Show I CORIG FOR JESSE ROOTE Butte Attorney Accused of Trying to Deceive President I Roosevelt Roos velt veIt Washington March 13 The follow following following ing ng statement was made public today bj by b Secretary Loeb Concerning a pub published interview of Jesse B 13 Root a Butte Mont attorney who wh b tried to secure a for Richard B K Shepard a bookstore man of Salt Lake Mr r Roote an attorney appeared before fore the president askin him hint t 4 ardon pardon a man who had been convicted d for selling obscene literature Mr lIr Roote foote misrepresented the facts ra ts to the president t by stating at first that the tha thaman theman thenan man nan was convicted for Cor selling a De cameron ameron and one otie or two other books of ot what he author As Asa A Aa g ga a matter of ot fact It was shown that the theman theman theman man had been b 1 guilty of oC disposing dh of many other oth r different kinds of obscene books books whose titles I were vere such sueh that they the ought not to be repeated repented In III public The president spoke with se ce severity severity verity to Mr Roote about his trying to 10 o secure with deception the pardon cf f a aman aman aman I man guilty of or such an offense This accounts for Mr false state statements statements ments as regards the interview The Thc president of C course declines to accept acc t any cany statement whatever made by Mr 1 I Roote as calling for any denial from Im or for tor any further how hot ver vel Shepard Is under sentence of ot thir thirteen thirteen thirteen teen months in prison for selling ob oh obscene scene teene literature from froni his store Roote Koote called upon the president February in und asked for tor Shepards pardon The president has always been severe In refusing pardons for those convicted of selling obscene literature and he did not take long in hi declining to give ghe Shep Shop Shepard Shepard ard freedom |