TAX EVASION CHARGE

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 301, 17 September 1934, Page 9

TAX EVASION CHARGE

Mr. A. W. Mellon in America ‘‘SCHEMING ALLEGED” (Received September 16, 6.35 p.m.) Washington, September 15. Despite the refusal of a Pennsylvania grand jury to indict Mr. A. W. Jlellon for alleged tax evasion, the Department of Internal Revenue to-day filed a brief with the Board of Tax Appeals accusing Mr. Jlellon, while Secretary of the Treasury in 1931, of “scheming” to evade taxes aggregating 3,075,000 dollars. It was alleged he illegally reduced his taxable income by fictitious securities sales and. other devices. Mr. Jlellon immediately denied the validity of the brief and reiterated his charge that he has been subject to political persecution by the present administration. On Jiay 8 a Pittsburgh grand jury disposed of the Government’s former tax evasion charge against Mr. Mellon by refusing to return an indictment, declaring that tho complaint was “not a true bill.” Mr. Mellon, in expressing gratification, announced that, instead of having evaded payment of 716,000 dollars of income taxes in 1931 as charged, he had actually over-paid and now would seek a refund, including a break of 201.