Show WAS J URGED Frauds Hearing t 41 Groff Says He Was W s Forced to o Sign Sinn Statement wa Jan Jau de designed designed signed to how abow w the tte existence of a conspiracy con conspiracy to defraud the government wa wu introduced today Y by tie the t lit Itt Use f taI postal trial At the outset the ci tion of tb the a of t declaration of filler Diller B Groft Groff made to Inspectors cane came up for fur further ther titer argument Counsel for the defense contended that the declara declaration d thin Hoe was not a voluntary ry one Ofte bet I was warn made under duress duresa while the gov IOV government government Insisted that when confront confronted ed with charges D 1 B Gruff Groff Gro had bad resort resorted ed to evasion subterfuge and tal falsehood false falsehood e eb hood od The court finally decided d that ut f the statement was Wu evidence against Diller DiRer B Gruff Groff but not against the theother theother theother other defendants defendant and aed the jury would judge a as to whether It t was voluntary or not Inspectors Rolf Rolfe Thorpe McKee MeKee and Mayer all of tiC whom had Interviewed the prior oi or to then their arrest detailed the dream circum circumstances stances surrounding these the conversa conversation tion tionE E Diller filler B Groff in his own behalf declared that when the Inspectors called on kim hUn their manner was over overbearing ov overbearing bearing gruff pull sad and He said akI he be had baen suffering from insomnia at the time end and signed t ed the statement upon its ita being read to ta him bim He then testified that the inspectors tOr had bad said to him that they wanted to arrest ar two tO tOmen men and if you will give ug us u the in information Information information formation that will convict them we will give Ive you YOV ha and nd let Jet you ride in the government gover nt bend wagon and we will wID ride rid Mth flying colors It subsequently was brought eat ut that the n referred to represented ent the amount the government l owed the die and payment for which had Aad been held h d up Mr Douglas Dou for the De be Defense tense charged cha tl that the whole case c e was honeycombed honey with intimidations Postoffice Posto lC Inspector lI Mayer yer came in for a examination and admit admitted ted d t d that in n an nit affidavit made by him hm himself himself self referring to an interview he lied had had with Samuel A Groff he Be had hat I omitted certain replies made by Groff but bat denied that he resorted re to threats in order to elicit the statements from trem Groff Groft Inspector tor M Kee under a rigid examination said that Mayor Mayer Ma r bad had said to Samuel A Croft Groff If you u are 81 a a patrict patriot come corne to the t rescue of he the government at tH tN tHe time McKee MeKee adding a that the conversation generally gen raily led to tc Machen hen as being theODe theone the theone one ODe suspected u of getting a Takeoff on the letter box fasteners Mr Mayer had bad not concluded when court adjourned for the day da The gov government go g v contrary to expectation did not dose eI 1 its case eue todaY |