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Show i oo I MULHALL IS I VERY BITTER Objects to Some of the I l Questions Insists on Counsel Lively Row " Between Chairman $ Reed and Attorney McCarter. m bit gm Washington. July 31 Martin M Mulhall's eros:- examination by attor neys for the Nations Association of f"t Manufacturers before the senate lob g by committee to.lay opened with a 1 lively row between Senator Reed and attorney Robert McCarter McCartei insisted on asking question himself, at Senator Reed insisted that all ones B tlons should go through the commit-K commit-K tee; Chairman Overman ruled with Senator Reed Mct'arter precipitated the outbreak S' 1 asking Mulball if he bad not been (discharged from the Cleveland police lorce ten years ago for iolation of a Btate law Mulball replied he was dismissed for political reasons and f demanded counsel. 'I was advised by friends to refuse lo answer," he said. "I want coun sel, I Insist on it. and refuse to go on until I have it. I'll go to jail before be-fore I 11 answer questions about m persona affairs thirtv or forty ears ago." I Instead of being designed to throw-light throw-light on this case, many of thes 'questions are designed to throw mud at the witness," declared Senator Reed This is an Investigation, not t trial. I insist you have no right to say a word here," he concluded, addressing ad-dressing McCarter. I Mulhall withdrew his demand for counsel and the hearing proceeded with the attorneys submitting Ibeir 1 questions to Chairman Overman. 'Is jt not true that Samuel H Springer, who resides at your house tried to disposp of these letters to the Philadelphia Pi ess and the Philadelphia Phil-adelphia Record0 Mulhall was asked. "It's a Pious He," he shouted. .Mulhall denied that he ever offered the correspondence to two maea.ines or to the New Yorw Times He de nied having made a statement to I Richard Barry, who was representing j him. that the Manufacturers associa I t ion would pay $150,000 for the docu jments if thev could not he disposed 'of to papers or magazines Mulhall denied thai he agreed Rar-ry Rar-ry would soli the letter to the New (York World for $10,000 and that he would be content with $5000; but la-I la-I ter he testified that at Barry's Bug-j Bug-j gestion he did agree. He never paid Barn ' Have you published all letters between be-tween yon and the association?' asked ask-ed Senator Cummins. I believe I have not." |