Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 4, 1924, Page 2

PAGE TWO. DRUG TRAFFIC INU. 3, PRISON EX under adv! Midland National an inquiry required him to suspend his work because of the wide latitude given him by th field. He (Continued From Page One) to @ committee subpoena and con- tempt proceedings against him ere Court House, permitted an examin- er sent by the committee to begin also has refused to send its records for examination. The questioning of Dyche, who re- cently testified before the ojl com- mittee, marked a departure of the investigation into an entirely new ‘The question of stopping the in- vestigation was not discussed be- cause it was already stopped," he added, ‘it was the publicity that was worrying them.” Dyche said he had given out noth- and, and supposed what was printed Burns men or the Unit- attorney at Atlanta. “No man connected with the de- partment of justice, elther Mr. Vo- taw or Mr. Daugherty or anybody else, ever made any suggestion to me as to how to stop the traffic,” said Dyche. : He insisted, however, that Burns was absolutely right in this matter and wanted it stopped. Under questioning, He said that Daugherty had not indicated that he wanted any relaxation in efforts to stamp out the drug traffic. “The truth of the matter was,” he sald, “that the conversation emount- ed to nothing.”” Dyche said he was summoned to Washington again by Daugherty re- garding “lack of harmony” between himself and Deputy Warden Fietch- he said, Prison Inspector McAdams was sent to Atlanta to ‘‘fee} me out” “I told him he could have my res- ignation just as quick as he wanted it,” the witness said. eteieecer-tdpiie= nates Hoyt Leach of the Franklin Fire Insurance’ company has been Jn the city this week on business from Cheyenne. Mr. Leach is spending today at Lavoye. POSED IN DAUGHERTY PROBE sald, “were opposed to the Invest!- gation” into drug smuggling. “What was the treatment of the witnesses against the four indicted guards?” Serwator Wheeler asked. “There was constant complaint that the deputy warden and the guards discriminated agairfst the witnesses. The deputy warden, Fletcher, was in charge of discipline, At heart, Fletcher, ike Mr. Votaw turned against the investigation. “When the superintendent of prisons insisted that the investiga- tion cease, the Burns men left the eltytt: © The witness said in his opinion there. should have been “eight or ed His bank, the of Washington isement. our tre: isfactory in W; rice list, into its records and then © committee. The bank 3 enough to secure quick results. kes a fine velvety lawn. 55c per pound post paid. pound covers 200 square feet. TREADWELL NURSERY CoO. complained in detail about Che Casper Daily Cribune the failure of the justice depart- ment to curb the drug traffic, par- ticularly at the Atlanta prison. ‘The witness said there were 650 violators of the narcotic laws in the prison when he went there. Drugs came into the prison in various ways he said, and. many convicts became addicts after their conviction. There was evidence that some of the guards took in the narcotics he said. After he had urged Votaw for a year to do something, he declared ‘W. J. Burns finally sent three “un- der cover” gen. Four © prison guards finally were indicted but none of them convicted. Votaw came down when the guards were indigted and insisted to the United States attorney in his hearing that the investigation cease until the four were tried, Dyche said. “Did he assign any reason?” asked Benator Wheeler. “Unfortunately the matter Isist- ed on getting jnto the papers. His objection seemed to be the publicity. He gave another reason, that it would disorganize the prison but there was nothing to that.” “And the traffic was still golng on?’ “Tt's gotng on today.” Tt was biought out that an inspec tor of prisons went to Ajianta to “intimate” {o Dyche that “Daugh erty wanted him to get out.” The inspector sald the attorney general “was.in a jam,” Dyche said, and he resigned ‘The witness sald he had reported the drug traffic conditions person ally to Attorney General Daugherty but that “he already knew it.” “The thing seersed to be wearing on the attorney general was the fact of the publicity,” Dyahe said. “He objected. to the publicity. Dyche: said he had heen associated with Jake Hamon of Oklahoma in political gmatters, and was appoint- ed warder at Atlanta, July 1, 1921 Daugherty, she said, was instrument al in obtaining the appointment. He resigned aftex 28 months of service. Half the guards at Atlanta, he ee, A good dessert ts tonic for tho spirits. Be cértain it is good by using only Van Duzer’s Flavoring Extracts. All goal grocers.—Ady. SCS CY PTE EE Drug stores sell all colors —Ady. ten” indictments and’ when Mr. Vo- taw blew ‘in and took the position he did, I was perfectly astounded.” ba “He Js a. minister of the gospel, and brother-in-law of the dead pres- ident,” said Dyche. “I couldn't see why the investigation shouldn't go on, no matter who it involved.” “Did the evidence point to some- body else higher up?" asked Senator Jones, Republican, Washington. “You mean ts to the selling—I don't think so, I remember that Mr. Goldie (a Burns agent) was very enthusiastic and said they were get- ting the source.”* “And that’s where they stopped?” Senator Wheeler put in Senator Wheeler had the commit- tee clerk telephone Burns’ office for records of the investigation at .At- lanta penitentiary, Dyche insisted that Burns himself had done every- thing in his power to stop the traf- fic, ‘The witness sald Daugherty called him to Washington for a con- ference on the situation and that some” about publicity. 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