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FASE METI? ROMERO LT APE! sre 10 that living. acs ‘ ah niin tae desea ss inns ten’, ae . naenete Weeaeanpienate me 1 thes mae A revealed that ANASTASIA indicated he had worked as a longshoreman in Brooklyn between 1928 and 1936, and that between 1936 and 190 he ran his own cheese business. Subsequently, he went to work for a sand and gravel _. company in Utica, New York for $100 a month. oe Testimony concerning the tiling of his income - tex returns was introduced. ALFRED ESPOSITO, a Cliffside Real Estate and Insurance Broker, testified he had made _ out ANASTASIA's income tax report for 1947 at which time “ANASTASIA listed his wins as £ : losses in playing the horses. 4500 in excess of his An Accountant, NAT BENNETT of Lindbrook, New ee York, testified that he made out ANASTASIA's 1948 income - can tax return, and stated that all the income Listed on it was derived from ANASTASIAts share of profits of the Modern Dress Company, a Pennsylvania firm. The house in question, described in news releases as being a 3h room, 5 bath house, was said to have cost $50,477 or more to bulld. Its value is established to run from $75,0U0 to $125,000. Much or the testimony concerning the construction of the house _ ee included verious contractors, used in this construction, “ being called as witnesses. United States Treasury Agents testified that they had contacted some 110 benks in 194.7 in New York and New Jersey but they never located any savings, loans, inheritances or safety deposit boxes. It was brought out through introduction of Social Security records that ALBERT ANASTASIA and his wife had a total combined earning of $3, 730 trom January 1, ‘1947 until December 31, 1948 in so far as work covered by Social Security was reported. Information was also brought out to show the reported earnings of the couple compared with the lavish living and expenses incurred in ” The trial went on for a five week period and was turned over to the jury on November 20, 1954. After 17% hours deliberation, the jury failed to agree on a verdict end was dismissed by Federal Judge ALBERT &. MODARELLI. Dismissal was made after the jury declared they were hopelessly deadlocked. .