Evening star., 1927-11-07
Founder of Detective Bureau
Appears Before Jury in
Oil Case Inquiry.
PRODUCES AFFIDAVITS
AGAINST GOVERNMENT
Says Defense Had as Much Right
to Shadow Jury as United
States Operatives.

Counter charges that Government
agents had tampered with the Fall-Sin-
Claif trial jurors, made by William j.
Burns, whose operatives are accused
of the same thing caused a new SEN
sation today during the grand jury
investi- ltion of the irregularities that
caused the mistrial in the Teapot
Do 1e case
Backing up these charges, the re-
tired head of the detective agency,
produced two affidavits, which he
claimed were presented to Justice
Frederick L. Siddons, the trial judge,
last Friday morning, for his own in
formation. Justice Siddons later. how
ever. ;enied any knowledge of the
affidavits.
Summoned with his son, Sherman
w. Burns. before the grand jury. both
admitted freely that Henry Mason
Day. vice president of the Sinclair
Exploration Co. and the oil magnate's
right-hand man here, had employed
the agency to shadow the trial jurors
Burns in Angry Mood.
The elder Burns declared in loud
tones to group of newspaper men
after leaving the grand jury room
that the Government, as well as the
defense. had investigated the records
of jurors and shadowed them during
the trial. In indignation, Burns held
that the defense was as privileged as
the Government to trail jurors so long
as none of the jurors was approached.
Sherman Burns, the son, said after
coming out of the jury room that Day
had employed the agency, "inasmuch
as the jury was not locked up, to
place it under surveillance for the
protection Of the defense, to see that
nobody connected up with them" He
added that Day appreciated the
widespread interest in the trial. and
that the defense had right to pro.
tect its interests"
Twelve to fifteen men, six from New
York and the remainder from Phila.
deiphla and Baltimore. were put on
the job. Sherman said. AS they found
to their own satisfaction there was
no necessity to watch the Jurors, they
were called off the task, he said.
William Burns, during the course of
his explanation, pointed to Donald
King. reporter for the Herald, who
had talked with the Juror. Edward
j. Kidwell. and declared: "Why did
they not arrest king?"
The two Burns affidavits. which he
said were filed by his agents with
Justice Siddons, were prepared by
William V. Long and Frank J.
OReily, Burns detectives, operating
with others under orders from Sin.
cla1r's representative, who is now out
on $4,000 bond.
Mentions Trailing" Incident.
The two detectives trailed Norman
l.. Glasscock, one of the jurors, on
tomobllist, later identified by aut
mobile tags as being H. r. Lamb, ~
scribed as being an employe of A
Department Of Justice, also traied
the juror and later was seen
in conversation with him at the Poto.
mac Flying Field that afternoon.
Lamb, upon being trailed, in turn
went directly to the Department of
Justice and after leaving that build
ing went to 14O9 Sixteenth street.
Lamb is believed to be the "uni.
Identified person" about whose activi.
ties Mark B. Thompson, attorney for
Albert B. Fall, had requested a spe.
clai assistant to the Attorney Genera
to investigate.
Shortly afterward Lamb appeared a
tHc COURTHOUSE ana teSClneQ before the
grand jury. On emerging from the
room he emphatically declared that
nothing surprised me more thar
when l was told that my car and my.
self had been shadowed, because /
have had nothing whatever to do with
this case"
Lamb admitted that he owns the
car of the description given by the
Burns detective and said the license
number was that as mentioned, but
explained on the afternoon of October
% when his alleged actions took place.
he was playing golf. Previously and
on the same day the car had been
under the care of George Aikens, who
operates an automobile repair shop
at 1743 Rhode Island avenue. Lamb
presumed that the car was taken out
for testing before being turned over to
him.
THE car is kept in a small garage
in the rear of my house and there
have been times I know when the
garage door has been unlocked. /
will see that that does not occur
again.
II have had no connection with
any juror in this case and never have
been in the courthouse until this
morning"
Prior to Lambs declaration United
States Attorney Peyton Gordon In.
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