Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-05-06 | Page 1 | Grossman Pardon Regular, Claimed

GrosincaPcrdcn Regular, CliLcd WASin.KflTON, May I. C VT. Mlddlekauf, aestatgnt I'nittd States attorney general at Chicago, told lhe-senat Iaugherty tnvesileatlng com ml (lee ttxlay that former Judge Iandla had marie "untruthful "untruth-ful end unwarranted' ptsjeuienta In hta recent teatimony about the conviction and pardon of Itilllp Qrossunan, a former Chicago aa-loontteeper. aa-loontteeper. a emitted ef violating the prohibition law. In a letter filed with Preat1nt Coolidge seeking the pardon, Mlddlekauf Mld-dlekauf had said that but two wtt-nestsca wtt-nestsca testified to aales of liquor In the case In which tJrosaman waa convicted. JiMge leanrila said there were four, Mr. Mlddlekauf agred today there were four wltneawa but aaid only two of them tenftd about liquor aaies. One of tn-, I Hall, he ineiated, waa 'dlacrediid I becauae he "padded hie expense I a.cniii.l 1 "I wrote the department 'it didn't have a righteous case," Mlddlekauf said. "Judge Land la saya It la a matter mat-ter of common knowledge that Grossman rea a saloon up to the moment of hla perdon, suggested Chairmsn Brook hart. "It len t a fact." Mr. Mlddlekauf replied, ecaaee the owner of the building took It away from Grossman Gross-man after his conviction." Mlddlekauf in elated there waa no cass against Grossman but Senator Wheeler, the committee prosecutor, told the witness his statement waa "ridiculous." The latter then complained he had been victimised by "scandal" (Continued on page I.)