The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-04
North Dakota Man Declares In.
vestigating Committee Will
Not Be Scared

~SS--S~ eSSN O4e~ Va y u
candidate in which guilt Of such EN-
ployment COT detectives) was adj
mitted."
. Senators Nye and Porter H. Dial,
Of Vermont, the two committee mem.
bers who have been hearing witnesse.
here the past two days, adjournet
sessions late yesterday until Sept. is
at which time the other committee
members are expected to be here. Al
that time the committee expects tt
pursue its inquiry into Mrs. McCor.
mick's use Of detectives to investigate
the committee members and commit.
! tee employees.
Scores Mccormick SIeuths
The methods employed by the Nc
Cormick detectives were scored a
"shoddy. uncomfortable and unprin-
cipled" in the North Dakota senator's
statement.
Senator Nye takes notice Of Mrs.
McOormick's challenge: what is
Senator Nye going to do about it?'
Stating:
my answer to the question is only
this: No matter how unpleasant and
d~istasteful is the responsibility In
Illinois. I shall, as far as I am able to
do 80, continue to guide the ~investiga-
ton in Illinois along those same levels
thus far followed by the committee;
lines which can be accepted as a
credit to the legislative body which
we serve, and in such manne as will
be ultimately approved by the most
severe critics Of the senate; and to
follow this course with continuing in
struction to u very small staff to
use none but clean and honorable
methods in a~scertaining facts which
have relation to the conduct and <
penditures Of any campaign for the
United States senate
A counter attack upon private de-
tectives employed by Ruth Hanna
Mccormick to shadow him was start
ed Wednesday by Senator Nye.-
Turns Guns on Them
While operatives Of the committee
were charged with using all manner
Of means to reach the biographical
information" collected about Senator
Nye. he turned the guns upon them
and their methods at the committee
hearing.
Lloyd z. Bemis, accountant for the
senate committee. testified that one
Of Mrs. McCormick's agents had Of
fered to sell him information about
himself and his movements and tell
him how he might forestall further
surveillance because Of his association
with Senator Nye.
Bemis' Identification Of the detec-
tive, Kenneth Wilson, followed fur
Their testimony. by Wilson, himself. in
which he alleged he was bribed by an
investigator Of the committee to d.
vulge information.
r. N. Maxon Of the Bemis company
also identified Wilson as q man whb
posed under the name Of Dennis and
am to Bemis' office. I'm view Of
what we have run into in the Dan
nenherg hearing I am not q bit sur
prtsed to run into q frame like this"
declared Senator Nye.
Qannenberg was asked to produce
kilograms and records relating to his
work, OF shadowing Senator Nye. His
attorney, Charles Rundall, pleaded
n committee would have to issue
subpoena for the records and asked
to b given time to study the powers
Of the committee. Dannenberr was
then given until September is to pro-
duce the data.
Followed Committee Members
Wilson testified that David Groh.
me committee investigator, paid him
$lOS or $ll0 Tor information about
Mrs. McCormick's investigation Of the
investigation and told him he would
taken care Of regardless of what
happened. When United States mar
served ~subpoenas on Dannen-
berg and other detectives, Wilson
said, he wa not served. He Judged
this to be part Of the bargain with
iroh. he testified.
J.. +. Watts, president and general
manager OF q Washington, D. C.. de-
;ective agency, said his firm had been
engaged to follow committee menu
'ers apd employees in Washington
while he was attending q detectives
and that he had not been
N the case. He said he had been
'rought from Washington so quickly
did not have time to bring his rec
rds with him.
John Dannenberg was the final
He admitted spending "sev-
days" following Nye and CONF
aittee employees in Chicago.
In Tangie
All I can say is that we'll have to
ct z Philadelphia lawyer to straight
q this out" Senator Nye declared.
n account Of detectives fol-
wing detectives, secret meetings.
IRE : tappings, mysterious pursuits
nd strangers appearing from the
ppafently empty air. was paused for
recess.
Nye was determined in his oues-
onlng to obtain information about
Ne "R. =. Bashford" o. n. r. BASH"
n. !. Bosh."' He pressed every
ltness. but could not clarity the
When the committee arrived At
argo last week from Glacier Nall
onal Park 1t found that two agents
shadowing its members. Senator
re said.
One Of these was found to be C..
ARK Albers, who has already testi-
q. the other was q mar who reg
ered ct the hotel as "R. F. BASH"
vas s~ubpoenaed, but who van
led from the city before the hear
T..
". .. D~annenberg admitted he had
q & named r. r Raeh.