Evening star., 1927-12-08
DETECTIVE VISITED
K|DWELL' 'SFATHER
Operatives Report, Read at
Contempt Hearing, Shows
Jurors Parent Approached.

That one of the Burns detectives
had approached the father of Ed
ward ]. Kidwell, ir. the juror who
played part in bringing about the
Teapot Dome mistrial, was established
by the Government today in offering
further reports of the juror trailers to
it's charges of criminal
of court against Harry F.
Sinclair, millionaire oil operator; Will
liam J. Burns, and the four associate
respondents.
Defense counsel sought to bar the
preSentation of the kldWell report,
prepared by one O'Reilly, an opera
tive. who also figures in the alleged
false affidavit involving Juror Nor
man L. Glascock and Horace *.
Lamb, a special assistant to the Al
torney General. Justice FREDERICK
l.. Siddons overruled objection of de-
fense counsel and ordered the report
read.
Justice Siddons also pointed out to
counsel discrepancies in
the reports of this same operative con-
the shadowing of Lamb from
the Department of Justice Building to
his home at the Racquet Club. to the
Congressional Country Club golf links
and other places. The dates given by
O'Reilly in his reports were October i.
26. , and 2S. whereas Justice Siddons
pointed out that the alleged false al
fidavit concerning Lambs movements
gave the date as October "a, two days
previous.
Looked Up Father.
Acting under instructions from
Charles G.. Ruddy the Philadelphia
manager in charge of the branch OPP
erations here, O'Reilly stated III his
report that he had made 1t his busl-
ness to look up kidwelfs brother.
who he said was barber named Ed
ward Kidwell The Edward kidwel
in question is in reality the father OF
Juror kidwell and maintains barber
shop in the Myrtle Hotel in Congress
Heights.
O'Reilly told of going to the mans
residence and making a suitable
pretext" obtained from the woman
who answered the door information
the subject. Later ne
visited the barber shop. and by using
suitable preteXt" was able
to engage Kidwell's father in conver-
Sation.
The report which O'Reilly made in
writing to Ruddy was dated October
"a and was sent to w. Sherman
Burns in New York. Ruddy, who
was again on the witness stand today.
testified he had no recollection of
OReilly's report being sent to Henry
Mason Day, Sinclair official engaged
by the o,l magnate to supervise the
jury shadowing. He adnitted. how
ever. that he had spoken to Day re-
gardlng the contents of the report.
Explains Lamb Episode.
Ruddy seemed anxious to explain
to the court the Lamb episode and
the court finally permitted him to do
so.
His explanation was that on Octo-
her - a report was made by 1.-The So
called Long" that he had seen an au-
tomobile bearing the license number
P-179S following juror Glascock and
later saw the owner of the automobile
at the Potomac Flying Field in con-
versation with the juror. On Monday.
October "a. Ruddy said. he instructed
O'Reilly to learn the name of the man
who owned the car. and on the same
day he sent Operator Paul ID. Steer to
the automobile license identification
bureau He learned the owner of the
car was Lamb "a special agent of the
Department of Justice. who lived at
l409 Sixteenth street
''This incident was so suspicious,
Ruddy said, THAT | talked the matter
over with Mr. Day. O'Reilly picked
up Lamb on the morning of the 26th
and made him his subject. ] regarded
him as being so suspicious and so i'm
portant that | personally took over
the subject. ! followed him to lunch
at the Racquet Club and back to the
courthouse
Here the expla nation ended and JUS
tice Siddons adjourned court for
luncheon.
Ruddy identified reports of the OPP
eratives who shadowed Miss Bernice
J. Heaton and Charles Holt, two of the
Jurors who were put under the closest
surveillance.
Holds Trailing Is Contempt.
Tn opposing the motions to dismiss
the contempt charges United States
Attorney Peyton Gordon contended
that surveillance of a criminal trial
Jury in any manner constitutes con
tempt of court.
Defense counsel. on the other hand.
takes the position that the legal right
exists so long as no effort is made to
approach or contaminate any of the
Jurors Justice Siddons has evinced
interest in this controversial point by
reserving his final ruling on the motion
to dismiss the Governments charges
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