Evening star., 1927-11-10
CLARK. SINCLAIR AIDE, NABBED
FOR REFUSAL OF TESTIMONY
Continued from First Page.)

NOT SatlSt16u WITH tuls SNpthIil'
ton, however. Meanwhile Clark. vice
president Of the Sinclair Refining Co.,
was waiting In an anteroom outside
the Office OF United States Attorney
Peyton Gordon. He remained there
practically all the morning with the
expectation Of appearing before the
grand jury in response to an imme-
date call
William J. Burns. founder OF the de-
tectiye agency. also is to be hailed
before the grand jury for the second
time during the course of its proceed
ings. He was waiting somewhere
around the courthouse within call
Refusal of Clark to testify yester.
day placed him, at the discretion OF
the United States attorney. open to
the same procedure that was followed
In the case of Day. Both Day and
ceived reports from the detectives and
acted as contact men" between them
and Sinclair
After his refusal to testify yester-
lay Clark declined to state the reason.
Burkinshaw was making anxious in
quiries around the courthouse early
today as to the whereabouts Of Harry
Jeffries, one of Sinclair's New York
representatives, who has been eX.
pected daily since being served with
forthwith warrant earlier In the
week Just at the moment Mr.. JET.
fries walked into the corridor.
II am here to go before the grand
jury and am prepared to answer to
the best OF my ability any question
they see fit to put to me" .jenries told
newspaper men. He emphasized ito
the best of my ability.
aff, tanr al f-h
clerk OF the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Co He let 1t be KNOWN today. how.
ever. that he was "emptoycd by Mr.
Sinclair and not by the consolidate
company. The Sinclair representative
tefllged fatty to say in what capacity
he is employed by the oil maSnate.
Jefsries was waiting To go before the
grand jury. where he VIII be asked
by Cover nment attorneys 10 tell
whether he was the man who EN-
pioyed the Burns agents. and to ex-
plain what connection, II any. Sin.
clair had with their s-.nI,iot nent. The
Government has inFurlna tion to the
effect that the actual employer of the
Burns outfit WIS fe,fries
Clark Ready to Testify.
MIR Clark, the Chicago representa-
tive of Sinclair. was in readiness to
make his second appearance before
the grand jury after his refusal OF
Yesterday to answer any question He
was late. however. In coming to the
courthouse. bnt kept in touch with
the United States attorneys Office
through his own attorney.
William j. Burns and hi; sen. Saer-
man W. Burns. armed WITH reports
of their agency, were among the early
arrivals. While waiting for the elder
Burns to appear. Sherman Burns had
lively controversy with Burkinshaw.
the young attorney who is defending
the Governments case.
The controversy. which attracted
considerable attention in the corridor,
was over the methods which Burkin.,
shaw proposed to employ in seeking
to have Burns men ident fled bv the
IL jurors.
do you mean to tel me that yon
are not gong to mix UP other men
with the Burns detectives when YOU
take them into the grand jury room
for identification?" Young Burns de
manded nngrily
That's just what | am going TO
do" Bur!iinshnw replied with equal
emphasis. THE Government is rum
ming this case and not the Burns
agency"
Burns kept insisting that j! was not
fair to his men to go in u group
before the grand jury Burkinshaw
ended the controversy by saying in
some heat that the Government is
going TO handle this case as 1t wants
to and not as the Burns detectives
want 1t handled"
When the young assistant attorney
told Maj. Gordon about the incl
dent the latter replied vigorously in
the same fashion.
Burns Brings Records.
Young Burns was carrying an arnh-
full of portfolios and records. To
newspaper men he said. THE Burns
men always tell the grand jury
everything"
Tapping his bundle of records. he
added that If there was any uncer-
tainty about matters he had the once
records to explain to the grand Jury.
Clark arrived at the United States
attorneys office at IL O'Clock. accom-
panied by his attorney, Morgan Beach,
former Assistant Attorney General.
and George Schein, an attorney OF
Chicago, but acting in the carictty
of a personal friend.
c. G. Ruddy, manager of the Burns
Detective Agency in Philadelphia. but
who was designated AS chief u. ire
operatives here while they were
shadowing the Fail-Sinclair Jury
called Clark to one side and 'het
talked for a few minutes.
Young Burns paced the corridor
with his records from the New York
IL. S1J,
called before the grand Jury d. tie
first witness of the day. On his p'e.i
GUS appearance, it is understood
Burns agreed to lay before the grand
Jurors every paper in the files of the
New York Office bearing on the case.
His father, William j. Burns. founder
of the agency. was in the city but did
not appear at the courthouse with his
son. Burns, sr.. previously had