South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-21

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Grams association. after their session
dispatched a letter 70 Mayor Hylan
Offering him "the service OF from
500 10 5000 selected members OF
the legion TO enforce the regularly
constituted police members Of Great
er New York at such time as the
chief executive Of the city and re-
spOnsible for the maintalnence OF
law and order. NAV determine that
their services are required"
At Point OF Tears.
Mrs. Lucille Emma Brooks, who
is under arrest with John Cavanaugh
and Nicholas Loresch in connection
with the shooting Of Police Lieut..
Floyd Horton. in a running fight
with gangsters after a hOldup last
week. Monday appeared before
grand jury.
Before testifying. she was said TO
have declined 20 sign a waiver Of
immunity. According to attaches OF
the criminal courts building, this
prevented prosecution Of her In the
present case. II was reported she
had signed a statement but its con-
tents were not made public.
Mrs. Brooks was heavily yelled,
but appeared at the point Of tears
when she entered the jury room. She
was one OF eight witnesses sum-
moned by Assistant Dist. Atty
Dineen. who appeared before the
legal body 10 ask for first degree
murder indictments IN the Horton
case. The hearing will be contin-
ued Tuesday.
John Walter Brooks a Chicago
! insurance man who FASTENED here
to his wife's assistance, accompanied
her into the criminal courts build
ing. In receiving newspapermen,
he reiterated his confidence In Mrs.
Brooks innocence. He said she was
Z 3 3 years old and n native OF Russia.
Stories Coincide.
According 10 the version Of her
examination given out by the dis
/ trict attorneys office, mick" I.orsch
was assisting her TO move by auto
mobile to Brooklyn when they met
Joseph LOrsch and Cavanaugh with
whom she had several drinks. She
was quoted as saying that later she
| went for an automobile ride with
the party, heard a shot saw a man
/ jump on the running board, realiZ-
ed that she herself was wounded
and became dazed. The next thing
she knew. according to Mr. Dineen
she was being taken home by Mick. -
A statement issued by the wo-
mans attorney conceded in the
main with Mr.. Dineen's version Of
her story except that II made no
mention of the drinking.
Demand for Il legislative invesu-
cation of the nancial condition of
the city Of New York and of every
municipal, borough and county de-
/ partment in the city, especially the
police department, is contained in
! a resolution made public today by
| Henry II. Curran, borough president
I of Manhattan. 1t viii be submitted
/ TO the board of est nate tomorrow
/ for action.
/ a crisis in the city's financial con-
I ditlOn which demands immediate in
vestigatiOn is revealed. the resOlu-
! ton says. by the failure OF the board
! OF estimate and appOrtiOnment TO
appropriate $27.0O0,00O necessary
20 conduct the public schools during
I the last four months OF 1921.
/ Says Enright Fault.
The unparalleled peril 10 life and
property that exists today in every
: home, Office, shop and public place
! in the city," it adds, "as evidenced
/ by the recent record of undetected
I and UNPUBLISHED murder and robbery,
demands a similar investigation"
/ Declaring that he will vote for the
/ 769 additional patrolmen asked for
/ by police commissioner Enright,
| PRESET Cufran declared:
! II would vote for three times as
many if that alone would help us.
I'VE need ne wpatrolmen, but be-
fore that we need a new police COM
missioner. The trouble is not with
/ the men but with the commission
, er. The incompetence is at the top.
Commissioner Enright has the con-
hdeHce OF neither the policemen nor
The public. While he should be re-
moved. his Is the only one of the
departments which has broken
down."
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