Evening star., 1927-12-04

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Washington Board of Trade, and Nor
gan II. Beach, former clerk of the DIS
trict Supreme Court ana former AS
sistant Attorney General
In view of Ruddy's action in refus-
ing to confer with Burkinshaw. it was
thought at the courthouse that the
Burns official would decline to testify
on the grounds of self-incrimination.
A serious charge is lodged against the
detective manager in the petition pre-
sented to the court for contempt
rule by United States Attorney Peyton
Gordon. and. it was stated, Ruddy, IN
view of this charge could stand on his
| constitutional right
Charges Against Ruddy.
Maj. Gordons petition alleges the
following with respect to Ruddy:
THAT said operatives, working
under the direction of the said Charles
G. Ruddy, as aforesaid, and at the
| instigation of the said Charles G..
Ruddy. falsely reported that said
Juror Glassock was seen in confer.
ence with a person shown by another
report of another of said opera tives to
be an employe of the Department of
Justice at a remote place outside of
the City of Washington a period of 10
or 20 minutes"
This alleged act, the Government
charges, was for the purpose of as
sisting the Fan-SincIair defense in
obtaining a mistrial if needed.
Ruddy appeared several times be-
fore the grand jury which investigated
the jury-tampering scandal and still
has the case. although attention was
fnA frnV N-hn To- EnrhnT
walked into court and petitioned for
contempt rule. He is credited with
having, on one occasion, testified
longer than any other witness. His
testimony, 1t is understood, is very
much desired by the Government and
is eagerly awaited by all concerned
with the case.
Burlinshaw Assailed.
Throughout the investigation an at
mosphere of complete cordiality ap-
peared to exist between Burkinshaw
and Ruddy, but the latter, following
his visit to Burkinshaw's office, de-
clared that on several occasions dur
ing the grand jury inquiry MIR
Burkinshaw called me and other in
vestigatOrs into his office and used
methods that were not in keeping
with the dignity of the United States
attorneys office. For the purpose of
intimidation. some of the men were
falsely accused by Mr.. Burkinshaw of
crimes, which, of course, they had
never committed and he repeatedly
told them that he had the goods on
them.
AT one time Mr.. Burkinshaw
threatened me with arrest and did
everything to intimidate me and the
investigators of the agency-this, in
spite of the fact that on several &C.
casions he was lemphatically told that
both the men and myself had testified
truthfully and were hiding nothing.
Mr. Burkinshaw went so far as to ap-
peal to the religious scruples of some
of the investigators.
when l objected to Mr.. Burkin-
shaw's statement that he had knowl-
edge of my being drunk in New York
he tried to pass it off by saying it WIS
just a joke, but my opinion is that
Mr.. Burkinshaw simply endeavored to
continue to intimidate me-
Gordon Silent on Plans.
Maj. Gordon, who will prosecute the
contempt proceedings in court with
the assistance of Burkinshaw, who
conducted the active part of the in
vestigation, refused to disclose the
procedure he will adopt tomorrow
morning. 1t was learned, however,
that he has about 20 witnesses ready
for the first days hearing, among
them Ruddy, the trial jurors and Will
liam J. McMullin, who under the
name of William V. Long" worked as
a Burns jury -shadower and at the
same time kept the Government in
formed as to his, movements without
letting the Burns operatives know of
his actions.
1t was McMullin who charged in
an eisht-page affidavit that he had
been induced" by the Burns opera
tives to swear to a false affidavit to
the effect that Juror Norman L. Glass