Evening star., 1935-07-17

yesterday he had anything to do
with it.
Questioned by Schwellenbach and
Gibson, Bayer said he owned no STOCK
in utilities.
William P. Bach, manager Of the
Western Union Office at Bradford, Pa,
followed Bayer. He produced records
of cash receipts in the Warren office.
They showed a due bill against Her
ron for $82 on June 26, $l96 on June
81 and $50 on June %.
do you know anything about the
burning of these records?" aSkeo
Black
mo, I do not" Bach replied.
He said he could not recall if any
snti-utility bill messages had been
sent through his Office at Bradford.
Messenger Boy Testifies.
Danielson, the 19-year-old mes
Senger in the Warren Western Union
Office, said he saw Heron IN the
office almost daily in June and saw
him debating kilograms to Fisher,
using telephone directory names.
Where did Heron get the wording
for the messages?" asked Schwellen-
bach.
"I didn't notice, but I believed he
had FORMS" Daniels replied.
He said he heard conversation be-
tween Heron and Fisher before July
10 in which Heron mentioned there
had been some protests about the mes
sageS from persons whose names had
been signed to them.
He added he heard Fisher say "it
didn't look so good" and that he
wished he hadn't gone through with
it,"
Danielson told the committee, with
considerable hesitation, of aiding
Christensen purn messages in the base
ment of the building on last Wednes-
day night.
He said Christensen, in charge Of
the Office at night, had told him to
burn the records of July, 1884, as it
was a custom to burn year-old rec
ordS.
Contrary to custom, he said, Chris
tenson helped him burn the old files.
The messenger hesitated over an
answer as to whether Christensen
burned any records during his own
absence delivering kilograms.
II wasn't there" he explained, with
a boyish grin, but later added he had
burned some messages before leaving
to deliver kilograms.
Found Messages Blazing.
On his return, however, he said, he
"tound some messages in the fire
burning"
Danielson first denied he found the
June 25, 1895, records in the base
ment the morning after the fire.
Asked if he had received any in
structions regarding his testimony,
the boy said he had not.
He said he told Christensen he was
surprised to see the June, 1885, rec
ords in the basement, and the ope-
rator also appeared surprised.
He didn't know how they got
there, either" Danielson said.
The messenger insisted he heard
no one say who ordered the records
destroyed.
He said Fisher suspected the ope-
rator.
Replying to crossf1re of questions
from several members of the COM
mittee, Danielson, after smiling wryly
In embarrassment. declared he had
not taken the June 26 records to the
basement.
Only he and Christensen, Danielson
said, participated in handling the rec
ords on last Wednesday night.
Corrects Statement.
He said Christensen and Heron
were the only ones he had heard tell
of the necessity" for burning the rec
ords, but later corrected his statement
by saying Christensen alone had men
toned it to him.
Christensen, a brown-haired youth
in a gray suit, took the stand. He
said he had been clerk and mainte-
nance supervisor at Warren for seven
years.
He added he heard of the COM
plants from signers of the utility mes
sages, most of which he said were
typewriter.
He said he had been suspended,
along with Fisher, since Monday.
He denied he talked over his testi-
mony on the way to Washington with
other witnesses.
With an absence of the hesitation
that characterized the messenger boy,
Christensen told of burning the July
1884, records, but denied emphatically
he had taken out the June, 1885,
records.
He conceded he had never before
burned the records and that it was
not his duty to do SO.
who pulled them (1934 records)