NEW YORK, September 20.- Dow
mentary evidence was submitted tfc
dav at the trial of Harry M. Daugh
erty and Thomas W. Miller to show
that at the time they approved a
claim for $7,000,000 they had in their
files proof that the claim was invalid
This evidence was introdticed
through John J. Fitzgerald, New
York attorney, who represented the
American Metal Co. in negotiations
with the alien property custodian.
Fitzgerald identified a letter he sent
the alien property custodian in ISIS,
in which he sought for American offi
cers of the American Metal Co. per
mission to buy shares of that com
pany owned by Germans.
Does Not Apply to Daugherty.
•United States Attorney Buckner
then called Paul Smith, clerk under
Miller, to show that the letter was
in the files in the alien property cus
todian’s office at the time the claim
of the Societe Suisse pour Valeurs
do Metaux was paid on claim that
it was neutral owned.
This evidence, by a court ruling,
did not apply to Daugherty, as he
was, in the opinion of Judge Mack,
not accountable for documents filed
in other than his own office.
Mr. Buckner, in an effort to prove
his contention that "the speed record"
of the alien property custodian's of
fice was "broken" in the payment of
the claims, recalled Carl W. Greene,
auditor for Miller when the claims
were paid in IH:’4. Greene recounted
testimony to show the claims passed
through his office in three hours,
where others took one, two or three
weeks.
Many Fetters Identified.
