The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-17
Fake Messages Sent
To Beat Roosevelt



IT received letter from Driscoll
saying he had received my tele-
gram on this utility business" Bay
er said. II didn't send any tele-
gram, didn't authorize one and
don't know anything about it,"
Bayer said he had not talked to
Hebron about the telegram.
II don't know the gentleman"
he said.
Bayer testified that the president
of the Warren Kiwanis club told
him that Fish was ION the spot"
He advised Fisher, Bayer said,
to retain an attorney after Fisher
reported that Western Union rec
ords had been burned.
Showed Herron's Name
William p. Bach, Western Union
manager at Bradford, Pa, pro-
duced original records showing
Herron's name on due bills at War
rem totalling $367.75.
The entries showing amounts due
from HERON were:
June rs, .$S2.5S; June 81, $196.12
June %, $S6.12; June 1890,
$52.93.
1t was moth rought out whether
the sums were cumulative or
whether the total represented pay
men for all kilograms sent by Her
hon.
Miss Loding had said that fifty
or sixty dollars" had been paid at
Warren by Heron.
Messenger Boy Witness
Elmer Danielson, 10, sun-tanned
messenger boy, was the next wit
ness. Plainly nervous, the young
ster stammered replies to questions
by Sen. Lewis B. Schwellenbach,
D., Wash.
He testified Heron visited the
Warren Office ''just about every
day"
Ibid you ever see him debating
to Mr.. Fisher?"
Eyes, SIR
He said Heron used definite
forms for most of the messages.
Ibid you see him use the city
directory for the names?"
Eyes, sir"
He testified the kilograms were
sent to Driscoll in patches of 100
at a time.
Elmer, an embarrassed grin on
his face, was vague about happen
ings in the Warren office.
He testified that A. J. Christen-
son occasionally called Art" -
participated in burning of the Of
flee messages. Elmer said he
thought the records were messages
sent in July, 1894, and had not
identified any as messages sent
during June, 1895.
1--WE were in the cellar and he
was looking over the records and
said that July, 1894, records
should be destroyed" Elmer said.
"I have some messages to deliver
and messenger work came before
janitor work so I went out on the
messages"
els Mr.. Christensen your boss 2"
asked Sen. Schwellenbach.
From five to eight at night he
is"
Records Were Burning
Elmer said that when he came
hack Christensen already had
started a fire and records were
burning.
was it his custom to burn the
records
mo"
Elmer said he didn't see any
June, 1895, kilograms until the
next morning.
The next day he said he had
found some in the basement.
Asked IL office conversations had
shown who burned the June tele-
grams Elmer said:
mo"
"Didn't you have suspicions?"
mo"
"Did any one have suspicions?"
ct think Mr.. Fisher suspected
Art"
HAS Mr.. Christianson ever be-
fore given you instructions about
destruction of records?"
mo"
"It wasn't part of his duties?
mo"
Brewster supported
washington, July 17-UP)--
Mrs. Frances e. Dustin. petite Sec
retary to Rep. Ralph o. Brewster
republican, Maine, today supported
her employers charges thal
Thomas Corcoran, young new dea
brain truster, threatened to hole
up the Passamaquoddy power
nroiect in Maine unless Brewster
voted for the utilities death SEN
tence."
she testified in the house rules
committee investigation of lobby
ing on the utilities bill that Cor
coran told her over the telephone
regarding Brewster and his posi-
ton on the bill: "By God. I've
played ball with him and II nc
does not play ball with me. he'd
better not expect anything else
from me-"
Brewster voted against the
death sentence" Corcoran has
charged that Brewster had told
him he favored 1t originally. Brew
ster's charges of attempted intimi-
dation by Corcoran led to the In
quiry.
Mrs. Dustin gave details of tele-
phone conversations with Corcoran,
who she said made a frantic effort
to get Brewster to make a floor
speech favoring the bill.
ION June 26.' Mrs. Dustin said,
"Mr. Corcoran called our office
while Rep. Brewster was in
Maine. He asked when he was re-
turning and said I did not know
that there will be nothing done on
HE said that then you may tell
him there will be nothing done on
Quoddy until the utilities bill Is
out Of the day."
She said another member OF
Brewster's staff communicated the
message. to him the same day.
ION July l." she continued. "Mr,
Corcoran called our office about
10 a. m. Mr.. Brewster was attend
ing another conference in the Cap
itol and could not reach him."
She said Corcoran called fire.
auently until noon in a. frantic er-