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    "ocrText": "CHICAGO (ILL) HER & EXAM\nMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1930.\nSWANSON .K.'S\nHERALI\nMOVE OF PRESS\nU.S.AIDSWAR\nFOR GANG PROBE\nON RACKETEERS\nThe Fall term of the federal\ncourts will open today bringing to\nFive Publishers Back Plan\nbear against racketeers and their\npolitical associates the govern-\nfor New Sweeping In-\nment's strongest weapon-prosecu-\ntion for income tax evasion.\nquiry of Vice.\nAlthough the criminal docket fac-\ning Federal Judges James H. Wil-\nkerson, George A. Carpenter and\nage.)\nCharles E. Woodward will include\neys Charles\nTO NAME 2 LAWYERS\nmore than 1,200 indictments, of\nLounsbury\nchief interest to the backers\n(\no the finan-\nChicago's war on rackets will be\nnions which\nPlans-for a thoroughgoing, secret\nthe trial of the income tax dodgers.\ncome under\ninquiry into \"gang, police and official\nRalph (\"Bottles\") Capone, broth-\ners, to find\ncorruption and viciousness\" were\ner of \"Scarface\" and lord of the\nthe laboring\napproved today by State's Attorney\nCicero night clubs, was recently\nrganizations\nJohn A. Swanson following the formal\nfined $10,000 and sentenced to three\nThey were\nwritten request of the publishers of\nyears in the federal penitentiary.\nother prose-\nfive Chicago newspapers for such\nThe conviction of Capone-his\nkkeepers in\naction.\nfirst-was quickly followed by that\nroomful of\nThe plans call for the appointment\nof Gene Oliver, member of the\non 10 unions\nof two outstanding lawyers as special\ncounty board of assessors, who was\nfined $12,500 and sentenced to\nassistant prosecutors to head up an\ntart at the\neighteen months' imprisonment.\ninvestigating force to get to the bot-\nMANY CASES SCHEDULED.\nduaily work\ntom of the vicious conditions which\nIn rapid succession, District At-\neteers,\" said\nhave resulted in fifty-one gang and\ntorney George E. Q. Johnson prom-\nplaining the\nracket killings since Jan. 1.\nises, will be called the income tax\ned by Chief\nEager to Meet Publishers.\ncases against this imposing list:\norty of the\nTerry Druggan, beer baron whose\nState's Attorney Swanson said he\nattorneys have indicated that he\nal charge to\nwas eager to meet with the publishers\nmay plead guilty to escape a heavier\nIl devote our\nof the five newspapers which signed\npenalty.\nto the well\nthe request-the Chicago Dally Illus-\nFrank Lake, former friend and\nave muscled\n\"business\" associate of Druggan.\ntrated Times, The Daily News, Chi-\nLawrence O'Brien, state repre-\nmate labor\ncago Evening American, Chicago\nsentative and draying contractor\nEvening Post and Chicago Herald and\nemployed by the city and the San-\ners.\nExaminer-to obtain their recom-\nitary District.\necutors hope\nmendations as to the men to head up\nGeorge L. Chamberlain, owner\nand president of the U. S. A. Com-\nirst evidence\nthe inquiry and to make an agree-\npany, electrical contractors in-\nand jury are\nment for a \"leakproof\" setup.\nvolved in the Sanitary District\na William J.\nThe new inquiry will be a separate\ngraft investigations.\naid to bein\nand distinct movement from that of\nFred W. Rhoades, secretary of\nthe same company.\nasters' union.\nthe present investigation of the gang\nOliver/Ellis, far South Side slot\nlatter also\nslaying of Alfred (\"Jake\") Lingle\nmachine operator.\nee Fingered\nChicago Tribune reporter, which is\nFrank Nitti, collector and \"execu-\nblic enemies\nbeing made by Pat Roche, the prose-\ntioner\" of the Capone gang.\nime commis-\ncutor's chief investigator, and James\nDRIVE JUST STARTED.\nare fugitives\ne report that\nE. McShane and Charlés F. Rathbun\nThat the prosecution of racke-\nteers and politicians on federal\nto find them\nTribune lawyers, who are acting as\ncharges has just started with these\nwarrants re-\nassistant state's attorneys in the m-\ncases, was indicated last week when\n1 Judge John\n|quiry\nJohn J. (\"Boss\") McLaughlin\nRequest for the new inquiry was\ngambler and early suspect in the\nontrol of sev-\nverbally approved by the Chicago\nmurder of Alfred Lingle, Tribune\nal teamsters'\nJournal of Commerce. The Chicago\nreporter, was questioned by inter-\nTribune gave approval only with\nnal revenue agents.