Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-14
CHARGES POLICE CORRUPTION.
Officer Horan's Attorney Says High
Officials Favor Loan sharks.


The arrest of Patrolman Patrick W.
Horan of the Lawndalc avenue police
station Tuesday on the charge of oh.
tanning money and credit under false
prcteuses from David Weber. alias
Chicago Credit CO.. No. 92 La Sale
street and his being sent To the county
Jail in default Of n $500 bond to await
the action of the grand jury. will prob.
ably be the means of q sensational ex.
pose of the manner in which police Of.
ficers are said TO be robbed 10y alleged
loan sharks
Attorney Cantwell has asked the
States attorney for advice about Sc
curing an indictment against Justice
Wood. whom he charges with NAL
fcasance In office in connection with the
case against officer Horan. He
charges In addition that the office Of
the assistant chief of police Is nothing
more nor less than n collection agency
for the loan sharks" and that the
trial board is hut the tool of the alleged
ring.
IL ls said the charges made by the
attorney and the officer under arrest
will be- thoroughly investigated by the
states Attorney. and II found true.
will be carried before the grand jury.
1, l. intimated even Chief OF Police
Ripley will be brought under the scru-
tiny of the law. as IL Is said by Attorney
Cantwell and several officers. whose
names are not divulgcd. that the chief
is interested In the loanng of money,
and that alleged 'loan sharks are his
agents. Attorney Cantwcll lays spc.
rial stress ON the fact that Justice
Wood and his change of venue justice,
Justice HOglund. are with n crowd OF
alleged loan sharks" at the noon hour
every day for lunch In the Chicago
Opera House building. and that they
are bound by u common bond to swerve
10 the interests Of the charges brought
10y the loaners Of money against the
alleged victims. The charge against
officer Koran IL said by his attorney 10
be similar to that Of Charles +. Cessna
and W. ID. Card against .. NJ. Ren"'
dict. In which ease Judge Tuthill ruled
that Benedict was not In debt to the
pair. and that lie had several times
paid them the amount they claimed
was due them.
officer Horan. on May -. borrowed
$40. SO the note shows. from David
Weber. At that time. II Is said by
Weber. the officer claimed he owed 10
other debts. June = the officer blcd
petition In bankruptcy, and on that
ground is based the charge Of Obtaining
money under false pretcnses. Weber
alleges that the $50 borrowed repre-
sented u new loan. The officer con-
tends that 1t was simply n continianc"
Of a transaction he had carried on WIN
Weber since 1883. The Chicago Credit
Company Is said 10 he backing the
prosecution of the case, which was
called before Justice Wood Tuesday.
In default of bail Horan was ordered
locked up in the county Jail. The Of
iicer was In full uniform, and wore
his star and club when taken to 'Be
jnil 10y u constable. Owing to the
Kindness Of Jailer Whitman, Horan
was not placed in the department Of
common prisoners, who would have
delighted In tormenting the officer. but
was taken to the hospital fOOr. When
the matter was called To the attention
Of the States Attorney by the prison
er's attorney, the prisoner was released
on his own rccognizance.