The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-20
HOYNE CLEARING UP
WICKEDEST CHICAGO

politician or his henchman was I'M
covered and came up with mud"
plastered all over him.
Hoyne and his men turned up a
protection selling syndicate, com
posed of policemen and politicians
who got the biggest portion of the
Doodle. the smaller fry who helped
collect II and the denizens OF the
underworld who had been paying It.
They got a van load OF confessions
and other evidence and the grand
juries began grinding out indict-
ments 70 fast that the clerks who
had to make out the warrants were
compelled to work nights.
It was an unsavory mess and the
papers were full OF 1t, OF course. So
the crooks. thinking that with the
police department disorganized by
IT, . Indictment of Its chief and lot
OF it's commanding officers. they could
operate in safety, began working al
most openly.
Where, according to the little must
cal comedy song. a man was liable to
be held up three times in the same
night, 1t became quite the thing to
stick him up every block of his way
home The yeggmen invaded the loop
district downtown and blew safes
with such heavy charges that they
shook skyscrapers. The hold-up ar
lists invaded the business district
luncbrooms and carried off the pro-
ceeds in bold daylight. auto bandits
acquired the pleasant habit of knock
ing down paymasters on almost any
street and carting off the payroll, and
a man who owned motor car had to
hire a guard to watch It II he left 1t
alone so much as minute.
The house robber got tired of fool
ing with the pikers and went IN for
bigger game and chose his victims
from among the wealthy residents of
Chicago's gold coast"
Then Healy was ousted from his
Job and Herman F. Schuettler. who
for years had been deputy superin-
tendeat, was made chief of police.
Schuettler, OF course. wasn't exactly
a new broom, but ne certainly swept
things like one. Right Off the bat he
transferred $50 policemen and their
officers "for the good OF the. service"
and told them to get busy and do a
little cleaning themselves.
Then he went over TO see Hoyne
and they shook hands, and for the
first time In many moons the police
department and the states attorney
began to cooperate against the COM
mon enemy.
Between them they have made
things pop First they went out and
landed the king bee OF all the bur
glars. Adam Prochowski. whose loot
ran into the thousands. and they
showed him where they had him all
sewed up in sack. and obtained a
confession that put all OF his gang,
big and little, behind the bars.
Then they uncovered gigantic
auto stealing trust, and found out
what had become OF something like
81 100000 worth OF cars that had been
stolen here and in other cities Also
they locked up few hundred known
crooks, and weeded out the ones who
were guilty of a good deal of the
crime that had been rampant here
abouts. and chased the rest out OF the
city.
schuettier also revived the gamb-
ling squad. and sent out raiders 10
close hp a lot Of resorts that were
operating under, cover He got to-
gether a select bunch of sharp-shoot-
ers. loaded them into fast automobiles
and told them to go out and get hold
or the bandits who were using motor
ears and bring them In. either on
stretcher. in a coffin or with hand
cuffs around their wrists.
There were n good many saloon
men In the city who thought they
were getting away with their fitting
Of the sunday lid. but Schuettler
fooled them. and large number OF
them are out of business as result
FOR the new chief sent out his cops
and copettes and got evidence OF
sunday selling. and. upon his recon-
rnsndation the mayor revoked the
license Of every man who was con-
victed.
The cleanup Is still young, but
shows no sign of losing it's force.
How're and Schuettler say they aren't
half done yet. and that II the under
world thinks It Ia afoul of huzzsaw
no telling what 81 will think when 1t
discovers what IL still unreyealed in
the cleanup line.