Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-20
4 ST. LOUIS sensation.
Policemen Charged with Accepting
Hush Money from Female Panel
Workers and Robbers.
ONE ARREST AND SIX SUSPENSIONS.
a 4Sweating'' Brought Out an Ar
ray of Charges that Led to a Trap
Being Laid, Into Which One OFF,
Ger BIindIy Walked.

st. Louis, Dec. 1S.-St. Louis has
been rudeIy awakened to the fact hat
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
police officers on the beats where the
crimes are committed are actually
fattening off the proceeds of the rob
berries by ~eXacting a rake-off from the
on the nefarious business. The Globe
Democrat says:
Officers In the Tolls.
Zone 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 brides to protect criminals
from arrest. In the confessions of
the women in part borne out by de-
velopments,. the assertion was made
hat in the past five years enough
money had been stolen under protec-
ton on certain blocks in the vicinity
of union station to pay Cor 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, vas arrested
for a disturbance of the peace result
ing from a quarrel over a balance left
from a bribe of 50 paid to a police Of
feer for protection for his negro mis-
tress, who had committed a robbery.
The Confessions.
The confessions made were by
Marie King and Jennie VIM, both
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 $40 as part of a
bride, 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
mis- Ryan. The others mentioned
in the confession were Richard Ken
nedy, John j.. Noonan, Louis Lang, 10.
| seph Kohrs, John Lawton and Albert
Kuehner, all of the Central district,
Of these, Kuehner was suspended
when he reported at roll-call at II
o'clock last night. Kennedy Inc Lang
reported i'll, and Noonan reported
that his child had died during the
day. No action was, therefore, taker
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 thf
police board Tomorrow
Four Indictments
At 1870 p. m. Monday the grand
jury found Indictment against Police.
men Ryan, Kennedy, Noonan anG
Lang charging them with accepting
brides. None were found against
Lawton, Kohrs and Kuehner.
The Chronicle says:
Worst Yet to Come.
The worst part is to come. 1t il
asowed that the detective force, or
rather, a part of it, is notoriousIy
"open to gifts from confidence men
and from q most reliable source it il
learned that certain confidence mel
have promised to talk as, soon a
Chief Campbell summonses them t,
appear before him. The grand iur,
will hear I'll of the startling testi
mony which is said to, be Forthcoming
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