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Under cross-examination MENDELS said that the Alkuno partners were ZWILLMAN, MICHAEL LASCARI, and KUNO = HAYMAN. MENDELS also testified that at the time he invested & in Alkuno he had no knowledge of the business, did not ~~ investigate the company, did not know how much the other { partners had invested, and had nothing to do with the company's policies or management. He worked in the Shipping and Packing Departments and signed payroll checks. MENDELS insisted he was not a ZWILLMAN nominee in Alkuno. He testified that he paid taxes on his earnings, The income tax evasion trial lasted approximately five weeks during Which ZWILLMAN's holdings in various companies were brought out, all of Which have been mentioned previously. As mentioned, the basis of the trial was the net worth of ZWILLMAN. After the completion of Government testimony, the defense counsel, former Middlesex County State Senator JOHN E. TOOLAN, stated that, "We have very very carefully considered and analyzed ali the evidence, and after very serious consider- ation and deliberation I assume the responsibility as defense counsel of saying we take the position that neither in law nor in fact has the Government proved this defendant had one dollar of income other than is shown on his tax return, ie "We go even further, we say the Government has 2 proved as We said they wouid in our opening, that this defendant has no income other than that shown on his tax are return. "Therefore, we have decided to calli no Witnesses but to rest on the Government's case," The case Was given to a jury on February 29, 1956, After 30 hours of deliberation the jury reported at 6:00 pem, on March 1, 1956, that they could not agree on a verdict. The press reported that the deliberations of the jury had been as heated as they were prolonged. Various reports in the press placed the jury count in the panel as ranging from 10 to 2 for acquittal tc an even 6 to 6 split. The most persistent rumor as related in the reports was 8 to 4 in favor of the defendant. - on T_T” ~18-