Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1936, Page 27

MISTRIAL HALTS SVITH TESTIMONY " “Slip of Tongue” Brings Ruling in Trial of Two for Extortion. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 17.—Dec- laration of a mistrial in the case of two men charged with extortion yes- terday averted the scheduled ap- pearance of Alfred E. Smith, jr, as & prosecution witness. The former Governor's son Wwas waiting in an ante-room when General | 8essions Judge Owen W. Bohan halted the trial of A. Henry Ross, Brooklyn lawyer, and Max D. Krone, private detective, who were accused of ‘ob- | taining $5,000 from a Boston business | Axecutive under threats of linking | his name with that of a young stenographer. Judge Bohan granted a defense | | by the defendants, whose alleged vic- | the Gillette Safety Razor Co. The Assistant District Attorney Eugene J. Finnegan made what he acknowledged to be & “slip of the tongue" by re- ferring to another indictment ac- cusing Krone of enginecering a similar extortion plot against young Smith. The court held that Finnegan's mention of another indictment was “prejudicial” to the defendants and would “prevent them from getting a fair trial” Finnegan was undecided about mov- ing for another trial later. On the stand at the time was Miss Catherine Pavlick, a comely blond who had told of accompanying young Smith to a hotel one night in may, 1933, and of receiving money subse- quently from Krone. The State had hoped to show | through the testimony of Miss Pav- lick and Smith the methods employed tim in the present indictment was Samuel C. Stampleman, president of | girl in the Stampleman case, Helen | Conboy, has exonerated stnmplemlnl of any misconduct with her. | Smith’s estranged wife, Mrs. Betty | Smith of Syracuse, N, Y., was among the spectators. | The trial had been under way since THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. FEET 3 INCHES LONG Custom of Binding Still Persists in China. 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