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    "ocrText": "105\nCHICAGO TLT. POST\nWEDNESDAY DECEMBER 16; 1931,\nWEDNESDAT CHICAGO 16, 193\nDRUGGAN \"FIX-UP\"\nDRUGGAN \"FIX-UP\"\nL TRIBTINE\nCHICAGO ILL TIMES\nEMBER 15, 1931.\nCHARGE MAY NET\nWEDNESDAY, DECEMBUR 16; 1931,\nIAY NET\n& EXAM\nKRUPTCY\nCR 14, 1931\nJAIL FOR PERJURY\nFINE OF $5,000\nPERJURY\nPROMISED, SAYS\nAGAINST\nECKE\nFormer Senator Reed\nTERRY'S ATTORNEY\nator Reed\nASCHEN\nSought by Beer Baron\ner Baron\nNESS\nto Act as Counsel.\nthe late Champ Clark and a law\nCol. Bennett C. Clark, son of Counsel.\npartner of ex-Sen. James A.\nuse Former\nTerry Druggan's charge that there\nReed of Missouri, today told\narge that there\nGGAN\nwas an agreement between one of his\nFederal Judge Wilkerson he had\nween one of his\nattorneys and United States District\nbeen advised that Terry Drug-\nStates District\nmissioner.\nAttorney George-E Q. Johnson,\nJohnson, where-\ngan had been double-cross by\nged Com-\nby Druggan was to plead guilty\nad guilty in re-\nturn for Johnson's recommendation\nDist. Atty. George E. O. John-\nrecommendation\ner Twins'\nof a $5,000 fine and no jail term may\nson. Mr. Johnson vigorously\no jail term may\nen, building com-\nland Terry in jail for perjury, it was\ndenied it.\nperjury, it was\nlast city admin-\nSentence\nindicated today when the Druggan\nn the Druggan\ndicted last March\nThe substance of Col. Clark's state-\nincome tax case was called in Judge\ncalled in Judge\njury on a charge\nment was that Johnson had promised\ne, who, as\nWilkerson's court.\nn, was named de-\nDruggan he would recommend a $5,000\nvenue, first\nCounsel.\nn in involuntary\nReed May Be Counsel,\nfine as the sole penalty for Terry's\nt's share in\nterday in the fed-\nAt the opening of the session Col.\nincome tax frauds if Terry would plead\nthe session Col.\nTrank Lake\nBennett C. Clark, son of the late\nguilty.\non of the late\n(11 be called\npartner of for-\ne\nthree creditors\nChamp Clark and law partner of for-\nClark asked the judge to continue\ntoday when\nmer Senator James A, Reed of Mis-\nA. Reed of Mis-\ntotal only about\nfor 60 days the sentencing of Terry\nace Federal\narance and re-\ntion charges that\nsouri, filed his appearance and re-\nand his former beer partner, Frankie\nson for sen-\nvealed to the court that Senator Reed\nat Senator Reed\nilities are about\nLake. so defense lawyers might \"fully\ninvestigate the representations of Mr.\nDruggan to act\nArnold Kolb of\nhad been asked by Druggan to act\nin and Lake\nnidt & Kolb, who\nas his counsl.\nDruggan.\"\nguilty con\nd\nthat Druggan\nted that he under-\nCol. Clark declared that Druggan\nJudge Overrules Plea\nccessful ap-\nhad told Reed about the alleged ef-\nThe judge overruled this plea, but torneys\nthe alleged ef-\nassets were not\nitative Law-\nto\ncom-\nand that most of\nforts made by his attorneys to com-\npromise the criminal liability, and\ncontinued the matter until Monday. al liability,\nalph Capone,\nReed had been inclined to think\nMr. Johnson, flushing angrily, de- clined to think\nand\nby counsel\nCreditors.\nmanded that Druggan's and Lake's The Missourian,\nin mitiga-\nDruggan had a case, The Missourian,\nres that Paschen\nnce will be\nhowever, time Col. Clark explained, wanted\nmotion for leave to withdraw their explained, wanted\npleas of guilty be accompanied by affi- matter and to\nan act of bank-\nto consider the matetr and\ndavits embodying their allegations.