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. HOLD FOR RELEASE The following statement of the Pre of the Attornoy General are for release without 1 morting newspapers of Monday, September 12, 1902, : THEODORE G. JOSLIN Secretary to the President The President said: "On the 28th of July last I announced that I had directed the Department d Justice to exhaustively investigate and report in full upon the incidents of the so-called vonus riots of that day in ! Washington and tn present the facts, through sworn witnesses, to 2 the Grend Jurys I further stated that 1 should meke the Attorney t General's report public when received by m. ; "Tue investigation has been completed. In giving out the report which shows the character of many of the persons assembled, the inci- dents and character of the instigators of the riots, I wish to state enphatically vhet the extreordinary proportion of criminal, communist an@ non-veteran elements amongst the marchers as shown by this should not be taken to reflect upon the many thousands of ncnest, law- abiding men who came to Washington with full Tight of presentation of their views to the Congress. This better element ana their leaders acted at all times to restrain crime and viol: efter journment of Congress a large portion of them returned to their hones end gradually these better elements lost control. This report should 1 . _correct the many misstatements of fact as to this incident with which ~° i the country has been flooded." ‘ eager i _ ‘ [: ton aeopaen ot | i Pons