Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-02-03
GUNNER IMPORTED
WITH CONSENT Of
POLICE, IS CLAIM
Chicago Police Said to Be In
volved In Crime Wave to
DIscredit Prosecuting
Attorney.
PLOTTED DEATH, SAYS ONE
Hoyne and Chief of Detectives
Slated For Death, Says
Eddie Mack-New York
Gang on Job.

Chicago, Jan. Exchanges that
criminals are being brought ron New
York and other cities to commit crimes
IN chicago for the purpos of discred-
itlns the states attorneys office and
lhe city administration, are to be in
N~estlgated by a special grand jury to-
day, according to police officials.
In an alleged confession made public
last night by the police. Eddie Mack.
a notorious pickpocket, and charged
with leading the bandits who robbed
the Washington Park National bank
OF $4,000. is said to have revealed Il
plot TO d!scredit both city and county
officials and members of the police de-
partment.
ut was generally known among.
crooks tina imported gunner were go
ing after Captain Hunt, (chief of de-
t~ectiVes), and Maclay Hoyne, states
attorney OF Cook county,, because they
We're after the crooks" Mack is alleged
by the police to have said.
Big Frame Up, Says Mack.
Certain politicians and police Of
ficials are bringing them into town.
Mack is reported to have added.
According to the states attorneys
office at least six police officers are
implicated by Mack's confession. III
which he is quoted as naming several
as "fiXers" for criminals. and as having
accepted money for the protection of
law breakers. Several police officers
recently We're convicted on similar
charges.
Assistant States Attorney Frank
Johnson. jr.. said today that the grand
dlately indictments against Mack.
Charles n Harry Kramer. Alex
Brodle and Harry Feline, who were
taken into custody yesterday. charged
with robbery. The jury, Mr.. Johnson
said, also would investigate the pos
Sihf1itp fhnf th~ 49,, ,.z,a ..z1.- =
the robbery of the Cool Tourist agency
and the resultant murder of Policeman
Bror johnson. He said that should
this connection be proven and also
that certain policemen and politicians
had allowed the criminals to work in
the fact to the murder of Policeman
johnson would be lodged against them
Hold "Gyp's" Old Pals.
With the alleged confession of Mack
and the Kramer brothers thai they
robbed the Washington Park bank, the
authorities today We're paying great
est attention to reputed Importation Of
criminals to discredit the administra-
ton. The kramers were quoted as
having aid they We're intimates of the
murderers in New York.
According to Charles Kramer. the
brothers We're taken into custody by
New York police shortly after the muir
der in July. 1912, of Herman Rosen-
thai. They We're found, he said, in the.
room of Harry Horowitz, known to the
New York authorities as .Gyp the
Blood and We're held while the muir
der was being investigated, but later
released.
They came to Chicago last Septem-
Der. Brodie and Feline also are SAID
to have police records in New York.
Only portions of the alleged confess
slons were made public by the po-
lice nj no announcement was made
regarding what information. if any,
had been obtained from half a dozen
other persons, several of them won,.
en-, who are held as material wit
nesSeS.
Mack Unusual Criminal.
Eddie Mack, arrested as IA leader of
the bandits who robbed the Wash
ington Park National bank, and who
is said to have confessed, is known to
Chicago police as a family man." ac-
cording to information made public
today.
He lived on the south side here and
has for years attended baseball games
at the Chicago American league park.
accompanied by his wife and ~10-year-
old daughter. When accompanied by
his family, policemen said, Mack never
was arrested. There was a tacit agree
ment that he never worked . crowd
save when lone.
Mack, who came to Chicago years
ago from Cincinnati, is a neat dresser.
He is devoted to his daughter and in
valid wife. He had no hang outs
save his own house and did not use
drugs, a circumstance which the DO
lice consider marks him as unique
among men OF his kind.