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==Background==

==Background==

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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>

 

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/>​

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>​

 

On June 27, 1962, Partin was indicted on twenty-six counts of [[embezzlement]] of 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/> ​