Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05

reager as intellectually dis
shonest" and ''the most insol-
ent witness who ever APP
peared before a congression-
al committee"
Texas letters put into the record
at the request of r. B. Creager, re-
publican national committeeman
for that state, were 1audatory Of
the methods used by his organiza :
ton. A committee check-up Of
records furnished by Leonard
Wilmington, secretary Of the Texas
republican state organization dis
closed. however, that a large num-
Der Of them were from federal of
flce-holderS, most of them post
masters, who had been regular con-
trlbutors to Creager's campaign
funds.
Sullivan Lists Charges
Today's hearing was the first
called by the committee since Pres
ldent Hoover announced republican
organizations in South Carolina
Georgia and Mississippi would not
De recognized as dispensers of fed
eral appointments pending reor-
ganlzation and expressed the hope
that recommendations for appoint
mentS in other southern states
would be made with the aid Of an
advisory council.
Among the Texas letters was one
from j. @. Sullivan, president Of
the Winter Garden Chamber of
commerce, in which he said that
Roy Campbell of Laredo, collector
OF customs, who wrote one Of the
iaudatory letters, probably would
De re-appointed, and listed a num-
per OF charges, declaring he was
thoroughly convinced in nv own
mind that they are correct" The
letter was dated Feb. %.
The charges included smuggling
gold and profiting thereby; smug-
Cling Intoxicating liquor for per
Sonal use; protection of a man
named Allen Walker prior to and
after his Indictment in federal and
state courts at Laredo and commit
ting a felony by aiding and advis-
ing Walker to flee the Jurisdiction
OF the United States courts and. Of :
flclalS; importing of alien labor to
work on his onion farm. and illegal
transportation of Intoxicating
liquors.
WurZbach Case 'Hatcheds
The charges, Sullivan said. were
made after an investigation by Col.
Peter j. Hennessy, co-ordinator Of
the Eighth Army Corps Area, San
Antonio; William B. Creighton
chief Of the customs office. Nep
Orleans, and Grover Cleveland viii
| meth, director of immigration. Fl
Paso. They were filed. he added,
by Robert P. Coon of San Antonio,
SIX or eight months ago with Sec
retary Mellon, but mo investiga-
tlon has been made so far as have
been able to learn"
In another letter from Texas.
Mrs. w. G. Gardner Of San Antonio
said that in a conversation with
Mrs. Campbell, the collectors wife.
she informed me her home was q
meeting place for the Creager poll
tlclans and at meeting there they
READ the law to her" regarding the
indictment Of Representative War;
bach. republican, Texas. 80 evil
IDENTIFY there was Matched the case
against him." Brookhart &as
charged that Creager sought to bb-
tam Wurzbach'S Indictment for vio-
latlon OF the federal corrupt prac-
tees act because the latter refused
70 work with Creager's organization
in Texas.
Charge Creager Got Money
Charles w. Anderson, San Anto-
nio attorney, wrote that Creacer
controls the federal office holders
including the tool, John D. Hart
man, federal district attorney for
the western district Of Texas
Hartman" he said, "only re-
Gently took up some cases and fool \
ed federal grand jury in Waco,
| Texas, several hundred miles from
this city, and brought the indict-
ment OF Congressman Wurzbach,
This was done maliciously for the
purpose of beSmirching the good
name and character of Mr.. Wurz-
pach, and to attempt to discredit
him.
The indictment was recently dis
missed.
John N. Baker of Houston wrote
ne thought Judge p. A. DowlenI
chairman of the Beaumont, Texas
democratic committee, would "tes1
tlfy that he and other Ku Klul
democrats made up a fund Of 500
UOO III Beaumont and jefferson
county and gave it to r. B. Creagea
to put DR.. George G. Butte on th]
4 republican ticket &c candidate foJ