Sep 29, 2020
MR. COSTELLO GOES TO WASHINGTON | Life Magazine, 1950s
HE ARRIVES at airport with Attorney George Wolf (left). Detectives recognized him but travelers did not. HE FIDGETS, awaiting breakfast in hotel, because he wanted to be prompt (“It is proper”) for hearing at 10. HE GULPS FOOD that finally arrived at 9:45, saying, “First time I had my picture taken with glasses on.” HE IS BRIEFED by lawyer before taking stand. He was late after all because he first went to wrong building. HE TESTIFIES before subcommittee that he knows little of bookmaking, adding, “I’m practically retired.” HE LEAVES for his hotel as a Senate lieutenant flags a cab. He said later, “They [the senators] treated me fine.”