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Edward Grady Partin (view source)
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|name=Edward Grady Partin, Sr.
|name=Edward Grady Partin, Sr.
(Teamsters union business agent<br>Offered immunized testimony that sent Jimmy Hoffa to prison
(Teamsters union business agent<br>Offered immunized testimony that sent Jimmy Hoffa to prison
| birth_date=Februn busiary 27, 1924
| birth_date=February 27, 1924
| birth_place=Woodville<br>Wilkinson County<br />[[Mississippi]], [[United States|USA]]
| birth_place=Woodville<br>Wilkinson County<br />[[Mississippi]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_date=March 11, 1990 (aged 66)
| death_date=March 11, 1990 (aged 66)
Grady Edward Partin<br>
Grady Edward Partin<br>
Bessie Partin Foster
Bessie Partin Foster
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|footnotes='''Notes''':<br>
|footnotes='''Notes''':<br>
'''Edward Grady Partin, Sr.''' (February 27, 1924 – March 11, 1990),<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 5, 2010}}</ref> was a business agent of the [[Teamsters Union]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. His testimony in 1964 helped to convict union president [[Jimmy Hoffa]] of [[jury tampering]].<ref name=partin>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/13/obituaries/edward-partin-66-union-aide-became-anti-hoffa-witness.html|title=Edward Partin, 66; Union Aide Became Anti-Hoffa Witness|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'|date=March 12, 1990|accessdate=May 5, 2010}}</ref>
'''Edward Grady Partin, Sr.''' (February 27, 1924 – March 11, 1990),<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 5, 2010}}</ref> was a business agent of the [[Teamsters Union]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. His testimony in 1964 helped to convict union president [[Jimmy Hoffa]] of [[jury tampering]].<ref name=partin>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/13/obituaries/edward-partin-66-union-aide-became-anti-hoffa-witness.html|title=Edward Partin, 66; Union Aide Became Anti-Hoffa Witness|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'|date=March 12, 1990|accessdate=May 5, 2010}}</ref>
==Early years==
==Background==
Partin was born to Grady Edward Partin (1899–1967) and Bessie M. Partin Foster (1905–2003)<ref name=ssdi/> in Woodville in Wilkinson County, [[Mississippi]], adjacent to the Louisiana border.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/1999/sep/01/obituaries-for-sept-2-1999/|title=Obituaries for Sept. 2, 1990|publisher=''The Natchez (Mississippi) Democrat''|accessdate=May 7, 2010}}</ref> He was a dishonorably discharged [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]]. His first arrest was for burglary of a house. In 1961, members of Local 5 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, with which Partin was affiliated for thirty years, charged him with embezzlement of union funds. The 600-pound safe in which union records were stored was found in the bottom of a river. Two who testified against Partin were beaten, and one later was killed by a truck.<ref name=rdt>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19700304&id=h58tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U6AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5983,2252438|author=Ralph de Toledano|title="The Partin Case: Justice Bound"|date March 4, 1970|publisher=Google.com|accessdate=May 7, 2001}}</ref>
Partin was born to Grady Edward Partin (1899–1967) and Bessie M. Partin Foster (1905–2003)<ref name=ssdi/> in Woodville in Wilkinson County, [[Mississippi]], adjacent to the Louisiana border.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/1999/sep/01/obituaries-for-sept-2-1999/|title=Obituaries for Sept. 2, 1990|publisher=''The Natchez (Mississippi) Democrat''|accessdate=May 7, 2010}}</ref> He was a dishonorably discharged [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]]. His first arrest was for burglary of a house. In 1961, members of Local 5 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, with which Partin was affiliated for thirty years, charged him with embezzlement of union funds. The 600-pound safe in which union records were stored was found in the bottom of a river. Two who testified against Partin were beaten, and one later was killed by a truck.<ref name=rdt>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19700304&id=h58tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U6AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5983,2252438|author=Ralph de Toledano|title="The Partin Case: Justice Bound"|date March 4, 1970|publisher=Google.com|accessdate=May 7, 2001}}</ref>