Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-21
1891, the whole course Of his life
changed.
Works with Medalie.

1881, the whole course OF ms lie
changed.
Works with Medalie.
The Empire Trust Co. pumped
down q law suit Of major proportions
and Dewey decided he needed the
help Of q top-notch trial lawyer. A
friend suggested George 2. Medalie.
That suited Dewey and 1t suited
Medalie. The first day they met
Dewey spent from 10 IN the morning
until midnight presenting the case
and he worked with Meoaie through
out the trial.
AS the trial ended. President Hoo
yer appointed Medalie United States
attorney for the southern district.
and, before he could do more than
accept. he came down with an at
tack Of grippe. He telephoned Dewey
and asked II he would help by drawing
up a list Of names from which he
could choose a staff. Put your own
name down, too," he suggested, and
Dewey said. mo, thank you" Medalie
said he wanted him as chief Of the
crime division and Dewey again said,
mo, thank you" But when Medalie
came down to the ONCE and said he
would make him chief assistant In
charge of the crime, the civil and
the prohibition divisions, Dewey
couldn't refuse.
He was only %, and, though it en-
tailed q great financial sacrifice-the
job paid $500 a year-the honor was
too much to resist. He stipulates.
however. that he would resign after
two years.
Gordon Case Provides Step.
But he didn't resign. He moved up.
At 81, he became United States attor-
ney. And the Waxey Gordon case is
q sample reason for the promotion.
Gordon was a big shot, practically
immune to local law enforcers. So
Dewey shook out his heavy guns. He
worked three years on that case. The
last third of a year he labored IS
hours q day. He got home exactly
four nights in four months. He went
through more than 100 900 documents,
whitfield down the list Of witnesses
from over 1000 to l40. And at the
end of the trial, the jury was out 40
minutes. Gordon, supreme ruler Of
what was once q kingdom apart from
the democracy in which the rest Of
the Americans live, faced 10 years Of
prison and an $50, 900 flne because he
had come up against a lawyer who
knew how to prepare q case and knew
how to spread it out so that no jury
could miss 1t.
Record Of Convictions.
Dewey was in the thick Of the Fed
eral Governments drive against rack
eteers. He prepared the Dutch Schultz
case, convicted James J. Mccormick,
Tammany leader; sent James Cas-
taldo. srtichoke king, to Jail; obtained
the indictment against Charles e.
Mitchell, former head Of the National
City Bank: broke up the immigration
racket, the building racket in the
Bronx. prosecuted labor union racket
GERS, forced Municipal Court Judge
Harold L. Kunstler of the bench,
sweated through the proceedings that
resulted in the disbarment Of David
Paris. a member of the State Legis-
lature.
Dewey owes favors to no man. While
he was a Federal attorney, no one who
complained of racketeers to him came
to any harm. It is believed that, with
such a record to inspire confidence.
business men will come forward and
tell the story of their appalling VIC
limitation. Their complaints and his
investigations have q good chance to
scrub the town white.
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