Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-23
Five Accused of Perjury in
Case Involving MiddIesex
County Man.
DOCUMENTS
WERE FALSE, is CHARGE
P. S. Kramer, T. w. EgglestOn, Jr. /;
7. D. Haskins, E. S. Bailey and
E. E. 0dom Are Named.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SALUDA, Va, September 23.-Four
officials and employees of the United
States Veterans Bureau in Richmond
and Washington stood indicted today
by MiddIesex grand jury on charges
of perjury. subornation of perjury and
uttering q forgery.
The accused are Paul S. Kramer, for
mer attorney for the bureau of Rich
mond and now an -official in the Wash
ington office; Thomas L. EggleSton, IT.,
legal supervisor of the bureau in Wash
ington; E. e. Odom, national guardian
ship officer of the bureau in WASH
ington; Thomas D. Haskins, field ex-
aminer in the Richmond office, and
Earl S. Bailey chief of the insurance
division of the Richmond Office.
Their cases are scheduled to come be-
fore the November term of court.
Charges against the officials are
based on documents or testimony used
In the Middlesex Circuit Court at the
April term, when the Veterans Bureau
moved to have Robert Thomas of
Richmond removed as committee for
George Brooks, Negro, an insane World
War veteran. The indictments were
returned after the commemorative at
torney had exhibited records Of the case
showing it is alleged, that the bureau
oficials admitted during the trial that
certain afhdavits and documents were
false.
To Plead mot Guilty"
Paul S. Kramer, attorney in the of
flee of the general counsel, United
States Veterans Bureau, said today that
he would plead mot guilty to the
charges filed against him in the indict-
ment in Middlesex County today. Mr..
Kramer was formerly regional attorney
at Richmond, and appeared in the case
mentioned. Further than saying he
would plead mot guilty" Mr.. Kramer
had no comment to make.
z. e. Odom, chief of the guardianship
division of the Veterans Bureau, when
informed of the indictment returned in
Middlesex County, said that he was
certain that in his experience no ON
cial of the Veterans Bureau appearing
in the case in question had ever adj
mitted that any affidavits and docu-
ments were false. To the contrary, he
said that there were certain charges
that the papers were false, but that the
bureau had proved the papers were
genuine.
The other three men indicted were
INV IA washington bOQdys EEBlCStOn
being in the West and the others In
the Richmond Office.
Former Regional Attorney.
Robert Thomas of Richmond, against
whom the Veterans Bureau had moved,
in attempting to have him removed as
committee" for George Brooks, Negro,
was a former regional attorney of the
Veterans Bureau, according to Mai.
William Wolf Smith, general counsel
Of the bureau. When Thomas resigned,
according to Maj Smith, he went into
private practice and became commit
tee" for veterans with large estates.
The bureau decided not to turn over
money to him, and has taken court
steps to have him removed as Commit
tee." Final decision by the court In
this removal proceeding has not been
taken.
Thomas filed several damage suits
against various officials of the Veterans
Bureau, and so far, according to ON
Gals here, decisions rendered by the
courts in these damage suits have found
the officers not guilty as regards their
official actions. Certain other suits
brought by Thomas are still pending.