| Show SALOON ANTI-SALOON HEAD HEAD QUIZZED Anderson Admits He Profits Contradicts Own Testimony NEW EW YORK Jan J J 25 25 Anderson state tt t 1 of III ot tho th saloon loon 10 longue Ia u told ft n strange tale ta ot of o the th manner I which h he acquired approximately APproximate which he claims to hll hate 0 I to the ho league I The Th tory story was a untold unfold unfold unfolded ed 1 at t the tho Ih direction ot of o Supreme Court Justic and under f the persistent of whorls ant District Attorn Pecora Attorn Pecora who 1 I prosecuting the th league legue head on au an indIctment charging forgery tor ry In the th third degree decree The strange stranK recital Ing the gift ot of o a comparative comp stranger aho ho hond Anderson nd ron slid eald pro provided prodded the tho th small fortune because he lie liked d hit his kind ot of it a darn fool was made mad with An- An lorson l on tho th ho stand In his hie hi own awn do- do de defense tense fenee after aCter he h had made mad a Ical teal 1 dental of ot the th states staf's otate I lions lion against him GE GE TALE John T I Kine address unknown as aae ft a tho th Identification given by An- An An Jerson of ot his bia hl mysterious The stranger lie he Mild Bald Introduced himself In the th Baltimore office ot of the tho saloon Anti league leacue of Mar Maryland Him land late ate in fn HIS 1912 After ACtor a attempt to Induce indue him to tako tak a 1 Job guar guar- guaranteeing him 10 IO a soar ar An- An Anderson Anderson An derson told the th jury In an een ien olce King because he h liked my kind ot of o a 8 darn d rn tool root and believed in the th prohibition cause caus ed ed hia own on money tor for the th o heade account and accumulated the tidy fortune for tor or him The Th King testimony provided the tho climax for tor or the tho th day Under the ques- ques ot of o his hit chief counsel couns former o Whiteman Anderson told ot of his 10 prohibition r ot of o the tho 1 vast 21 26 scars ears I After pe practicing 11 law lam for tor or a time Ume following his hlo graduation from the University of o Michigan he h said ald he began his long lone sen Ice In the th dry cause cuse In Springfield Spring Ili III later liter going so-ln so go- go ing to Buffalo o and still till later Inter to Baltimore where here he ass 8 state su- su superintendent u ot of the h saloon Anti Anti League ot of o Maryland It was QS on January 1 1 lU 1114 that he h took his prevent office Interrupted in a detailed recital at al the tb function and Dd activities ot of otI I the tho Xe Nw Now York league leau b by Mr Pecora's Pec- Pec oras ora's objection he told of ot his hlo hl relo- relo rela I dons with 0 Bertsall Phillips I league fund solicitor whose who accusations accusations torm form the th basis for tor or the th forgery Indictment upon which Anderson noW Is being tried It was warn before betor Anderson had bad en- en engaged engaged en hint him Phillips previously r pr ly had hadI I testified that the th leagUe head told hIm lie he b must split spilt his commissIons commis- commis lons on collections when they ex- ex exceeded cx In anyone any one on Seer ear Anderson contradicted this flaU declarIng nothing WM was said aid o 0 split split commissions until June 1918 at which time Ume Urn Phillips hIm hIm- himself him self proposed that ho he h gh giro r e his su- su su 1 a PIU put patt t of ot his earnings timings He H returned to me m after we wo had bad had a conference one on morning Anderson tc te testified and nd saId he h thought It only fair tall that I take tak half ot of his earnings ean above at ove a Sear ear because became I 1 assisted him great great- Iv lv Iv jn 10 B getting subscriptions I told him I would think It overlie over lie e Ie thought it oter he h said sald and agreed that Phillips proposal ace aa a only Justice justic to me m and for tor three sears J ears the th two shared halt half of ot all 1111 commissions In excess of paid annually to Phillips Anderson then denied ho he h had told Phillips PhilliP he preferred to W make mako mak a a certain certain tain contract irth him In order to 10 tool fool the tir Rockefellers Rockefeller KocL and added that he had d never attempted to to ool an anybody aDi bod body Speaking of the th ft U 00 which be beIs bela Ila la Is alleged to ha hate haie e ordered trans trans- transferred transferred In the thi league leacu book books from Phillips salary account to Phillips expense account Anderson declared ed he 0 had agreed to the th transfer In n justice to the tir collector because the money represented the th split com com- commissions com missions pall paid to the th league head bead In inthe the year 1920 Asked why he h had ordered the item Hem tr transferred to Philips expense account Anderson replied that he considered It belonged there InI In I Ie yew of ot the lb be fact that hut the th col- col colI col I I lector collector colI tor was waa wa him com pen pen-I cation for tor In Inducing Dersons r DS to subscribe to the th league lugue l I rands I I paid the tho th money I received I from rout PhillIps Phillip to the lc league gUe he h added DurIng croes cross Ander- Ander lion eon ion admitted that John D Rocko- Rocko Kock r Rockefeller f feller ller and his hla son had contributed to the th rUe league approximately 78 76 a year lear for tor three year years after atter Phillips Phillip became its It H fund solicitor Before B that he eald said the th elder eldr Rockefeller only contributed a year ar witness Ur Mr Pecora or reminding the wit wit- ness that he h had testified d he h turned oter o the commission received from Phillips to the th Itaru It obtained I I prom him tho tb ho admission that he b de- de de posited the tho th commission checks I de-I to tonis personal account |
