The Forrest City times., 1900-12-21
4 ST. LOUIS SENSATION.
Policemen Charged with Accepting Hush Money from Female Panel
 Workers and Robbers.
ONE ARREST AND SIX SUSPENSIONS.
A Chance Remark Gave Clew and "sweatinG" Brought Out an Arr ray of Charges thnt Led to a Trap Being Laid. Into Which One Ohi- cer BIindIy Walked.

cer BIindIy Walked.
 St. Louis, Dec. 1s.--St. Louis has been rudely awakened to the fact that not only is there a vast amount of robbery of citizens and strangers go- ing on in the vicinity of the union station, without an adequate police effort for it's suppression, but that the police officers on the beats where the crimes are committed are actually fattening off the proceeds of the rob- berries by eXacting a rakeoff from the women who, for the most part, carry on the nefarious business. The Globe Democrat says:
 Officers In the Tolls.
 "One officer of the Central police district was arrested, yesterday, one suspended and five others rest under charges, two rather slight, made in confessions of negro panel-workers. of accepting bribes to protect criminals from arrest. In the confessions of the women, in part borne out by de- velopments, the assertion was made that in the past five years enough money had been stolen under protec- tion on certain blocks in the vicinity of union station to pay for the real estate embraced in them, and more. The confessions and accompanying de- velopments add confirmation to the story told on the witness stand in the court of criminal correction a few days ago to the effect that the wit ness, the defendant also, was arrested for disturbance of the peace result ing from quarrel over a balance left from bribe of S2 paid to a police of fcer for protection for his negro mis- tress, who had committed a robbery.
 The Confessions.
 The confessions made were by Marie King and Jennie Winn, both negresses. and followed their release on bond after warrant for relieving a victim of $50. A chance remark led to their being sweated, and following that a trap was set, one of the officers mentioned in the confessions being caught accepting $10 as part of brlbe, based on a 25 per cent. division of the robbery for which the women had been arrested. The officer arrested in the case was Den his Ryan. The others mentioned In the confession were Richard Ken nedy, John J. Noonan, Louis Lang. Jo- seph hohrs, John Lawton and Albert huehner, all of the Central district. Of these, Kuehner was suspended 1 when he reported at ron-can at II o'clock last night. Kennedy and Lang reported ill, and {Noonan reporfed that his child had died during the day. No action was, therefore taken in these cases. They will be suspend ed at their homes this morning by their sergeants. The whole case goes before the grand jury to-day, and the l police board tomorrow"
 Four Indictments.
 At 1:30 p. m. Monday the prand lury found indictment against Police men Ryan, Kennedy, Noonan and Lang charging them with accepting orloes. None were found against Lawton, Kohrs and Kuehner.
 The Chronicle says:
 Worst Yet to Come.
 The worst part is to come. It is aVoWed that the detective force. or. rather, a part of it, is notoriously "open to gifts" from confidence men. and from most reliable source it is learned that certain confidence men have promised to talk" as soon as Chief Campbell summonses them to appear before him. The grand iury will hear Ill of the startling testi-