Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1935, Page 25

FISHER'S WITNESS SURPRISES COUNSEL 2 in Federal Court here for alleged in- come tax evasion for the years 1929- 1932, inclusive, y pleaded ‘“sur- " to_testimony given by his own witness, Ellis Irwin, an attorney, and sought to impeach the testimony. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, APRIC 14, 1935—PART ONE. also indicted for alleged attempted in- come tax evasion, ‘Wilkinson expressed “surprise” upon hearing Irwin’s testimony of his dis- posal of the $2,478 and attempted to impeach the testimony of his own SHOOTING OF HOODLUM RECALLS GANG WARS “Spike” O’Donnell, fell dangerously wounded. Double-parking his sedan for a quick get-away, the gunman strolled across the street and accosted Rosen- to question him at the hospital but he refused to talk. The easy-shooting era of prohibi- tion days gave Rosenbaum a minor notoriety. He served terms at Joliet INDICTMENT OF PARISH FOR THEFT DISMISSED B-§"~ eral Sessions Judge Charles C. Nott, T, Judge Nott acted on the recom- mendation of Assistant District At- torney Willlam R. Maloney and on “Spike” ©O'Donnell’s Bodyguard Wounded as He Chats in Chicago Street. Irwin, formerly Ellis C. Itzkovitch, has had his name changed by a court order. As the defense opened its chal- lenge to Government charges, Irwin testified that of an $5,800 check made payable to him in 1930, he had paid $2,478 “to Jules and Joe Fisher” on the same day he had received the check from the Gulf Crushing Co., Inc. Jules Fisher, uncle of the de- fendant, is a State Senator and is $5 Delivers Any Suite! Release Is Recommended to New York Judge by Assistant Prosecutor. witness on that point. Wilkinson produced documents pur- porting to be statements of Irwin to internal revenue agents saying the $2,478 was paid as “payments to la- borers” with whom Irwin said he was not acquainted. baum. They chatted a moment, then the hoodlum pulled his revolver and fired three times. Bullets ripped through Rosenbaum’s right arm, left shoulder and chin. He slumped against a steel pillar of the elevated railway. The gunner jumped into his car and sped off. Physicians said Rosenbaum prob- ably would recover. Detectives, be- lieving he knew his assailant, tried Prison, was tried for vagrancy in the general campaign against the hood- lum species in 1933, but was freed when a jury failed to reach a verdict and was picked up as a gun-toter along with “Spike” O'Donnel in 1931, the motion of Frederick J. Sullivan, defense attorney, The indictment, filed in December, 1932, concerned the alleged theft of $127,000 in bonds of a subsidiary firm of the pipe line company; $63,500 in rromissory notes, and “130 pieces of paper valued at 1 cent” from W. G. Maguire and Co, Inc, a Chicago concern. $5 Delivers Any Suite! Defense Seeks to Impeach Testi- mony of Attorney Regard- ing Check for $8,800. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 13.—A hoodlum’s gun, reminiscent of gang war days, barked on the fringe of the downtown Loop today and Sanford “Gimpy” Rosenbaum, bodyguard of Edward By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 13.—A grand larceny indictment against Frank Parish, former president of the Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line of Chi- cago, was dismissed yesterday by Gen- By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, April 13—Hugh Wilkinson, defense counsel for State Representative Joseph Fisher, on trial Iron Has Own Stand. A novel electric iron carries its own stand nestled in its sides. ‘When painting shingles that are dry and absorbent because of weath- ering, an excess of oil should be added to the paint. Charming 3-Pc. Maple Living Room Suite Exactly as - pictured, the suite is con- structed of all hardwood and finished in early American maple. 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