On at least three occasions cases against the Schultz gang were dismissed after Hines had conferred with the judges trying the cases, the lawyer said.
The late Schultz had willingly complied with Hines' demand to donate U.S.$10,000 toward the campaign to. elect Mr, Dodge to office, he testified.
The witness accused Hines of directing the gangsters in the method of voting several times fraudulently on behalf of Mr. Dodge.
He also testified that Hines and others had tried to prevent the appointment of Mr. Dewey as a special prosecutor. Mr. Dewey, however, was elected to this office and soon became famous for his "racket-busting" campaigns that virtually swept gangsters out of New York, Mr. Dodge has charged that he has been linked with the case because of the prosecutor's "political aspirations," and has denied with emphasis that he ever had been influenced, intimidated or bribed by anyone—United Press.
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