Evening star., 1950-04-18
Accountant Testifies
Maragon Admitted His
Texas Bank Account
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with $4,000 from his wife's estate.
On the previous day Senators
inquiring into the activities and
incomes of influence brokers had
questioned Maragon about his A
nancial affairs. The Greek-Amer-
ican was charged with perjuring
himself when he told the Senators
his only account was in the Union
Trust Co. here.
Amount Is Unspecified.
The prosecution at the District
Court trial today offered 50 checks
in evidence, along with the records
of Maragon's account In the Ma
tional Bank Of Commerce at San
Antonio. i
The jury was given no idea Of
the amount Of the Texas account
but witnesses before the Senate
investigators estimated that
about $120, 900 had been deposited
by Maragon over O. five-year
period.
Mr.. Bellino said Maragon came
to the Capitol on the day after
his testimony and telephoned his
wife while Mr.. Bellino listened in
on another extension. Maragon
inquired. Mr.. Bellino said, if his
wife could locate the cancelled
checks on the Texas account.
She replied they must have been
thrown out in the trash.
May Drop Demand for Files.
Maragon then recalled, it was
testified, that the cancelled checks
might be in the attic. He re-
turned on the following day, Mr..
Bellino said. to deliver the checks
in question.
George H. Sexauer, assistant
cashier of the Texas bank, was
recalled to the stand today to
identify the cancelled checks. The
account was in the name of ~.
H. Maragon," although the de-
fendant's initials are j. F.
Defense Counsel Irwin Goldstein
told the court today he would not
press his demand for production
Of the full record of the Senate's
executive session at which Mara
gon testified, unless the Govern
ment offers evidence which will
make the full record pertinent.
The prosecution is seeking to
prove that Maragon lied also
when he denied that he had taken
fees or represented firms seeking
business with Government agen-
cieS here.
Minutes of the executive meet
ing were surrendered voluntarily
to Mr.. Goldstein by Committee
Counsel Francis G. Flanagan, with
the understanding he was to keep
them only overnight and they were
not to be used as the basis for
cross examination.
Part of Record Furnished.
The subcommittee already has
furnished the court with that part
Of the record dealing with Mara
CONS questions and answers. Re-
naming sections of the record. it
was said, relate to testimony of
Chicago and Detroit business men,
whose dealings with Maragon have
been eliminated from the Govern
ment's bill Of particulars.
The jury Of nine men and three
women was excused yesterday af-
ternoon, and q bench conference
followed on the question of pro-
ducing the full record. Mr.. Flana-
gan then was summoned to the
stand.
One of four counts in the in
dictment returned last January
accused Maragon of lying about
the fact that he was in the employ
of the Verley Perfume Co. when
he went to Greece for the State
Department in 1945-46 as an in
terpreter for election observers.
It was the Verley Co. that gave
Gen. Vaughan seven deep freezers
for himself and friends. The gen.
eral was publicly reprimanded last
January in a committee report,
which termed Maragon an out
right f1xer" who had used the
great prestige of the White House
for his own private advancement"
Senator Hoey, the North
Carolina Democrat who presided
at the investigation of "f1ve-per-
centers," told the jury yesterday
that at least four and sometimes
five members of the seven-man
subcommittee were present when
Maragon testified behind closed
doors.
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