The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-07
FILES AFFIDAVIT
TO PROVE new
ANGLE in TRIAL
Famous Eye Talks After
He Appears Before
Scandal ProberS.
'SHADOWING' ADMITTED
SIeuths Used in Similar
Manner for IS Years,
He Explains.
BY HERBERT LITTLE
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-William
j. Burns, noted detective, charges
today that the government had tam
pered with the Sinclair jury.
This claim by Burns after he had
been called before the grand jury
investigating an alleged jury tam
pering conspiracy in the Fall-Sin-
clair conspiracy case, was prompt
ly denied by the government.
Burns was before the grand jury
to explain why his men Swallowed
Fall-Sinclair jurors. He afterward
charged that a government agent,
H. R. Lamb, talked with one of the
jurors, Norman Glascock, on Oct. %.
Agent Denies Charge
Lamb, called before the grand
jury Immediately, said he never met
Glascock and denied he had any
thing to do with the case.
Lamb is special assistant to
United States Attorney General
Sargent, in charge of antitrust
prosecution, and government at
torneys were quick to point out that
his duties could not possibly in
clude the duty Of mere shadowing
agent.
Burns told reporters that his
charges, in the form of affidavit
by William " Long, a Burns agent,
10 CT
Government.
United States District Attorney
Peyton Gordon retorted that no de-
partment of justice agent had been
connected with the case until after
the grand jury investigation Of the
alleged tampering conspiracy started.
Reporter Is Announced
Glascock himself denied ever be-
ing at Potomac flying field, where,
according to Burns, the justice de-
partment man had interviewed him.
Burns coupled his announcement
with a denunciation of the action of,
a local reporter, Donald K. King,
in talking with a juror. Edward j.
Kidwell, after being tipped" that
Kidwell was making remarks about
trial.
Reports OF the Kidwell-King con-
yersation caused Justice SiddonS to
declare a mistrial in the conspiracy
case against Harry F. Sinclair and
Albert B. Fall last week.
King was walking down the cor
a.. cfafarfnnf1f
to newspaper men.
you're the man who should be
arrested" Burns told King.
Often Shadow Juries
"Is this the first time your men
have Swallowed a jury?" Burns was
asked.
mo; we've been doing it for
thirty-f1ve years-mosctly for the
Government we've never done
it before in the District of Co
lumbia,' Burns replied.
"Of course we were within our
rights in keeping the jurors under
surveillance" Burns said. 1.-THE de-
Tense has the same right as the
prosecution in that regard.
eve had no right to approach any
juror
1--WE found the Government itself
attempting to tanper. Our man
ager here, G. G. Rudy, made a re-
port to the Government on the Po-
, tomac flying field incident.
Judge Bars Reporters
'"The newspaper man who talked
with Kidwell should have been
brought before the court. He had
no right to talk with that man.
IF it had been a Burns man he
would have been in the penitentiary
by now"
Justice Siddons refused to see
newspaper men after Burns talked,
and his secretary refused to confirm
or deny whether the affidavit and
complaint had been filed as Burns
said.
Burns also disclosed that Mason
Day, vice president of the Sinclair
Exploration Company, who Is
charged with being contact man"
between Harry F. Sinclair and the
Burns agents had employed the
services Of the detectives.
A warrant for the arrest of Harry
F.. Sinclair was still held in abey-
ance today, although one of his lieu
tenants, Mason Day. was held under
$4,000 bond on the same charge.
Burns Aid Returned
Further sensational developments
came today when Douglas Catchim,
former assistant manager for Burns
here in Washington, was brought to
the Office of District Attorney Pey-
ton Gordon under guard of an
armed marine. Catchim, said to
have boosted he would be fixed for
life" if he was able to get out of
the country without telling of his
activities here, was taken at Hamp-
ton Roads, Va, from which point he
was to have sailed for Haiti. He en-
listed in the marine service a few
days ago.