The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 3, 1953, Page 8

Jury Returns “Not Guilty” Verdict For Jacksonville Pair Wednesday|~ eae ae B id feito, handled the case for the front door. On cross examina- |$45,000 in goods and stock in the! Police Lieut. Joseph Cerezo took|Perer said he didn’t know whe. And Entering Charge state. tion, he said nothing had been store. the stand and told how he saw the ther it was the same one or not Was Based On Nov. 9 | when the prosecution rested, the missing from the ‘building al- | On cross examination, Campbell defendants on the Elizabeth St. but that it looked like it. : Gulfstream Case defense moved for a directed not! though there was $50,000 in stock asked Muniz how he got on the parking lot about 12:30 a. m. as| Watson Roper, Jr. criminal 814 FLEMING STREET By DENIS SNEIGR |guilty verdict. Judge Caro denied and cash in the store. roof to look at the holes. Muniz he was driving north on White St. investigator for the sheriff's de- Ithe motion. His son, J the other said he used a ladder. ie id he turned into Virginia, partment, testified under ques- § PA rk It took a six-man Criminal Court) 's, the closing arguments: Camp- coowner, test an atiempt caprnaee a Be gape building aacosa as ts sae at hie car'| Sting fy. Clesre. thet bo bad uperette t | ef only 18 minutes last night to s had been made to j y the front. a ‘ ; *\ been an FBI man for 14% years amid tnd attempt-\Peu Jr., first addressed the jury. door with @ exow without a ladder?” Campbell ask- — cut into the parking lot on the and 0 private eye in Micmi fer The Best Deal In Town! od entering and pos-|.t* “leare spoke. He was follow-/ Campbell, Sr. obje 0 the ed. \Virginia St. side of the building.’ siz months before jeining the | 4 breaking . id POS led by Campbell, Sr. use of the word crowb: e the “Yes,” Muniz replied, “when the’ The lieutenant’s car was being | Monree County sheriff's depart- It’s Natural At Archer’s! session of burglary tools, ..| The jury was composed of Will Witness had not seen wha’ tr er is parked there.” (This is follewed by another police car | ment. - The jury brought its verdict in E. P. Roberts, foreman, Maynard Met was used and that saj ig trailer used by the store to driven by Patrolman Armande | He identified the defendants, told SEVEN BIG REASONS to Judge Thomas S. Caro at 10 y. spe jes L ‘ai acct Em.'W25 4 ¢ whar was an assump- haul supplies from Miami). | Perez. A radio message from the (of the holes in the roof, and how aA fter the trial be-| '~ ls eg ‘i » SM tion on Muniz’s part “Was the trailer there?” Camp-! lieutenant’s car told Perez about he had photographed them. He von’) ‘ P.M 12 hours jilio C. Norcisa, Joseph P. Ladd, Judge Caro sustained the objec- bell asked. the men sighted in the parking said he had taken samples of the Why You'll Always Get A Better Deal at re jand Ralph Diaz. tion “Yes,” Muniz replied. let and the twe cars closed in en roofing and sent them as well as Gabriel Hernandez, %4, of Jack) Parlier yesterday, the court Muniz then confined his testi- | “Why didn't you get on the trail-| them as the men reached White the aa to Miami for analysis A e ¢ # E 4 4 § sonville, and Paul Mortellaro, 29, — Louis pire ges of the’ mony to the condition of the ‘er to get on the roof?” | St. | Charles Zmuda and Joseph Nicol, , had been charged with Gulfstream partment) door, He also said that he had Cleare objected, saying the ques-| Perez testified to essentially technicians in the Dade County : tne to break sig Gulf. Store, describe how he was called seen three holes that had beon tion was immaterial. . jsame as the lieutenant. He added|Criminal Bureau of Tersotiantion “coe Bssotee = Rcraag pgp eit Food ,Department Store, the store in the early morning) drilled in the roof and that the | Judge Caro overruled him. ithat he had taken a wrecking bar testified that they had examined roducts eWell Stoc! ves ova pera ite St., cart the morn.