Evening star., 1951-11-26
Coudle Tells Probe He Fears ATTEMPTS on Life
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NSoAAVAiucu TioIn rlISt fa&GJ
Ilotte, and Howard Friddle, special
agent of the Revenue Bureaus
Charlotte Office. !
Lord God Almighty, let me tell
you something" Mr.. Caudle burst
out as he began to relate the back
ground of what he described as
the malicious and vicious" intent
against him by Mr.. Littlejohn and
others in North Carolina.
i've been warned of my life in
Charlotte" Mr. Caudle said, add
ng the warning came from friends
whose names he would not dis
close.
Car Hit Curb. >
On his visit there, Mr.. Caudle
said he started across a street one
night and looked up to see "a car
bearing down on me-" He added
that he jumped back and the car
hit the curb.
Mr.. Caudle gave his. spirited
description of the threats against
his life after Adrian w. DeWind
the subcommittee counsel, had
questioned him at length about
whether any complaints had been
made against him while he was
United States attorney for the
western district of North Carolina
Mr.. Caudle said he had given
the FB1 a statement about some
OF the complaints on the way he
handled the district attorneys Of
nee when he was up for conflrma-
ton IN 1945 as assistant attorney
general in charge of the criminal!
division. He was transferred from
the criminal to the tax division
in 1947.
Incurred Enmities.
Mr.. Caudle blamed the COM
plants. involving OPA cases, onI
Mr.. Littlejohn and others whose
enmlty he claimed he had in
Cured from the most vigorous
prosecution" in the history of the
western district of North Caro-
lima. AS for instigating a tax in
vestigation Of rackets in Char
lotte. Mr.. Caudle said that more |
than a year ago he received in
formation on them from Walter
Anderson Of Raleigh, the North
Carolina State director of inves-
tigation.
He said the Justice Depart
ment then was conducting it's
drive against racketeers and that
ne called John Cox of the Reve-
hue Bureau Intelligence unit here
and suggested a thorough-goine
tax investigation in Charlotte.
Under questioning by Mr.. De-
Wind, Mr.. Caudle said that Chief
If Police Littlejohn in Charlotte
was among those he suggested
should be investigated,
The name of Mr.. Friddle, the
-evenue agent in Charlotte. was
brought into Mr.. Caudle's testi-
nony when he said that he had
old Mr.. Cox:
If you want a successful in
'estigation there. let the agent
eport to you directly. Mr.. Friddle
too close to these people"
Devo.cd to Record.
Most of the hearing was de-
'oted to Mr.. Caudle's record as
United States attorney and
whether he had failed to prose-
'ute some of the cases that came
Up in that period from 1910 to
l945, when he was named to one
of the top Justice Department
positions.
The questioning brought out
The name of Keith M. Beatty. q
Charlotte taxi feet operator. 4
against whom some tax cases have Il
been pending. The questioning
disclosed that Mr.. Beatty was in
'olved In one Of the OPA cases s
which was never prosecuted. ,
Mr.. Caudle acknowledged that ]
le and Mr.. Beatty have been
riends for Is years. But he in
listed that he did everything pos
ible to get at the truth of the
)PA case and was convinced that {
dr. Beatty was innocent. c
Under further questioning, he ,
aid that he had accompanied Mr..
beatty on a trip to New York in
945, and added that I'm almost q
ertain paid my expenses" When y
sked if he was sure of that, Mr.. .
,audle replied, Il declare I don't
now"