Evening star., 1927-12-07
BURNS MAN TELLS
OF Jury TRAILING
Chief of ShadoWers on Stand
in Contempt Case After Ar
raignment Is Denied.

| Pursuant to the action of Justice
| Frederick L. Siddons yesterday after
noon in overruling without prejudice
the motions of the six respondents in
| the Sinclair Burns criminal contempt
case to dismiss the proceedings, the
Government today delved into the
task of proving the allegations set
| forth in it's contempt petition that
| Harry F. Sinclair, William J. Burns,
Henry Mason Day, Sheldon Clark, w.
| Sherman Burns and Charles L.
Vietsch sought to influence the ver-
dict of the Teapot Dome jury.
When court opened this morning,
United States Attorney Gordon sug-
gested that the respondents be ar
raigned, but Justice Siddons agreed
with counsel for Day and the
Burns officials there was no neces-
sity for it. The court took judicial
notice Of the existence Of the Fall
Sinclair trial and the defense admitted
it, after Gordon sought to read the min
utes Of those proceedings, and the case
got under way when Charles G. Ruddy.
manager of the Philadelphia Office of
| the Burns Detective Agency, in charge
of the jury shadowers, was called
as the first Government witness. Gov.
ernment counsel, consisting of Cor
don and his assistant Neal Burkin-
shaw, was reinforced this morning by
Assistant United States Attorney
James J. O'Leary, who has specialized
on the law aspect of the case.
Ruddy. in substance, testified as fol-
lows:
About $40 pm. Tuesday. October
| 18, he was called on the telephone in
| his Philadelphia office by w. Sherman
| Burns, ,secretary-treasurer of the
| agency, from. headquarters in New
| York, and instructed to proceed to
| Washington and report to Day at 2118
Leroy place. Burns said he would
| send a number of operatives from
| New York, and Ruddy was told to
| take as many from Philadelphia as he
could get in touch with.
Jurors History Given.
| Ruddy arrived in Washington at
| 1920 o'clock that same night and re-
| ported to Day at the Leroy place ad-
| dress. Day gave him a list of jurors
| in the Fall-Sinclair case. together with
a brief history of each juror. This
| list was produced Dy the government
| and Ruddy identified it.
| In response to a question from Day.
Ruddy said he would have eight men
| in the field by the following morning,
| October 10. Day wanted to place each
| juror under surveillance. and said
| under no circumstances were any Of
| the men to approach any juror. He
| wanted them particularly informed
whether the operatives found the
| jurors approached by any one else.
and to be careful to take the numbers
| Of any automobiles the jurors got into.
| Ruddy did not call upon the Burns
| agency here for any men or any ad.
| vice. He checked in at Wardman
Park Hotel that night together with
| George Fl. Robbins. jr, assistant man.
ager OF the Philadelphia Office. who
came with him. A few minutes later
he departed for Baltimore, arriving
| there in the early morning hours Of
the 10Th. and conferred with Charles
L. Vietsch, manager of the Office there
Money Issue Related.
Then he called Sherman Burns In
New York by telephone. informed him
Of his meeting with Day and what
Day wanted and requested as many
men as could be spared. Burns said
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