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fl Pet- is "Pro Bono Publloo." ' q Witness then detailed the odd " ', "'. ,forts ot Courrian and others, in- 3 . _ 'cluding himself, to arouse protest , l _ against the subsequent failure to take action against this "notorious bootlegger." The policy adopted was to deluge the Attorney-General and . I the department with letters signed , l "Citizen," "Ratepayer," and so on, . l, asking for prompt and immediate ac- . LEWIS ADMITSq tion. . 1 McCutcheon told the committee:' ( how he was apparently the "pal" ofl -__ - " 2 the bootleggers. mingling freely B t P . ' with them, all the time he was in r " " the employ of the department. And, . ll t sists Attorney Gen he said. he was Courrian's "pal" all wars Department Was the time he was detailed to gather . . evidence against him as to his dis- Not vigilant honesty and double-dealing with the - 'iepartment. Every day, he said, he - forwarded his reports and the infor~ _ , , mation he had received to the de- ACCEPTS HARDING S WORD partment. ' --------- I The case of a man named Gordon Major Lewis, M.P.P., in cross! ' -.-.--.- . examination at the MacIntosh Com-) T was gone '/',1',/r,tttn/2,t,1 ("Idopo- mission of Inquiry into the death of? nocordln to l ctfti C eon. wen _ ' C' "dt",,','")',',,":,'. with hint m "clean un", Capt. Orville Huston. yesterday 'iiifi, hotelmen and the bootlotrttern,, stated that, after hearing the evi- 38nd. ai'ter considerable information dence of E. w. Backus on Saturday, ' had been secured. accepted a bribe he had to admit that his charges, so I and went to Regina. far as that gentleman was concerned, lam-don Came Back. i . were baseless. Thus the most seri- l Later Gordon came back and; one allegation made by the North- faga'in f,,ntt.e,',",',1 ('l:/',',t.g'/noirv a: 315C115-" 'cast Toronto member in his speech i artment.ttna,acc, .- . . I gheon. his re-employment was dis- ': in the Legislature fell to the ground. ;cussed by Inspector Hammond and; He also accepted the statements of iChie! Inspector Ayearst. Gordon, it; Mr. Harding and Mr. Backus. that seemed, ghOt ai,ntt,i)p",1,.',l'1i,r,t,fo1'di1-.'l, the former was not a lawyer in thei tion wit a, lt" ory _ . e . - served a term in jail, and then fin-! employ of the. latter; and also ac ished up a case. At McCittvheon's, cepted the evidence that Inspector suggestion he was, then dropped from I Jeffery had not had an interview! the department. I with Mr. Harding before he went to Mr. Lennox sought to extract in, investigate Capt. Huston's death. l detail from the witness the nature ' a _ . l of the questions as they referred to! No Charge of ftTYe: . . I him Mir Lennox) that were asked . Major Lewis persisted in his'opin-t I of 'lda'tr,/C/'ii when he was hroughtl ion that it? dAtntetrn/isi-d1t"trat1it', De-l . f - ' tment a not ma e all t e in-, he omce of' the Inspector ofl par P . tlgi'istms at the Parliament Buildings; nun} which the case demanded; but last week One question McCutcheon: It insxstefd that 1216 wasgmiakéng no, .r__ C . . " l c Arge o con-up on a ans any said he had been 1',ttfoppi,"/Uvhh./2i, . official, nor had he ever done so, he: "mom? 1.httiLoei,n.nox R. l said. He also stated that in what' for intorma ',, . , "N he had said in the Legislature hei i "1 told them, Us"? yet'mChiOm'l had not intended to refer to Mn} , amid laughter, thilt 30". we} kn t! Backus personally, but to the Backusl I man enough to give me a ff'.' tto e I Interests, and, in reply to a question: latter T walked all the way to your by I. F. Hellmuth, K.C., who is ap-i omce." pearing for yr.. Backus, he. said he One or two passages occurred be- did not think It was his intention; tween the Attorney-General and yr. to mention the name of Mr. Backus' Lennox during the fi,ttr,niJtttp) when he commenced his speech. It notably that which followed the At-l, was an interruption by the Attorney- torney-General's demand P. know, General which led him to mention: (where Mr. Lennox had obtained a, the name. i copy of the statement of McCutch-f Having admitted that the only in- 'eon and the Bailey girl. Mr. Lon- formation on which he had based ', nox said the Attorney-General his allegations in the House was that; "my" ask where he trot it. but he which he obtained from The Tor' [would not tell, and the Attorney-' i'onto Telegram and. The Toronto l General retorted with the declarii- Daily Star, Major Lewis was submit- l, tion that eventually he would tent ted to a rather scathing cross-exami- I M Cutcheon himself subsequently nation by Gordon Waldron, K.C., for; ' c id light on it by admitting the Crown, and by Mr. Hellmuth, as: threw Vilma showed Mr. Lennox can to " action in failing to verify Mai th'at EscufnentS- = information before making such' "1'lfd'f'/'/,1eonn' said that there were . grave statements. Major Pewis per-I i d t of pages "where money was slated that his only motive was to p t'l y, by operators. and he said in bring the matter to the attention of She '.l.,iid") that the. further the com-s ,th Itt,"erirse'art,,u/iei,tintc"itT to a???" h o into the matter of that t ere mig e a proper n es- 'teil/de/ri?,',",',,),')',, startling would be tigation into the young man 5 death. the disclosures. --- Cannot Find Report. i----------------- Both Mr. Waldron and Mr. Hell- muth appeared to set great store by . the report which has been men- tionled rigs havin'lp';l tt,"ei1ld'gt.iQ,ttt,t1t bf); . "Co ." orter, 1e . e egram's s a Bill About ?,"lt,"gg,',' . . Iii',',",',",',?'"?,'))), It, gimme? a? S "I on has not can oun , an i aor Comes UP ext 6581 Lewis who said he returned it tol . owman. in introduc- I Mr. Robinson after reading it, could ' . Hon. Rem?" Bislatui'e yesterday an not say anything as to its present mg into tht eg 1 t t id. the : whereabouts. act respecting water o s, 0 l On behalf otThe Toronto Telegram, House that it was not the intention a promise was made to make another .. this session, but search in an effort to locate the docu- to press the bill . _-.------""-"-'"""-" S ecial com- ment, and Major_LeWis also prom- to have it referred to a gich would 1sed. to produce his notes concerning mittee of the .House, w ss and re- ,it, it they have not been destroyed. consider it during the rece e Major Lewis was on the witness port for next session. . istand throughout the day, and may h bill is for revision of Itys." the further examined and cross-ex- rel'fiti'i'ig to rivers and streamS. t',hi,') amined it the Porter report is pro- -it is a suggestion that a 'iegfl', 13; . duced. He produced a letter which be appointed to direct IQ 1it1d'r on _ he received in March from Miss May tall matters affecting t a Tur Huston, Sister of the deceased ot- /tv'ite"r'iiii'yi. - ', ficer. There was a brief discussion