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AgentCase Near JuryIFlkWASHINGTON’. lt;AP) — A jury in 1955. that Frank told her he _ starts dehberatms: today the ease '^3^ ***■« hired by Trujillo to in-1 of John Joseph Frank, accused of v*5kgate plo4 by his £acting illegally as an agent of *** ** *° ***“*'Gencroh^imo Ha foci TixijjIIo and Mrs. New comer said Frank die-i ihr jjommsrm Republic. rated a report for Trujillo in whichFran*. Washington attswney and he mentioned, among: others, Je-former FBI agent, is charged with sus Maria de Galindez and Nicbo-lailiRg to register with the Jus- las Silla. She said there were sev-li)tice Department under the Fore- eral supplemental reports, one o! ign Agent* Registration Act. 1 which included Frank** bill at theIOpposing attorneys began their;rate of $20 an hour, plus fees (or final arguments late yesterday to informers1a jury of nine women and three men in federal district court. When they are completed later to-Edward I* Carey, Frank’s duel counsel, argued that Frank became a security adviser to Thyd-lday. Judge James R. Kirkland will to in m* -with the approval and give his instructions and submit approbation of the State Depart-the case to the jury for its ver- raent.**j ‘‘They push him into a ctua-Among the courtroom specta- tion,” Carey said. “When he gets tors yesterday was L. G. Mur-, there they try to prosecute and phy. father of missing flier Gerald convict him.”L. Murphy, whose name has fig- This alluded to testimony that ured prominently in the trial, a Dominican official, seeking to The father, a Eugene. Ore. busi- hire a security adviser for Trtijil-nessmart, declined comment under to for a trip to Europe, was put in prompting by Justice Department touch with Frank by Robert F. attorneys. He said he had no com- Cartwright, a State Departmenttnetit on the trial. official.Chief Prosecutor William II. Hundley called March 6. 1936. Hundley told the jury the govern- -the critical date.” On that day, ment’s evidence established that Murohv arranged to lease a twx I rank conducted *’spying activi- engine plane at an airport at Lin-ties on behalf of Trujillo.” jden. N. J. Air Force Sgt. HaroldHundley recalled the testimony L. French testified he helped Mur-of Mrs. Sara T. Newcomer,'ph; add additional fuel tanks to Frank s part-time secretary early increase the plane's range.I
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Corpus Christi Times
Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Wed, Dec 04, 1957
Page 11
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