Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 19, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Frk Hiss. Thursday july 19, 1973 decision on trial delayed i continued that or. Boutin had posed in Winnipeg last August As Joseph Colombo jr., president of the italian american league and son of a Man named by United states authorities As a mafia Leader. At the time a newspaper article had said or. Colombo or. Planned to marry a Young Winnipeg woman. The Man was also said to have had substantial interest in the world hockey association but this was denied by the wha. Or. Boutin was brought to Winnipeg from St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary in Quebec to which he d been sentenced on charges unrelated to the Winnipeg matter. He is serving three year term there. In Winnipeg the charges Are that aug. 29, 1972, he unlawfully forged an offer to Pur Chase the Wellington Crescent House and then used the offer As if it were genuine. Sharp remarks were heard during wednesday hearing Between or. Boutin and his lawyer Max Isaacs and be tween or. Isaacs and a key witness Evelyn Joyce Affleck a sales representative of Park realty. Mrs. Affleck testified that aug. 28 she met in the charter House hotel with a Man who Caid he was Joseph Colombo or. And that they discussed the Purchase of the Eaton Home. In court she identified or. Boutin As he Man she d met. Also heard As a witness was Winnipeg lawyer Victor lilt a who said or. Boutin was his client last july but that he knew him by the name of Vin cent Rande Bio. In August the lawyer said the same Man but this time using the name Colombo had Given him Rea sons Why another name had been used in july. Or. Albi Tea said a Cheque for payable to Park realty was drawn on a Branch of the Royal Bank in August and Given to mrs. Affleck. The lawyer said or. Boutin bad told him the Cheque was to be presented to the realty firm but that it was t to be cashed for a few Days. Wednesday afternoon after Crown counsel Ruth Krindle had said no other witnesses would be called or. Boutin twice disregarded his lawyer and attempted to make state ments to the court. Judge Pilu Tok then cautioned him. The judge asked him if there Wen anything he wished to say. There is nothing to anything you do say May be used As evidence against you if committed for trial. This is no Boutin. Slid or. Later on returning to court after a recess and carrying a Large file folder of papers or. Boutin said some people Are he told the court i had the Independent jewellers Ltd. Annual which off Omega Seiko Bulova acc fron Orient Tuxedo Uli ims 1973 right to buy that House. Maybe i m the Vic Tim of circumstances. I had the Power of attorney agreed to by the Colombo fam ily to buy the at this Point or. Isaacs told his client that unless or. Bou tin sat Down he would with draw As defence counsel. Taking or. Boutin by the sleeve or. Isaacs told the court he was powerless to Stop his client from making state ments which might be Detri mental to his interests. The judge then granted a 10 minute adjournment so that or. Boutin and or. Isaac might talk. Afterwards or. Isaacs told the court or. Bou tin had nothing further to Tay. Wednesday morning Fri. Affleck told the court she had taken the Man she identified As or. Boutin to another House before going to the Eaton Muse. At the latter she said the Man had told her he would like to make an offer for the House which was then listed at she said Affleck referring to the listing. The 40-year-old House was inspected for about 90 minutes by the Man posing As or. Co combo mrs. Affleck said and they discussed the carpeting and painting that would be required. How would she know what was going on in Man s mind when the looking at the asked judge Pilutik. Or. Isaacs said the whole transaction was obvious that during their conversation the Man posed As or. Colombo and said he was associated with the wha and that his father had been shot in new York City. His parents would be moving into the House after its Pur Chase mrs. Affleck quoted the Man As saying. He Laid he was representing several Ita Lian families and they had interests in the world hockey association and he was Here on their after discussing details of the Man s offer she returned to her office where she Drew up the offer to Purchase the House mrs. Affleck said. The offer had been for with a Deposit of to be made the following morning by Cheque with the remainder by Cash. Later she d met the Man at a lawyer s office where Che que for had been writ ten to be