Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-10-17 | Page 11 | Federal Jury Starts Probe into 40 Cases

FEDERAL JURY 81 STARTS ARTS PROBE INTO 40 CASES Extortion Charge in Levine Kidnap to toBe toBe toBe Be Considered I t The federal grand jury which will hear evidence in more than 40 cases including that of Secondo Frank Conti 46 charged with attempted attempted attempted at at- tempted extortion of 10 oo in the Peter David Levine in New Rochelle N. N Y last spring convened Monday Foreman is Werner Verner Kiepe Salt Lake Cit City named by th the group roup immediately immediately immediately im im- im- im mediately after their acceptance b by Judge Tillman D. D Johnson Other members are P. P B B. Sadler H. H V. V Miller iller J. J Ray Reynolds Frank B B. Lloyd Daniel E. E Tracy Mark J. J Hampton and George A. A Johnson Salt Lake City Horace L. L Shurtliff and Alfred W. W V. V Larson Ogden Hyrum Hyrum Hy- Hy rum O. O Pack Bountiful John A. A Olson Neola Milton Peters Brigham Brigham Brig- Brig ham City James Dalgleish and Aury Draper My Myton ton Clarence Torrey N. N C. C Cleveland J. J I W. W Staples Coalville and Ernest Halvorsen Provo I The jury of 19 was drawn from a apanel apanel apanel panel of 27 Sworn in by W. W B. B Wilson Vilson federal court clerk they were examined by Assistant United States District Attorney Scott M. M Matheson before being accepted by Judge Johnson They immediately went into secret session Conti was arrested here April 16 h by federal bureau investigation agents while the hunt for young oun Peter David Levine was in full lull swin swing Conti allegedly wrote notes to the Rt Rev Monsignor John R. R Mulroy pastor of the Holy Ghost Catholic church at Denver and to the Rev A A. E E. Butcher pastor of St. St Pauls Paul's Episcopal church in Salt Lake City demanding for return of the Levine youth and asking them to act as intermediaries The Levine boys boy's decapitated body i iwas was found on the shore bf of Long I Island sound May 29 but federal officers believe Conti had nothing to do with the that he merely attempted to chisel in on the ransom money Conti has steadfast steadfastly contended he lie was told to write the notes by bya a mysterious Chuck and lind Jack the identity of whom has never ne be been n established F. F B. B I. I agents believe he invented the Included in a long docket of more than 40 cases is that of Albert Green and Dorothy Green alias Blanche Green charged with using the mails to defraud Evidence in two drug cases Yee Bark How al alleged alleged alleged al- al to have received and concealed morphine and opium and Ong Wing Joe alleged to have concealed heroin and opium will be heard also A petit jury will meet in the federal federal federal fed fed- eral court October 24 to start hearing hearing hearing hear hear- ing cases on which indictments are returned by the grand jury it was explained