Show ROXIE STINSON i iliS liS IS BLACKMAILER ATTORNEY SAYS Daugherty Daughery Revises First firs Decision Not to Make Mak Statement Until Aftel Close of Senate W WASHINGTON March Marh 15 lU the direct testimony pf ft Stin Stinson SUn son sn and Gaston B. B Means bursting alternately Into numerous sensa sensa 4 tonal explosions and no prospect of cross examination at th t the senates senate's Inquiry Into Attorney General Daughert J had changed his mind about makIng making mak malt ing no public statement In connection connee f tion ton with wih the tho hearings until th the completion of ot the te committees committee's wor work Four Four statements were Issued a athe al althe the department of ot justice last night after the committee had ha made i istatt start star on the testimony of Means Ien without completing that of ot Stinson the divorced wife wie of ot Jesi es W. W 1 Smith bumper and friend frend 0 ot of the attorney general generl who corn com i cm suicide In his apartment her hera hera a year ago Means unfolded a a tin Una une of startling statements comparable to tho the amazing beginning of ot Mis si Stinson's stor story which was inter interrupted Inter j nap ted because she was WI HI ill 1 and Ii h he had not finished when yesterday session ended DAUGHERTY MAKES DENIAL DENIAL In one of the four tour statements Mr in Daugherty Daughery made general generl and de detailed detailed de- de tailed denial of statements and Inferences inferences In in- In Miss Iss Stinson's testimony testimony test test- mony which he described as I wholly whon Incompetent and he declared declare Means Means' story likewise would r re receive Immediate attention when I concluded The other statements I included included-a a letter addressed to Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Wheeler Democrat Montana Montan relating to department of ot Justice activities In prize fight film tm cae cases and took up In detail detal the te alleged attempt attempt at tempt to get clemency through Smith for tor a relative of ot Joe oe through Weber The Te attorney general generl described Miss iss Stinson as a disappointed woman who blames blaes me because her het divorced husband did not make her het sole legatee that under his will and asserted as- as j as-j j e on several i n ne' ne in n is I i has been Intimated b by p persons os ostensibly os- os acting for Miss Iss Roxie Stinson SUn SUn- son that for tor a a consideration her silence si- si I sl-I lence could be oe delivered all al of or which deliberate and serious at attempts attempts at- at tempts at blackmail have blackmail hae have been ab absolutely absolutely ab- ab sl tely and unconditionally re rejected re re- DENIES OIL DEAL DEAL Taking up details of ot Miss Stinson's Stinson's Stin Stin- sons son's testimony Mr Ir Daugherty de denIed denied denied de- de nied any ay interest In the promotion of some Western oil 01 company by Clonel Colonel James ames G. G Darden or any speculation to profit from Illegal showing of ot prize t fight ht films He lie also denied Smith had ever approached him on a question queston of ot clemency for a a federal prisoner and added that a a a relative of ot Weber eber had been refused a pardon on my recommendation With Wih reference to the fight film fm allegations he said Senator Wheeler has hal In h his possession a full report of the activities of the de department department de- de of Justice showing that the law was enforced most strenuously and he also has a list of the parties arrested prosecuted and fined furnished furnished fur fur- him under date of February 19 1924 at his request which ho he hohas has withheld since that time Means former investigator of the department of Justice man of numerous numerous num num- erous Involvements at present en engaged en he said In answering Indictments indictments Indict indict- ments had not gone Into the de details details de- de tails of many of his allegations when the committee adjourned but It had not finished his lurid tale Senator had not made mada up his mind last night whether to continue his examination today or orto orto to resume that of Miss Stinson Miss Stinson also has promised more details and was expecting a number of letters and documents from Ohio when she left the witness stand Thursday CALLED VICIOUS PIFFLE Mention by Means of Secretary Mellons Mellon's name In connection with certain permits for certain purposes purposes pur pur- poses and his assertion that the th president wanted the information in regard to him him to to catch him and we caught him was hini was described later by the treasury head as merely mere ly by vicious piffle Commissioner Blair said the Internal revenue bu bureau ha- ha reau had no record of the Investigations investigations Means said he made of the liquor withdrawals by government officials TOKIO March 15 By A. A P. P P.- P. Denial that any payments of money ever had been given to Gaston B B. B Means In an effort to halt prosecution tion of the company corn com pany case as Means charged yesterday yesterday yes yes- before the tho Daugherty Investigating investigating was made today by the Mitsui Bussan through its principal office here Records bearing on the Standard Aircraft matter were destroyed in iii inthe the earthquake disaster last September September Sep Sep- asserted Yunosuke Yasuka- Yasuka wa managing director of the Mitsui company He lie declared however that Mitsui officials in Japan knew nothing concerning the alleged payment pay pay- meat ment of to Means and be believe believe be- be lieve it I is not possible that such a payment ever was made The Mitsui Bussan owned half of the Standard Aircraft shares added but the aircraft concern lost money and was dis dissolved dissolved dis- dis solved and Its records were shipped to Tokio where they were lost In Inthe Inthe the fire and quake |