Show LEDOER BURNED I BY DAUGHERTY I BROTHER SA SAYS Record Destroyed to Pre Pre- Pre Pre- Prevent Prevent vent Tracing Bribe Money Money oney Charge NEW YORK SouL iCy lly St By The Associated Press Press Testimony that Harry M K Daugherty Dau herty attorney am amoral oral eral In iii the Harding burned ledger sheets that the tho show that part pari of ot an alleged bribe wn was to his credit in the Midland National bonk bank Washington Courthouse Ohio was given given civen today in the tho Daughety conspiracy ease case caseby liy by Met Mel S S Daugherty brother of o th thu I defendant Daugherty United States Attorney Emory y R B Buckner called the the- the the former former ney hey generals general's brother as th first witnesS in today's session of the trial of Daugherty and Miller Sillier for tor alleged conspiracy to defraud the United States of their best services The government charges that Daugherty and Miller l received ap- ap approximately approximately ap proximately of paid as s II commission for tor the th re- re release re lease of of seized enemy property RECORDS DESTROYED Miller was wan alien allen property Custo Custo- Custodian Custodian dian dlan and Daugherty attorney gen gen- cral cen-cral cral at the time of tho the alleged fraud la lit 1921 1321 The records the government al- al alleges al leges were destroyed by Harry M if Daugherty to prevent the th gO gOern ment ern- ern ment from tracing to his account of the th commis commission ion sion The was paid by Rich Richard ard Merton German Grman metal meg meg- magnate mar nate nato nate to John T King Kine late licin national committeeman from Connecticut GO TO Yesterday the government traced to the Midland Idland National bank a check for tor which was was pay pay- payable payable payable able to King icing The Th government al- al alleges nl Teges leges this check wa was liar Har Harry ry M ii Daugherty's credit and later destroyed By fly previous witnesses the gov- gov gov government had traced of the theMert Mert King n liberty bonds to bank bank- bankIng bankIng banking ing and brokerage accounts of Mil WI- Mil Miller leI ler The government has hIlS pledged Itself to show that more tItan than of the bonds Merton Rave gave King went to Daugherty's accounts n |