Evening star., 1951-12-11

wanted to drop the prosecution, y
snapped Mr.. DeWind.
Calls From Investigator.
He said that Larry Knohls, the
investigator for the defendants in
the Aaron-F -Freidus case, had
talked to him only twice about
the case but had telephoned him
at other times.
What in heavens name did he
call you for?" Mr.. DeWind asked.
Il don't know" Mr.. Caudle re-
piled. Maybe he liked me-"
| Mr.. DeWind and subcommittee
members questioned Mr.. Caudle
at length about why he failed to
take steps to have the Teitelbaum
story of $500,000 shakedown in
Ivestigated after he heard it from
Mr.. Cohen.
Il didn't do anything about 1t
because I didn't know if that thing
was true or not" the witness an
swered the first time the question
was put to him.
Instead, he said, he did what he
thought was the best thing for
lme"-to call Nathan in Florida
and demand that Nathan stop US
ing his name in any way.
Later Told McInerney.~
Mr.. Caudle then volunteered
that he had talked to Mr.. Nc
Inerney chief of the criminal
division-about it about a month
and half or two months ago"
He mentioned it, he said. when
Mr.. McInerney told him he had
heard that an 'unfavorable
article" was going to appear about
Mr.. Caudle in a newspaper.
Under questioning by Repre-
sentative Byrnes, Republican, of
Wisconsin. the witness said he
did not know whether Attorney
General McGrath knew about the
lalleged shakedown attempt. and
that he did not tell Mr.. McGrath
because 1T just didn't occur
| to me-"
What I should have done" he
declared, was to have taken the
time to send memorandum to
Mr.. McInerney about it. There's
mo reason not to do it, but I was
Just sick at heart about my name
being used"
Chairman King said he had not
been able to understand why Mr..
Teitelbaum had failed to report
Immediately the threats he tes-
tilted were made against him and
that he was pressing the point
so that Mr. Caudle could make
his own position clear in the
matter.
! The subcommittee also at
tempted, in another long question
series. to pin-point Mr.. Caudle S
reasons for not wanting to meet
Mr.. Grunewald. Mr.. .Caudle had
testified that Bert K. Master tele-
phoned him early last summer
and proposed the meeting.
/ No Reason to Give.
/ The witness said he could give
no reason and could not go as far
as saying he even had heard that
Mr., Grunewald's reputation was
l"unsavory."
Il suppose I'm entitled to some
personal taste about the thing" ="
Mr.. Caudle declared. II just did
not want to meet him" Then, in a
loud, indignant tone, he added:
THE idea of him tNaster) call
ing me up at II O'Clock at night
and wanting me to meet Mr..
Grunewald. How would you feel
about it. Mr.. DeWind?"
| Mr.. DeWind then cited testi-
mony by Mrs. Menkin that she
had met Mr.. Caudle in Nathan's
Miami Beach home at one time,
during which Mr.. Caudle was
taking movie pictures of Nathan S
grandchildren.
| Mr. Caudle acknowledged that
/ in fact he did at one time take
movies of the Nathan grand
children but insisted he had never
seen the lady before her testimony
here and had never known of her
as either Mrs. Menkin or Mrs.
Teitelbaum.
1T is strange, is it not, that
Mrs. Menkin should know about
that incident of taking the pic
tures?" Mr.. DeWind asked.
II don't know about that" Mr..
Caudle shot back. Il did not see
that lady. I don't remember see
ing her. I didn't see her. She
may have been peeping in the
room, I don't know"
"You didn't say, You're Abra-
ham Teitlebaum's wife?'" Mr..
DeWind persisted.
II didn't even know Teitelbaum
had any Abraham tackled onto
him." the witness replied. Il
never heard of Teitelbaum-Abra-
ham!"
/ Denies Receiving Paris Call.
Mr. Caudle also denied that he
received a telephone call from
Nathan while he was staying at
the GeorgeV Hotel in Paris during
his European trip. Earlier in the
day, Mr.. Cohen testified that Mr..
Teitelbaum had told him that
Nathan had placed the long dis
tance call to Mr.. Caudle at the
Paris hotel in the presence of Mr..
Teitelbaum.
Mr.. Caudle said reservations at
the hotel were made after he left
on his trip and that I'VE did not
have any long-distance calls Cat
the hoteD-none."
! The witness said he vas invited
to go on the European trip by Mr..
'D'AgoStino but at first refused be-