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...question that Lawyer Percy Fore man was "in" once the jury was chosen for the murder trial of Candy Mossler and her nephew, Melvin Powers...
...only question was, how much were Candy and Melvin out? Last week they sued Foreman, demanding the return of assorted jewels and property that he took over as security for his $200,000 fee. Said Foreman: "I've known Mrs. Mossler for 16 years, and nothing she does would ever surprise...
...opening statement, Lawyer Foreman depicted Mossler as such a "pirate" tycoon and depraved homosexual that "many times" more than 39 enemies would have been glad to take turns with the knife. But he did little to support the allegations. He had no need to. Arrested in Houston, Powers had been held incommunicado for several days by Texas Rangers. As a result, his only statement, which might have helped to incriminate him, was inadmissible at the Miami trial; the prosecution had to rely on indirect evidence. Witnesses placed Powers aboard a Miami-bound jet the afternoon of the murder...
...witnesses-a clutch of convicts and others who told in gutter argot of assorted sexual stunts that they said Mel boasted of performing with Candy. Sex, the defense scoffed, does not prove murder. After one Texas thief and drug addict testified that Candy gave him $7,000 to kill Mossler, and an ex-con carnival worker said that Mel offered $10,000 for the same job, the defense produced both men's wives to testify that their husbands were liars. Another con, who claimed that Mel had asked him to kidnap Mossler, was so deflated by Foreman that part...
Armchair Detectives. Over and over, Foreman alluded to an alleged conspiracy between Miami police and Mossler's other relatives to railroad the defendants and get control of the estate. The jury, well aware that Dade County (Miami) police are currently under fire for various scandals, quickly got the hint. To cap it all, the defense produced 1) an ex-Mossler handyman who said that he had seen the financier cavorting half naked with three youths; 2) an insurance agent who owned a white convertible, and had once lived with Mossler; 3) police testimony that Interior Decorator Fred Weissel...