
Raymond Burns was equally non
communicative. Il have nothing to
say before going into the grand jury
room, and after l come out l won't
be able to say anything" he said.
Chief OF Operations Ruddy told
newspaper men that 1.-The Burns
agency had made it's usual investi-
CATION into the record Of William v.
Long, when he applied for a job in
the Philadelphia agency.
Had Investigated Long.
"Our record shows that Long ap.
piled for job on September 80. and
not October 10. as stated by Mr.. Cor
don." Ruddy declared. This was in
response to a question as to why the
Burns agency should have intrusted
such a delicate mission to a compare.
lively new man on the force.
so far as We know, William j..
McMullin and William Y. Long are
one and the same man." Ruddy added.
He stated that the Burns agency had
made its investigation Of McMullin
under the name of Long" and knew
him under no other name.
According TO information which the
Burns investigators dug up about
Long he was a former sergeant IN
the Pennsylvania State constabulary
and married man.
MeMullin explained D Clifford Pin
chot and Maj. Gordon that he had
taken the name of Long from friend
IL
is single man. The fact that the
Burns investigators conducted an in
quiry into the record of William V.
Long explains the discrepancy in Nc
Mullins story.
ID. c. Attorney Appears.
Thomas f. Lodge. former assistant
United States attorney, who filed the
allegedly false affidavit prepared by
McMuIin four days after the mistrial,
also appeared at the courthouse to-
day. II won't have any statement"
Lodge said, but If l do it will be
humorous. 1t Is just question of
waiting and interpreting the facts"
Lodge filed the affidavit with Justice
Frederick l.. Siddons. the trial judge.
RumOrs were circulated about the
courthouse that McMullins sensa-
tional disclosue, embodying the
charges. was to be followed by an.
other and equally startling develop.
ment. The Government attorneys,
however, were as reticent in this re.
spect as they were before McMullins s
infOrma Ion was made public, and
would make no announcement. early
today.
From Burns and his detectives the
Government will seek to learn if any
other than McMuIlin had been called
upon to make fictitious reports about
the jurors, and, if SO, for what reason
Burns will be given an opportunity
too, to present infOrma ton In support