Evening star., 1932-06-28
RA|CHLE'S COUNSEL
.DLAMES PITTS For
SPURIOUS EVIDENCE
Effort Made to Show Former
Smith Co. Head Planned
Fake Documents.
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
TELLS OF AGING PAPERS
John H. Edwards, Jr., Declares
Ex-Associate Ordered Letter
heads Taken to Florida.

Counsel for Frank c.. Raichle, Buffalo.
N. Y, attorney. now being tried in Dis
trict Supreme Court on perjury charges,
tried to show today that G. Bryan Pitts.
former president of the F. H Smith Co.,
conceived the idea of using spurious
evidence at his trial on conspiracy
embezzlement charges before Raichle
began working on the defense in that
case
John H. Edwards, jr., a former vice
president OF the Smith company, who
was convicted with Pitts on the con-
spiracy- y-embezzlement charge. testified
on cross-eXamination this morning that
Pitts told him to bring blank letter.
heads of the Smith company to Florida
IN July. 1880. Edwards said he did not
know Raichle at that time He de-
scribed how he spent two days aging the
authorizations with acid.
Prosecution Blames RaichIe.
The defense is expected to produce
evidence In an attempt to show these
letterheads were subsequently used in
the preparation of spurious author
lzatlons introduced in Pitts behalf at
his trial and that Pitts must have been
planning his defense when he gave Ed
wards instructions to secure the blank
papers.
The Government has contended that
Raichle conceived the fraudulent de-
tense and Edwards testified yesterday
that the attorney, after he had met him
In Florida, told him it would be neces-
sary to prepare spurious authorizations.
G. Ebert Anadale, another former
vice president of the Smith Co., testi-
ned he had never seen the authorize
ton prior to the trial of the conspiracy
embezzlement changes on which he also
was convicted, and that he did not
know what the defense was going to
be until 1t was offered in court.
On cross-examination he said he
did not know whether Pitts had ever
embezzled any money from the
Emory L. Coblentz, banker and Mary
land State Senator, yesterday denied he
had received any promises Of immunity
from the Department of Justice for
testifying against Raichle. Coblentz is
under indictment for aiding in the
commission of perjury in connection
with the Smith Co. case
He said, however, that Dodds and
BurkinShaw had told him they hoped
the perjury matters would be cleared
up after this trial, and that he would
De eAOnefaLeQ.
Conversation Is Read.
A stenographic report of telephone
conversation between Raichle and Cob
lentz was read to the jury by Burkin-
shaw after 1t had been shown Coblentz
induced stenographer and friend to
listen in" on the conversation without
Raichle's knowledge.
The report indicated Raichle knew
Pitts had some spurious documents in
his possession, but also tended to prove
he thought those used at the trial were
genuine.
During the afternoon session Edwards
testified he told Raichle prior to the
conspiracy embezzlement trial that
some of the genuine authorizations were
missing Raichle, he testified, then
said: The only thing to do is make
them up"
Edwards said none of the genuine au-
thorizations was offered at the trial. He
said they were different in size and
shape from the spurious ones.
Pitts. he said, dictated the fake docu-
ments from the original ones In
Raichle's presence.