Word: michaelson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Returning via Key West from a Caribbean junket two years ago, Chicago's Congressman M. Alfred Michaelson was allowed "free entry" for ponderous baggage, which, on investigation, was found to contain kegged gallons of rum, bottled quarts of strong liquors. A U. S. judge at Key West harkened to the Congressman's plea that the liquor belonged to his brother-in-law Walter Gramm. Congressman Michaelson was exonerated (TIME, May 20). Last week another U. S. judge at Key West accepted Brother-in-law Gramm's plea of guilty, fined him $1,000 and costs...
...entirely "escaped" was Congressman Michaelson. The department of Justice sent an agent to trace the itinerary of the Michaelsonian junket. At Port au Prince, Haiti, the agent obtained affidavits from the police chief, customs officers, a night club proprietor. All easily recalled details of the memorable visit of the Congressman and his jolly party. The Department of Justice's interest in the Michaelson case seemed to centre around the black word "perjury...
Last spring arose a suspicion that two dry-voting Congressmen-Michaelson of Illinois and Morgan of Ohio-had brought liquor-laden baggage through the customs by official "courtesy of the port" (TIME, April 8). The two Representatives were cleared, but the Treasury Department felt that the "courtesy" privilege offered too temptatious an opportunity to homecoming Congressmen. A decree was issued abolishing both the "free entry" allowed Congressmen traveling on official business, and the "immediate attention" accorded to those returning from unofficial foreign sojourn...
Brother-in-law Gramm was promptly arrested, charged with the offense of which Congressman Michaelson is cleared. He hired the Congressman's lawyer, used the same $2,000 cash for bail, remarked dolefully: "I'm sorry. I didn't expect this...
...overjoyed at my vindication," chortled Congressman Michaelson, before hurrying back to Washington to resume his duties as a Dry-voting member of the House...