Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-04-27 | Page 1 | Senate Orders Arrest of M. S. Daugherty

v lip V V V Ir i I SENATE ORDERS ARREST OF M S DAUGHERTY CONTEMPT OF I UPPER HOUSE I IS ALLEGED ALLEGE I Senate to Punish Banker I Daugherty for I Refusal I I ACTION UNANIMOUS I i I I Precedent for Drastic Action Ac Ac- Ac Action tion Scanty But Not Nott Noti t I Lacking I I WASHINGTON April 26 I I I Without a 0 roll call or debate time the I senate today adopted a II I the th arrest and pre presenta- presenta II I before it of ot M H S S Daughert of Courthouse Ohio Oh Io lOt brother ot of the tho former attorney I I generalI 1 general generalA A wan ant for or the th action 1 I certified and given to Dam Da David DaId Id S SI SI Sn I nariS ny at arms within an I bout JOUI ot of theote the voto ote ote but bt after litter a 0 con con- conI con forence I bet between een time th latter and Brookhart rt of or the tho 0 h I lam Inv It itens I ens a stated that no attempt b be mad made mado o take Mr Hr Daugh th In- In Into Into tn-i tn to custody before betor next wee week CO TEMPT T In 10 a n rel report ort to the tho senate senat tm ho he presented d with the th resolution t t cItation Chairman n t for tor forthe the senate ins Investigating In commit committee it- it tee declared Mt Mr Daugherty to ho 0 beIn In iii and deliberate ot of the senate Ho- Ho had on m I t tao 0 occasions tho th ruport out to obey obe senate which sought to get not only his I 0 oen n a as a witness ut I also the records record ot of o financial trail tran transactions put through h the time I NatIonal banat bank ban at Courthouse Ohio which e the com corn committee considers consider Important to Its or or OSE OIE I Not even emen e en a II question was ens direct direct- directed ed Id to Chairman Brookhart hen elmen I he roso rose to 1191 ask asit the senate vote i- i ii though a 11 single objection auld I II I I have suHl sufficed ed under senate ruts rut's I to hold the I over tot tOI fo a adl adai dl dai s consideration I Precedents tor for the action scanty are not entire entirely lacking hacking Inthe In I Ithe the senate sugar inv ID estimation soy soy- s ev-cral ev I eral years ago ao Hallet reused refused to testIfy and was ns imprisoned Imprisoned I but released after litter a In i the courts on a n writ ant of ot habeas cor- cor corpus cor pu pus Three other instances ins of or I cor-I the arrest arret of ot witnesses occurred be- be between between b tween 1857 1157 and 1868 1863 I OM 01 0 O 1 E J LEG G GL tL L Mr Ir Daugherty's D contest on test It I- I Ithe the committee has hns nl-I nl nI- nI al already ready taken ta one legal aspect In that IL a a temporary order ens as Issued on April 11 stunt an I Ohio sidle stille stat couil COUll seeking to pre pre- pre pre yent tent Chairman Brookhart and andI I Senator Wheeler nt JUon 1 Mon Mon- Montana Mon Montana tana the time committee prosecutor tom endeavorIng to get g t the time books I of the Midland bank benk b So tar far no attention has been paid by th the committee to the suit I 00 00 I