Evening star., 1950-08-25
Wire-ToPping
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had not seen the picture, nor die
he recall the name.
Did he tell you to be on the
lookout for a man who talked
like he had a mouthful of mush?'
Mr.. van Arkle asked.
The witness shook his head ano
said he didn't recall it.
Mr.. van Arkle told reporters
later that 1t. Shimon had ex-
planned Lappin had no teeth and
his conversation could be easily
identified.
This and other wire-tapping
incidents described to the COM
mittee today occurred while 1t.
Shimon was detailed as chief
investigator in the United States
Attorneys Office. Both Sergt
Robson and Precinct Detective
Thomas I. Herlihy, today's other
witness, told the Senators they
were under the impression they
were working for congressional
committees when they caves
dropped on telephone conversa-
tionS.
Commended for Work.
Detective Herlihy went on to
point out that he received a COM
mendation from a member OF
Congress for his work. The COM
mendation. he said. came from
Representative Macy. Republican
of New York, who headed a House
committee investigating a gray
market" in auto sales in January
1948-the date of one of the wire
tapping episodes.
The committee also heard more
today about the tap put on the
Office telephone of Hugh Fulton
former chief counsel for the Sen
ate War Investigating Committee
and at the time of the wire
tapping in May or June, 1947, an
attorney for Mr.. Hughes. ..
Sergt. Robson testified that he
spent two or three weeks in q
room at the Occidental Hotel tax
ing notes on telephone conversa-
tions from Mr.. Fulton's office.
Toward the end of that period,
he added, 1t. Shimon had tape
recording device installed and
that was attached to the tele-
phone tap.
Sergt. Robson said 1t. Shimon
specifically told him to pay atten-
tion to any calls for Mr.. Fulton
from congressional investigating
committees, but the sergeant did
not recall overhearing any con-
verSations.
Heard Senator Mead.
He testified he did hear former
Senator James Mead, former
chairman of the Senate War In
vestigating Committee and now q
Federal Trade commissioner, tele-
phoning the Federal Comlnunica-
tions Commission to talk about a
radio station. The sergeant said
he also listened in on a call from
New Orleans from Higgins, the
man who built aluminium boats, ~
and he heard Mr.. Fulton carrying
on some kind of a deal with the
Argentine on surplus materials"
Tells of Receiving S4OO.
Detective Herlihy, in describing
his overlapping activities at the
Gralyn Hotel, testified that 1t.
Shimon gave him about $400 in
cash to turn over to the United
States Recording Co. Joseph
TAFT, owner of the recording COM
pany, has previously testified that
he loaned 1t. Shimon recording
equipment from time to time but
that the only payment he could
specifically identify as coming
from 1t. Shimon was an item of
$3.50. Mr.. van Arkel said, how
ever, that Mr.. TAFT had given the
committee list of various sums
he had received, but could not
pin down as coming from 1t.
Shimon.
Both policemen told of abrupt
departures from the scene of
their wire-tapping activities,
Sergt. Robson said he went out
a window" when two men whom
he believed came from the tele-
phon company cut some wires he
| was tapping in the janitor's room
at 2510 @ street NV.
Heard Operator Complain.
Detective Herlihy testified that
while he was listening in at the
Gralyn he overheard a girl on
the switchboard complaining that
her line was out of order and
asking for somebody to repair it.
The detective said he or his COM
panion put in hurry call for 1t.
Shimon, who arrived in q matter
OF minutes. went downstairs and
came back to tell them to pull
In the lines" Detective Herlihy
had explained that the line he
was tapping came into the hotel
room through the window, where
it was attached to a recording
machine.
1t. Shimon, while admitting his
wire-tapping activities, has fatty
denied he was paid anything but
expenses for his efforts. Yester-
day, his attorney. Robert e.
Lynch. handed the Senate wire
tapping subcommittee copies of
1t. Simmons income tax returns
for 1916 through 1949.
Mr.. vanArkel said he found
nothing in the returns "inconsist-
ent with what 1t. Shimon testi-
fled. y" In other words, a study
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