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Refuse Mistrial Plea for Defensein Karpis HearingU. S. Judge Trimble Over-1 ^ rules Charge of Prejudicial StatementBARE INTIMIDATIONMrs. Goldstein Jailed for Threatening Government Witnesses(LITTLE ROCK—{/Pj—U. S. District Judge T. C. Trimj!e Monday overruled n motion for mistrial In the ca.sc of seven ITot Springs residents charged with conspiring to harborAlvin Karpis in 1035-36.The motion was entered by the defense on the grounds thut a member of the government’s prosecution stuff had mode n prejudicial statement in the presence of the jury concerning the alleged financing of n house of prostitution by former Chief of Detective Herber (Dutch) Akers, of Hot Springs, one of the defendants.The court sustained defense objections to testimony in this connection while Della May Jefferies, who said she was known as “Ginger, was on the stand.
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Mon, Oct 24, 1938
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