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TACOMA, WASH LEDGER SEPTIMBER 27, 1931 on- of BARF PLOT TO 1 a SMIRCH PROSECUTOR dg- ots CHLCAGO, Sept. 26.-0 Tribune said today that feder est cials have exploded a plot C by by Terry Druggan and othe oir lums associated with him Ta- hibition and income tax, lar t a tions, to attempt to damage t of acter of George E. O. ac- (Continued on Page 11, Col A ty he (Continueu zrom Page one) 12 United States district attorney, WS and Jack Guzick. of Druggan, Al Capone, Frank Lake to obstruct government prosecution and ng The plot had advanced to the m- a- stand in federal court during his in- tended to testify from the witness in- the Tribune said, where Druggan point, m paid come tax evasion trial that he had li- from $75,000 to procure immunity d to swear that his money reached planned punishment. Druggan Johnson's office. >n F. not reported plot, the Tribune said, b The federal investigation of th at the yet reached the point where or ce be mentioned. Some of them, C. th names of persons involved n- the newspaper added, were coerced in SS either in good faith or in hopes € plot, while others entered gaining lighter sentences. the Tribune said, were that Di The outstanding facts of the p and Lake were confronted wi prisonment in a federal penit this long, were determined and, having fought off pur free at any cost.

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