The Gary American

KANSAS CITY—(ANP) Walter D. Davis, 40-year-old ball-player with the Gilkerson Union Giants, and Eugene Redd, 37, both residents of this city, learned the true meaning of the word "perjury!" this week when it was brought home to them that telling a falsehood under oath in court is punishable by a prison term of from two to ten years.

The two men had testified in the court of Judge Darius A. Brown that they had witnessed the alleged accident in the case at bar. The suit was brought by Mrs. Josephine Micelli, on behalf of her father, Vito Saladino, a huckster, and alleged that a truck belonging to the city park department had collided with Saladino's wagon, causing the horses to run away, and that, thrown to the pavement, Saladino suffered injuries to his back and head. The city was sued for $50,000.

"Witnesses"
Admit Falsehoods

When the case came to trial Monday, the city's attorneys drew from Davis the information that he was a professional ball player and that R. P. Gilkerson, Spring Valley, Ill., was the owner of the club. Marcy K. Brown, Jr., assistant city counselor, called Gilkerson by long distance phone and learned that on the day of the accident Davis had played with the team in Sioux Falls, S. D. Confronted with this information, both Davis and Redd admitted their perjury, and declared they knew absolutely nothing of the accident.

In signed statements presented to the court, the men said they had been offered "from $500 to $1,000," by a white man to testify falsely, and they had accepted, going to the man's office and signing affidavits to that effect. After the perjury admission, Attorney James Daleo, for the plaintiff, asked for a non-suit and this was granted by Judge Brown and the case was dismissed.