The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-01-10

nardened ana confirmed runners or
booze, blind-piggers, keepers of notori-
Gus dumps of lawlessness and low NOR
al endeavor, failed to feel the heavy
hand Of chief McKinnon 8 displeasure.
Big Crooks Escaped.
The vendors of stuff with the real
kick were immunes, generally speak
ing. There was some sort of "Pass-
over" plan, whereby the door posts Of
the most offending dumps were passed
by when the Big Chiefs pets made
their raids, just as the Hebrews in An
cient Egypt escaped by smearing their
lintels with blood. Just what the God
less, lawless Bingoland bunch used to
smear the lintels of their blind pig
pens, affiant sayeth not. It may have
been yellow gold or long green, instead
of red blood. Who knows9
Of course no one feels surprise that
Col. Crawford appears as chief McKin-
non s chief counsel in his trial before
the police commissioners. Both as
clansman and CANISTER, Col. Crawford
was the logical man to defend kis
friend, neighbor and brother. A. law
yer of admitted ability, Col. Crawford
is clever enough to try everyone but
his client when he has a weak and un-
popular case. He sprawls himself on
the knees of the gods, praying and hop
ing for the best. 49, -.. 80
Baxter the Chief Target.
All through chief McKinnon g trial,
mayor Baxter has been the chief tar.
get for the Crawfordian tactics. While,
other witnesses have received vicious
attacks, mayor Baxter has been select
ed for the full force of the Crawford
ian bitterness, nastiness and unfair.
ness.
Fair play for an opponent is not a
permissible thing in Bingoland tactics.
Col. Crawford lodges all questions as
to McKinnon g efficiency or ineffi-
cheney thus far. He drags in a mass
Of stuff not pertinent nor bearing on
McKinnon 8 case. Whether McKinnon
has done his full duty or shirked, been
insubordinate or winked the official
eye to Bingoland followers is avoided
by the cunning Crawford.
Crawford has made special efforts to
ascertain names Of contributors to
mayor Baxter's campaign fund and
amounts contributed. What that has
to do with McKinnon suitability to
be chief of police, no ordinary layman
can understand, but it is an indirect
method Of undermining the peoples
confidence in the first real mayor they
have had, and even after the fire and
police commission ruled that it was not
necessary as evidence in the case, the
attorney for the defense kept on ask
ing the questions, knowing that they
would be reported by the daily papers,
which carry stenographic reports Of the
proceedings.
Did Louis McKinnon Donate?
Among other things he wanted to
know if Louis McKinnon of the North
ern Brewing company had not contrib
uted some $1,000 or $1,000. Although
this question has nothing to do with
the case, and contributions are hard to
prove, since they are generally made
in private and in cash, leaving it pos
sible for one man to claim and another
to deny that money was given, it is a
well established fact i'm American poll
tics that people looking for special
privileges are anxious to ingratiate
themselves with any candidate with
ghost of a show for election. In the
spring of 1913 Baxter was considered
winner and it is not impossible that
the Northern Brewing company through
McKinnon contributed to his campaign
fund.
Supposing the amount mentioned is
correct, say many citizens, it would
really be more interesting to learn how
much the company expended trying to
defeat Baxter. Perhaps those contribu-
tions were not even handled by Nc
Kinnon, but by Ed. Hanton, recog-
nized as the big noise in the Northern
Brewing company, through Bob Shields.
Be this as it may, habitues Of the bad
lands Of Bingoland still remember the
many hilarious journeys made by the
said Bob Shields, Scion Perrin, then
candidate for mayor and now judge of
the superior court, and "Gefuellte
Max who, arm in arm, wandered from
saloon to saloon, licking up booze and
spending money like water, lining up
votes for Perrin.
The Dauntless Three.
People who recall the visits of the
Shields Perrin Rosenberg triumvirate
and their excursions to the bad lands,
smoker when they. hear Crawford try
to get Policewoman Tyler to adj
nit that her statement that a Judge
had gone to Madison to intercede for
"Gefuellte Maxi and get his sentence
reduced was based simply on suspi-
cion and so ridiculous that it would
fall by it's own weight.
It will also be noticed that Nc
Causland was not a party to those pre-
election trips through the thirst par
]ors of Bingoland. "Pappy' Nc
Causland is a foxy old scout and he
would never get tangled up that way.
But is is an open secret that he op-
posed Bakers election and it is pre-
sumed that he stayed home and prayed
for PERKINS, success while the Jolly
triumvirate worked in dead earnest to
get booze and votes.
Bunch Chases Chandler.
Attempts have been made by the
defense to discredit Detective Chand-
Ter, who has done the most effective
work for cleaning up Bingoland ever
performed nv an officer in mr. out of