Evening star., 1946-07-03

| @. Have you had any brush
With the law since that time?
A. No, sir.
@. And before that time?
A. Yes, sir, l have had brush-ins
with them.
@. Did you serve any time other
than that?
! A. For income tax evasion I
served ID months in LeWiSburg.
/ @. What do you know about these
checks?
A. cashed the checks that I
looked at for Mr.. Albert Levin, an
attorney.
Q. Located where?
A. His Office at that time was in
the Peoples Life Insurance Build
ing
@. Where'is it now?
A. He is dead now. sir.
7 @. When did he die?
I A. Oh, I would say just before
Christmas, l think.
( @. You cashed all these checks for
Mr.. Levin?
a ffSAA, tdll WHY tCll UN lOOhlIlk
at them. can't tell I cashed all of
them.
! @. mean all the checks with your
name on them.
A. With my name on them. Let
me look at them Witness exam
lining checks) Yes, sir, they all look
like my signature.
@. Mr.. Levin, an attorney. brought
those checks to you, and you gave
him the cash.
A. I didn't give him the cash right
away. He gave me couple of
checks one time, and the checks
came back. There wasn't sufficient
sums or something. Not any of
those checks indicating, though.
He asked me would I cash those
checks for him. I told him yes, but
l wouldn't give him the money until
the checks cleared the bank. Some
times l never gave him the money
until two or three weeks afterwards.
@. So. at times his checks bounced
back at you.
A. Well, none of those did I don't
remember But ne has given me
checks that did.
@. At any rate. Mr.. Levin. q
Washington lawyer. brought these
checks, that were indorsed by Mr.
Joseph Freeman, to you
A. That is right
O. And eventually you cashed
them and gave him the cash.
A. That is right.
@. You never gave it to Mr.. Free
man?
A. 1 don't know Freeman. I don't
know Carson.
@. Your only dealings with Mr.
Levin?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Did you ever hear of the Erie
Basin Metal Products Co. or the
Illinois Watch Case Co. at the time
you were cashing these checks.
A. Only by looking at the check
Naturally, 1 looked at the face of
the check, and seen it.
@. Where did Levin say he got
the checks? His name doesn't ap-
pear on the checks in any way.
A. He told me he got them from
client.
Q. Who was the client?
A. Well, I couldn't tell you that.
1 don't know.
@. What was he going to do with
the money?
A. don't know what he did with
the money after l gave it to him.
@. What did he say he was going
TO DO with it?
A. He told me he was making
something out of it.
Q. He was getting something for
cashing the checks, or getting paid
out of these funds, or what?
A. That is all he told me.
@. How long have you known Mr..
Levin?
A. I knew him ever since he had
been in Washington, I guess.
@. About how many years would
that be?
A. I guess I have known him for
about six years
q. And he was practicing attor-
ney here while you know him?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Did he ever place any bets
with you of any kind?
A. No, sir.
@. These weren't gambling debts
A. No, sir.
@. These checks were not paid to
you for gambling.
A. No, sir. they were not.
@, What did you understand this
money was for?
A. I didn't understand it. Levin
and l were very friendly. and he
Just asked me to cash the checks
for him, and I did it, and I did it
like 1 told you. I didn't give him
the money until after the checks
had cleared.
@. Why would he have YOU cash
| them rather than take them to the
bank to cash?
A. He had no money in the bank
@. He said he had no money in
the bank, and for that reason he
used you as a check -cashing service
| for him.
| A. 1t was friendly-I did it as
a friend, that is all. He didn't use
me In any way. It was friendship.
@. Did you notice one of those
checks was a certified check?
A. Well, if it was, he couldn't get
| it cashed in the bank. You can't
get certified check cashed in a
bank if you haven't got any money.
@. He has been a lawyer prac-
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