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STRUMANT
News Continued
From Page
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Talk Spiked
No Indictments
torney at St. Louis, and a law part-
ner of William L. Igoe, a St. Louis
political leader, were closeted in
By Milligan
conference with District Attorney
Milligan for nearly two hours.
Much Work May Remain
If McCormack, who knew Street
well and was familiar with the
Murphy and Hoover
Quiz Continues
compromise settlement negotiations,
has been able to give the grand
In Transactions
jury any light on the subject of
Make Short Visit
the mystery fund payees, then the
Of Pendergast
investigation may be nearing defi-
nite results and a report to the
federal court.
Officials Depart
Maurice M. Milligan,
Otherwise, the range of witnesses
United States district attor-
going before the grand jury seems
After Prison Trip
to indicate that there remains a lot
ney, branded as without
of investigating to do before the
Frank Murphy, Attorney General
foundation today, a report
final report can be made and the
inquiry closed.
of the United States, and J. Edgar
that the federal grand jury
Concentrate on 1936
Hoover, Director of the Federal
already had voted indict-
The investigation of Pendergast's
Bureau of Investigation, may know
ments in the $447,500 fire
business affairs was understood to
the secrets of Kansas City's federal
be based entirely on efforts to de-
grand jury, but they had nothing to
insurance compromise mys-
termine whether he had made ade-
say about it in the short time they
tery fund investigation.
quate income tax returns in 1936.
}
This would seem to indicate an
1
were in Kansas City late yesterday.
The grand jury's work in this in-
attempt on the part of government
i
Murphy and Hoover, on a routine
vestigation is not complete," Mr.
investigators to tie in the income
1
inspection tour, arrived at the Mu-
Milligan said, "and no indictments
tax returns of prominent Missouri
1
nicipal Airport at 3:55 p.m. yester-
have been prepared so far.
political figures with the investiga-
(
day by Transcontinental & Western
tion of the mystery fund of $447,500
1
The district attorney has been
spent in Missouri allegedly in con-
Air from St. Louis. They left Kan-
working closely with the grand jury
nection with the 80-20 insurance
sas City at 9:15 p.m. for Brooklyn,
in the inquiry, which includes in-
rate settlement.
N. Y., taking off in a rain.
vestigations of income tax returns
The recorder of deeds at St. Louis,
Murphy and Hoover were met by
of several prominent Missouri poli-
John P. English, appeared at the
E. P. Guinane, in charge of the
ticians.
federal building today in response
Kansas City field office of the
Money to Street
to a subpoena instructing him to
produce all books, records and in-
FBI; Maurice M. Milligan, United
Today the jury continued its
formation with reference to cam-
States district attorney; Sam Blair,
check of business transactions of
paign funds and expenditures in
assistant district attorney, and sev-
T. J. Pendergast, Democratic leader.
1934, 1935, 1936 and 1937 by the
eral special agents of the FBI.
It was understood the income tax
state committee or John Mangle,
They walked from the plane to
returns of the party leader in 1936
treasurer of the Democratic State
a motorcar parked a few feet away.
were under scrutiny.
Committee.
A police escort of motorcycle pa-
It was in February, 1936, that the
Bookkeeper First Witness
trolmen under Serg. George Mc-
bulk of the mystery fund, about
$347,000 of it, was turned over to
English's appearance was consid-
Meachin was not used by the FBI
car. From the airport Hoover,
the late Charles P. Street, then
ered for the purpose of continuing
Murphy and Milligan were driven
chairman of the subscribers' actu-
the line of questioning indicated
to the federal prison at Leaven-
arial committee for the fire iusur-
last week when members of the
Jackson County Democratic Com-
worth.
ance companies involved in the
mittee were subpoenaed.
Milligan was with Hoover and
compromise settlement.
The first witness today was Wood-
Murphy throughout the five hours
Officials of the companies are un-
row Glynn, bookkeeper for the At-
they were here. Murphy would not
derstood to have testified, before
las Lumber Company.
comment on the present investiga-
the grand jury, they turned the
Other witnesses expected to be
tion into the mysterious $447,500,
money over to Street when he told
interrogated today by the grand
paid by insurance company execu-
them it was needed to settle the
tives to the late Charles R. Street,
1
jury were W. T. Doherty, president
rate case in Missouri. They told
co-trustee in the 80-20 rate settle-
S
of the Atlas Lumber Company, who
District Attorney Milligan they did
$
said he had sold lumber to Pender-
ment in Missouri.
not know to whom Street turned
e
gast for construction of barns and
over the money.
other buildings on the latter's farm
Procedure Complicated
in Clay County; Lester Jordan, pres-
Street died in February, 1938.
ident of the Sanitary Service Com-
I
tax matters.
Had he lived, the federal govern-
ment work of running down the re-
cipients of the mystery fund and
collecting income tax on it would
have been simplified.
Under ordinary procedure in such
matters, Street would have been
subjected to inquiry by federal in-
come tax agents as to who got the
money. If, for reasons of his own,
he declined to reveal names of the
recipients. then the government
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