Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-12-22
A ST. LOUIS sensation.
Policemen Charged with Accepting
Hush Money from Female Panel
Workers and Robbers.
ONE ARREST AND SIX SUSPENSIONS,
A Chance Remark Gave a Clew and
a "sweatingo Brought Out an Ar
ray of Charges that Led to a Trap
Being Laid, Into Which one on
Ger BlindIy 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 its 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 rake-off 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 panelworkers,ot
accepting bribes TO protect criminals
from arrest. In the confessions OF
the women, in part borne out by de.
yelopments, the assertion was made
that 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 thu
story told on the witness stand in the
court of criminal correction few
days ago to the effect that the wit.
ness, the defendant also, was arrested
for disturbance of the peace result
ing from a quarrel over balance left
from bribe of 50 paid to a police of,
ficer for protection for his negro mis-
tress, who had committed robbery
The Confessions.
The confessions made were by
Marie King and Jennie VIM, both
negresses. and followed their release
on bond after warrant for relieving q
victim of $50. A chance remark led
to their being sweated, and following
that trap was set, one of the officers
mentioned in the confessions being
caught accepting $40 as part of a
bribe, 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 }. Noonan, Louis Lang, Jo
seph Kohrs, John Lawton and Albert
kuehner, all of the Central district
Of these, kuehuer was suspended
when he reported at roll-call at
o'clock last night. Kennedy and Lang
reported i'll, and Noonan reported
that his child had died during the
day. No action was, therefore, take1
in these cases. They will be suspend
ed at their homes this morning by
their sergeants. The whole case goe,
before the grand jury to-day, and tn,
police board tomorrow"
Four Indictments.
At 1870 p. IN. Monday the grane
Jury found Indictment against Police
men Ryan, Kennedy, Noonln anc
Lang charging them with accepting
bribes. None were found against
Lawton, kohrs and Kuehner.
The Chronicle says:
Worst Yet to Come.
The worst part is to come. 1t il
avowed that the detective force, or
rather, a part of it, IL notoriously
open to gifts from confidence men
and from a most reliable source it il
learned that certain confidence mel
have promised to talk as soon al
Chief Campbell summonses them tt
appear before him. The grand iur,
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