Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-20

COMDR. JOHN H. TOWERS.
closed fully what it intends to bring
out from Kdwell, it was generally
understood that it will seek TO estab-
lish the fact that the juror was ap-
preached by some one while in the
museum grounds.
When court recessed for the
luncheon period, Mr.. Hoover asked that
Kidwell be instructed not to talk 10
Mr.. OLeary or any one else in the
United States attorneys office during
the recess. Counsel for the other
respondents in the case joined in this
plea to the court.
Justice Siddons, declared, however,
he knew of no rule of law which pre-
vents any attorney from consulting d
witness during a recess of court.
Kline Is Recalled.
Further testimony clearing the way
for the appearance on the witness
stand later today Of Juror kidwelI
was ELECTED from other Burns de-
tectives when the morning session
opened.
John Kline, the operative about
whose movements Maj. Gordon made
such persistent inquiries yesterday,
was recalled to the stand. A tree in
the museum grounds, under which
Kline and another operative testified
they had seen Kidwen eating his
lunch, has a certain mystery about
it which the Government has not yet
cleared. Maj. Gordon evidently at
tached so much importance to this
tree that he had Kline draw dia-
gram of it and it's surroundings. Both
detectives had denied ever seeing any
one approach Kidwell while he was
under surveillance or that they had
ever talked to him.
When Kline was recalled. he was
asked only a few perfunctory ques-
tons and then turned over to Charles
A. Douglas, attorney for Burns.
Mr.. Douglas merely brought out
from the witness the oft-repeated in
structions given to the operatives
when they were assigned to the jury
shadowing.
The Government then called Dan T..
Merritt as it's nttx witness. Merritt
had under surveillance Jurors Kern,
Goucher and Kidwell at various times.
Tells of Shadowing.
He said he had been shadOwing
people for IA years as a Burns opera
tive and at one time when asked
If he had seen any one else trailing
Kern, remarked; "A man would have
to be pretty good at shadoWing him
if I couldn't see him"
Merritt gave a detailed account Of
his activities in connection with the
jury surveillance, having kept his
subjects under close scrutiny during
the time he was assigned to them. He
gave his testimony in stra1ghtfor-
ward manner that aroused neither OBJ
jections from the Government or the
defense.
Mai. Gordon evidently intends to
bring out all the testimony possible
relative to Juror kidwell before the
latter is placed on the stand. For this
reason each man who Swallowed Kid
we'll was asked in detail about every
phase, which led to much routine
questioning.
Upon being assigned to Kidwell, his
third subject, Merritt said he also was
given a description of kidwells broth
err. He meant the jurors father,
barber in Congress Heights, whom the
Burns men had been led to believe
was a brother.
Talks to BluecOat.
About II o'clock one night, while
walking across the street from Kid
wells house, at 1887 u street north
tast, Merritt testified. he saw a man
in an automobile whom he believes
also was shadowing Kidwell Walk
ing down the street, he said, the man
followed him in his machine and then
spoke to a policeman who was stand
ing on the corner.
When the autoist left, Merritt said,
he went up to the policeman and en-
gagged him in conversation, trying to
find out what the man wanted.
The policeman, Sergt. Dent, who
already has testified regarding this
incident, warned Merritt that the
police generally pick up strangers
after II o'clock in that neighborhood I"
Merritt said he did not tell the Off
Ger he was Burns operative and
merely told him he was waiting
around for a man.
After this episode Merritt was put
on the trail of Morris r. Lamb, spe-
cial assistant to the Attorney Gapsca'.
VINO was believed to have been a man
seen talking with Juror Norman L..
Glasscock OF the Potomac Flying
Field. With another operative, Frank
j. O'Reilly, he followed Lambs car
to the Congressional Country Club,
where the subject was then lost. Lat
er in the day, while cruising down.
town. they picked up Lambs car, fol-
lowing the subject to the Department
of Justice and elsewhere during the
afternoon.
Defense Calls Thirty.
That the six respondents in the
contempt proceeding intend to fight to
the last ditch was indicated when de-
tense counsel today issued subpoenas
for 80 witnesses. Included among
these are Don King, newspaper re
porter, and j. Ray Akers. former
street car conductor, who are already
under Government subpoenas In con-
nection with the affidavit they hled
against Kidwell. There Is no fndiCa
ton. however. that the Government
actually intends to put these two men
on the stand.
Other subpoenled by the defense are