At least ten persons are named in
the indictments as parties to the al
leged conspiracy but will escape be
cause they testified before the grand
jury.
In the transfer of 512.000 cases of
whisky from licensed distilleries and
government warehouses to bootleg
channels. Means and his secretary
are charged with having:
"Used the mails to defraud boot-,
loggers by promising to use his in.*'
fluence as a department of justice
operative in getting liquor out of
bond for them.
“Conspired to violate the Vlstead
act through the illegal transporta
tion of liquor.
“Conspired to violate the Volstead
ment by removing vast quantities of
liquor from licensed distilleries td
places other than designated govern
ment ware ha uses."
o o o
Named Hlgher-mpn.”
Williams Chilvers. of counsel for
Means, said his client stood ready to
submit to Congress for investigation
the result of a general investigation
in and around New York city. Tha
Means investigation, he said, was
discontinued when it brought to
light the names of certain high of«*
ficials.
600 MOUNTAINEERS IN
HUNT FOR LOST CHILD
Many Searchers Are Reported Near
Death From Starvation
WALDRON. Ark., net. —Hungry
and tired from their ceaseless vigil,
firm armed men kept, watch tonight In
the wilds of the Ozark mountains in
Scott county for a little child—the
three-year-old boy of l-ern Turner, a.
mountaineer.
Fearful lest the child has been
killed by wolves or is near death
from starvation. members of tha
posses, gathered from the sparse com.
inanities of the country, tonight re
doubled their efforts to solve tha
mystery of the babe's disappearance.