deposited aug. 30 after Transfer of Money to Winnipeg. Or. Isaacs asked mrs. Of Fleck if she were convinced the Man she met was Joseph co Lombo or. And also if his fatties was connected with the mafia. The witness replied that it s difficult for anyone to realize this when speaking on a Tele phone to a member of the mafia. It was later in the Automo bile that she was told he had underground talk. That did t connections she prevent you Independent jewellers Ltd. Watch deft. Notre Dame ave. Pm. 774-5544 Tohms Chat Cox from going ahead and at tempting to Tell a House asked or. Isaacs. I m not with the immigration department or the replied the witness explaining that her Job was to sell Bouses. A spirit to Exchange Between defence counsel and the witness Over whether then were or to rooms in tha House. Or. Isaacs introduced a new form from a real estate listing service showed the House now is being described i being Worth in less than a year this property has gone up to half a million dollars or. Isaacs said. From perhaps that s the agent s smiled judge Pilutik. It s said mrs. Hoax from the beginning and asked the witness if she believed the Man had been member of the mafia. Mrs. Affleck replied that so had believed this As a result o their conversations end a also under the impression tha he was connected with Fhi and was t lacking in financial resources. Or. Isaacs asked mrs. Fleck if she d have believed the Man if he d said he was connected with the National hoc key association. The witness plied. The Man had indicated h was moving to Winnipeg be cause he wanted to be som place where it was quiet an in View of what was happen ing Here with the or. Isaacs wondered alow How mrs. Affleck could hav believed implicitly that h was a member of the Colombo he could have been Santa Claus she shot . Another Exchange occurred when mrs. Affleck asked or Isaacs to rephrase a question. Don t Tell me what to replied or. Isaacs. He sail Only the court would say when questions should be rephrased. Oakville income highest Ottawa up the City with the highest average in come in 1971 was Oakville ont where residents average the Revenue department said tuesday. Oakville site of a major Ford motor co. Facility re placed sept lies que., As the no. 1 income City in the country in the latest available figures covering m cities. Average income of All tax payers was the report mild. Average income in sept Fles increased from its 1970 first place figure of to in 1171, but Oak vice s jumped even More from sept lies where Iron Ore is a major income producer slipped to 12th place. Second ranked in the latest report was Mississauga ont., Toronto bedroom Community for 1 year guaranty Trust is now paying interest on one year guaranteed investment certificates. You can buy a one year Guaran teed investment certificate in any amount Over guaranty Trust Memir Canada Deposit insurance corporation branches a Cross Canada 430 Portage Avenue 943-8504 average income was Samia oat., a Petro Chemi cals Centre retained third place with la 1971, up from isto s Ottawa when government salaries make up the bulk of income Rose to fourth from fifth place with an average of up from in 1970. The Sudbury Copper Cliff area of Ontario slipped to fifth from fourth even though average income in the mining area Rose to to Prince George b.c., a pulp paper Centre leaped to sixth from 12th place As average income Rose from to Oshawa ont., climbed to seventh from 21st place As in come Rose from to per person. The fortunes of Oshawa residents Many of whom work in the general motors corp. Plant there Rose with those of the big Auto firm. Albemie b.c., with average income of slipped to eighth from seventh place. The logging area s income in 1970 averaged Windsor ont., site of a Chrysler Plant slipped to ninth from sixth place with average income of compared with 1970 s Whitey ont., a tire manufacturing City ranked 10th with average income of a Sharp jump from 42nd place in 1970 when the average was other rankings or 1971 in eluded Toronto. 13th with Calgary 21st with Edmonton 25th Wilh s 7 4 9 0 Montreal 29th with Halifax 44th with Winnipeg 60th with and Regina 61st with Vancouver ranked 18th Wilh an average income of Victoria was 50th at Wroniak elected by in group John r. Wroniak a former p r c s i d c n t of the Winnipeg Branch of the United nations association has been re elected for a second term Asna tonal vice president of the . Association at a recent meeting in Edmonton. Or. 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