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“worth, Kansas, on the sane date. at Denver, Colorado, on March 27, 1936, rendered a decision affirming the District Court at Oklahoma City Oklahoma. Laska surrendered to the U. S. Marshal at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,.on August.1, 1936, and was removed to the U. 5. Penitentiary at Leaven-" Mrs. Mollie O. Bert, a Denver, Colorado, attorney, furnished some untruthful testimony during the trial of Laska. As a result of this testimony, a complaint was filed against Mrs. Bert at Oklahoma. City,,-Oklahoma,.on June 15, 1936, charging her with perjury. She was released on a $5,000 bond after a plea of not guilty. On October 1, 1936, Mrs. Bert withdrew her plea of not guilty and entered a plea of nolle contendere and was sentenced on the same date to serve one year and one day imprisonment, which sentence was suspended during good behavior for one year. Twenty~one persons were convicted in this case, the sentences to date being: six life sentences and other sentences totaling 58 years, two months, and three days. George "Machine Gun" Kelly died of a heart attack at the Federal Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, on July 17, 1954. Kathryn Kelly was released from prison in Cincinnati in 1958; she was last known to be residing in Oklahoma. -~ 14 -