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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1959

Page

4

A. J. May Dies at 84 Former Congress Bribe Taker

Frestonburg Ky Democrat A J May longtime power in Congress died Sunday in a hospital at age 84. He entered the hospital four days earlier with a kidney infection and complications. May, a backwoods lawyer first went to Congress in 1930 and later faced war bribery charges, appealing to the Supreme Court without success. He served nine months and 13 days in federal prison near Ashland, Ky before being paroled.

Frestonsburg Andrew Jackson May Congress Aula Hienena Raanai May Supreme Court Federal Correctional Institution Ashland

Garsson bribery trial links to World War era contracts

A 1947 federal trial tied Murray and Henry Garsson to bribery allegations involving $53,000 in payoffs and influence peddling for World War I I era contracts. Witnesses included President Eisentyreer and other top officials who testified about favors asked by May and the Garssons. May and the Garssons faced sentences of six months to two years in prison.

Garsson Robert PB. Patterson May Garssons Rothers

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