◆ SpookStack

70 revealed that ANASTASIA indicated he had worked as a longshoreman in Brooklyn between 1928 and 1936, and that between 1936 and 19.0 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. = : Testimony concerning the filing 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 00 in excess of his : losses in playing the horses. . . An Accountant, NAT BENNETT of Lindbrook, New York, testified that he made out ANASTASTA's 1948 income °° tax return, and stated that all the income listed on it was derived from ANASTASIA's share of profits of the Modern Dress Company, a Pennsylvania firm. The house in question, described in news releases as being a 34 room,'5 bath house, was said to have cost $50,477 or more tg build. Its value is estebiished to run from $75,000 to $125,000. Much or the testimony concerning the construction of the house — included verious contractors,used in this construction, being called as witnesses. United States Treasury Agents testified that they had contacted some 110 banks in 1S4.7 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 $8, 730 t'rom 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 that living. . . “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 and was dismissed by Federal Judge ALBERT E. MODARELLI. Dismissal was made after the jury declared they were hopelessly deadlocked. .