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Page 3 of a court transcript, Volume 22, showing the direct examination of Roy L. Williams by Mr. Helfrey, with line numbers 1 to 25
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Trial transcript, United States v. DeLuna et al., Volume 22 (30 October 1985)

A 56-page excerpt of the trial transcript in United States of America v. Carl Angelo DeLuna, et al., No. 83-00124-01/15-CR-W-8 (W.D. Mo.), held by the National Archives at Kansas City: the testimony of Roy L. Williams on October 30, 1985.

Date
1985-10-30
Kind
case-file
Source
National Archives Catalog, Record Group 21, Criminal Case Files, Kansas City
Retrieved
2026-10-12
NAID
55300164
Docket
83-00124-01/15-CR-W-8
Rights
A record of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri held by the National Archives and Records Administration. A work of the United States government, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105.

The National Archives catalog describes this item as the case file for United States of America v. Carl Angelo DeLuna, et al., No. 83-00124-01/15-CR-W-8, in the Western District of Missouri, in the series of Criminal Case Files held at Kansas City (RG 21, NAID 573453). It is a scanned 56-page excerpt of the trial at Kansas City of the Argent Corporation skimming indictment. The pages are images without a text layer, and this record was written from the page images. The stored image is page 3 of the transcript.

The excerpt holds the cover and index of Volume 22, Part I, which contains the cross-examination of William J. Nellis, and Volume 22, Part II of Wednesday, October 30, 1985. In Part II the Government called Roy Lee Williams, a former Teamsters official. Page 3 shows him sworn, giving his name and his age as seventy, and describing his health. He then testifies that he had been prosecuted in the Northern District of Illinois for “Attempted bribery of a Senator, a United States Senator.” Later pages carry his testimony about his Teamsters offices in Kansas City and about his acquaintance with William Presser of Cleveland, whom he described as holding a position with the Central States pension fund. The cover pages bear a district-court “Filed” stamp of July 15, 1986 and document numbers 385 and 385-A.

The excerpt records one witness’s answers on one day. It is not the verdict, the indictment or a ruling, and it does not describe the whole trial. The Eighth Circuit’s later account of the same prosecution is on the page for United States v. Cerone.

itemUnited States v. Cerone, 830 F.2d 938 (8th Cir. 1987)Eighth Circuit opinion of October 8, 1987 affirming the Kansas City convictions of Aiuppa, Cerone, Lombardo, LaPietra, and Rockman for skimming the Stardust and Fremont casinos in Las Vegas.itemUnited States v. DeLuna, 763 F.2d 897 (8th Cir. 1985)Eighth Circuit opinion of May 10, 1985 affirming the Western District of Missouri convictions of Carl DeLuna, Carl Civella, and three others for skimming money from the Tropicana Hotel and Country Club in Las Vegas and carrying it to Kansas City.itemSenate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Central States Pension Fund hearings (1980)Hearings of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, August 25-26 and September 29-30, 1980, on the Labor Department's investigation of the Teamsters Central States Pension Fund, including a staff summary of FBI affidavits on Kansas City and hidden interests in Las Vegas casinos.