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Show FIGHT PICTURES ARE VERY COSTLY TEX RICHARD APPEARS BEFORE COMMITTEE WITH FIGHT FACTS Dempsey-Carpentier Fight Pictures Cause Investigation By Washington Wash-ington Officials; Many Are Involved Washington, Tex Richard New fork fight promoter was called before the Duugherty investigating committee commit-tee to testify regarding his interest in exhibition of the Dempsey-Carpentier films. He told of knowing Joe Muma, New York representative of Edward B. McLean, Washington publisher, and Fred C. Qtiimby, film producer, who have been connected by testimony testi-mony with the picture "deal." Richard, said he "could not remember remem-ber meeting Jess Smith, dead friend of Attorney General Duugherty, but had known Muma ten years. Muma opened negotiations with him, Richard said about June 15, 1921, for showing the films outside New Jersey. Many details of the previous accounts of the "deal" were corroborated corro-borated by Richard, including exhibition exhibi-tion of the pictures at McLean's home here. He also said there was a man named "Martin" interested in the transaction. Richard told of the contract by which Muma and Martin, who signed were to get 50 per cent of the proceeds. pro-ceeds. W. A. Orr's 20 per cent, Iiick-ard Iiick-ard said, was to come from the interest inter-est of Muma and Martin. The film contract dated June 30, 1021, was on the stationery of the Cincinnati Enquirer. A second contract produced by Rickard, provided for a 20 per cent share to Orr and 15 per cent each to Muma and Martin. Rickard denied that at the start of the exhibitions, the plan contemplated initial showing of the films before ex-soldiers and then to have small fines Imposed on "goats" to permit further exhibitions. Muma told me he though he could get a law passed to distribute the films," Rickard explained. "Get a law passed?" Senator Wheeler exclaimed. ex-claimed. "You know he did not, and yet you "agreed by contract to give him 50 per cent of the receipts from the pictures?" "Yes." Rickard told of knowing Alfred R. Urion, lawyer, identified in the picture pic-ture "deal, "and also identified as a friend of Mr. Daugherty. Illinois and New York were the only states where he was fined, Rickard said, adding that Quimby "attended to" sales for exhibition In other states. Rickard submitted a statement of proceeds from the pictures, showing that fines were included as "expenses" "expen-ses" of promotion. Rickard said he paid percentages of the profits to Muma, Orr and Martin while knowing know-ing the pictures were being shipped In violation of the law. |