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Courthouse in Baltimore were sealed off by deputy federal marshals, who coordinated their movements by walkie-talkie. Cooperative witnesses were given safe-conduct out of the building by a route that eluded reporters. But William Muth, 63, a Baltimore politician and former fund raiser for Agnew, met a different fate after he had cited the Fifth Amendment and refused to say anything at all. Muth was turned loose at the courthouse garage entrance where the newsmen were massed ? a procedure similar to providing a Christian a path to freedom that led directly through the lions...
...Listen," Muth told the newsmen who surged around him. "I believe in Ted Agnew. The day they make me stop believing, I'm going to take down my American flag and put it away." He explained that his flag flies 24 hours a day, spotlit at night. As for all the hullabaloo about Agnew, Muth declared: "It's bullshit. You may quote...
With the backing of Attorney Ger eral Richardson, Beall was pushing for a quick indictment of Agnew because the time during which the Vice President can be charged is rapidly running out. Under the federal statute of limitations, grand juries may indict a man for most noncapital offenses only within a five-year period following the crime...
...January, Agnew will have been out of office in Maryland for five years...
Indeed, the statute may already be running out on some of the incidents under examination. There is, however, a six-year statute for willful income tax evasion or fraud ? which would apply if Agnew had not reported any kickbacks on his returns. The grand jury is also investigating charges that Agnew was being paid off more recently while serving as Vice President...