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FORMER FEDERAL. AGENT ON STAND (Continued From Page 1) nd leaned his elbow on the small table before him. "What is the relationship between you and William J. Burns?” “Friendliest in the world.” Means then told how he went to work for the Department of Justice, Oct. 28, 1921. was suspended Feb. 9, 1922, and reinstate!, with back pay, some months later. "Did Jesse Smith ever give you orders?” Moses asked. "Yes.” “Did you carry them out?” “Yes." "Have you collected money while In the employ of the Department of Justice ?” Money Given Him "I had money given to me. I would be told by them to get it.” “Who do you mean?” "Jesse Smith and Mr. W. D. Underwood.” “Who was Underwood?” “I saw him last in Palm Beach on Feb. 7 of this year.” "Who sent you to Palm Beach?” “Mr. Sidney Thompson.” “He was the go-between after Jesse Smith died?" \ "Yes. I would say he was the gobetween. He was the money carrier." “Who is Underwood?” “The man who worked with Jesse Smith and helped me to make Investigations.” “What connection has Underwood with Daugherty?” "I don’t know. He was Investigating ” “What investigations are you referring to?” “Inestlgations in New York City for the President of the United States.” "What President?” "President Harding." Mellon Investigated "What was the nature of the inves tigation?” “Investigating Secretary Mellon. Jesse Smith wanted us to catch Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and we caugjfit him.” “Did you work for President Hard- • ing?” "Yes.” "By whom were you paid when you were investigating for President Hard ing?” ”By Underwood?” "Whom did Underwood represent?” j "The President. I saw a letter saying the President wanted certain confidential investigations made and that! he wanted Gaston B. Means to handle It.” I.a Foilette Also Sleuthed Means said he investigated Senator J La Foilette right after La Foilette in-j troduced his resolution for a Senate in vestigation of Teapot Dome. "Who gave you the orders?” Wheeler asked. "Jesse Smith and Mr. Underwood." Means replied. "What ‘under cover' investigation

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did you make for President Harding in New York?” Did Not l atch Him "Leading up from investigations we had made in Washington that Secretary Mellon had gone into an agreement to furnish certain permits. We did not catch him that time. He slipped through our fingers.” “Who paid you?” "Jesse Smith. Sometimes Underwood.” "I had Miss laura Jacobson investigating Senator Caraway, Arkansas.” "At whose directon?” "Jesse Smith's.” "At the time be was attacking the Attorney General?” "i'es, and President Harding ’’ Everybodj Did It Means said “everybody was investigated at some time or other." "Do financial interests have candidates for President investigated?" “Yes. they want to know what they are up to.” "Was the purpose of the investlga tion of Senator La Foilette to stop the Senate Investigation of Teapot Dome?” “They wanted to know what he had." "What do you mean by ‘going through Senator La Foliette'a' of flee?' ” Mrs. Stinson had told an astounding story of deals In liquor permits, deals which she says ceased because the conspirators feared detection Besides these liquor permit plots. Mrs Stinson charged Daugherty and Smith were engaged in: 1. Sale of pardons end paroles, including a deal with Joe Weber, of,

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Weber and Fields, to get the latter’s brother-in law out of prison. 2. A scheme involving acquisition of Government oil leases, discussed at a shack in the Ohio woods with a Col. James G. Darden, whom Roxle mistrusted. Tells of Fight Pictures 3. A plan to violate the Interstate commerce act and exhibit pictures of the Dempsey-Oarpentier fight, with a profit of SIOO,OOO to those who made the violation possible with immunity. On the stand Thursday, Mrs. Stinson told how Smith returned to Columbus from Washington at one time with seventy-five SI,OOO bills In a money belt. On another occasion lie mysteriously acquired $05,000 In Liberty bonds, she said. "Find out what mail comes in, what papers are laying around. If there's a servant In his home, a colored servant, get your colored detective, take the servant out. have her write down what's said at the table.” "The reports that you furnished Smith went to the Attorney General? "Yes." "Did ho tell you he was doing it for the Attorney General?" “Yes. Wait a minute. He didn't 1 say that. We don't do things that j way. A man don't have to kick me down with an Idea.” J “You have delivered them to Smith and seen him give them to the At- : torney General?" Wheeler went on. “Yes." Get* Stock Report* "You have seen him get reports from the stock market for the Attorney General." "I was never in there when he was

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the Mammoth Oil Company, a Sinclair subsidiary, from drilling on Teapot Dome naval oil reserve while presidential counsel were en route to Los Angeles to file similar proceedings against reserve No. 1, leased by E. L. Doheny. Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy granted the injunction at 4 p. m. Thursday on petition of Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, counsel appointed by President Coolidge to file proceedings for cancellation of the oil reserve leases held by H. F. Sinclair and Doheny. At the same time Judge Kennedy appointed Admiral Joseph Straus and Albert E. Watts, vice president of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Company as joint receivers for Teapot Dome. Thirty days were allowed by the court for the Sinclair attorneys to file an answer to the allegations of the Government complaint. No effort was made by Sinclair attorneys to fight the injunction order.

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