Show BRAffET TELLS BASIS ur OF CALL BY GRAND JURY His Investigation of Claim by Col J J. J W. W Thompson Is Ascribed as Reason by Iy Price Attorn Attorney y PRICE Feb 19 My Investigation tion Involving a claim of sf filed by oy Colonel James W. W Thompson Thomp Thomp- son has no nod resulted in my being called caned tl tuft tlC e federal grand Jury at at- Chicago said Mark P. P Braffet t. t local a a who has been summoned to appear before the northern Illinois dist district lct federal fed fed- eral Jury which Will investigate the I I alleged graft by Charles R. R Forbes when he was he-was was director of the veterans veterans' bureau Mr Braffet told of being a close personal friend d o of Charles F. F Cr Crainer Cramer Cra Cra- mer iner counsel for Forbes who committed committed committed com com- suicide in Washington in March 1923 when charges were first hinted against Forbes I TALKS OF MEETING Cramer came came t to Utah when the Royal Dutch Shell Oil company sent engineers into the southeastern southeast southeast- em ern Utah fi field ld to Investigate th the possibilities of ot oil in that locality and Mr Braffet made his ac ac- ac Th They y had been int interested inter rested r- r ested In purchases of real estate together and even now the Cramer estate owns some property Jointly with Mr Braffet the Price attorney attorney attorney ney said Colonel Thompson a wealthy railroad construction engineer f of St. St Louis secured Mr Braffet's Braffe's services jo to o conduct conduct- further investigations investigations Into a claim for tor which the Missourian w was s seeking from the government government- for a ship commandeered by the government during the war Mr Braffet said the government had previously paid but Colonel Thompson was seeking an additional DENIES TRANSACTION The investigation led him to New Orleans then to and Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington after he had gathered much information In the St. St Louis of offices of- of flees Mr Braffet said A portion of his fees has not been paid yet he declared This work was done in July 1922 The subpoena requests Mr Braffet Bra Braf fet to present before the grand Jury all aU correspondence relative t to the Columbia syndicate of Bogota America Mr Braffet denied having any tra transactions whatsoever ever with the company I Mr Braffet will leave tomorrow I I |