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Show uu WRIGHT Wl BELL LET RAY ESCAPE WASHINGTON, Maich 1$. Luke E Wright, former secretary- of war, before be-fore the Helm investigating commlt-teo commlt-teo today as a witness In the case of Major Beecher B. Rny, an army paymaster, pay-master, pasbed responsibility for Mn-Jor Mn-Jor Ray's escape ot a court martial to Former Chief of Staff General I, Franklin BelJ. General JBcll i now lu Manila. General Wright volunleoicd an explanation ex-planation for the mystery connected with papers In the Ray case. He said bin presumption was that General Ueil kept the papers secret because of tho feud that existed between General Ray and Colonel Wallace, his superior In Manila. nn |