The daily worker., 1934-04-30
Raymond Held for
Grand Jury for
Expose Of Thugs
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tective Bureau, 1457 Broadway. is
nothing more or less than a thug
agency and headquarters of gang
sters and forgers. The charge was
brought following the appearance
Of an article by Raymond in the
Daily Worker on March 81, which
revealed the fact that Sherwood
and Williams had hired thugs to
break the taxi strike and exposed
the Sherwood gangs connection
with series of forged documents
issued in 1924 about mythical red
plot in Mexico
Admits Strikebreakiug
Under cross-examination NJ x
Sherwood admitted that the chief
business of his agency was to break
strikes and that he had caused a
pamphlet to be printed called Red
Rule Hangs Over Mexico" which
was based on documents forged by
Jacob NosoWtsky, international spy
and forger. Sherwood also admit
ted that George williams was con-
nected with the Sherwood Bureau
as an advisor"
Mask Torn Off
williams, however, when first
placed on the witness stand, at
tempted to deny that he was a
strikebreaker. He said he was q
mechanical engineer and lecturer
on political economy" But when
called back to the stand on Friday
Mr. Williams mask was torn off
and although he tried hard to con-
ceal his past and present activities
in the field of strikebreaking he
was forced to admit that he was q
labor spy and an all-around scoun-
drel.
When asked by Edward Kuntz
International Labor Defense attor-
ney, about his activities as an
engineer, Williams claimed that he
was a consulting engineer and
had an office at sos Fifth Ave
williams was later forced to admit
that he had no name on the floor
at that address and that he merely
received calls there,
But what kind of work do you
do for Mr.. Sherwood?" asked At
torney Kuntz.
II work for Sherwood as a con-
sultor," said the strikebreaker,
still trying to hide his game.
isn't II fact that you advise
Sherwood on how to break
strikes?"
williams tried to squirm cut Of
answering the question, He said
that Sherwood was a '1abor ad-
juster" and not a strikebreaker.
isn't it a fact that the bulk of
Mr.. Sherwood's business is break
ing strikeS?" Kuntz shot back.
Williams Squirms
williams squirned in his chair
and stroked his head, taking specia,
care not to disarrange the toupee he
was wearing.
"I say Mr.. Sherwood was some
what wrong when he said helped
him break strikes" said the strike
breaker.
Then he threw off his mask.
'T've been a strikebreaker for fiji
teen years." he said, shifting his
eyes around the courtroom, con-
scious of the fact that he was
caught lying.
"But isn't it fact that you
have been a strikebreaker longer
than that twenty Ave years
say?" was the next question from
KuntZ.
mo. fifteen years" answered
Williams.
"Were you ever connected with
breaking a coal strike in West
Virginia." Kuntz asked.
Yes, in 1870" Williams blurted
out.
"That was about twenty-fou
years ago." Kuntz suggested.
williams had to admit that hi
was in the business longer than f1f-
teen years. He was caught lying
again.
Employed Eddie Gatti
He also admitted that the motor
iouS criminal gangster, Eddie Gatti
had been in his employ.
Further admissions wrung from
Williams showed that he was con-
nected with strikebreaking job or
the Delaware and Hudson Railroad
where the strikebreakers had some
trouble about payroll padding.
Despite these brazen admissions