|20urs by city police, | tarpaper and insulation had been | “The trailer was gone on the/and a flashlight from Mortellaro. the samples of materials from the Economy Prices ioe slag aes | He testified that there was @ | ripped up. He said an attempt morning of Nov. 10,” Muniz said.; On cross examination Perez said roof and the wrecking bar. ing of Nov. 9 by | ene and # half inch diameter | had been made to rip up roof That was the day the holes in the|Mortellaro did not try to hide the| However, the roof samples were The yes: rena! and | hele drilled in the backdoor and board. roof were discovered because of a bar he held in his hand. Asked not admitted in evidence. The bar Fo con, Jomes B. Campbell, Jr., | ® Partially drilled hole in the | Muniz estimated that there was rain. about the bar that was in court, and flashlight were admitted. of Jacksonville, and Tom Wat- kins, of Key West, put no wit- nesses on the stand. Neither of the defendants took the stand. Allan B. Cleare, Jr., county soli- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, December 3, 1953 Page 8) Justice Dept. ae | Denies I ity Swift's Good Heavy Western In Denver Case Ss “ | T-Bone Steaks “ 47¢ WASHINGTON wW—The Justice Fresh Shipped Grade A fusal to aid in a Denver grand Swift's Good Heavy Western WH tampering case, says 19 FBI par aided in the investigation. US. District Judge Willis W. Rit- ter hed said last week that the department had refused to assist in an inquiry into jury tampering by Denver gamblers. The judge, then sitting in Denver, could not be reached last night at his home in Salt Lake City. ‘The Justice Department state (Pure Creamery Roll U.S. Govt. Graded ment late yesterday did not men- tion the judge but referred to a Boneless Beef Roast. 55c “political discussion” of the case— an obvious reference to a discus- a sion of it by Clayton Fritehey, | t. e ° ° bagi hooey ay eg Swift's Premium Tenderized Gti illu: Etlts relent elitltn [ [ the Justice Department.”” He men- tioned Judge Ritter’s remarks, BUDGET FOODS Asst. Atty. Gen. Warren Olney e e e ic National Committee. Fritchey, in a television appear- LB | ance Sunday, declared that Atty. le Gen. Brownell reopened the con- : troversial Harry Dexter White! a String End LB. case, in part, to divert attention / from “a serious situation within q | LB [= % IXI took note of comments that the way. mishandled,” “and he. de Our Butcher Will Give You fete | Large Pkg. ¢ Young - Tender the Cut You Desire Olney said he issued the state- ment, as head of the Justice De- | 4 | hi P i it partment’s Criminal Division, be- Hunt’s | ne Long Grain Ta ler White Mea‘ cause he had direct supervision on j charges of bribery and obstruction | Rice ee lb. KK una e can 33c of justice. H Charles Vigil, a Democrat who Lb Fla Standard 2 Lg. Cans Royal Arms prosecuted the case and who was/| . ousted by Brownell + U.S. attor- Tomatoes 25c Coffee ee bb. 73c ney at Denver about the time it pie ha igery arte iad id} 2 Lean Meaty || Campbell’s PORK 2Cans Oak Grove Lg. Can isputing” tha’ e played a/ - 9 in the ‘ | a had Sci aailies that some| 14 Oz. Bottles ¢ & Beans ee 25c eaches ee 28c of his requests for FBI aid were} rejected by the Justice Depart- W. ld f ment. Last night, Vigil told a re-| porter in Denver: “I don’t know a or how many agents were on the Lb case. Just where FBI help started e and stopped, I can’t say now.” Olney said one phase of the case began with a tip last Sept. 17 that an attempt had been made to bribe Swift's Premium @ prospective juror and ended : Sept. 24 with the errest of all ROLLS those involved. hetti “This record clearly shows,” Ol-} ; Lb = - ney went on, “that this phase of| C Ih Pk Hill Turni Underwood Can x og h - Ao . ello 4 Oak Hill Turnip or Mustard mated rh meas cess °°: Campbell’s Tomato , G 3s 25c | Devil Ham. 20c Invesgigation, was fully invessti- reens states c . gated by the Bureau of Investiga- tion, indictments were returned on U.S. NO.I ee rye investigation and | stimony the Federal Bureau M Yi i | of Invesgitation, and all defend- i “epee | OTATOES ants have been convicted of al Bordo Grapefruit - . - charges so far brought to trial."* ¢ ANS ¢ aie headquarters at City Hall, : Franco-A “Sageees LARGE SEMaKS lieving him to be a pet—the de- ai ii odorized variety, Grade A - Medium T q But there the ungrateful skunk ; : Pa HE i @ut loose with a blast that sent oe - officers Ernie Coleman and Henry Shelton running for cover, Now no- | FINE FOR SLICING—FRESH body around City Hall will speak) N y te EGGS Doz. 55 2 Cans 27¢ | ri “Roz t : TOMATOES . .. 20¢ May Clear Witches | BOSTON if — The 1954 Massa-| ARMOUR’S ehusetts Legislature has been ee See saa ' | __ PHONE 2.5132 saad MILK Vi cto ry M & M | FOR FREE DELIVERY withcraft conviction of Ann Pudea-| A kK K | baa and npr | nn wa, rs Hi ’ Se ed «597() MARK ET A V4 WHITE cE a e executed died in jail be- 028 fore the witch ia sais. — is Sa 1 TR A sa } Ungrateful Skunk SHAWNEE, Okla w—Two kind