The Political Machine and the Perjury Case

Whether Adam Smith, who was yesterday arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Short on a charge of perjury, swore falsely to the time that Henry Humburg had been a resident of the United States when he was issued final papers of naturalization, will not be known until next November at the time of the Federal court session. Smith this morning waived his preliminary hearing before Court Commissioner Strong and his case was set for the next term of the United States court. The fact that Smith preferred to waive his preliminary caused but little surprise, as it was openly stated on the streets last night that the machine leaders did not care to have the case aired in open court at this time, two days before the election. Another reason alleged for the continuance is that the prosecution has a case so strong that the introduction of evidence might implicate several machine leaders who were allegedly instrumental in having 13 Russians determine to take out their final papers in order to vote at the city election. Smith, by reason of his standing in the Russian colony, was merely a 'heeler' for the machine. This fact is borne out by Smith's name appearing as a witness in eight of the other cases now under suspicion.