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Edward Grady Partin (view source)
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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/>
According to Trutv.com, [[New Orleans]] crime boss Carlos Marcello (1910-1993) in 1960 transferred $500,000 in cash to Hoffa to divert the money to the unsuccessful presidential campaign of the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee, [[Richard M. Nixon]], who lost to then [[U.S. Senator]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. Early in 1962, Hoffa had disclosed plans to Partin for the murders of President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/marcello/15.html|title=Thomas J. Jones, "Carlos Marcello: Big Daddy in the Big Easy"|publisher=trutv.com|accessdate=May 7, 2010}}</ref>
According to Trutv.com, [[New Orleans]] crime boss Carlos Marcello (1910-1993) in 1960 transferred $500,000 in cash to Hoffa to divert the money to the unsuccessful presidential campaign of the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee, [[Richard M. Nixon]], who lost to then [[U.S. Senator]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. Early in 1962, Hoffa had disclosed plans to Partin for the murders of President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/marcello/15.html|title=Thomas J. Jones, "Carlos Marcello: Big Daddy in the Big Easy"|publisher=trutv.com|accessdate=May 7, 2010}}</ref>
Aubrey W. Young, former aide to [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]], arranged a meeting at which Partin was offered first, $25,000 a year for ten years, then $1 million from Marcello to work out a plan to overturn the Hoffa conviction.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=Aubrey+Young+of+Baton+Rouge&source=bl&ots=M3VV7SdM8x&sig=_6UOXTK72JWaItw3mNAaKnwA0JQ&hl=en&ei=q_PYS5-hA4LK8wThxtiaBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBEQ6AEwBDgK#|author=Sandy Smith|title=The Fix|work=''[[Life Magazine|Life]]'']]|publisher=[[Google Books]]|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jfk-online.com/hayride.html|author=Walter Sheridan|title=Louisiana Hayride|publisher=jfk-online.com|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref> Hoffa's allies, among them [[film]] [[actor]] and decorated [[World War II]] veteran Audie Murphy (1925-1971), sought to obtain an [[affidavit]] from Partin recanting the testimony against Hoffa. Such a confession could have reopened the case.<ref>{{cite web|url==https://web.archive.org/web/20081114081609/http://www.audiemurphy.com/newsclip/dmn_01-25-74.pdf|author=Earl Golz|title="Audie Murphy struggled to free Hoffa"|publisher=''The Dallas Morning News''|date=January 25, 1974|accessdate=May 7, 2010=November 14, 2008}}</ref>
Aubrey W. Young, former aide to [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]], arranged a meeting at which Partin was offered first, $25,000 a year for ten years, then $1 million from Marcello to work out a plan to overturn the Hoffa conviction.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=Aubrey+Young+of+Baton+Rouge&source=bl&ots=M3VV7SdM8x&sig=_6UOXTK72JWaItw3mNAaKnwA0JQ&hl=en&ei=q_PYS5-hA4LK8wThxtiaBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBEQ6AEwBDgK#|author=Sandy Smith|title=The Fix|work=''[[Life Magazine|Life]]'']]|publisher=[[Google Books]]|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jfk-online.com/hayride.html|author=Walter Sheridan|title=Louisiana Hayride|publisher=jfk-online.com|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref> Hoffa's allies, among them [[film]] [[actor]] and decorated [[World War II]] veteran Audie Murphy (1925-1971), sought to obtain an [[affidavit]] from Partin recanting the testimony against Hoffa. Such a confession could have reopened the case.<ref>{{cite web|url==https://web.archive.org/web/20081114081609/http://www.audiemurphy.com/newsclip/dmn_01-25-74.pdf|author=Earl Golz|title="Audie Murphy struggled to free Hoffa"|publisher=''The Dallas Morning News''|date=January 25, 1974|accessdate=May 7, 2010=November 14, 2008}}</ref>