Show iti t f. f T W. W f. f i W. W i f. f f. f If i f. f it f. f It f. f t E or 1 I BLACKMAIL CHARGED BY BO BOLLING LING DOARD H ARD I. I LX PLA N S i of President Declares clares Story Told Committee Is Isla 1 a e and Spiteful Nov 20 By 11 Service Service Deny Deny Deny- a I 1 knowledge of the 1 from which TU Tucker ker Sands J Jl l ig he received 1800 in a I W. W Boiling Bolling n ic- ic from Richard I law ln her In of ot President Wilson Wilson and I s r of ot the shipping board to- to Accused Sands of first attempting rm and later of trying to threaten en ento I ito to 0 making an ap appeal eal on Sands Sands' JO o the president t st statement issued by Admiral so so in which includes th ih the r result s of or an t tation Ration conducted by the Nr l g board and the department of f ff f to the same charge made on jus occasion by Mr Sands be ed d tb that t waS vas black black- Ious by Sands to for force e Mr t. t n to to intercede with lh the president v sands from further prosecution of us LING CING EXPLAINS EX Hands Hand was was was' wasl in l trouble with of justice said sald Mr Mi- lr- lr ng ng nat at th offices shipping to inter inter- 1 he begged m me on his behalf with the president 1 un I did not think It would bee be bee e o odo do so so and was sure the prest pres- pres t Ud not oot interfere with the thc or- or r or process of justl justice e in his case case- or other ither ca case coie e. e e became very angry and threats threat- threat me rie s at the time lime Later both my- my and Secretary doo received anonymous letters that my name would beg be bo boght g into a scandal MERLY M FRIENDLY h hare haye e known Sands since 1903 and formerly f on most friendly terms terms' him in In 1916 when I I. I was in the acting business I 1 built him a ai i Ifor about He Hc H paid aU all at the time giving me a note t h lithe spring of 1918 Sands had paid la ut 2000 on the note At that introduced h a man to me asking help hep in getting certain building tili s for tor the Downing Shipbuilding j priny n which were Intended for con- con pent pt to another concern I nine imp time alter afterwards Sands told me a fe fee of 1000 from the I Shipbuilding company for tor ag- ag them the material and offered it with me I told Sands that I o g would I a accept any I Pt t t t. t Sands SandI then told me he would j i to ay me what I thought wa was a at i profit on the house j I OWES MONEY I I 1 thought would would be ica- ica tea 1 I I I if he wanted to pay it He lie lile ic at the time and later still owes me on the h gave e me mo in 1918 for tor unfinished Jent ant ent on the house I received a from him two weeks ago saying e ala is unable to pay me the bal- bal I isher laller special investigator for Walsh committee has apparently i fiLth everybody within and with with- Uj Investigating committee about i ut has haa never asked me for a nent ent nL t 1 never heard of the to have been given by company until I rea rean read readI n I press reports I BON INFORMED I I Jen I n Mr Boiling Bolling had finished his nent Admiral Benson said tf after I became chairman board Mr Bolling Boiling was treasurer lIe He told me the theS S of or the charges made by byi Tucker K Sands and later re- re i tp In the evidence before the I Ib I b committee addition the matter was dis- dis Colonel Goff Gott counsel of ot otI I hipping board and together we di- di hat that a thorough thorough Investigation investigation be r MADE e repOrt made by Frank Prank Burke I Io loC o our ur bureau of Investigation te is is lows i Taw F Mr Houston Thompson vice vicent lent UI nt of the federal trade commis- commis who Iwho told me rue that Mr Boiling Dolling t to him him about two years ago and d that an unsigned h bed d reached Mr in rit r charred charged that he had bad hada f a 5 wart art art of which wasS was wa S the Ut Shipbuilding in com com- nat mOI v ve 1 SANDS ANO ClO CLOSELY tl TI r D Hi BY WAl Witness Uncertain as to Making Payments Payments' t to Boiling Bolling Continued from page 1 1 pany to Tucker Sands Th The letter was either misplaced or dest destroyed Shortly afterward Mr Dolling Boiling called again with another l' l unsigned letter which reiterated practically the same same charges which they believed was from I someone connected with Tucker Sands I and that the letter lotter originated in the Sands family SOUGHT INFLUENCE Shortly after that Mr Boiling told him that Tucker Sands had seen himin him himin himin in Washington and made mad a very urgent urgent ent eat demand that he Boiling see the president and use his influence with the president to have the activities of the department of justice stopped and have the prosecution against Sands dropped Sands at this time was under Indictment in indictment In- In by a federal grand jury charged with violating the banking bankins acts On tho the advice of ot Mr Thompson Mr Boll Boiling wrote a letter to Mr Sands 1 telling him that while he regretted ex exceedingly exceedingly ex- ex that he had become Involved with th the the- government he not and would not approach the president on any such proposition CALLS IT BLACKMAIL Mr Boiling Bolling again requested Mr 1 Thompson to investigate the tho matter Mr Thompson sent for tor Bruce Bielaski chief chic of the bureau o of Investigation department of justice and instructed him to make a thorough Investigation of the charges against Mr Boiling Mr Bielaski had expert bank accountants accountants accountants ac ac- ac- ac from the department of Justice Jus- Jus tice fiA sro goo fl into nil all the records tra trace p. p ou out t all checks notes otes drafts etc tc that that that- could possibly have any bearing on the case and they failed to find anything corroborating corroborating corroborating corro corro- borating the statements of ot Sands In Inthe tho the belief belier of Mr Thompson it w wa wa-a blackmail engineered by Sands to force Mr Boiling Bolling to intercede with the president pres ident to save Sands from further prosecution prosecution prosecution pros pros- by the department of justice |