Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-07
Portland Mayor Named
In $500 Croft Poyoff

remained to see what was hap
|pening and later were joined by
"a third officer in another police
car.
Bennett Talks to Sheriff
Pvt. Teeterman said that while
they were talking to Sheriff
Schrunk. Bennett came out of
the club, exchanged a few words
with the sheriff out of earshot
and then went back into the
place. Later, the officer said, Ben
nett came out again crossed the
street and put something behind
a telephone pole. He said that
after Bennett had left Schrunk
went to the pole. picked some
thing up and put it in his
pocket.
Teeterman quoted the third
policeman, Dick Suffer, as re-
marking at the time:
That crooked - -----.'
He added there was no ques-
ton in our minds at the time
that he had been paid off,"
Chairman Mcclellan showed
-Teeterman photographs of the
intersection and the officer
pointed out the telephone pole
where he saw Mr.. Schrunk pick
up the object.
Testimony COrrOb0rated
Pvt. EdmundSon corroborated
the Teeterman testimony ex-
cept that he quoted Pvt. Suffer
as saying after Mr. Schrunk hao
made the trip to the pole: WHY
that dirty crook"
You knew what had &C.
curred?" asked Committee Coun.
sci Kennedy.
1T appeared to us what had
occurred" answered Mr.. Ed
mundson. Both officers testified
that Schrunk as mayor was
their top boss" now and en-
phasized that they were telling
their stories only because th1
committee had subpoenaed them
Takes Lie Detector Test
AS the investigation went into
its eighth day of public hearings,
the committee was awaiting the
results of lie detector test of
Nathan Zusman. Portland night
club owner, in connection with
the operation Of call houses. .
Zusman requested the test. which
was given yesterday by the Sc
cret Service. in denying the
charges of Helen Hardy that he
advised with her and another
madam on opening a house of
prostitution.
Elkins, in -and-on teSti-
mony during the last two weeks,
has fingered three top Teamsters
officials as involved with him.
two Seattle gamblers and Dis
trict Attorney William NJ. Lang
ley of Portland in the alleged
conspiracy.
The Transfers official named
by Elkins and others are
Brewster, West Coast vice
president of the 1.6 Million
member Transfers union: Clyde
c. Crosby. top Transfers inter-
national representative in Ore
gon, and the late John j.
Sweeney. another high Team
sters official.
Mr.. Kennedy said Crosby
would be called probably to-
morrow. Brewster is scheduled
for testimony next Tuesday after
a week end hearing recess.
Will Call Langley
Langley. the district at
torney, also will be questioned
by the committee before it COM
pletes its investigation of the
Portland situation as part of a
year-long inquiry touching many
parts of the country.
Elkins returned to the witness
seat late yesterday to testify that
ne paid pretty close to 100000
to two racketeering associates OF
the Transfers officials and
Langley. He named the two as
Joseph Patrick Mclaughlin and
William Maloney and said he
understood part of the money
was going to Brewster and the
others.
He said Langley COM
planned to him about the
Pudding" amount he was re-
ceiving. He added that Nc
Laughlin and Maloney told him
John, Frank and Clyde were
unhappy" too, and tried to have
the Portland police chief re-
moved so they could operate a
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