Show RICH WIDOW IDO 1 TO TOBE B BE QUIZZED IN Prohibition Officials Seek Lady Bob Reported as Lavish Entertainer SAME HOTEL GUESTS Additional Witnesses Are Called Score of Charges Made Green SAN FRANCISCO CISCO July 23 21 CAP A AP While high prohibition officials in in Washington stood behind Colonel Ned M. M r. r Green Gleen prohibition adminis adminis- administrator tra or for northern California and Nevada government agencies here today continued the action started three days ago which will result In several charges of a criminal nature nature na na- iia- iia ture being brought against Colonel Green before the federal grand jury here next week With almost twenty of or the twenty ty- ty five ty-five five grand subpoenas issued already served the United States marshals marshal's office directed its attention attention attention atten- atten atten atten- tion toward locating Mrs 1 Aubrey Lady Bob Montgomery a rich ilch widow who lived at the same hotel as Colonel Green and who was described de described de- de scribed as a lavish entertainer Federal officers said that her testimony testimony testimony mony relative to parties held at the hotel is wanted The rhe woman has left the hotel Officers were told that she has gone to Los Angeles If It she Is lo located 10 catell there she will be served with witha a subpoena ordering her to appear before the th th grand Jury jur here Monday Alf chief of the Intelligence Intelli gence unit of the internal revenue department whose agents were said Continued on page 6 G. G I IRICH RICH WIDOW TO TOBE TOBE TOBE BE QUIZZED IN GREEN INQUIRY I Ito from front J i a ao 0 o 1 l. l to have Investigated Colonel Greens Green's public and private activities for weeks spent most of yesterday IntervIewing in interviewing In- In those who have been subpoenaed and it was indicated that further Interviews would be beheld beheld beheld held today MANY SUBPOENAED In addition to those served two days ago the latest to receive the grand Jury summons Include E. E B B. B of San Mateo Importing broker and cousin of Colonel Green H. H S. S Parker government operative operative operative opera opera- tive in charge of Long wharf Goat Island at which is moored the Lady Lou yacht used by the pro prohibition department Dupont Coleman assistant manager manager manager man man- ager of the hotel at which Colonel Green lived Harry Brickel chauffeur for Colonel Green Mrs 1 Florence Flanagan secretarial secretarial secretarial secre secre- in the prohibition of office office of- of fice flee and former private secretary of Colonel Green Tom Smith and Kenneth Jenkins hotel The array of ot accusations against the prohibition official Is the largest that has ever developed in the west vest United States Attorney George J. J Hatfield who is preparing the Information in information information In- In formation gathered by investigators for presentation to the grand Jury jur has las announced that Colonel Green GreenWill Greenaa win Will hA oe ne aa as t. t win Will hA oe ne aa as t. t SCORE OF CHARGES I With having protected boot boot- With having fitted up the official speedboat La Lady lY Lou for the purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose of entertaining his friends aboard With having diverted seized liquors to a physician friend at a aSan aSan aSan San Francisco hospital and receiving receiving receiving ing liquor prescriptions from him With having engaged In drunken bra brawls wis With having been Intoxicated In public With having associated with women of the underworld I With having staged riotous parties parties parties par par- parI I ties in a San Francisco hotel With having made raids for the purpose of obtaining liquor for use at his parties With having used the official au automobile automobile automobile au- au I and chauffeur on wild parties With having associated with rum rumrunners rumrunners rumrunners runners socially and with having ordered certain search warrants destroyed SAYS ITS IT'S FRAME UP Colonel Green himself brands the charges s a In a statement Issued last night he said said- As I have not been officially In Informed informed informed in- in formed of any charges preferred against me I cannot make any of official official of- of statement denying them In Ina Ina Ina a general way I deny any and all charges of ot misconduct in office The more the grand Jury Investigates Investigates Investigates gates the better I will be off for that body will then know what I have accomplished I I took this Job last September unwillingly at the request of Assistant Assistant As As- S- S Secretary of the Treasury Lincoln C C. C Andrews He I understand understand understand under under- under stand intends to resign in Septem Septem- ber What Whatever ver Intention I had of resigning with him Is altered I will not resign now until this thing is cleared up My itry record of twenty-five twenty years as an army officer has been smirched Even though the charges will be proved untrue an Irreparable ble damage has been done me SHOWED NO FAVORS I have shown favors to no one Not a single politician has made a request from me except once when I first took toole office Then I declined to hire a man because he had been recommended cd by Since then I have been let alone Colonel Green recently came into national prominence as the origInator originator pator of Colonel CoolIdge's executIve executive executive tive order permitted the federalization tion of state and municipal as dollar a year prohibition agents Because of ot the storm of protest it met the plan was never made effective Colonel Green became prohibition administrator last September and was looked upon by Washington as one of the most efficient officers I in the service |