The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-26
By J. v. KNIGHT.

BY J. v. KNIGHT.
CHICAGO, July 24-The grand jury
which has been probing the alleged
payment OF money for protection Of
vice by the police today returned 10
indictments against Police inspector
Edward McCann. In charge OF the
west side levee district McCann Is
charged with accepting brides and
ms2feasance In office.
The sensation caused by the indict-
ment OF Detective Jerry Griffin yes
terday was as nothing compared with
that following the return OF the Nc
Cam Indictments.
Five OF the indictments charge that
McCann accepted $3.50 each from 1--WE
individual resort keepers on the west
side. The remaining five charge him
with being neglected. in failing TO ar
rest the saloonkeepers for violation OF
the law and for permitting them to
operate disorderiy resorts.
The names OF Louis and Abe Frank
appear on the indictments as witness
es against Mccain. Both are saloon
keepers and for years have been re-
garded as powers in the underworld.
The grand jury yesterday returned an
Indictment charging Lewis Frank with
collecting money from resort Keepers
ON the west side with the understand
ing that IL would be turned over to the
police for protection" Louis Frank
Is reputed 10 be worth $l0O0O00
AS soon as the indictments were re-
turned the grand jury resumed its
work and a score or more witnesses
were summoned.
Prison doors are yawning for
"men higher up" in this city's
police department. following whole
sale Indictments by the grand
jury charging vice protection
and gambling graft. States Attorney
John f.. w. Wayman. head OF the de-
cency movement which Is sweeping
tic city declares he never will let up
on the vice kings until he has the
ringleaders in cells.
After a stormy session in the jury
room, where detectives and police
heads perspired under fire. los indicl-
ments were returned.
The grand jury yesterday returned
true bill against Detective Jeremiah
Griffin, confidential man OF Police IT,
spector Edward Mccain on a charge
OF having accepted money for giving
police protection
The chief witnesses against Detec-
tive Griffin are said to be Morris
Schaze. a former resortkeeper and
Monkey Charley" Genker. another
west side resortkeeper. There are
eight counts In the indictment charg-
Ing him with accepting $40 from
Schaze for permitting the latter 20
operate a disorderly resort. Testi-
mony in the same vein Is said To have
been furnished by detectives attached
to the states attorneys Office.
Mccain Issues Statement
Inspector Mccain, Griffi1s superior
oficer, issued a statement today in
dignantly denying that he knew any
thing about protection graft" and ex-
pressing his entire confidence In Crit
I'm.
Mccain declared that Griffin is hat
ed by the west side resort owners and
that they started out TO get him."
This big city by the lake has not
been SO shaken for years as now. Way.
man was elected as reformer. The
ward bosses opposed him and they
knew they could hope for no mercy
from him.
One day a Chinaman sneaked into
kk4o Ozlblt vi haWdTu
Dunno, former Judge and ex-mayor.
The man was trembling in fright. He
knew Dunno had been a friend Of the
good Chinese while mayor. and he
hd q STORY to tell him. II was a tale
q grRft, OF thousands of dollars being
paid boy the Chinese underworld to POI
Ice fpr protection. In the ex-mayor's
prlvate Office In the Ashland block the
az
At about the same time a woman.
clothed In black. visited the criminal
courts building and told a similar
story to States Attorney Wayman. For
three years, she said. police had levied
graft on her little saloon and Polish
boarding house south of Chicago
When She didn't pay some stranger
the graft. she would be arrested.
Search for Police Graft.
As soon as her story was finished
Dunno conferred with Wayman. and
the grand jury was impaneled to deal
with q new problem in Chicago affairs
the search for police graft Though
graft isn't new by any means here. the
investigation OF II is
AS a result OF the stories told nv
the woman In black and the frightened
Chinaman, true bills we're returned.
and big ring Of Chinese gamblers
was driven out OF business Extortion
will be charged against men who
mulct saloonkeepers and others.
Unlike any other great city in the
world. Chicago has its criminal al.
visions just as 1t has its political d..
visions Westside vice Is under the
control OF the Desplaines-st police.
Inspector Mccain is in charge OF the
district. NN
s On the south side, near the cen.rs,
part OF the city. Aid. Kenna and Cough.
lin. twin monarchs OF the red light
district, hold sway. Inspector Wheel
err. from the Harrison-st. station
Yields police power in the first and
second wards. where south side vice
centers.
Michael Kenna has been known as
~Hinky Dink" 20 the country at large
from the time he sold newspapers a.
a Clark and Van Buren-sts. until now
whom he runs n saloon there And
counts his wealth In seven figures.
The gateway 10 downtown vice ii
this corner.
kenns's Barrel House."