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Richard L. Weinberg of Memphis, Tennessee, and Memphis High School; Grays Hall...
...rose to sum up the State's case before the blue-ribbon jury. Although Tom Dewey's first attempt at pinning Jimmy Hines had ended in a mistrial and given the defense a complete preview of his case, although his star witness. Numbers Racketeer George Weinberg, had committed suicide before he could be brought back to the stand, Tammanyman Hines and his counsel had seemed unable to press their advantage. Nevertheless, even confident Tom Dewey was pleasantly surprised when the jury returned less than seven hours after it went out. His smile broke into a relieved grin...
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.--George Weinberg, star witness in the conspiracy trial of Tammany leader James J. Hines in New York today shot and killed himself in his home here, according to White Plains police...
...Weinberg, one of the key men in the policy racket mob of the late Arthur "Dutch Schultz" Flegenheimer, was found dying at his home on the outskirts of the city. He was rushed to a hospital but died from a bullet wound in his head before the regained consciousness
Chapter 2. In Manhattan that evening Lawyer Wilbur Love Cummings, a McKesson & Robbins director, was called on the telephone by the company's treasurer, Julian F. Thompson, and told about the receivership. Mr. Cummings thereupon turned amateur detective. He tipped off another director. Partner Sidney J. Weinberg of Goldman, Sachs, who is a governor of the New York Stock Exchange, and the Exchange suspended trading in McKesson & Robbins next morning...