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F actor's S An ex-convict today said - his reputation was damaged to the extent of $3,000,000 by ~ publication of another ex- ‘. convict’s memoirs. John [Jake the barber] Fac- * tor, once convicted of mail fraud, has sued Roger Touhy, * who was convicted of kidnap- 1933 defendants, in addition to three Loop’ stores. Federal court here. It is ing Factor for ransom in; " . |tate dealer in Beverly Hills, 33. Factor’s libel suit names as Cal, The suit was filed today in| Angeles. ; suit Filed | Over Touhy’s Book i rick Lithograph Co., named as publishers; and as book- | sellers, Kroch’s and Bren: | tano’s Inc, Carson Pirie Scott & Co., The Fair Store,: and a night club named Easy , Street Inc. ; Factor, frequently named as one of Chicago’s veteran hoodlums, is now a real es- McGarr said he will file Touhy, a Chicago newspaper: |a similar libel suit in .Cali- man, two printing firms and|fornia, naming Tom Duggan and TV station KCOP in Los we The suit filed here said; ‘J based on the writing, publica-|that the book injured Factor’s " «The Stolen Years.” ~ Touhy was in prison from the time of his conviction, tion and sate of Touhy’s book, name and business reputa- tion by alleging: . 1—That Factor was in a dis-, honest scheme, regarding val a with the exception of one multi-million dollar swindle :. brief escape and one brief re- lease, till his recent parole. in England, and invented the “kidnaping” to avoid being <T “Raetor was represented, injextradited to that country. the filing of the suit, by At- - torneys Frank J. McGarr and i Stanford Clinton. ' Named as defendants, be- sides Touhy, are: —~ Ray Brennan of the Chi- cago Sun-Times, named as ac- tpl author of the book; Pen- ni .. soe me 2—That Factor gave false; testimony at the kidnaping: trial. : Touhy has consistently com- plained that Factors charge of kidnaping was a hoax, that it never occurred and fhat Factor gave perjured tpsti- gion Press Inc. and Mer- mony to send Touhy to prion. wt 98 Fae tite de 8 THE CAD AUER DIAMOND FINAL Edition Date_deco-1959 Chicago, Illinois Page _/ _ Col. Part_—__ Editor_HARRY REUTLINGER CHICAGO OFFICE Yt ROGER TOUHY HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS CG 62-4098 2—"€ = (10S