Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-10

Others indicted.
Other officials of the company who
were indicted, are: G. Bryan Pitts,
chairman of the board of directors;
Samuel j. Henry, president Of the cor
poration; c. Elbert Anadale, secretary;
John H. Edwards, jr., vice president,
and Henry c. Maddux Of the Hamil-
ton Hotel Co. The jury also returned
an indictment against "the F. H. Smith
Co., corporation"
r. Golden Donaldson, former at
torney for the F. H. Smith Investment
Co., and now president of the Com
mercial National Bank, was the subject
of a special report which Foreman
James N. Fitzpatrick, jr., handed to
Justice Peyton Gordon, setting forth
charges that Donaldson had accepted
sums of money aggregating 100000
from the Boyle Robertson Construction
Co to secure for the company con-
tract for the construction Of buildings
to be given out by F. H. Smith Co.
The grand jury recommended that
the facts in connection with this matter
be investigated and proper charges
filed, to the end that the court may
know the exact facts in connection
therewith and that appropriate action
be taken. No indication of what pro-
ceeding should be taken by the court
was contained in the statement OF the
foreman of the grand jury, but 1t Is
supposed to refer to Mr.. Donaldson's S
status as member Of the bar OF the
court.
The report of the grand jury bore
the names of nine witnesses, including
several from the Department of Justice.
Will Meet the Charges.
"I am confident of vindication." said
Representative Zihlman at the Capitol.
by all means I will meet the charges
in the proper way. have no thought
OF evading through process of law by
claiming immunity as a member of
Congress.
CT was conscious of no wrong-doing
ON the part of the company and did not
knowingly lend myself to any completely
in wrong-doing. When I hear the
charges I will be prepared to answer
them, and until such time I prefer not
to discuss them"
When asked if the indictment would
cause him to resign from the chair
manship of the House District COM
mittee or from the committee itself,
Mr.. Zihlman sa:d that until he had
had an opportunity to know authorlta-
lively what the charges against MIN
are he will take no action concerning
the House District committee.
CrisSinger could not be located. Rela-
tives said he was out OF town, put oe-
Clined to say where he could be located
They said he probably would return TO
Washington in a day or two.
The substance of the charge against
the F.. H. Smith Co., as set forth in the
report, is as follows:
THE F. H. Smith Co., corporation
organized under the laws of Delaware.
did devise and intend to devise scheme
and artifice to defraud a great num-
Der of persons residing in pennsylvania
and other States, and in the Dlstrlct
of Columbia.
THE persons named herein as hav-
ing been defrauded by the defendants,
in pursuance of such said scheme and
artifce, to be respectively induced by
said defendants. by means of false and
fraudulent pretenseS, representations
and promises, to send and pay their
moneys and part with their property
to said defendants, and for the use and
benefit of said defendants, and for the
use and benefit of other persons and
corporations to the grand jurors un-
known, said defendants thus were en-
abled to obtain money and property