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SIDDONS.GORDON
TILT STIRS OIL CASE
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opinion, in the latter Of which was
the statement that Maj. Gordon, In
making public the letters that had
passed between the court and the
United States attorney, had done 50
without the knowledge or consent
| of the court
Calling the special detail of news
paper men who have been at the &c
! house since the Sinclair tfla
opened, October II. into his chambers
| Justice Siddons handed the reporters
without comment, four typewriter
sheets.
| The first was a letter from Justice
| Siddons to Mai Gordon, iDqulrlng II
he made public the correspondence OF
| November l6, in which the uhtted
! States attorney requested to ne re-
| lieved from serving on court-appolhl
cd committee to investigate the pos
/ Sibilty of q criminal contempt Oh lhe
! part of the persons named IN the lout
| affidavits which the Government pre-,
| sented to the court and which SefNeo
As the basis for the mlStflai ne
| other letter from the court noted the
resignation with regret ana CON
! cluded
would have to be unsrudsingly and
wholeheartedly given" The thlrd
! paOer was the memorandum opinion
! which placed the correspondence III
! the record lin the matter of GRIM
] inal contempt" while the fourth or
| dered the name of Maj, Gordon re
moved from the order appointing him
! James S. E,asby-Smith and John II
! Laskey to the investigating committee
Prior to this development. United
/ States Marshal Edgar &, Snyder ana
! Chief Deputy Marshal :, B. Callahan
! levied upon and seized Sl0o.o0o worth
| If Liberty bonds placed in the National
| Savings & Trust Co by attorneys for
! Harry NJ. Blackmer, missing Govern
ment witness. which will he held by
| the Government ito satisfy any judG-
| ment that may he rendered against
Blackmer, who is ordered to appear
before Justice Siddons January &, and
| show cause why he should not be
| cited i'm contempt of court for failing
| to appear at the Fall-Sinclair conspir'
| acv trial and give testimony which the
| Government claims would have been
damaging to the defendant Sinclair.
Text of Letters.
| The matter made public and the
| order in which it was handed the
| newspaper men by Justice Siddons in
! his chambers follow:
| November IS, 1927.
"The Honorable
| "Peyton Gordon.
Washington, D. G.
Dear Mr.. Gordon:
! AS left the courtroom for the
| luncheon recess today, | was ap
preached by Mr. Thomas Harvey
| of The Star who asked me if
| had any announcements to make
| regarding your letter of the 18th
which. he stated, would be printed in
the papers l asked him who gave
! such letters or copies of the letters tC
the newspapers and he stated that you
had done so. ! then Informed him
that l had no'announcement or state
! ment to make regarding the matter
Please inform me al once whether OF
not YOU did give out. or authorize tc
be given out, the letters or copies
thereof, as stated by Mr. Harvey.
Respectfully.
IF. l.. sIDDoNs.
| Justice"
! November 1S, 1927.
THE Honorable
''Fredericl1 T. Sid6o~e
washington. d. q.
My dear .iust4Ce .oiuuuls:
I'm response to the inquiry in youi
note of this date just handed to me by
your secretary. beg leave to advise
| you that ] gave out to the press bott
my letter and your acknowledgment
thereof.
Very truly yours,
"PEYTON GORDON,
United States Attorney"
"Jn the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia Criminal Division
| No. >.
I'm the matter of a criminal con
tempt.
no 46.307. Criminal Docket IS.
Memorandum.
''In view of the publication in the
newspapers. in whole or in part, o
| the letter of Mr.. Peyton Gordon. dated
| November 16, 1927, to the writer O.
this memorandum. and of the writer
| reply of November II, 1927, copies o.
which Mr.. Gordon informs the cour
he gave TO the newspapers, and il
| view of the fact that this was don,
| without knowledge or consent of tn,
| court, the court concludes that tn,
original letter from Mr.. Gordon I,
| the writer, together with copy o
the writer's reply, and copy of ;
letter to Mr., Gordon from the write
inouiring as to whether or not he haC
given the above mentioned letters t,
the newspapers, and the original o
Mr.. GOrdon's reply thereto, shoult
now be filed in the above entitled
| proceeding. which is accordingly done
"F. j. SIDDONS.
Justice"
November, 10, 1927"
I'm the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. Criminal Division
No. >.