Evening star., 1927-11-12
Declares Agency Attempted
to Make 1t Appear Govern
ment Was Trying to In.
fluence Jurymen in Case.
TELLS HOW "DISGUSTED"
OPERATOR SOUGHT HIM
Declares Sleuth Made Eight-Page
Statement of the Highest I'm
portanee," Revealing whole
Story'-Ex-Governor Appears
Before Grand Jury.

BEFORE drand jury.
By the Associated Press.
A Burns detective was brought
into the jury tampering case today
as one of the principal witnesses on
which the Government has based its
charges in the Teapot Dome oil in
vestigation.
Clifford Pinchot. former Governor
of Pennsylvania. after a grand jury
hearing today and after a conference
with District Attorney Gordon, said
detective by the name OF McMul-
len had come to him expressing dis
gust over the tangle in which the
case had become involved. and had
told him OF attempts to tannper with
the trial jury and of efforts to make
1t appear the Government was guilty
OF similar acts.
Makes Long Statement.
McMullen made an eieht-oage
statement OF the highest importance,
Pinchot said, including evidence of
much greater weight than any here
tofore disclosed. ~
Pinchot turned McMullen over IN
Owen ]. Roberts Of Government oil
counsel, he said. and SO far as he
knew. that was the first indication
that anything unusual was going on
In the oil case. The call from y. C..
Mullen was on October .. the former
governor said. and the only explana-
ton ne could give why ne should be
chosen was that McMullen believed
him ''on the level"
Pinchot was closely guarded against
interviewers while he was at the
courthouse today. but when he reached
his home on Rhode Island avenue he
showed no hesitancy in talking to an
associated Press reporter who waited
for him there.
"On October "a" said the former
governor. "a man came to me be-
cause, he said. he thought I was on
the evel, and he wanted to give in.
formation concerning attempts to in
nuence the Fall-Sinclair jury.
Offered to Tell "yyhoIe Story"
He said he was disgusted with the
whole story | sent him to Owen
Roberts, Government oil counsel. and
so far as know this was the first in.
dication of what was going on.
Roberts had him tell the story to
District Attorney Gordon. ond this
man. whose name is McMullen, swore
to an eight-page affidavit which tells
very much more than anything that
has come out so far.
1T reveals that the Burns detec.
tiveS were not only trying TO tamper
with the jury, but were trying to
make it appear that the Governm' It
was tampering with the jury
Pinchot said that he knew of no
reason tat the Burns detective had
come to him 9th than that they lad
a mutual friend. McMullen is said
to have come heia from Philadelphia.
"McMullen might have known that
L have been fighting these fellows a
long time" Pinchot said. "b 1t ne only
said that he came to me because he
thou It | was on the level"
The appearance of Mr.. Pinchot Gre
ated a new sensation in developments
leading up to the final presentation
of evidence to the grand jury. I'm.
mediately upon his arrival at the
Court House. Mr.. Pinchot. accom-
panied by his secretary. went direct to
the office of United States Attorney
Peyton Gordon. While information
was forthcoming that Pinchot is
hooked up in the grand jury investi-
cation. Maj. Gordon did not disclose
his relations to the case.
Confer Is Minutes.
After comforting about Is minutes
behind closed doors of Maj. Gordon's
office, Pinchot left and went directly
into the grand jury room.
After Pinchot went before the grand
jury at 1908 o'clock. Government at
torneys let it be understood that the
former governor is to furnish the sur!
prise information which. Mai. Gordon
declared yesterday. would cause an
eXplonsion greater than the Teapot
Dome expose.
The first wave of rumors around the
United States attorneys Office connect
ed Gov. Pinchot with the original
tip Maj. Gordon received to the ef-
feet that the defense had employed
detectives to shadow the jury. At the
time of the mistrial Maj. Gordon
stated that his information about the
plan to have the detectives at work ON
the jury was first brought to him from
Owen j. Roberts of Philadelphia. spe-
cial Government oil prosecutor. In
this way they connected Gov. Pinchot
with Roberts with respect to the lat
ter's receipt of the Tip"
1t was further thought that several
other persons besides Gov. Pinchot
have information for the Government.
In fact. 1t was stated officially that
one out -of-town witness whom the
usual run of newspaper men would not
recognize at sight was due to arrive
before the grand jury completed its
session
Leaves Grand Jury Room.
At 11:15 o'clock. or Is minutes after
he entered the grand jury room. Gov.
Pinchot came out and went into Mai.
Gordon's office. William v. Long, the
Burns detective who "shadowed" O
man whom he charged was Fl. II.
Lamb. special assistant to the Attor.
ney General. which later was refuted
entirely by Lamb. then was called be-
fore the grand jurors.
AT 1890 o'clock Long emerged from
he grand jury room, and the session
was concluded for the day. The grand
Jurors will meet again Monday to hear
additional testimony of a corrobora.
i've and follow.up nature.
With the lid of secrecy ciamped
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