Evening star., 1949-11-13
z Girls Tall Stories
Lead 10 Reports Of
Plot Against Medina
By the Assoeiotsd Press

BY the Asseeiatsd Press
NEW YORK. Nov. 12.--New
York police said tonight an in
vestigation had showed there was
nothing to" a reported plot
against the life of Federal Judge
Harold r. Medina.
Two Brooklyn girls who were
picked up during the investigation
were released later, they said.
"There is absolutely nothing to
it," a detective lieutenant said.
1--WE are convinced that these
people have nothing to do with
any plot against Judge Medina" +"
A furry Of investigation started
this evening when two young men
told the Federal Bureau Of 1nves-
tigation here that the two girls
had said the judge would be
"done away with sometime in the
next few weeks"
Medina Was Skeptical.
Judge Medina himself was skep-
tical about the whole thing, and
after thorough questioning OF the
four young people police turned
them all lose with a warning.
"They were just talking like
big-shots," the detective said.
AS soon as the FBI got the
information, it called the New
York police department and asked
for a local investigation.
The Brooklyn officers took over
Immediately, and FBI agents were
not directly involved, police said
Police said the two girls, sisters
were Audrey Gordon, II. a student
at Abraham Lincoln High School
and Marlene Gordon, 18, a sales
girl in a lingerie shop.
They live at Manhattan Beach
The informants were named by
officers as Dennis Schuster, "a
and Melvin Cohen. %. both OF
Brooklyn. ,
Story Comes Out.
After they were all taken to q
Brooklyn precinct station the
following story came out:
The young men met the girls
recently and the men told them a
glamorous story Of a trip to China
and $500,000 worth Of loot they
had collected. The men said part
Of the loot was stolen by girl
and they asked the help of the
two sisters in getting it back.
The girls said the young men
told them they planned to turn 1t
over to "the Chinese Communists
when they obtained it.
At this point the two men said
the girls made the remark about
Judge Medina and they felt 1t
was their public duty to inform
the FBI.
The identif1cations were made
by acting Capt. William Kimmins
of the 18th detective district. He
handled the case.
Sent Guard for Judge.
When police first heard Of the
"plot," they Immediately sent a
patrolman and two detectives to
guard the Judges Manhattan
apartment.
During the nine month Com
munist conspiracy trial. over which
Judge Medina presided, he Tegu-
larly was guarded after receiving
a flood of abusive mail In the
early days Of the trial.
After the II Communist de-
PENDANTS were convicted. the Judge
fined them each $4,000 and gave
10 of, them prison sentences Of
five years and one q sentence OF
three years. I
Judge Medina, about to leave on
Ia four-months vacation after the
long trial, attended today's Yale
Princeton football game at Prince
ton, N. J. He Is q Princeton
graduate.
Judge Is Amused.
Late tonight the judge arrived
at his Manhattan apartment and
was met by newsmen who showed
him copies of newspapers with
the story of the reported plot
| against his life.
Judge Medina, seemingly
amused. ehatted with the news
men for about i've minutes. As
he looked at a newspaper account
Of the plot, he said:
"H-m-m-m, It sounds q bit
fishy to me. Think of that! Well
well, well ="
The jurist cooked one eye at
the newsmen and added:
"Well, am safely back from
Princeton. and I am going to stick
to my vacation plans to the letter
I'm glad to see the Ellis licked
But Jackson devi jackson, Yale
lcaptain and halfback) played q