Evening star., 1947-01-24
May, ; Others
Plead Innocent;
$1,000 Bail SET
TrioI Opens March l9;
Kentuckion Appears
Tense at Hearing

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Former Representative Andrew
J. May and his three co-defend-
ants charged with conspiring to
defraud the Government pleaded
not guilty in District Court to-
day.
Chief Justice Bolitha ]. Laws of
District Court, before whom the
four men appeared for arraignment.
held them under $4,000 bail each
and set March 10 for their trial.
Arraigned with May were Henry
Carson, guiding genius of the
wartime Carson munitions CON-
bine; his brother, Murray Cars
son, who handled the sales end OF
the combine, and Joseph F. Free
man, Washington representative for
the interlocking companies that
made up the Carson empire"
Accused of using his wartime post
as chairman of the House Military
Affairs Committee to further the
interests of the Garssons, May ap-
peared in court only 90 minutes
after his arrival here from Prestons-
burg, KY.
Conspiracy Charged.
May was charged in a 16-page
indictment returned yesterday with
accepting at least $4,000 and agree
ing to accept $50, ,634.07 from his CO.
defendants for services rendered in
attempting to win favors from the
War Department. The indictment
accused May and the other three
men of conspiracy.
May also was charged with vio-
lating the statute which makes it
an offense for member of Congress
to accept pay for services rendered
in connection with any proceeding
in which the United States is a
party or interested before any Gov
ernment department. The other
men were accused of aiding May
to violate that statute.
Within an hour after May went
to District Court today he had been
arraigned and fingerprinted and
had posted bond.
The 71-year-old legislator went to
Justice Laws chambers, where he
remained for few minutes, before
his 10 am. appearance in the court
room.
The defendants had nothing to
say to each other while they were
waiting for the man ahead of them
to be arraigned. The man was
Carl Marzani, former State Depart
ment employe accused of falling to
disclose his alleged Communist
affiliations.
Mays counsel, Warren Magee, be-
gan by telling the court May was
going to enter a plea, reserving his
right to examine the indictment. He
suggested, however, that no trial
date be set because the indictment
was long and involved.
May Appears Tense.
Justice Laws, however, said he was
going to set a trial date. He ar
ranged for the $4,000 bail after Will
liam A. Paisley, special assistant to
the Attorney General, agreed to that
figure.
May appeared tense but showed
no emotion when he stood before
Justice Laws.
IT plead not guilty." he said in a
firm voice.
In lower voices, the three other
men entered their pleas of not guilty
The defense attorneys asked for
20 days in which to examine the in
dictment, but Justice Laws said 10
DAYS would be enough. When Allen
Krouse, Washington attorney for the
Garssons, told the court Charles j.
Margiotti, chief Carson counsel
had to work on a case in Scranton
Justice Laws replied that Mr.. Mar
giotti should tell the Scranton judge
he had a case in Washington.
Fingerprints Taken.
Before May left the courtroom
Attorney Robert I. Miller, a spec
tator, shook hands with the vet
eran legislator and wished him we'll
Otherwise, Mays 10-minute appear
ance in court caused no stir.
From the courtroom in the Mu-
nicipal Court Building, the four de-
PENDANTS crossed the street to the
District Court Building. There, in
the basement cell block, May, the
Garssons and Freeman were finger
printed.
AS reporters crowded around May,
he waved them aside but, forgetting
they were still within earshot, he
remarked to Deputy United States
Marshall Michael Kearney:
'If they bring down jury from
Prestonsburg, KY, I wouldn't have
to challenge a single one OF them. "
Clerk Asked to Hurry.
First of the four defendants to
finish the fingerprinting process,
May told the Criminal Court Clerk,
where he was taken to make bond,
to hurry the process.
MY hearts hurting me- he COM
planned. Can sign something and
60 to my hotel?"
In making bond, May agreed to
stay within the jurisdiction OF the
court. Literally, that means he must
stay in Washington. Court attaches
told reporters, however, that as a
practical matter the court probably
would have no objection to Mays
returning to his home in Prestons-
burg until the trial date, if he de-
SireS.
Bondswoman Margaret O'Connor
supplied the bond for May and
(See CARSON, Page A-6D