The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18

!, and his nephew were brought here from Baton Rouge in custody and lodged in parish prison. Smith is 2 prisoner in default of e67,500 bond on the state charges. Adams is free on bail on a state charge that he aided Smith to make . flight from the law into Canada. He probably ! will provide bail today on the mall fraud indictment.
 The indictment charged the men with conspiring to sell the state property 1t alfeady owned. Weiss was night manager of the Roosevelt hotel when Long was beginning his ! rise to a dictatorial control of Louisiana. When Long became gov- ernor he made Weiss, who began life as a window washer and grad uated into a shoe salesman, treas urer of his political machine. Later Weiss bought out the company which owned his hotel and another one.
 This second one, the Bienville, though large and modern, was To- cated outside the business district and had never proved as profitable as the other. A few years ago Weiss sold 1t to the state for use as Q nurses home while Charity hospital here, a state institution, was being reconstructed. The price was $575,- 900 and 1t included all equipment.
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 Then, the indictment charged, Hart, Weiss, and Adams plotted with Smith for the university to pay $75,0oo for the equipment. The National Equipment company of which Hart was president, was to go through the motions of delivering the equipment, it was said. Hart and Weiss prepared an invoice of this equipment and 1t was approved by Smith. The indictment said the $75,000 then was paid to Hart by check. The indictment emphasized that the equipment already belong ed to the state and had never been taken from the hotel.
 The indictment alleged that Hart gave Weiss $16,500, Smith $14000, Adams, $l1,000, Lesage $8,500 and kept $l9,000. The remainder was not accounted for. Part of the conspir- acy was carried out through the mails, the indictment said.
 The indicted men would make no comment.
 Weiss figured in the national news prominently once before. While the late Long was warning on the Roosevelt administration, the fed. eral government indicted Weiss and & number of his closest lieutenants on charges of income tax fraud. One was tried and acquitted. The federal government then quashed the other indictments. Last January the treas- ury opened civil proceedings against Weiss, and he settled for $3S,000.
 Smith had been the prisoner of Dewey J. Sanchez, district attorney of East Baton Rouge parish who Is not on the best of terms with the state machine now headed by Sen. Longs brother, Gov. Earl Long. Sanchez had refused to surrender him to the district attorney of Or- leans (New Orleans) Parish who is and who has charged Smith with forgery. Sanchez surrendered his prisoner to federal officials in Baton Rouge last night with the under standing that he would be return ed there within seven days.
 Smith was weak and drawn when he arrived here and the United States marshal supported him Friends looked at him with pity, say ing he had grown old" overnight A big crowd watched him being taken into. P, irish prison while the cameras oY the news reels ground under kleig lights.