Career
After being recorded on federal wiretaps on December 15, 1946 in an investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Frank South. Hogan, a former assistant to crusading New York District Attorney Thomas Dewey, he was convicted of attempting to bribe professional football players Merle Hapes and Frank Filchock of the New York Giants with $2,500 each to throw the NFL championship game against the Chicago Bears. Paris was eventually convicted of bribery on January 8, 1947 and, although Hapes and Fitchcock were cleared of bribery charges, both men were initially suspended by then league commissioner Bert Bell (with Filchock being allowed to play the final game against the Chicago Bears). Paris"s sentencing had been deferred until after the second trial and he received a one-year sentence on April 7 of which he served nine months before his parole.
