Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1924, Page 4

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The Department of Jus- tice issued a circular letter in No- vember, 1921, he said, calling atten- tion to the aileged conspiracy. Ordered Evidence Collected. The department circular, signed by Willlam J. Burns, ordered agents to secure evidence, 'if possible, which would result in convictions. Before the circular was sent out, Holdbridge said, the films had already been shown in_Albany and other northern cities. The witness, now a claim examin: er for the United States Fidelity and Deposit Company at Baltimore, said his connection as specigl agent for| the Department of Justice was be- | ing which time he was stationed at. Albany. He went to New York city, how- ever, Holdbridge said, and he and an other agent, Thomas Spelllacy, while investigatin lottery case, called on Jap Muma, cinnati Enquirer cor respondent, at Spellacy's suggestion, one of the film exhibition syndicate. Muma told him, the witness so mentioned, he said, that he was ry friendly with Mr. Burns and Senator Wheeler, the committee in- vestigator, told the witness to tell in detail of the conversation with Muma. Gave Muma Names. “Muma talked general topics and finally asked if I was acquainted with a man in the secret service with an odd foreign name,” Holdbridge re- plied. “I gave him several, but they did not seem to fit in with the one he had in mind.” “What did Muma say as to his ac- quaintanceship with the Attorney General?" “He told me he was acquainted with him and seemed to want to impress me with that fact Later on, Holdbridge said, he sub- mitted a report on his conversations with Muma and W. J. Burns. uma produced two letters signed by the Attorney General during his nversation, the witness sald. Muma “flashed” them. but did n read them. They began, Muma,” and were on department sta- tionery, he continued, and the gist of them “appeared to ' be ‘“replying to Muma asking for help for some one in the way of promotions or other- 1 think they referred to persons in the Post Office Department.,” said Holdbridge. Told Muma Headed “Conspiraey.” Spetlacy told him, the witness said. “that the man at the head of the whole thing"—the fight film con- spiracy—was Jap Muma. Speliacy aleo said he had been told the whole story of the film affair, Holdbridge said, and Muma later him- self told him the details, involving Quimby and others. Holdbridge later was um: he maid, that the Attorney Generai s the head of the whole conspirac d that William J. Burns was ‘standing in” on it. After he returned to Albany, the witness said, he mentioned to Spel lacy that he was preparing a. report on the Dempsey-Carpentier fight film case. “With some excitement,” he testified. “Spellacy told me the man at _the head of the whole thing was Jap Muma. 1 took him to a quiet place and told him to tell all about {t.” Holdbridge sald Muma told him on and went to the home of Edward B. McLean, the publisher. were exhibited at Mc- said, and nd various “ofticers and ambassadors were "Discuswed Exhibition. Daugherty, Mr. New and George an, President Harding’s secr tary, discussed with Muma the exh- bition of the films, the witness said Muma told him. Muma said Mr. Daugherty told him, A rding to the witness, that the aw prohibited onlv transportation of he films, and suggested to Muma that he ‘take up the matter with Alfred R. Urion, a lawyer here. { | Mr | | 1 | { goes on duty in your Muma said he had . “reached an understanding” with Urion, Holdridge stated. He added that Muma told him “we went to it.” There was to be a “goat” In each state to be fined, Muma told him, the | itness added, and there was to be an to “get a line of the at- titude of federal judges.” Muma told him that either Judge Landis of Illinois or Judge Anderson of Indiana, had such a hostile atti- tude that the matter was dropped. Holdridge said, adding that he be- licved the reference was to Judge Anderson. Came Here ‘“to See McLean.” Muma said Quimby became alarmed after talks with Spellacy and Ralph Navarro, department agents, and went to Washington to see McLean, Hold- ridge testified. Muma said he told McLean that he (Muma) was ‘headed for the Atlanta | penitentiary,’ as saying. Then. he #aid, Muma told him McLean ‘got in touch with Mr. Daugherty. HDescribing the cxhibition at McLean's home, the witness sai “Acting on agreements previously made, on of about July 4, 1921, Muma ' left New York for Washington. “What arrangement?’ asked Senator heeler. “Ho passed over that casually. Holdridge then said Muma told him of the private showing here, attended by the President and members of the cal > ‘Following the exhibition of the pic- tures,” Holdridge went on, ‘Muma had a talk with Attorney erty and the President.” i Hughes Joined Discussion. { Secretary Christian, Secretary Hughes and Mr. New joined them. The dis- cussion became general. e told me-it seemed to be the | zenerat opinton that it was a shame people could not see them,” the wit- ness went on. “Later Muma, talking with the Attorney General, he told me, was told that the law against the piotures was solely directed to transportation. “Muma went on to say Attorney General Daugherty directed him to see Alfred R._Urion, an attorney in Washington. Muma broke out to me: ‘He's the greatest middieman in the world."" “He sald he saw Urion and that he told Bim what to do,” Holdridge re- umed. “He said he had great influ- am with ‘both the demooratic and republican parties and with the big newspapers.” Mums then was quoted as saying there was to be a “goat” to be ar- rested in each state and pay the fine for exhibiting the pictures. uu ima explained that it was “neces- to get a line on the attitude of eanh federal Jud!! Hnldrld:a went the witness quoted Muma Deubted Ore District, . In oné state,” he said, “there was You | doubt as to the attituderof one judge, can see an Electrol in operation here | who might {nsist'on jail sentences.” any day. Sele Distributers for D. C. and Vielnity BIGGS Ergi-sice & 1310 14th St. HEATING ENGINEERS i uvm—uv Plumbing. ey lc; | trac t., | 4 Meating Spellacy Was present when Muma told his #tory to him, Holdridge said. He added that luv in Louis with the nol:m‘;moui.’; cnmp on{o Senator Whullr immedi- n.ly red a subpoens N.m. uma showed him & & con- S Holurldte, nanr ‘which irtin, c.|ved lO er ch! of the prof “He nls‘ the name {'I‘RII\M\N said Holridge. The names ard and Quimby also appeared as signers of the contract, the wit- ness said. The witness was romding from a. prepared statement and Senator: Jones, republican, Washington, asked how long it was after that conversa-. ition “that you made up this memo= randa. “I made n as soon as T & made up this ty, Spellacy “heard all . the conversar tion,” Holdridge sal “McLean got in touch with the Ay- torney General.” Holdridge went on “who called in W. J. Burns, and Munsa went to talk with Burps. “Burns said at the beginning of the interview: ‘If you are trying to intem- cede for Tex Rickard, it is no use, 1 am going to send him to Atl:\nla."' Says Buras Angered. that Burns had stalked around bis office and declared that everybody around the department seemed to know what was happening exa:pt imself. After this interview. Muma, the | tween October, 1920, and 1922, dur-witness said, “went back to New Tork with an easier mind.” “Did he tell you that Burws had ®iven him assurance of personal safety?” Senator Jones put im. “He did not su; mind was easis Muma ever tor Wheeler asked. Not to my knowledge." prosecuted | Frank Vanderlip Senator Wheeler of Mentana, prosecutor in the Daugherty hear- ing. was characterized today by Fraak A. Vanderlip of New York, as a “pew St. Patrick.” “This is St. Patrick's day,” said Mr. Vanderlip, “Scnator Wheeler is & new St Patrick driving the mmakes out of " America 1 . profoundly convinced of hi: purl of nurvcue and his extraordin: abilit, ", Haas, another secret agent who was investigating the film matter, also d been sent to Haiti. 