Show S AN W I Denies in Toto Charge of f Graft Craft Made b by y B Banker Sands Recites Dealings With Him N NEW LW EW YORK Nov 30 A A I denial that he had ever taken n money oney for influencing the disposition of contracts or machinery machin machinery ma ma- chin chinery ry by the United States board as charged by T T. K L Sands fori former former for for- 1 i mer Washington banker coupled with witha a request that all his business transactions trans trans- F actions with Sands be investigated investigated- trans trans-j both for my own and my family's sake was sake was made before the Walsh congressional congressional com committee e he here e oday today byi by R. R V w. Bolling President Wilsons Wilson's i law in and now treasurer of I Ithe the shipping board I Mr Boiling Bolling told of business transactions transactions transactions trans- trans I actions with Uh S Sands dating dating- back to 1916 and earlier years cars out of which grew several financial transactions He told the committee that his personal records records records rec rec- were all available to its Us inspection tion Sands has testified that ho he received from the Downey Shipbuilding corporation for representing It be before before before be- be fore the board out of which he paid money to o Mr Boiling Bolling BUSINESS RELATIONS Mr Bolling Boiling said he had long known Sands as a Washington banker and had contracted in 1916 to build a house for Sands but he had practically ally foregone foregone foregone fore fore- gone profits by canceling extras estimated esti esti- estimated sti mated at He lIe received Sands' Sands check for in payment on the house and had discounted It he said Later he ho said Sands told him h he in intended intended intended in- in tended paying the also Early In 1918 said Mr Bolling Boiling Mr Ir Sands sent a Mr Cranor to see me in regard to some machinery which was to be used in conn connection with construction construction construction con con- of Ye vessels sels Mr Cranor told me that th the machinery was to be di diverted dl- dl veiled to some other company and that thata a great injustice was VIas being done his company I called up Lester then secretary of the shipping board and explained the matter to him Subsequently Subsequently Sub Sub- he told me he lie found that the rolls had been promised to Mr Cranor's company and would be bo shipped to themA themA them A short time after this Mr Sands told me that he had made or would make 1000 In connection with this transaction though though he now states he had no recollection of the matterand matterand matterand matter matter- and that he was going goin to take care of o f f me him I would accept noth noth- ing He then mentioned the I which he still owed me in connection with his house saying he would pay it I gave no thought as to what Mr Ir Sands' Sands relationship was to the principal principal principal prin prin- cipal but looked upon him as the vice president of a large bank and a man who was justly indebted to me Upon my request he paid me subsequently subsequent v the as follows February 18 IS 1913 1918 I June 26 1918 and August 5 1918 I have no knowledge of where this money paid me by Uy Mr Sands came from Mr Sands also made me a loan of ol on May 21 1918 for which I gave him my note This was repaid by me meto meto meto to him July 14 1919 with interest This represents every cent Mr Sands has paid me since December 31 1917 ANONYMOUS THREATS Of the which Mr Sands says was paid for procuring contracts 1 I never heard until it was mentioned in anonymous letters coupled with threats ats that unless something was done to stop the proceedings of the department department department depart depart- ment of justice against Mr Sands my name would be brought into it Regarding the testimony given before before be be- fore the committee by Benjamin Denjamin Fuller who has been Indicted for forging and uttering and sentenced to the penitentiary penitentiary for four years in which he stated that Mr Sands gave me a check in his presence I beg to say that statement is absolutely and unqualifiedly false I therefore most urgently request the committee to require Mr Sands to immediately im immediately im- im mediately produce all his checks made to me since January 1 1918 Mr Bolling Boiling said that the committee would find available an anonymous letter addressed to W W. G. G McAdoo former for for- mer secretary of the treasury and all other records In connection with the |