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LGl.s:ip-il-nuletiplifidherabjHTirmCohen PalsHeld inPerjuryCharged WithLto U.S.lU:350uul(helies■illiirn-aidthensfjthe301*l?L*SN;*its-om, A r-ain-rie:-hey)WI1but SgU ills-alist lulu, •the ve:e i par bdsn —ol ins I Hid the Red lay.i reus ikon first nose theRoger Leonard and George Perry, cleared yesterday in the slaying of Jack (The Unlorcer) Whalen, were arrested by the i'\l in Los Angeles today on a federal perjury charge.’Leonard, ‘14, a sometimes movie producer, and Perry, 32-yckr-ohl .Sun Diego beauty salon owner, are accused of lying , in testimony before a Tederal .grand jury which probed the Whalen shooting*They were arraigned before U.S. Commissioner [Theodore Hockc at the federal building and released on $1,000 bond carli. A preliminary hearing svas set for May 11 on the complaint issued by Asst. U.S.Ally. Robert E. 1-liner fold.Only yesterday afternoon Superior Judge Lewis Drucker dismissed conspiracy and murder charges against I-eonard,Perry (also known as Pisci-tello),. theatrical agent Joe Di-Carlo *12, and Mickey Cohen,49.A jury deadlocked 9 to 3 for acquiial of'the men on*April 10 following a month-long trial.judge Druekcv dismissed the conspiracy count against a fifth defendant, Sam Frank LoClgno, and ordered him back in court next Wednesday for scheduling his trial on the min*d*r oh urge,.LoCigho; testified *-tie ‘ sfrof rl}\ Whalen it) self-defense when' ** the, purported collector for bookies attacked him in Ron-dellPs restaurant in Shermanjs^u Oaks. 'f0linEA30CPMSlt;Tocm-ng a ,nny UseAdmits Lyinggclu: of / Tli hie 9U3 eoph getsli n re-mile-town 3hina Tati-I ofigC rU.S. set a d the rienn ssoci-. 1 hat nm\t-15,9-15 *9,517 i lustthe s year 1 tons ► tonsAt the trial, Leonard admitted loaning LoCJgno the* gun believed used to.kill Whalen, Perry confessed in his testimony that lie had discarded! hu? gun and admitted lying be- cj.0ll Core the federal grand jury last Sept ember when he was questioned about Ike weapon.Perry said lie lied because “I didn’t want to get involved; I didn’t want my family involved.”Dist. Ally. William B. Me-Kesson an no u ncelt; 1 ycsterday Ins office intruded to go ahead with the prosecution of Lo Cigno, whose first degrec-mur* dor conviction following a previous trial was reversed by the district court of appeal.LoCignn was subsequently indicted and tried with the others, all sitting at the same table in RondelJi's when Whalen was killed Dec. 3, 3959.The prosecution claimed he svas lured there to be killed.. ■Judge Drucker held:“Although much testimony of the defendants was*discredited anti there .was some admitted perjury, I consider the totality of I ha evidence against l hem shows Mm I no conspiracy existed.’The evidence at mosi showed some of the defendants may have 1con accessories after the fact, but it was not sufficient to classify them as aiders and abetters/’Gt to tl plan the Gj and kins Uori. ley.MIffstelojhadarerTFlatiiiglandwhratginloreSiHssupOilnigMo:rxtheamFrirail
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Pasadena, California, US
Thu, Apr 19, 1962
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