'l‘hs records he got from the De- D-\rlmom of Justice, the witness said, ed only eleven or twelve fines, v\ho 'eas Muma had said they had ex- i hibited in twenty-one or twenty-two Muma was quoted then as Sayis& | states and fines were imposed on the i a2, just that his| ,{1¥ when Senator Ashurst, democrat, “goats” there. The witness read the list of arrests, Willlam H. Rudolph was arrested four times for transport- ing films through four states—Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia. Calls Rudoiph “Pirate.” “Rudolph was a pirate; Quinby had nothing to do with hii suggested Senator Moses, republican, New Hampshire. “I do,” Holdridge sald emphatical- Arizona, asked if he believed the Attorney General and Burns were “a “It was just the goats who were |couple of crooks.” “That was all.” Filmx Never Seized. “Were any of the_picture films cver seized?” Senator Wheeler asked. “Not to my knowledge,” Holdridge replied. senator Wheeler suggested could be seized under the law. Holdridge said Muma, after teil- ing him the whole story. showed him the contract under which he and the “dumamy”” Martin got 50 per cent of the fight film profit; The witness said he later learned a man named Martin was Mumals partner. Muma_ showed Holdridge a state- ment of expenses in each state in connection with the picture showing, the witness went on, and said there as no doubt that some money wus in these expenses. legal costs were they “What did Urion try to get over to you—what was his idea?" Senator Wheeler asked. “He tried to impress me thut he was a friend of Director Burus,” said Hold- ridge. “Some bf these people tried to { gio me fhe impre: friend of M “Di . he did not.”” Describes Breakfast Party. Holdridge described a breakfast “a younz lad showed me a check from ¥. C. Quimby to him for $2,600,” Hold- ridge went on. “Urion got the check.’ he said, “but QQuimby was trying to ‘hold out' on the profits. It was keep- ing Trion on the road all the time, he said, in the efforts to get all the money, nd that Urion would get him another check from Quimby that afternoon.™ Holdridge testified that Navarro, an- other agent of the Justice Department, told him he had enough evidence to convict . C. Quimby, producer of the films in New York. but that mothing was done. Gordon Muma, a brother of Jap, was resent at one of his meetings with Holdridge, the ex-agent said. Present- ly Holdridge found himself at work at Newar! Navarro Transferred. ('ol " Martin and “Muma told me with great satisfac Burnu wanted 1921, he (Muma) brought films | tion after his trip to Washington that 8 McLean in Burns office, but MoLean Navarro, the agent who had fright- ened him,” Holdridge went on, “had been sent away on a foreign assign- ment.” Holdridge was asked if that was true. es. T learned that Navarro had nt to Haiti. avarro 'tel] Haiti?” been “Did sent to Wheeler. “Oh, he tol! e he had a soft snap down there,” wa. the repl: Holdridge said he learned that John you why he was e Sant The committee members got into a ’lom,' argument when Senator Wheeler | E sought to develop this line of inquiry turther. “We are trying to show a con- spiracy between the Attorney Gen- eral and Jap Muma,” Senator thflar said, “and these ot ithere has been a conspirscy in which Jap Muma, Mr. Urion, Mr. Wil Orr and the Attorney General sought to show a picture over the United States in violation of the law, and that when the conspiracy was being held up the Department of Jusi sent the agents cancerned to Haiti, “lI am_just wonderin, put in Senator Jones, “whether we are o ing tc argue this case out as we go |3 along or at the finish.’ Sustaiued by Broskhart. “I think the observation of the Senator from Washington is timely,” said Chairman Brookhart, and Sen- ator Wheeler then agreed. In May, 1932, Holdridge said, he came here and told Burns of his in- vestigation of the film deal. {sald Quimby was g fine fellow, said Holdridge, but- added that he had told “them" to stop or he would have them all indicted. Burns did not order any arrests in the film case, the witness went o but instead assigned him to a bank robbery case two years old. Holdridge mnllnusd he had been sin a bard position, where an agent nghh have to tell the Attorney Gen- their chief they were crook Planned to Test Burns, It was “to test him out,” the wit- ness said, that he placed the matter before Burns. “I met him at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington,” Holdridge went on, “and told him of my results in deal- ing with Muma. When I got to the part about Muma's seeing Burns, the director interrupted me. “He said he had seen Muma, who broaght Quimby Non‘. He mid he told them t the film or they 'ol':ud b:dmd'afg? Hold, e made a 1 report, Holdrid ll.l returned to Albany and fif: later was eent to Burns .to Clzvehnd on the bank-robbery case. Later in May, Holdridge went on, him to meet Edward did not appear