TIGER IN THE COURT

Hardback, 1st US edn. Featuring Herbert J.Stern, the US Attorney who prosecuted 8 Mayors, 2 Secretaries of State, 2 State Treasurers, 2 powerful political bosses, 1 US Congressman...and 64 other public officials. For decades New Jersey was complacent and corrupt. Kickbacks and bribes to those in office were "a way of life." Then on September 2, 1969, a new team took over in the US attorney's office. Within a few months, federal prosecutor Fred Lacey and his chief assistant - and soon to be successor - Herbert Stern had blown the lid off the state. This is the story of how an able, independent prosecutor tackled crime on many fronts. It is a story of top-level financial shenanigans, of millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains secreted in numbered bank accounts. It is the story of heroin trafficking and the international diplomacy that let the mastermind of the $12million 'French Connection' go free. With Appendix and Notes. 290pp. 8vo. h/back. Fep has a small stain o/w covers Vg+ in sunned and sl. worn G++ dw. Scarce.