Show DEFENDANTS IN I JAIL SCANDAL TO TAKE STANO Priest Exonerates Exonerated Two Men Accused of Taking Money in Exchange for forr r 1 Soft Prison Jobs ATLANTA Feb 14 A. H.-A. A. A E. E Sar- Sar sar 1 tain tam and L. L J. J Fetcher formerly warden arden and deputy respectively of I tIo he Atlanta fe federal eral 1 penitentiary J and n nd Laurence RIehl Columbus O O. O 5 o o n f trial In United States district court ourt o on charges chorges ot of bt conspiracy and Bribery will take the stand In their defense early eary next ret week counsel ed tonight After iter hearing since Monday sensational sen zen testimony relative to the the alleged sale of soft jobs at prison high gambling among wealthy bootlegger Inmates of the Institution and threats said to have haYe been made by certain prisoners to torme frame Sartain and Fletcher court recessed this afternoon until Mon Mon- day f 4 The name of ot F. F H. H Dushay superintendent super super- in of ot prisons in- in the in-the the Wilson administration was brought into the case today when Joseph F. F Fishburn Fish Fish- burn formerly of ot the department of ot justice testified he had been employed by the former to learn whether Fletcher was guilty as he desIr desired dlo io hel help him financially in his deren defence defeno e if he was 39 innocent DUSHAY TESTIFIES Dushay took the stand testified yie h he character of Flo Fletcher cher was good and nd added that he ho had been his friend for a long Ions period of years X r Father Thomas P. P Hayden prison Chaplain who has admitted he took part art In a a. conspiracy to accept 1000 1000 10 00 00 from seven seven men men convicted In Inthe Inthe inthe the Savannah rum ring exposure and sentenced to the penitentiary I fold told Fishburn in January 1925 1923 1925 that Sartain nor Fletcher had Deceived ed an any bribe money so far as ashe J he be knew Fishburn testified I I J In his testimony Hayden declared be ne ie had visited Savannah early last year jear ear and while there collected the 1051 from Willie Haar who act- act fed td d as agent for six other men In e for which soft jobs were Jo 10 to be awarded them when they en entered entered en- en the prison Sartain and Fletcher also were in the conspiracy ho lie said J L t. t Riehl's Riehl attorney has admitted his client made the trip but contends that the latter did not know the purpose for which Hayden went and nd that RIehl never received any J ribe ibe money t f The defense offered several witnesses witnesses wit wit- nesses whose testimony wa was vas deIgned deSigned de- de Signed to support its contention that Fletcher and RIehl were that Hayden Haden alone re received reelEd re- re el Ed the bribe money |