\nmoved, concealed\nlists. decide whether or not to enter the to\nlot\nto\n\"I want this in affidavit form,\" Mr.\nenter\nthe\nealed part of\non that Mrs.\nJohnson said, \"so it may be used as ked for a sixty-\ney Kolb said that\nimmoned to\nClark\ntherefore\nday fact continuance, that but, in for view a of sixty- the\nasked\na basis for perjury charges. At this t, in view of the\netition after they\nations of the\nbeer\ntime I wish to inform the court that aron's guilty\nther creditors had\nromise their\nthe\nhas\nbeen\nbaron's\non\nguilty\nplea\nneither I, nor any one from my office, over a year, Judge\nplea\nlaims to part of\nities. Peter\nts.\nWilkerson\never entered into a compromise with could\nsaid\nDruggan or Lake, and these charges\ngrant only\nlor Druggan\nI he and his law\na\nfive-day\nare utterly unfounded.\"\ngive Druggan's\nlay indicated\nthe appointment\ncounsel\naffidavits in sup-\nipromise .he\ntim\nbefore Federal\nport\nCol. Clark Withdraws\ne taken into\nof\nthteir\non to withdraw\nCarpenter. The\nthe\nplea\nand\nWhen Judge Wilkerson denied Col.\ntrial. Col. Clark\nourt in pass-\nthereupon\nClark's request for a 60-day continu-\ntition are W. J.\nThe\nwithdrew\nfrom the case.\nr with offices at\nance, the St. Louis lawyer withdrew\nS, who have\nupon which,\nDruggan\nas counsel for the beer boys. He had\nMcClurg court;\npenalties of\ninsists,\nhe\nsaid\nbased his guilty\nplea,\nand\nhis\nthere was a likelihood that Mr.\nrdage company,\nthe motion to\nave made a\nand the Kahn\nwithdraw\non\nwhich\nis\nReed would have aided in the defense\ne offers and\nof by Attorney Leo P,\nbased,\nwas negotiated\nof Druggan and Lake if the continu-\nGrain company,\nMelnick, formerly\n,000 pending\nstreet.\nthe Druggan's counsel,\nance had been granted. Mr. Reed is\nel, according to\ne officials in\nnow engaged in a trial at Jefferson\nold in court.\nx Dodging.\ncounsel are\nstory Druggan according to\nCity, Mo., which will keep him, busy\nd in the income\nue that the\nDistrict Challente by\nfor five weeks, Col. Clark said.\nJohnson.\nwithholding tax\nto collect\nthat any agreement Attorney\nCol. Clark, enlarging on the sup-\nJohnson denied\n113,000 from the\no a criminal\nposed compromise offer, said Druggan\nhad been entered\ninto\nyears 1927 and\ndouble jeop-\nand\ncharge\nasked\nhad gone to Jefferson City last Friday\nthe beer baron's\ndavit form.\nDistrict Attorney\nbe\n'And\nput\nand told Mr. Reed that Atty. Leopold\non announced a\nSE.\nI\ntrict\nB. Melnick Mad obtained from Mr.\nd. \"that the dis-\nJohnson the promise of recommenda-\nbe given an op-\nassistants would\nweek District\nattorner\ntion of a $5,000 fine as the full penalty,\nr\nthe affidavit.\nase brought to\nJohnson de-\n,\niblic officials has\ncase had in\nbeen questioned, and, if not proved,\npromised by\nthere should be charges of perjury\ncivil litigation and the court\nand punishment.\"\ncated that the guilty pleas were\nDruggan was heard to \"stage-whis-\nonditional.\nper\" to his attorneys that he was\n\"ready to file that affidavit right\nnow.\""
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