\nan official of\namsters' and\n\"certain qualifications and limitation\nis veteran\nof obligation\nHistoric River Roat\nt the state's\nThe letter prepared by the publish\ners for transmission to the Prosecu-\ny with Attor-\ntor Swanson is also addressed to\ngreed to open\nUnited States District Attorney\nadquarters of\nGeorge Q.Johnson suggesting that\non after the\nthe resources of the latter's office be\nto use dyna-\nthrown behind the investigation. The\nthe safe.\nmovement for the appointment of the\n1930 30\nbung Man.\"\nspecial prosecutors was initiated by\nS. E. Thomason, publisher of the II-\nPRINCETON IND NEWS\npushing us\nlustrated Times.\nlan. We've\nTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1930,\nnt for every-\nSwanson Gives Approval,\nRed Barker\n\"I am heartily in favor of such an\na fine, clean,\ninquiry,' State's Attorney Swanson\nsaid. \"I should lile to meet promptly\nthat if being\nwith the publishers to get their rec-\nJAULINUIES JOIN\np\nonvict makes\nommendations as to the men they\no date young\nwould like to have conduct the in-\nthe descrip-\nquiry\nA\n\"RACKET\" WAR\nThey quoted\n\"We must give especial thought to\nn by the po-\nthese men. There are many good\n1.\nlawyers in Chicago, but not every good\ne on the va-\nlawyer is able to conduct an inquiry\nLAW ENFORCEMENT BODIES co\nis under in-\nof this sort.\nOPERATE IN FIGHT AT CHI-\n\"We do not want men of the type\nBarker also\nPhich will have to be trained before\nCAGO\nquette, Mich.,\nare able to go ahead with the\nreformatory\na We want men whose experi-\nthe latter in-\nwill enable them to go ahead\nole\nh gun, but\nith the shortest lapse of time\nCHICAGO, Sept. 11.-(P)-The law\nbeen arrested\nenforcement agencies of Chicago join-\nfa\nmore trivial\nInsists on Secrecy,\ned forces today in a war on the\n\"One thing on which I must insist\nnvict.\nC\nracketeer\nen\nin this inquiry is that it be conducted\ner in the coal\nAs an aid to the county grand jury\nbir\nsecretly and that no undue publicity\nIso said to be\nto\nwhich is to investigate the men who\ndi\nbe given the inquiry. We want\nnot yet pub-\nwork secretly quietly.\nprey on modern business, exacting\nai\ned sentence\n\"When the inquiry is begun there\ntribute for \"protection,\" the city po-\nun. Several\nwill be a lapse of time during which\nterized by the\nnothing, apparently, is being done\nlice started a roundup of known hood-\nBut that must be, Our investigators\nlums and the federal government of-\ng\nobber and he\nnes. He once\nmust talk to witness after witness\nfered its assistance in the form of in-\nhi\nmust go here and there seeking in-\nW\na policeman,\ncome tax prosecutions.\nformation. But nothing of what is\nsubsequently\noccurring should appear in the news-\nfly\nDistrict Attorney George E. Q John-\nS\npapers until the time is ripe, until\nson announced that his in-\nmey Marshall\nthe results of our investigation have\nN\nvestigate the earnings of all racketeers\nmonths ago\nso shaped themselves as to be fool-\ndisclosed in the grand jury investign\nAssociation of\nproof.\ne racketeers,\ntion and would prosecute all .those\n\"Another thing on which agreement\nM\nor his files to\nmust be reached is as to how far back of\nwhose income tax returns were incom-\ninvestigating\nwe'll go in this inquiry. As I see it\nK\nplete or fraudulent.\nsig\nMueller and\n(Continued on Fourth Page.)\nMeanwhile police arrested five men\nins\nt action with-\ndescribed as hoodlums and gunmen and\nof\nset a trip in which they hoped to catch\nbe\ncomplaint.\n\"Tubby\" Walsh, reputed head of a\non\nd Col. Robert\ngang of racketeers.\ntif\nAssociation of\nLouis Baer, arrested last night on fol\nag committee,\nto complaint\nthe complaint of a beauty shop owner\nfer\nn McNeill, an\nthat he \"demanded $25 for membership\nh Cicero ave-\nin an \"asociation,\" told police lhe was\nM\ndisplayed a\nworking for Walsh.\ntionery of the\n\"I was to line up all the shops in my\nH\nnen's associa-\nterritory, police quoted Baer as say\nof the Associa-\n2\ning, \"and then I was to get from $50\nletter, signed\nto $75 a week as collector of dues. I\nwas to tell \"Tubby' Walsh the names of\nin\nthe shops,which would not join.\"\ndr:\nThree beauty parlors have been\nert\nI\nbombed within the last week after\nU\ntheir owners refused to join supposed n.\nissociations."
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