The Washington times., 1931-10-16
CLERIC FACES
TEN COUNTS
Of FRAUD
Charges Grow From Alleged
Failure to Report All Rec
ords Of 1923 Campaign
(Conttnued from PaRe y


criminal court would subject
them to maximum penalties OF
10 years in prison and fines Of
$4,000 each.
Neither In Court
Neither Of the defendants was
In court when the indictments
were handed to Justice James
Proctor. Bishop Cannon is In
Atlanta, Ca, and Miss Bur-
rOughs is understood to be In
her home in Richmond.
The indictment contains four
counts Of simple violation Of the
corrupt practices act, four counts
of wilful violation and two counts
Of conspiracy.
Immediately after the indict-
ments were returned Leo A. Ro-
yer, District Attorney, issued the
following statement in reply to an
earlier declaration by Bishop Can
non, intimating that because Ro-
yer was a Roman Catholic he had
sought to prevent the bishops
appearance before the Grand
Jury:
"Tnasmuch as the Grand Jury
has now concluded its investiga-
tiOn in the case Of the United
States vs.. Cannon and Bur-
rOughs, / deem it proper to state
that every request made to my
office by Bishop Cannon con-
earning his desire to appear be-
fore the Grand Jury and TO
have certain other witnesses ap-
near before that body was
promptly transmitted by me to
the Grand Jury and that body
was advised that it was within
its province to grant the re-
quest, If it so desired"
Wilson Joins Chief
Rover's assistant, John j. VII
eon, who presented the case 70
the Grand Jury and who was
also bitterly attacked by Cannon,
informally joined with Rover IN
the statement.
An Of the counts against the
bishop and Miss Burroughs hinge
Irnon the contributions made TO
the anti-Smith cause by 2: e.
jameson, New York capitalist.
The indictments list COntribu-
tiOus Of S5S, 900 made to the cam
uaign by Jameson between Sep
tember IS and October ~, 1873.
In each count of the indictc.
ments, Miss Burroughs is charged
with having failed in her reports
to the House of Representatives
to make required account1ngS OF
these receipts.
Charges Against Cannon
Bishop Cannon, in the various
counts, is charged with "aid1ng,
ahetting, cOunseling, commanding,
inducing, and procuring, and ad-
vising, melting, and cOnniving At
the failure Of the treasurer to
make proper reports.
Four of the counts simply set
forth the facts as to the various
contributions, while four others
set them forth and then declare
that the violations were COM
mitted "feloniously and wilfully."
The wilful violations are 1elo-
nies, but the simple violations are
mere miSdemeanorS.
Immediately after the indict-
ment was returned, Attorney
Robert McNeill, counsel for Can
non, appeared at the courthouse
and arranged for the bishop TO
put UP bond upon his return to
the city. ..'
Small Bond Expected
The amount Of bond has not
been fixed, although it is prob
able that it will not be large.
The bishop is expected back IN
about a week, Mr.. MCNEIL sa1o.
McNeill declared:
"NOW that the Grand Jury
has acted and the matter is
now to be considered by petit
Jury, It void seem manifestly
Improper for me to do more
than say that, according to my
investigations Of both the law
and the facts, q full and open
hearing, when all the facts can
be brought out, will vindicate "
the conduct of Bishop Cannon
and his associates.
"BishOp Cannon, for more
than 30 years, has been the
leader i'm q series Of battles 1Or
civic and moral reforms in the
United States and, during that
time, he has been aSsailed by
special interests, sometimes
clean and sometimes corrupt,
but I have too much faith In the
integrity Of Americas jurors
and courts to believe that they
will fail to find the truth in
their deliberations.
None So Influential
'CNever in this decade has one
man out Of public office had
such influence on public opinion
as Bishop Cannon. / believe
this influence has been TIRE
mendOusIy beneficial to the de-
velOpment Of great moral prin.
Cipals. will not believe, nor
do I believe, the public will
credit the charge that such q
0eader Of public thought and
moral advancement has been
guilty of violating any statutes
Of the United States or Of any
State"
McNeill said that arrangement
would be made for Miss Bur