Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-21

MI. Haley. DO you nave any
lone who holds cash money for
you? h =
Costello: No.
Mr.. HALEY: In other words, you
refuse to answer if you have any
cash money other than what you
have described?
/ Costello said this was so.
Directed to Answer.
Senator Kefauver: Well, we
have to direct you to answer that
question.
Mr.. Wolf said the committee
was within its rights in asking
pertinent questions, then added:
The question now is whether
the constitutional rights of the
witness are involved"
After a brief recess. Costello
told the committee that in addi-
ltion to his other cash. he has
about $4,000 to $4,000 in his sum-
mer home at Sands Point on Long
| Island.
Have you a stronghold there?"
Mr.. HALEY asked.
A. No.
Q. Is the money secreted some
where?
A. Yes. -.
@. Have you any cash other
than what YOU have mentioned?
A. No.
Owes Erickson $4,000.
Costello said he owed $50, 900 to
convicted big-time Bookmaker
Frank Erickson, now serving a
I2-year prison term.
| He previously said he invested
in the Oil business at Erickson
suggestion as blind invest
Iment" on "a hunch." He said he
owned about "4/4S per cent" OF
the King Oil Co.
Costello's statement that he
owed $4,000 to Erickson came
after a wrangling, see-saw dis
cussion, during which he several
times refused to talk about his
debts.
Have you any other indebted
ness in excess of $1,000?" Mr..
Haley asked.
We'll. I owe ;" his voice
trailed. Il believe I do"
@. What is your total indebted
ness?"
A. Il decline to answer that
question.
Senator Kefauver ordered the
witness to answer.
Refuses Answer Again.
Il still decline" Costello said.
ut goes into my net worth"
@. Do YOU own any securities?
A. Well, I personally don't. I
bought a few shares for Mrs.
Costello.
@. What kind of shares?
A. Television.
@. How many shares?
: A. Two hundred shares.
@. Do you or Mrs. Costello have
any other securities?
A. We have not.
Isn't Owed Amy Money.
Costello said that nobody owed
him or his wife any money.
r The hearing room was packed
with spectators, as it has been
throughout the dramatic New
York hearings.
Gov. Dewey had brushed aside
"a previous invitation, suggesting
instead that the Senators come to
the State Capitol at Albany to
hear his views. But the commit
tee rejected this idea.
Senator Kefauver renewed the
committees invitation at the
opening Of the final and eighth
day OF the sensation-packed New
York public hearings.
1T is unfortunate that Gov.
Dewey has not seen fit to come
down and give us any informa-
ton he might have" Senator
Kefauver commented.
Hopes Dewey Will Appear.
He added that it wasn't a prac-
tice of the committee to command
Governors to appear, so he said
the committee wished to say again
it hoped Gov. Dewey will show up
for subsequent hearings in WASH
ington.
The Tennessee Senator said the
committee appreciates greatly"
that it was invited to come to
Albany but that "it is manifestly
impossible for us to CO."
He said the committee will be
holding hearings in Washington
the latter part of this week and
the first of next.
Last week, the committee heard
testimony about wide-open gam
bling at the fashionable horse
racing and resort area at Sara
toga, and it was then Gov. Dewey's
appearance was suggested. Sen
ator Kefauver said the committee
felt "the Saratoga matter" should
be cleared up by Gov. Dewey.
Senator Kefauver told reporters
just before today's session opened
that he might make a statement
some time later on the testimony
of former Mayor William O'Dwyer
Ambassador to Mexico.
Mr.. O'Dwyer. during two days
of testimony, told of passing out