1949 Press Photo Millionaire Clendenin Ryan appears before a Grand Jury, NY

Millionaire Clendenin Ryan appears before a Grand Jury, NY. Clendenin J. Ryan, 43-year-old multi-millionaire "Good Government" crusader, declared he will risk jail rather than answer a "Tammany-controlled" Grand Jury's questions 3/14 about a $100,000 plot to tap the telephones of city officials. Ryan, who was subpoenaed 3/13 to appear before the Grand Jury, launched another broadside at Democratic Mayor O'Dwyer, describing him as a tool of underworld overlord Frank Costello. New York

Photo is dated 1949.

Photo measures 7.25 x 9.25 inches.