and Holdridge pre- pared a statement and gave it to Burna Holdridge said he restgned October 31, 1922, because he was “disgusted with Burns in particular, the depart- ment in general and their attitude toward the film conepiracy.” “You quit of your own volition?" “You bet I did” mas “flew into a temper’ and ‘-a.id he was going to have disvipline this department.” ‘Bum said, ‘You can do anything W DEALERS & R. McReynolds & Son 1423-25-27 L Street N.W.. 14th and Park Road N.W. Main 7228-7229 Davies Motors, Inc. 1028 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Frasklin 4238 McCurdy & MacWhorter 1625 U Street N.W. North 7054 E. A. Hayden Co. 329-331 Pennsylvania Avenue S.E. 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Police of the fifth precinct started an investigation Wwith a view to having the dog ex- amin:d by specialists in the bureau of amm:l industry, Department of Agriculture, and representatives of the health department to determine it it were sutfering from rabies when the attack was m-d GERMAN PACI PACIFIST JAILED. Prof. Quidde Accused by Military Leader. BERLIN, March 17.—The German pacifist leader, Prof. L. Quidde of the University of Munich, has been ar- rested in Munich. It is charged he wrote Gen. von Seeckt, commander of the reichswehr, that young men were receiving military training throughout sermany under reichswehr supervision. you want with Jap Muma or elee’ Holdridge went on. “He rawling emphasis on- the words ‘anybody else’ He told me. holding up my resignation letter, is going to the Attorney General’ “Why did you quit when you saw a crime being committed?” “They looked too big for me,” Hold- ridge said. Senator Wheeler offered and Hold- ridge identified and read a state- ment by Speilacy. afirming that Holdridge's statements regarding the flm conspiracy were “absolutely this sen:unr Wheeler read an affidavit signed by Laura B. Jacobson, men- tioned by Gaston B. Means, which said that its signer had been em- plo)bd as an investigator during 1921 and 1 who was then working for the Dep-trtmenl of Justice. The affi- davit complained that all her salary had not been paid. The committee took a recess unt, 3 o'clock. Bin Getting Low? Have Marlow Fill It Up Right Now With The Best Grades of United States Attorney Asked te Allow Showing in State ‘With Single Fine. SAYS HE mtrm‘ OFFER Told Plotter He Would Prosecute to Full Extent of Law. By the Associated Press, BALTIMORE, \d, March 17— Amos W. Woodcock, United States district attorney, was approached by a promoter of the Dempsey-Carpen- tier fight pictures in an effort to have them shown in moving plcture thea- ters in Baltimore, it was learned yes- terday. Mr. Woodcock sald he was interviewed on the subject in Oc- tober or November, 1922. The promoter wished advance knowledge of the amount of fine that would be imposed for the first show- ing of the pictures. ' He also wished this fine to suffice for further in- fringement of the federal law pro- hibiting their production. | Wanted to Kuow Fime. i The name of this man has sli pped | my memory.e: Mr. Woodeock satd: “He wanted me ' or somebody in my of- fice to name in advance what finc ould be imposed on the producers of pictures if they should be prosecut- ed_for showing them in this district. ‘The man suggested that the pic- tures might be shown and one fine imposed. ~ After this, he suggested, the pictures could be continued to be shown without interference of the federal prosecuting officers or fur- ther fines. Refused to Enter Scheme. “I quickly cyt short this interview by telling the man that I did not prosecute that way; that should hej 3 |be guilty of breaking the law rela- i tive to showing the pictures and their transportation I wou.ld ;roucuu hlm to the full extent of the lan Taado it ‘Cleas”that he would make himself liable for further prosecu- tion each time the pictures were dis- played. “He then left my office and I heard nothing further about the pictures. T am_absolutely sure that the man was in no way connected with the Department of Justice, but was an agent promoting the pictures for his own or private interests. Had he introduced himself as an agent of the Department of Justice, I would hav: recalled the fact distinctly.” Ball and Bell Speak. 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