Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-14
GOLDHURST CHARGE
DENIED BY CANNON
Bishop Declares Accusation
by Senator Glass Is
"AbsoIuteIy False"

The accusation by Senator Glass,
Democrat, of Virginia, that parole
had been granted to Harry L. Gold
hurst. who had handled some stock
transactions for Bishop James Cannon,
ir., as part of an agreement to save
the churchman unfavorable publicity,
is absolutely false" Bishop Cannon
charged in a statement for publication
today.
Bishop Cannon further characterized
Senator Glass charge as the utterance
''of a cowardly politician trying to save
himself from a libel suit.
Early in the week. Glass wrote to
Attorney General Mitchell asking II
the parole of Goldhurst was in pur-
suance of a blameWorthy agreement
made by Department of Justice officials
in New York and elsewhere"
Mitchell ordered an investigation.
Charged With Mail Fraud.
Glass letter said it was reported
Goldhurst changed his plea from not
guilty to guilty to avert the necessity
of calling Bishop Cannon. thus re-
vealing tie prelate's gambling transac-
Bishop Cannon said, 1T has never
been proved that Kable & Co, conduct
Cd a bucket shop" Glass had referred
to Goldhurst. partner OF this hrm as
a "bucket-shcp advonturcr.'
'Messrs. G0ldturst ans Kable and
certain employees were charged, not with
conducting a bucket shop, bat OF using
the mail with intent to defraud," ne
said. ,,
The clergyman said he did not know
that former United States Attorney
T,lttle of New York had "conflded
conduct of the Goldhurst case to a
former student of his, Miss Ella Fallor,
as stated by Glass.
The bishcp said he had neither seen
nor talked with Miss Failor from the
time she left Blackstone College ~
wears ago until ne asked her over the
telephone when the Goldhurst case
would be tried.
Not Bucket Shop Charge.
"She replied that she would refer my
Inquiries to Mr.. Tutt'e, the blSh-p con-
tinued. and l went to see Mr.. Iuttle
in his office on July g. 1929, and he
stated that he could not tell me the date
of the trial. but said most emphatlcally
that the charge was not for conducting
a bucket shop"
He denied that p, pers seized in Gold
bursts cffice had after visit OF Bishop
Cannon and one of his attorneys TO
New York been tightly sealed and access
to them denied" This Implication
he said was false and "cfaracterlStlc
of the recklessness with which
Senator Glass makes b seleSs ana
venemous charges"
To Glass reference to his departure
for Brazil during Political campaigi'
"largelv precipitated by him the clergy
man said he had attended conferences
in performing his episcopal duty
In language carefully chosen &c
protect himself against suit for LIBEL.
Bishop Cannon said, He tGlaSs
charges that Miss Ella Mae Failor hao
been recipient of enumerated costly
gifts a most ungentlemanly attack ano
cowardly performance to protect his
pocketbook. for Senator Glass is very
careful in anything pertaining tc
filthy lucre' as witness the price ne
was paid by the Government for his
property in Lynchburg.
Denies Advising Plea.
John w. Price, whom he refers to
as Bishop Cannon's Washington law
YER has never been employed by me
as my attorney at any time.
&C. Bascom Slemp and myself never
had an interview with Goldhurst at a
hotel in New York City.
Il do not know Judge Frank Cole
man, who passed sentence upon
Messrs. Goldhurst and Kable.
Bishop Cannon said he had nothing
whatever to do with advising Gold
hurst to plead guilty and had not APP
pealed to any one to sign petition
for his parole. fatty denying at
tempting to influence the parole board
Until Glass, he said. assumes "un'
questioned legal responsibility for hi
statements he deserves the contemp
of all honorable men as attempting
the assassination of the character o
one whom he hates because he opposed
Senator Glass political ambitions ant
defeated him in an open fair fight or
the question of whether Virginia Woult
cast her electoral votes for the we
Tammany candidate, Alfred Emmanue
Smith
Jury May Act Friday.
A report may be made Friday by the
grand Jury considering whether Bishop
Cannon violated the corrupt practices
law in his management OF polltlca
funds in the 1923 campaign.
If no announcement of indictment
or dismissal is made then, court at
taches expect it will come on the fol-
lowing Tuesday.
Meanwhile, both District Attorney
Leo A. Rover and his assistant, John j.
Wilson, who is handling the bishops
case, are declining to comment on a
statement by the clergyman that his
request that he be permitted to testify
had been refused.
officials at the Court House said
however, defendants are rarely called
unless their testimony is requested by
the grand jury. The bishop and the
treasurer of his anti-Smith Demo-
cratic organization, Miss Ada L. Bur-
roughs, were named in the grand jury
action.
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