Evening star., 1927-11-27
M'MULL|N CENTER
OF OIL PLOT CASE.
Burns Mcn Prepare 10 Attack
Charges in Contempt
Proceeding.

Around William j. McAIuliin Of
Philadelphia. who lett the ranks oi
! the Burns Detective Agency at the
height OF its task of shadoWinG the
Fall-Sirciair trial jury and charged
that he had been induced to render
| false reports about jurors for the nur-
pose of enabling the defense to bring
about mistrai If needed. the Sin
clair-RurnS contempt proceedings.
! scheduled to begin a week from 10
morrow. will reNolVc in startling
and sensational manner.
McMuiin il WAS predicted at the
courthouse yesterday. viii be tn tar
get for most Of the six respc. dents
when they appear before Justice Fred
cricll l.. Siddons in answer tn his
order to show cause why they should
not he cited in contempt of court for
seeking to influence the Trial jury. as
United States Attorney Peyton Cor
don charged in his petition Tor the
courts rule.
Burns C,a.m Evidence.
In anticipation of an attempt to dis,
credit its star witness, the Government
is building up Il founter-attack that
should LEAVE McMulln standing as the
chief ac..uScr when the smoke 0G battle
.
United. StatcS attorneys office. BE
vond the statement that it will super
de any sensations that may L.
raised by the respondents. the nature
of the reserve ammunition WAS not re
Vealed.
McMullin's crrdibiity already has
! tl.nen attacked by Burns agents indi-
vidualy In addition to these attacks.
/ W. Sherman Burns. secrctary-treas-
! ,rer of the Burns International Dc
! tective Agency, Inc, and son OF the
! founder of the concern. William j.
! Burns. has stated publicly that he has
placed before the grand jury here
| "evidence to dsprovn" M"Mnllin's
story.
| In addition TO McAlullin's story.
which is embodied in an cightpage
! affidavit, only parts of which have
| been made public. the Government
| has supporting evidence in tWo "affl-
| davits" one signed by 'William '.
| Long" tie name used by McMnllin
while serving as a Burns agent. This
affidavit" which McMdllin says he
was induced" to sign by the agency.
charges that Juror Norman l.. GlaS
| cock was approached by Govern
ment agent at Hoover Field and en-
gagged in conversation for - an .:
minutes. The other affidavit. signed
| by Frank J. OIteilly. a Burns agent.
charges that the Government agent
was II. Il. Lamb. who is special as
sistant to the Attorney General. Both
Lamb and Glascock entered vigorous
denials to the facts alleged therein
before McMullin'S story was brought
to light and eSta abished alibis. These
| two "affidaVitS" were left with Justice
Siddons by Burns attorney to show,
according to the senior Burns, that
! the Government tampercd with the
jury.
SubpOenas Are Ready.
In the event the United States Mar
shal in New York was unable to reach
Sinclair and Henry Mason Day. his
confidential associate and vice presi-
| dent Of the Sinclair Exploration Co.
Yesterday. they probably will he served
with Justice Siddon's rule to show
cause tomorrow. The same also ap-
! plies to Sheldon Clark. another con-
! fidential associate and vice president
| Of the Sinclair Refining Co. who re-
sides in Chicago. Certified copies OF
the rule and the Governments petition
were mailed from Maj. GordOns Office
Wednesday and ii was thought that
the marshals in New York and
Chica go would serve the papers Friday
or Saturday. No word on this point
had been received by Maj. Gordon
when he left his office late yesterday.
Tomorrow the other three respond.
ents i'm the rule. the senior and Junior
Burns and Charles l.. Veitsch, manager
of the Baltimore bureau of the de-
tective agency, will be served in the
office of their attorney, Charles a.
Douglas, in the Southern Building.
tHRartn ff.ts
nearly 100 witnesses for the Govern
ment will go out.
Maj. Gordon and Burkinshaw stated
yesterday that their case is so volumi-
nous that should they be able to work
"A hours a day every day next week
it is doubtful il their data would be in
satisfactory condition. Much time
during the week will be spent on the
law aspect of contempt" which has
no specific definition, in anticipation of
much argument on this subject. All
The testimony given before the grand
jury and which was recorded in long
hand note form by Assistant United
States Attorney Camalier. will have to
be assembled and studied. Some Of
this work already has been accom-.
plisned, but the end of the task is not
in sight, they declared.
After the Sinclair Burns contempt
case is disposed of two more impor.
tant matters are on the docket for
consideration. The first OF these is
| the Harry NJ. Backmer contempt
case, set for January 8, and the sec.
ond the new Fall-Sinclar conspiracy
trial.
kidweIl Petition.
Sandwiched in between these is
the petition of Edward l.. kidwell
the alleged 'talkative juror" for
contempt rule against j. Ray Ackers,
former street railway conductor and
Donald h. King. newspaper reporter,
both of whom signed affidavits nam
ing kidwell as having said he ad-
mired Sinclair and hoped to have
! car 'as long as a block" after the
trial. In addition to this is the pos
sbility of Government petition
asking for a contempt rule against
kidwell and then the report of the
grand jury which has been investi
eating the jury tampering charges.
In the light Of these scheduled events.
persons identified with the case feel
confident they will be dabbling in