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~ sae ~ whe contacted him relative to arranging for the nolle prosse of the mail fraud indictment which had been entered against the subjects in this case, nor Ind anybody contacted him at any time, he related, to take any action what- soever on behalf of the parole of the subjects or relative to the trans- fer of any of the subjects from one Federal penitentiary to another. COSTELLO stated, in this connection, that he took no action whatsoever in regard to the foregoing, on his own initiative, nor did he, at any time, ‘make a payment of any amount of money whatsoever to anybody to effect any of the foregoing. He declared tmt the first he heard of the parole of the subjects involved in this case was when he read about them in the news- paperse He declarad that he was surprised to learn of their parole. During the course of the interview with COSTELLO, he mentioned that it wag _impossible for him to put any "heat" or exercise any pressure on anybody for such purposes because there is so mich "heat" on himself at all times that he haa to "live under an umbrella", COSTELLO was questioned regarding MURRAY “OW, who is mentioned in the report of Assistant Special Agent in Charge Cari S. Hennrich, dated October 4, 1947 at Washington, D. €, COSTELLO stated that he knew MURRAY OLF socially but had never had any other con- nections wi im. He declared that he had never heard of anybody by the . Mame of SAM BEARD. , The name of Mr. GEORGE WOLF, attorney for FRANK COSTELLO, was mentioned in the reference report of Assistant Special Agent in Charge Hennrich and, accordingly, he was questioned re- garding the informtion set forth therein. WOIF stated that he bas never met and has never had any dealings whatsoever with any of the five subjects in this case. He declared that he represented MURRAY OLF for many years and de- Co a es fended OLF in a mail fraud case that occurred about ten years ago. contacting former Spec KOSTELANET2, in 1945, in regard to the transfer of some of the subjects, whose identities he cannot recall, from Atlanta Penitentiary to the Fed- - 3= — Pe z Penne Fons eae ; : [we