Evening star., 1927-11-01
Affidavits Which
Involve Juror
And Detectives
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| operatives began their activities on
the day that the jury was sworn in
| the above cause; that one or more op.
| eratives was or were from time TO
| time assigned to the shadowing of par.
! ticular jurors: that they ascertained
! to whom said jurors talked. where
! they visited. the license numbers OF
all cars in which they rode or the
occupants of which they interviewed
or conversed with. In some cases the
| reports show that these operatives
under instructions attempted to make
| contacts with people who had been
seen in. the company of jurors or with
whom the jurors We're in business con-
! tact.
The reports of said Charles G.
Ruddy show that he was frequently
in touch with the so-called client.
| that he rendered synopses of the re-
ports to said 'client" frequently: that
| he took instructions from said "client"
and that at the clients" request and
direction he moved his operatives from
various hotels to the Wardman Park
Hotel, so that they would he nearer
to clients" home and out of the
beaten path. They show that in at
least one instance these operatives
have investigated the ownership Of 4
home by juror and the question
whether said home was mortgagcd
and who held the mortgage: this oh
viously for some Interior purpose not
connected with the jurors duties. Fur.
ther reports show that these opera.
tives have investigated the financial
status of a man who lived next door
to one of the jurors and in numerous
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or business associates or neighbors Of
the jurors; all of this obviously for
the purpose of establishing a point of
contact with the juror in question.
One of these reports further shows
that recently number of the opera
tives were released and sent home
from the City of Washington for the
rea son that the ''client" did not desire
certain of the members of the jury to
be longer closely scrutiniZed.
Said marShals further seized a docu-
ment consisting of a rather detailed
history and description of each OF
the twelve 12) jurors sworn IN this
cause which was found in the pos.
session of said Ruddy.
Said marshalS further seized num-
ber of sheets containing a very large
amount of detail with regard to auto
mobile license numbers and owner.
ships of said licenses collected by the
various operatives in scrutinizing the
license numbers of cars of persons
with whom the jurors came in con-
tact. Aff1ant believes, and therefore
AYERS, that those lists of license mum
bers were obtained in order to find
out who We're in contact in business
and in friendly way with the jurors
in order to establish some means of
contact through such persons with
jurors.
Said reports and the accounts kept
by the said Ruddy, which were also
seized by said marshals, show conclu-
sively that large sums of money were
being paid to said operatives over and
above their salaries as so-called en-
pense money, said sums in some i'll
stances running as high as s36 for a
single day.
Said reports further show that said
operatives followed jurors into res
taurants and into other places, fol.
lowed them to their places of busi
ness and watched them there, follow.
ed them to their homes and that in
one instance one of said operatives
took a room in lodging house op-
posite where one of the jurors lived.
/ herewith exhibit to the court the
papers and documents seized under
said search warrant as aforesaid.
All Of which facts are just and true.