Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-30
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! testimony of q crazy man. and ap-
parently placed credence HI M CIea-
ger said.
False Statement
Then he discussed an information
al bridge he had built, connecting
Brownsville and Matamoros, saying
that many personal matters had
been gone into by the committee
and many false statements put
into the record.
CreaEer charged that q. G Malo-t,
who had testified nc attempted ~
obtain a concession for the bridge
and that the franchise was awarded
10 CreaEer. had as hIs only pu pose
"to hold me mp Just as any ordinary
bl2csmailcr.
The national committeeman cN-
planned the transactions ln detail.
Clashes between Senator Brook
hart and CrcaEer were frequent and
bitter. Once when CrC1r-r was
discussing the 100000 fund nov be-
] aFML I1-..A hN NahMr N.fNNAhHAHt.
Senator Mcclellan stopped z ra0id
exchange between the two wtth-
Let me be the oil on the troubled
waters"
LET the senator CBrookhartl
treat me with courtesy and ! VIII
give him the utmost courtesy. Crcl-
\ ger promised.
We win have plenty Of courtesy
! out Of YOU said Br0okhart
yes. here III the courtroom
Crcarer responded
Crcagcr testified that "Cowardly
insinuati0ns had been made "bT.
persons of no credibility that We
have been assessing federal office
holders contributions 20 our state
fund
He said ~ could use only two
short and urlv words. lie and lar
for the persons who testified 20 that
effect.
IF 7 knew or q man who was US
inc his donations To ret an office
he'd be- the last man under heaven
I'd recommend
AEANN4r AaNanNa NtAN.AA aA.H#a IT AM.aAA
say any man who lzsalled my rcpu-
tation and character is living.
Whether it's the truth or not?"
BrcOEhart asked.
ITO wouldn't be thu truth"
With WUrzbach
Crcager also testified as To his dir-
ferenCes with Harry Wurzbach. re-
publican candidate for congress de-
feated for reelection in the last cleo
ton by Augustus MCCl0sEev. demo-
Graf. nc claimed credit for d-vrI0n-
inc Wurzb2ch, saving ne contribute d
5000 Of his own money 10 Wur--
bachs first CAMPAIGN f0r congress.
Then he's a product ny v0Ir die
tatOrial orqaniZati0n?' Brookhart
asked.
you seem ~ ~ proud of that
product CreaECr replied.
When BrcOEhart made another
reference tO the "diCLat0ri2l organ
lzdtion CrCagcr remarked.
We cen have one in Texas III ve
want 70 and IN Is none 81 your bus
mess
Creager said that when a federal
nudge In FL Paso died he wrote 10
Wurzbach asking whether Wurzbach
had a recommendation to make
Wurzbach wrote him q letter saving
ne did not wish 10 make a recon-
mendati0n Crcarer declared b--+
later he found Wurzbach had re-
commended John m. hartman
Wurzbach interrupted. Won don't.
U have that F~tNr- ,.-.-
saying I wouldn't recommend an
appointment
All haven't Won or someone WI
ycur assistants removed &c from NV
flies. Creaccr answered.
When CreaEcr loft The stand
members Or z grand iurv which ~,
aloered evidence Of an alleged con-
sniracy btwcen Tarrv Hamilton.
former group prohibition head harr
and q b%oot.eggcr for the sale OF con
Ilscated stills and bottles wore
ca-lca Cue. Burt Calvin. said be
was OF the opinion that tho case
against Hamilton was am attar,nt
by ~ C- Baldwin. then Texas RANGER
captain, 70 frame" Hamilton
Calvin said Hamilton was not in
olcled because most NJ the evidence
against him was based o1 an ace
dGvlt made b. Albert horton lafa-
convicted o. bootlegFln7. end the
grand jury did not consider That af-
fldavit.
Attacks on The concuct Of the
customs department in Texas rrdpr
Rcv Campbell. an aDDointpe ny Pc
publican National Committeeman
Rene =. Creager, continued al the
senate patronage Investigation here
The patronage committee Sen
aJors smith M Brookhart rrDubii-
can. Iowa, chairman. and Kenneth
Mcclellan. democrat. Tennessee. At
tempted 70 speed up proceedings 81.
the sessions here could ba c0r-Iudrd
today.
John Walls. now district iudpe NJ
Laredo but district attorney thare
Tor almost p years. repeated evi
oehce q an alleged conspiracy he
tween Campbell and Alien warror
a former United States marshal b,i.
now a fugitive in Mexico ~ 4 IL
quor indictment.
walker told me- Walls declared
that Campbell frequently gont bi,,
70 Mexico to ret liuuo-. The, he
would meet Walker at the bridge
and enter the United States. know
ing officers would not searcn an y.