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(1) The long-time [[Teamsters Union]] business agent in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], whoprovided the key testimony that sent [[Jimmy Hoffa]] to prison for [[jury tampering]].<br>

(1) The long-time [[Teamsters Union]] business agent in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who provided the key testimony that sent [[Jimmy Hoffa]] to prison for jury tampering.<br>

(2) Partin himself was investigated, indicted, convicted, or imprisoned on a multiplicity of charges over many years ranging from [[embezzlement]] to [[extortion]] to [[manslaughter]]. Many of the earlier cases against him were not pursued because of the immunized testimony that he offered against Hoffa.​

(2) Partin himself was investigated, indicted, convicted, or imprisoned on a multiplicity of charges over many years ranging from [[embezzlement]] to [[extortion]] to [[manslaughter]]. Many of the earlier cases against him were not pursued because of the immunized testimony that he offered against Hoffa.​

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'''Edward Grady Partin, Sr.''' (February 27, 1924 &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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>​

==Background==

==Background==

On June 27, 1962, Partin was indicted on twenty-six counts of embezzling union funds and falsifying records, but was released on bond.<ref name=rdt/> On August 14, 1962, Partin was sued for damages for having driven his car off the road and leaving the scene of an accident, having injured two persons and killed a third. He was then indicted for first-degree [[manslaughter]] and leaving the scene of an accident. He was also indicted in another case for aggravated [[kidnapping]]. On October 7, 1962, he posted $60,000 in bail in all three cases, embezzlement, manslaughter, and kidnapping, then met with Hoffa to discuss union matters. Thereafter, he emerged as the surprise star witness against Hoffa, having obtained the information on jury tampering from an unexpected stranger in a bar. The Justice Department granted Partin retroactive immunity from prosecution, but Partin denied that he was paid a fee by the government to testify against Hoffa. However, Partin's former wife, the mother of five of his children, received $300 per month, the amount of her alimony, from the Justice Department.<ref name=rdt/> Wade J. McClanahan (1924-1986), a government witness, said that Partin threatened to have him killed if McClanahan went forward with testimony against the Teamsters business agent.<ref name=rdt/>​

On June 27, 1962, Partin was indicted on twenty-six counts of embezzling union funds and falsifying records, but was released on bond.<ref name=rdt/> On August 14, 1962, Partin was sued for damages for having driven his car off the road and leaving the scene of an accident, having injured two persons and killed a third. He was then indicted for first-degree [[manslaughter]] and leaving the scene of an accident. He was also indicted in another case for aggravated [[kidnapping]]. On October 7, 1962, he posted $60,000 in bail in all three cases, embezzlement, manslaughter, and kidnapping, then met with Hoffa to discuss union matters. Thereafter, he emerged as the surprise star witness against Hoffa, having obtained the information on jury tampering from an unexpected stranger in a bar. The Justice Department granted Partin retroactive immunity from prosecution, but Partin denied that he was paid a fee by the government to testify against Hoffa. However, Partin's former wife, the mother of five of his children, received $300 per month, the amount of her alimony, from the Justice Department.<ref name=rdt/> Wade J. McClanahan (1924-1986), a government witness, said that Partin threatened to have him killed if McClanahan went forward with testimony against the Teamsters business agent.<ref name=rdt/>​

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==Partin and Hoffa==​

==Partin and Hoffa==

Partin claimed that Hoffa, his former associate, offered him $20,000 to fix the jury at Hoffa's trial in 1962 on taking kickbacks from a trucking company. [[United States Attorney General]] [[Robert F. Kennedy]] led the prosecution of Hoffa, but the 1962 trial ended in a hung jury. Hoffa was, however, imprisoned in 1967 on the jury-tampering conviction. James Neal, a prosecutor in the 1962 trial in [[Chattanooga]], [[Tennessee]], said that when Partin entered the courtroom, Hoffa exclaimed, "My God, it's Partin," hence expressing surprise that Partin would testify against Hoffa."<ref name=partin/> ​

Partin claimed that Hoffa, his former associate, offered him $20,000 to fix the jury at Hoffa's trial in 1962 on taking kickbacks from a trucking company. [[United States Attorney General]] [[Robert F. Kennedy]] led the prosecution of Hoffa, but the 1962 trial ended in a hung jury. Hoffa was, however, imprisoned in 1967 on the jury-tampering conviction. James Neal, a prosecutor in the 1962 trial in [[Chattanooga]], [[Tennessee]], said that when Partin entered the courtroom, Hoffa exclaimed, "My God, it's Partin," hence expressing surprise that Partin would testify against Hoffa."<ref name=partin/> ​

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