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Photograph article dated July 21, 1949 reads, "Walter H. Lentz, hired by Attorney General Fred N. Howser as a private investigator in Howser's $300,000 libel suit against Columnist Drew Pearson, was under bond today on a federal charge of obstructing justice. Federal officials said others were being questioned. A witness in the libel suit, J. Thomas Mulloy told FBI men that Lentz' intermediaries offered him $18,000 to change his story and make it more favorable to Howser. The libel action is a federal court case, since it was filed in the District of Columbia; hence it was the FBI which investigated and arrested Lentz. Bond was fixed at $5000 and Lentz' arraignment was set for next Monday here." Photograph caption is incomplete.; See image #00132719 for additional photo in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;15 x 16 cm. Photographic prints
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