Evening star., 1927-11-01
Notary Public. d. c.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Holding q Criminal Term.
UNITED STATES
VS..
HARRY F.. SINCLAIR Criminal
and No 43324.
ALBERT b. FALL

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ss:
Neil Burkinshaw, having been duly
sworn according to law. did depose
and say:
l am an assistant United States at
torney for the District of Columbia.
AS result Of information communi-
Gated to me I investigated certain
alleged facts with the following re-
suits:
! caused a search warrant TO be is
sued for apartment HE at tie
Wardman Park Hotel, where 1 had
discovered that one Charles G. Ruddy,
a manager for the Burns Detective
Agency, and one G.. III. Robbins,
an assistant manager of the same
agency, were stopping and were en-
gagged in directing large number of
sO-called detectives employed by the
Burns Detective Agency In surveil-
| lance OF the petit jury empaneled
and sworn in the above cause. The
said search warrant was served under
the personal supervision and in the
| presence Of Walter NJ. Shea. 10 whom
had previously communicated the
| information ] had. Said Walter NJ.
Shea is also an assistant United
States attorney for the District Of
| Columbia.
The service Of the search warra Mt
and the papers obtained by it's serv.
| ice confirm information which | had
| and upon which | acted, and disclose
f! the close, intimate. Objectionable and
| improper surveillance, the details of
which are more fully set out in an
accompanying affidavit made by the
said Walter NJ Shea.
/ aver further that the said opera.
uons were conducted and the results
| Of the same were reported by the
said c. G. Ruddy and q. ii. Robbins
| to one Day, whose correct name. am
| informed. is A. Mason Day and who
is registered at the Mayfiower Hotel
| defendant Harry +. Sinclair is reg.
| istered.
! further aver that said reports
| were. at times, rendered to the said
| Day at the home of Donald Wood
ward. 2ll8 lie Roy place. Washington,
| u. c.
! | aver that the said Day was what
is known as the contact man" he.
tween the real employer of said Burns
| Detective Agency in this behalf and
the said Rudy acting as manager of
the operatives in Washington. ID &.
! II Is my belief and | aver that the
real employer of said detectives is
Harry +. Sinclair. a defendant in this
cause. / have not as yet been able
to interview said Woodward and said
Day and am therefore unable TO state
what they will say as to who enlisted
their services in this matter.
l aver that there have been since
on or about October IS. 1927, the date
on which the jury was sworn in said
| cause, at various times. some or all
OF sixteen N6l detectives employees
working in Washington as above sci
forth.
| aver, as will be more fully shown
in detail in ti.e accompanying afiida vii
Of Walter NJ. Shea, that the activi
ties Of said detectives have beer
inmical to the proper administration
Of justice in this court, wholly i'm
proper and without warrant in law Oh
otherwise.
aver that said reports show in
detail and by clear implication that
the purpose Of much Of the work done
by said detectives was 10 find con.
facts and relationships of the jurors
for some uiterior and improper pur
pose.
All of which facts are just and true