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U. S, Says Police j Winked at House ] of Karpis’ Wife JGovernment Charges Mrs. 1 Goldstein Ran With ’ Police’s Consent tSEVEN PERSONS TRIED ;i*Hot Springs Drama Unfolding in Federal Court ; at Little Rock iILITTLE ROCK-H/VH-SockhiK toconvict seven Hot Springs residents «»ri : a charge of conspiring to harbor Alvin Karpis in 1935-36, the government Thursday attempted l» establish Mrs. Grace Goldstein, common-law wife of the gangster and one of the defendants, us an operator of disreputable houses run with the knowledge of die police. May Run Two WeeksLITTLE ROCK~The Alvin Karpishrrlx»ring conspiracy tiiid being held before a petit jury in United States District Court, appeared Wednesday to bo headed for ii session that may last as much ns lwc weeks.Beginning testimony. the government took over the entire second day of the trial in an effort to lay the groundwork for proof that three form* i or Hot Springs police officers*—Chief I of Detectives Herbert f Dutch i Akers. Police Chief Joseph Wakelin and Lieu- ! tenant Cecil Brock -knew that a war-[ rant had been issued for the arrest of! Karpis. then Public Enemy No. I, on I a federal indictment charging him with [ assi.siing in the kidnaping of Edward/ 0. Bremer at Minneapolis m January, jm\.United Scales Attorney Fred A. Ls-grifi in trod need 17 witnesses, including nine newspaper carriers, and read quotations from 57 articles published in Hot Springs newspapers from March 23, 1934 to February 23. 1936 in .support of the government's contentions that the Hut Springs officers under indictment knew who Karpis and his mobsters were.
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Hope Star
Hope, Arkansas, US
Thu, Oct 20, 1938
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