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    "ocrText": "CHICAGO ILL DATLY NEWS\nCHICAGO TLL POST\n105\nWEDNESDAY; DECEMBER 16, 1931, NESDAY, DECEMBER 16; 1931,\nNEW MANEUVER\nHOLDS UP ACTION\nALIGGAN \"FIX-UP'\nL TRIBUTE\nTIMES\nEMBER 15, 1931.\nB2R 16; 1931,\nIN DRUGCAN CASE\nTAY NET\n& EXAM\nKRUPTCY\nCR 14, 1931\n,000\nPERJURY\nSentence Deferred to Mon-\nSAYS\nAGAINST\nECKE\nday; Change in Plea May\nBe Sought.\nTORNEY\nator Reed\nASCHEN\ner Baron\nNESS\nSentencing of Terry Druggan and\nark, son of lounsel.\nFrank Lake, the \"valley\" beer hood-\nand a law\nlums, on their plea of guilty to in-\nJames A.\n-\nuse Former\ncome-tax evasion was postponed to-\ntoday told\narge that there\nGGAN\nday by Federal Judge James H. Wil-\nron he had\nween one of his\nStates District\nkerson until Monday.\nerry Drug-\nmissioner.\nJohnson, where-\nDrago\nThis was done to give the hood-\nged Com-\ncrossed by\nad guilty in re-\nlums an opportunity to make affi-\nO. John-\nrecommendation\ner Twins'\ndavit, if they so decide, in support of\nvigorously\nto jail term may\nen, building com-\na petition for a change of plea from\nperjury, it was\nlast city admin-\nSentence\nguilty to not guilty, based on a state-\nthe Druggan\ndicted last March\nment by Col. Bennett C. Clark, son\nClark's state-\ncalled in Judge\njury on a charge\ne, who, as\nto\nof the late Champ Clark, that Drug-\nhad promised\nn, was named de-\nvenue, first\ngan had told him he had been given\nmend a $5,000\nCounsel,\nn in involuntary\nL's share in\nfor Terry's\nterday in the fed-\nassurance by Attorney Leopold Mel-\nwould plead\nthe session Col.\nTrank Lake\nto\nBennett\n$1 nick that the criminal liability had\non of the late\n(11 be called\npartner of for-\nthree creditors\nbeen compromised.\ntoday when\nca\nto continue\nUnited States District Attorney\nA. Reed of Mis-\ntotal only about\nace Federal\nng of Terry\nearance and re-\ntion charges that\nGeorge E. Q. Johnson denied this\nson for sen-\nsouri, filed\ncr\nner, Frankie\nat Senator Reed\nilities are about\nvealed to th\nheatedly and demanded that Drug-\nmight \"fully\nDruggan to act\nArnold Kolb of\nin and Lake\nif\ngan make a sworn statement to that\nations of Mr.\nnidt & Kolb, who\na3\neffect, thus giving the district attor-\nguilty con\na\nPlea\nd that Druggan\nted that he under-\nccessful ap-\nCol, Clax\nney and his aids an opportunity to\nthe alleged ef-\n3\nassets were not\nitative Law-\nhad told B\nanswer the state and, it was inti-\nlis plea, but\ntorneys to com-\nand that most of\nalph Capone,\nforte tade\nmated, prosecute Druggan for per-\nitil Monday.\n\"if jury if the untruth of the statement\nal liability, and\nby counsel\nangrily, de- clined to think\nCreditors.\nin mitiga-\ncase could be proved.\nand Lake's The Missourian,\nres that Paschen\nnce will be\nor\nSeen as Echo of Plot.\nhdraw their explained, wanted\nan act of bank-\nhe\nWhat occurred in court today\nnied by affi- matter and to\nmoved, concealed\nwan seemed to prosecutors to be an echo\nlegations. lot to enter the\nealed a part of\non that Mrs.\ncept\nof the Druggan plot, exploded in\nform,\" Mr.\ney Kolb said that\nimmoned to\nwe\nSeptember, whereby Druggan was to\nbe used as ked for a sixty-\netition after they\nations of the\ntime\ntake the witness stand and testify a\nres. At this in view of the\nther creditors had\nromise their\nticul\n$75,000 bribe had been passed to en-\ncourt that aron's guilty plea\nlaims to part of\nities. Peter\nclier\nable him to escape the penitentiary\nn my office, ver a year, Judge\nts.\nlor Druggan\nthey\nromise with could grant only\nhe and his law\nin the income-tax case.\nlay indicated\nCol. Clark withdrew from the case\nese charges give Druggan's\nDi\nthe appointment\nipromise .he\ntoday because Judge Wilkerson would\naffidavits in sup-\ndent\nbefore Federal\ne taken into\nport\nnot grant a sixty-day continuance\nlaws\non to withdraw\nCarpenter. The\nward\nourt in pass-\nthe\ndenied Col.\ntrial. Col. Clark\ntition are W. J.\n\"I\nthat he and Former Senator James\nay continu-\nfrom the case.\nir with offices at\nunch\nTha\nA. Reed might investigate the va-\nS, who have\nr withdrew\nupon which,\nMcClurg court;\nnot\nlidity of statements made to them\npenalties of\nDrugpa\nys. He had\nbased his guilty\ndage company,\nlave made a\nsel 1\nby Druggan and to familiarize them-\nd that Mr.\nthe motion to\nand the Kahn\ne offers and\nthe 1\nselves with the case.\nthe defense\nwas negotiated\nGrain company,\n,000 pending\nby\nsista\nWhether Druggan will stand on his he\ncontinu-\nMelnick, formerly\nstreet.\ne officials in\nword\nplea of guilty or whether he will Ir. Reed\nis\nsel, according to\nx Dodging.\ncounsel are\nthe\ncrim;\nfurnish affidavits swearing to the Jefferson\nold in court.\nd\n\"I\ntruth of the statement he made to him busy\nin the income\nue that the\nJohnson.\nmenti\nCol. Clark was not indicated by the aid.\nwithholding tax\nto collect\nDistriet\nJohnson denied\n113,000 from the\no a criminal\nthat\npublit\nhoodlum or his attorneys.\nthe sup-\nhad been entered\naby\ninto\nto pi'\nEven if he does furnish the affi-\nil Druggan\nyears 1927 and\ndouble jeop-\nthe beer baron's\nand\nJue\ndavit, in which would be set forth\nast Friday\nDistrict Attorney\ncharge\nidavit form.\nvits\nhis sworn statement that a deal had\ny. Leopold\non announced a\nSE.\nfrom Mr.\nid, \"that the dis-\nassistants would\nweek District\nGrict\nfor t\nbeen made, Judge Wilkerson may re-\nfuse to allow the change of plea and\nommenda-\nbe given an op-\nase brought to\nJohnson de-\nportunits\n11 penalty\nthe affidavit.\ncase had in\nThe\nMr\npronounce sentence.\nliblic officials has\npromised by\nbeen\nWilkerson Takes Bench.\nstioned, and, if not proved,\ncivil litigation and the court\nthe f\nJudge Walter C. Lindley\nwas\nuld be charges of perjury\ncated that theaguilty pleas were\nbe li\nnd\nhearing Judge Wilkerson's call when\nhment.\"\nonditional.\nof th\nP\nthe Druggan-Lake case came up.\nwas heard to \"stage-whis-\nstrun3\nThen Judge took the\nis attorneys that he was\nhanch Mr Johnson was in court\nfile that affidavit right"
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