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Show w -9 wm .... . , ;. J J ' ;. : :. , . ......... , JjH ' " ; y n in li:-::lClin:xinIn-vc:t:::ti:n cf Allied t Attend to Lift: I.lem-i:r I.lem-i:r in Interest cf Sub-j Sub-j , narinc Tcrrcdo Boats. ! c e 0 'O CUICG'S ATTOnniY , c de:;otji:ce3 plot. O f O WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. De- C) iancy Nlcholl, attorney or Mr. () Qj'.gg, when Interrupted ' in the Cs) cross-examination of Doblln, said: 0 "I consider that the wickedest and foulest plot against the lnteg- rlty of my client, a former member of the House, has been revealed in 0 this committee today, and I want () to prove it here, entailing conse- w quences which every one of us ' must see happen, and I want to 0 probe it to the bottom." BULLETIN. -' "ASHIITGTON, Jan. 28. The v House Naval committee is in executive execu-tive session. It was stated oy members mem-bers of the committee that the subject of placing Doblin under arrest on the charge of perjury is being , considered. consid-ered. - - ; t WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. During the course of the Lessler Investigation this morning, Mr. Rogers, attorney for ' Philip "Doblln, announced to the com mittee that Mr. Doblln desired to make a statement and added that Doblln had told him' that some pacta of his testimony testi-mony were true and some untrue. This t came as a surprise. After some dis-. dis-. cuFsion, it was decided. to have Mr. Doblln called aM state juft wl-nt rnrt . ... . Cf fc( rtatement, vhlch-'l.e mae on te stand Saturday, were true aud what not true.' , . Asked Immunity. Just before Doblin went on the stand, Mr. Rogers asked, that such immunity be accorded him as was within the power of the committee. Mr. Tayler said only such immunity as the statute . gives could be accorded. , Mr. Doblin then proceeded to tell of his coming to Washington and of his appearance beore the committee, i He said when he came to Washington to appear before the full committee he decided to make the statement he did. Hetracts Quigg Statement. J I now retract every word In which 1 said Mr. Quigg tendered me any bribe In any way," he said. "Will you state to the committee In what respect your testimony is not true?" Doblin was asked. "In relation to my being called to Washington and my conversation with Mr Lessler at the Hotel Normandie at 8 o'clock or thereabouts. Coached by Lessler. "The fact is that the statements re-. re-. . carding Mr. Qulgg which I made are not true. I read the article as it was handed to me and I was told by Lessler, Less-ler, 'You have got to etand for this, and I said, 'Oh. that cannot be.' ; " 'Well,' he says, 'then I am politically political-ly dead.' . ' "'Well.' I said, 'you carry me with . you.' . He said, Tou will be air right If you will Just appear before this committee. com-mittee. I will go and see the Speaker . and I will fix It up.' v "He goes out of the room, comes J back and said he had seen the Speaker F and said, 'It will be all right, all that I yoa have to do is to go before the committee com-mittee and substantiate my story. " Slmmonod to CapltaL ."When I was called to Washington I got this telegram: "Take midnight train and com to me. Want to see you. Keep this confidential. con-fidential. (Signed) Monte. " Mr. Robert Signed by whom? "Signed 'Monte.' " Mr. Tayler Who is Monte that you refer to? - 'Monte Is Congressman Lessler. I have correspondence signed ' 'Monte.' , Continuing, he said: . "While we were eating breakfast I ' was reading the articles familiarising y myself as to the statement made and w hen we rot upstairs he said, 'Do as you want about it' " 'Well, I said, 'I cannot stand for anything like this. . "Fixed'' Committee. Oh,' he jf aid. 'you have got to. He says, 'I'll be back in a minute. He-went He-went out of the room and when he came back he said. I will go down and look after tho committee.' Just before that he said. Tou need not have any fear. There is nothing going to happen to you. You appear before this committee com-mittee and the7 are friends of mine, and all there will be to it they will report re-port to the whole committee and there rrVnttnued on Pflg .) Witness Doblin. Continued from page 1.) won't be anything further to it' The Congressman left the room. I lay on the sofa. ' . I took the paper up again and read it over. In about half or three-quarters three-quarters of an hour in came Zoa, who said: 'You come along with me. We will get into the Capitol all right. Nobody, No-body, will see you. We will be able-to get up through a side elevator which is right close to the Naval committee door, and we can get in and I will see that nobody sees you " He Eelt Agreeable. Continuing, Doblin said: "I went into the committee room. The gentlemen were standing about and Zon said. This is Mr. Doblin. The other gentlemen all shook hands with me and I sat down and. after a little while, I was handed a cigar, which I smoked. They made me feel agreeable. I took it for granted that it was all right. The first thing I knew, one of the gentlemen of the committee, after a conversation in which I - explained my interest in politics in New York State, asked how long I had been in politics. Then one of the gentlemen said: 'Wasn't it Mr. Quigg who said to you that there was $5000 in it for Lessler and $1000 for your Thought It "Wag a "Cinch.' "I said at that time, 'No, sif. Then all the gentlemen around said, 'Oh, it's all right, you go on,' and then there was a discussion in the room as to how I stood. I refused to answer at that time a.t all. The gentlemen seemed to agree that there was nothing to it. Feeling agreeably at home, I made my statement according to the way It read in the paper. I felt that I was In the hands of my friends and it was all right; that I would back up Lessler here and It wMild be a cinch, and that was all there would be to it; that the committee com-mittee would report; that Lessler would be vindicated and I would be vindicated and it would be all right. After I got out of the committee room, I went to the hotel and asked for Lessler. He was not there. I telephoned to the house, but could not get him, and left the city, thinking it was all right." Reassured by Lessler. Doblin then told of a telegramhe received re-ceived when he got home which read": "Statement all right. Have no fear M." k - He then told of receiving a telegram from Chairman Fobs of the Naval committee com-mittee summoning him before the committee com-mittee and said: "I replied to that, thinking the committee com-mittee would adjourn, that I could go on Monday Just the same, it being, as I thought, a friendly thing." Continuing, Doblin said: FuU Retraction. . "When I came on here it was a question ques-tion of whether I was going to substantiate substan-tiate myself before a sub-committee of friends and Lessler, or whether I was then and there going to make Lessler' s statement appear untrue. I decided with myself that I would Just make my same statement, as to that which I spoke of before the sub-committee. I made it. and I now retract every word in which I said that Mr. Quigg tendered ten-dered me any bribe in any way." He stated that after giving his first testimony be had gone down to the station sta-tion with Mr. Lessler who had addressed ad-dressed the following telegram to his wife: "Phil examined. Substantiates story in every way. He is all right. Will stay here for a time. MONTE." The witness said that simultaneously with the receipt of Chairman Foss" telegram tel-egram he received one reading: "Come on midnight train without fall. ; MONTE.-. |
