Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
GOLDHURST PAROLE
BRINGS j. S. PROBE
Glass Sees Hint of Bribery
in Release of Cannon'S
Former Broker.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The prosecution, conviction and sub
sequent parole Of Harry L. Goldhurst.
former New York broker, who handled
some stock transactions for Bishop
James Cannon, jr., will be reviewed by
the Department Of Justice
This was promised today on behalf of
Attorney General Mitchell after Senator
Glass Of Virginia had made public
correspondence in which he sought to
ascertain whether a ''blameworthy
agreement" had been made by Justice
officials in New York or elsewhere under
which Goldhurst would receive an early
parole In exchange for his plea Of
guilty.
Protected Bishop Is Claim.
Senator Glass brought Mitchells at
tention to charges that the broker, "in
order to avert the necessity of sum-
montng Bishop Cannon as witness in
his case and thus revealing the prelate's
gambling transactions. had consented
to alter his plea and confess his crime
upon the promise of a nominal SEN
tence, to be afterward reduced to
parole or outright release"
BY action of the Federal Parole
Board, GoldhurSt has been ordered re-
leased next April and now is at Fort
Meade, near Washington.
At the Justice Department it was
pointed out that the Goldhurst case
was handled under the New York
regime of former District Attorney
Tuttle
The Parole Board, members said, has
not been requested to reopen its portion
of the case either by petition or by in
struction of the Department of Justice.
Declares Suspicious.
Whether there was compact in New
York, as alleged, which promised Glenn
ency to this swindler in compensation
for averting the appearance in court of
his ecclesiastical client, I'm not in a
position to declare; but, regardless of
whether the alleged agreement was &C.
tually made, the undeniable fact is
that the reported terms Of the alleged
compact have been officially carried
out" wrote Senator Glass.
In short Goldhurst was among, those
favored convictS who were transferred
from the Federal prison at Atlanta to
open camps for accessibility to their
friends and relatives He is now at
Fort Meade near Washington and has
been, by the parole board, ordered re-
leased next April"
GOlQnurSI, 10 WnOm senator Glass
referred as a "bucket-shop adventurer"
was indicted in May 1928, for using
the mails to defraud. Trial was held up
for Is months. He finally changed his
plea CT mot guilty" to guilty and was
sentenced to five years.
Complained in August.
Later the activities of Bishop Cannon
in the stock market became known and
he was tried by church board. Rec
ords of these transactions were put be-
fore the grand jury here last week in
its inquiry into the 1928 political ac-
Invites of Bishop Cannon.
Senator Glass first wrote to Attorney
General Mitchell last August 20, COM
planning about the alleged compact"
and asking that the files in the case bs
made public. On october 5 Mitchell
replied that the files would be open to
inspection. Glass last Friday again
wrote to the Attorney General COM
planning about the alleged compact"
"All of the circumstances" wrote the
Senator then, tend to confirm the
suspicion that these illicit transactions
were devised and acquiesced in for the
purpose of shielding the reputation of
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