On Sept. 29, 1931 Oris Paxton Van Sweringen, older and wiser of Cleveland's bachelor brothers of railroading, called at No. 23 Wall Street to transact some business with J. P. Morgan & Co., his biggest bankers. As he chatted in an inner office someone summoned him to an adjoining room. There he found an old friend, Joseph R. Nutt, Cleveland banker. After a brief conversation Mr Nutt produced a document. He beamed while Mr. Van Sweringen signed it.
Last week, on the basis of that meeting and that document, a county grand jury in...
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