Otto P. Higgins Inmate File: Report on Convicted Prisoner by United States Attorney
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U.S. Attorney's report on Otto P. Higgins, Inmate #55996-L, which records Higgins' defense attorney, summarizes the charges, and notes the sentence imposed. The report notes that the income Higgins is charged with evading taxes on was received from "protected gamblers and other forms of organized vice." U.S. Attorney Richard K. Phelps recommends against parole, while Judge J. C. Collet does not concur, writing that he says "no reason why this defendant should not be treated as anyone else who does not have a previous bad record." Higgins, the former director of the Kansas City Police Department, was sentenced to two years in the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth on charges of income tax evasion.
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May 13th 1940
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Leavenworth, KS
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Collection Title, Call or Box Number:
NARA ID 580698, Notorious Offenders Files, 1919-1975
Digital Object Identifier:
NARACP-580698-0003-0005
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