FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On May 7, 1926, former U.S. Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty* "was indicted by a Federal grand jury...for conspiracy in connection with the American Metal Company case."
The grand jury had been investigating "for several months" the transfer of American Metals stock to the alleged German owners. $391,000 was allegedly paid to the Attorney General and others "for putting through the transfer deal."
JFK+50 NOTE
The case went to trial twice with the first jury deadlocked. In the second trial, HMD was acquitted by virtue of one not guilty vote.
*Harry Micajah Daugherty (1860-1941) was born in Washington Court House, Ohio & earned his LLD at the University of Michigan. HMD served as Attorney General under Warren G. Harding & Calvin Coolidge.
SOURCE
"Harry Daugherty Is Indicted With Thomas W. Miller," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., May 7, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
