| Show t i J I St Sty 1 y Banker Tells origin Drigin of May Firm April 24 INS iX banker Thursday ex Congressman ex-Congressman An- An how haw po used Wed a check J 1 May gay on Interests to start a aK 0 CUSSOn company bank account K fatness witness was Glenn Spradlin L rice vIct president and cashier r FIrst First National bank In income f of come r me town Kr was tiros a prosecution wit wit- conspiracy trial of the Sr chairman of the house mill- mill tary affairs committee and officials om- om dais chili of the Garsson munitions combine The government go cont contends that the Cumberland Lumber Co of Prestonsburg for Cor which the tho account account account ac ac- ac- ac count was started was used by May and the to hide payments payments pay pay- ments to the congressman for Cor in intercession In- In with the war department department department depart depart- ment In behalf of ot Garsson war contracts Spradlin Identified a n. cashiers cashier's check which originated with the Erie Basin Metal Products Co a Caisson Garsson concern as the one May used to open the account He testified that Ma Mays May's signa- signa r- r J Jr r r t ture Lure was the only onty one honored b by Y the bank in connection with the Cumberland account The banker said that May told him the company company company com com- pany had no board of directors and no stock Issued Spradlin was preceded on the witness stand by EmU Emil Kohout of the American National Bank Trust Co of Chicago Kohout testified as M to the authenticIty authenticity au nu- of ot two checks one made payable by the Erie Basin Co to Henry Garsson and the other payable to Murray Cars Cars- son son- Both along t with Joseph Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- seph F. F Freeman their Washington Washing Washing- ton agent arc are codefendants with May In the conspiracy trial The government contends that one of oC the checks went toward purchase of timberland Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the Cumberland com company pan and the theother theother theother other was WM used to start the Prestonsburg Prestonsburg Prestonsburg Pres- Pres account Contribution Earlier counsel for Mn May declared that a n 1000 check signed by a soldier and cashed b by May was merely a n contribution to the 1944 Democratic campaign in Ken Ken- tucky The check came to light Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day at the trial It was signed by Albert Freeman a son of Joseph Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- seph Freeman Garsson's Washington Washing Washing- ton agent and a 1 codefendant The government has charged that May used his position as a member of congress and chairman of the house military affairs committee committee committee com com- to seek special war department department department depart depart- ment favors for the younger Free Free- man May Is charged with having re received received received re- re or agreeing to receive 53 for promoting the thc Garsson paper paper pa per empire Interests among the army's of war contracts Counsels Counsel's View Defense Counsel Sawyer Smith said that both the Freeman check and a matching one signed by E. E D. D Feldman a n California war contractor contractor contractor con con- tractor were purely and simply campaign contributions to the Democratic committee and nothing else He Hc said they had been made payable payable pay pay- able to R R. V. V May the ex congress mans man's son because R R. V. V May had been at one time chairman of the Democratic committee In a Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky district The checks when cashed were countersigned by R R. R V. V May and A. A J J. J May and cashed In the office of the house of representatives ser- ser geant at Smith said that Andrew May put both signatures on the check himself himself himself him him- self because his son was in the service when they came in |
