Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-22
ALLEN DISMISSED
BY Commissioners
BIease Hints Mcpherson
Case Will Be Probed by
Future Grand Jury.
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Church had any interest in this
matter"
Senator Walsh said that while It
might be possible that some individual
member of the church was interested,
he said he thought it was "a pretty
broad statement to say that the Catholic
Church as a body would be interested IN
O murder case"
Senator Blease obtained the floor
when the Senate met by rising on
question of personal privilege while
resolution relating to radio broadcast
ing was before the Senate. He began
by saying that in his State and other
States judges usually instruct grand
1urieS TO bring In true bills in murder.
cases. He said this was a good rule be-
cause when a man was indicted and
then acquitted by a trial jury, the case
is settled forever, whereas the failure
of q grand Jury to find an indictment
does not prevent other grand juries
from making new Investigations later.
Senator Jones, Republican of WASH
1ngton, acting floor leader, inter
rupted to say that he did not believe
Senator Blease had spoken on a ques-
ton of personal privilege thus far.
The South Carolina Senator replied
he was going to take the floor some
time during the day and suggested that
his colleague might as well give 1t to
me now" Senator BleaSe added that
any one who did not want to hear him
was free to leave the chamber.
Intimates Future Action.
After emphasizing that the action of
one grand jury does not prevent the
case from being gone into in the flu
ture. Senator Blease continued:
Therefore. say, Mcpherson has not
gained any victory. If any victory has
beer gained 1t is the Police Department
in their fight to vindicate themselves,
and they have made tool out of poor
little Mcpherson, but still stands in the
same position that he stood in before
} and at any time hereafter he may be
reindicted. Another grand jury may
take. up the case, and If 1t is proven
that some of the alibi witnesses teSti-
fed falsely that matter will be present.
ed TO another grand jury, because
have already been told so by a proper
authority. They are going to check
up IS to where some of the abb wit
nesscs we're when they swore that they
were at certain place and saw Nc
Phesson, and If it can be proven that
their testimony was false, even If they
get only two or three witnesses to that
effect, they can reopen this entire mat
ter before the grand jury at any time
they see At. Therefore all this brag-
ging, it seems to me, is somewhat pre-
mature
Last night I received telephone
message. I do not care anything about
it, but the message was that there was
a big to-do going on at McPherson's
home. q great celebration. thought
that was rather strange for a man
whose wife had died even by strangula-
ton 70 participate in such a great re-
ception so soon after her death. The
message went on to say that I would
soon s.now who killed Mrs. Mcpherson:
that she herself would tell me and then
the telephone was Immediately rung of.
I suppose the intimation was that may
meet her somewhere else"
One of the letters which Senator
Blease had the clerk read to the Senate
was aigned "a friend" and contained
two newspaper clippings. One clipping
stated that George r. Campbell. a
member of the grand jury, is employed
by tha American Railway Express Co,
where Robert A. Mcpherson, ST., also
is employed as chief clerk. Below this
clipping the author of the letter wrote,
els 1t possible that this is legal?" Then