The Washington times., 1929-05-24
THREE MU TIERS COME DOWN 'AFIER ROW OVER H0LI
TUNNEY BOUGHT
BAGk HIS
LETTERS
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denied, on sailing 10 marry Polly
Lauder, that he ever had known
8 Katherine Ipgarty.
TeId PolIy EveFytllina
HoweveF, Gihaon took issue with
0ecrgs Lauder. Poilyss brother, a
to whether Gene had come clean
with his s5o,ooO,0OO heiress bride
about his life before they were
married. George Lauder said on
wednesday he was sure Gene never
had discussed ':anothsr wolnan''
with the Laudera.
II think Gene told his alancsa
everything = couple of months be-
fore they were married. said Glib,
son. aIIe made q clean breast Of
the Fogarty business at that time. =
That the champions confidence
did not extend beyond the fair and
athletic Polly, however, was stated
yesterday by Floyd u. Barbour. sec.
retary TO her mother, Mrs. George
Lauder, II, Barbour, seen az the
Lauder estate ct Rock Ridge, Green.
witch, Conn, denied published re,
ports that the Lauder family knew
all about Mrs. Fogarty,
never said" Barbour asserted,
that the Fogarty matter had come
up IN q family conference. j was
misquotsd, I, myself. never heard
Of the woman from members Of the
family. / heard it first when one
paper published q story about the
time Mr.. Tunney sailed last August. I"
The first re-enforcenents sought
by Tunney on this side departed
yesterday for Brioni IN the per-
son Of William B. Powell, New York
advertising man ana close friend OF
the boxer, Powell sailing on the
French liner Rochambeau, bose a
large portfolio. delivered to him on
the ship from Chadbourne, stanch-
field & Levy's law office.
Gene Cables For Haste.
WhitesIds. Genes counsel, d Z
member Of that firm. The papers
reached Powell Just before the ship
sailed, He admitted he had hur.
ried his departure for Europe on re.
ceiDt Of an urgent cablegram from
Tunney yesterday.
Please sail to Join me by first
boat" Gano cahled. Utmost i'm
portance."
Powell attributed Mrs. Fogarty'a
suit to desire for publicity.
1T = an outrageous proceeding. "
he said.
colonel Field. who said he had
been on = yachting trip with friends
from the Larchmont Yacht Club
the last few days, when reports
had him IN secret conferences look.
ing to . settlement with Tunney'a
friends, appeared warlike When
found yesterday.
Shown q cable dispatch IN which
Ing the supposed girl friend Of his
ham'and-egg days. and said "the
only thing / can say about the
sounds ike an Irish name" Colonel
III Tunney thinks this thing "a a
| Joke" he said, he'd better save his
laughter for the witness stand down
| in Bridgeport next December"
Asked if he had definite proof
that Tunney had enjoyed Mrs. Fo,
garty's companionship, Colonel Field
replied. biting his words:
my answer to that ID: Why wal
It necessary to secure that afft
davit? Where there is smoke, there
In fire"
Doesn't the affidavit release
Tunney?" he was asked. Field
smiled in . superior fashion.
Says They Met In 1894
"suppose We let = Judge and
jury decide that" he said.
He refused to say how many
letters Gibson got from Mrs. Fo-
garty-and II any letters were with.
held by her. Asked to comment
on reports that Tunney had estab
lished Mrs. Fogarty IN Q bungalow
at Stroudsburg, Pa, when he was
training for the first Dempsey bat
tie at Philadelphia In 1926. Colonel
Field replied:
AT that time she. had money
and Tunney did not"
Ibid she lend Tunney any
money!"
4 wouldn't want to stata that. =
he said.
''Tunney did meet Mra. Fogarty
at Hot Springs in October. 1924. as
the complaint charges" Field said.
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