Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-24
FURTHE:.RSENSAT|ON
in WHISKY SCANDAL
Chicago Police Chief Fails to
Turn Over All Records to
United States Agents.

CHICAGO, October 20 (by the Asso-
ciated Press).-Failure of John j.
F., Clarity, general superintendent of po-
lice. to surrender ~ records and papers
| bearing on tho .hisky scandal to fed
| eral authorities today, promised new
sensation in the liquor ring investiga-
ton.
Clarity. who had been given until 10
o'clock this morning to turn over the
papers, sent a large mass of documents
torney Mr.. Kelly said he discovered.
however, that affidavits bearing on
charges against Mike de Pike Heitler.
who is alleged to have sold 100000
| worth of liquor to saloonkeepers and
then, with the assistance OF police.
stolen it back, were missing.
The assistant district attorney tele-
! phoned Chief Clarity and directed him
to produce the missing affidavits by
Monday He also issued an order on
the chiefs office to turn over the origi-
mails of all papers copies of which were
surrendered today.
Amdavits Held Very Important.
The missing afIidavits in the Heitler
case were made by Messy" Joy, John
E.. Miller, John E. Fitzpatrick and
Mickey" Frank. 1t was joys COM
plant to police that Heitler had sold
him a truckload of whisky and then
stolen it back that started the federal
and police Investigations and led to
Heitler's arrest.
The secrets of the whisky ring which
it is alleged, has flooded Chicago with
liquor during the last few months are
in the hands of the United States dis
trict attorneys Office. with enough evil
dence to convict, Assistant District At
torney Kelly declared today.
'Leavenworth yawns for the higher
ups as well as the minor participants
in the booze scandal" Mr.. Kelly de-
clared The higher-ups must come
clean-and come clean quick.
Wants Chief to Cooperate.
IT have given Chief Clarity chance
to cooperate" Mr.. Kelly said. HE
fatty refused. I've got evidence now
that will. send a bunch of them to
prison.
Nine policemen have been held un-
der bonds by United States Commits
81 oner Mason in connection with the
whisky scandal. Chief Clarity today
ordered the arrest of three more men,
bers of the department.
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
in charge of the investigation, has
promised to go to the bottom of the
whisky trade. Federal authorities
are particularly interested in the re-
cent theft of liquor. valued at $780,
900, in which the name Of Mike de
Pike" Heitler figured. Heitler and his
business partner are out on bonds.
Two internal revenue collectors and
two other men were arrested this
morning by police, charged with OBJ
tanning hush" money from a saloon
keeper on whose premises they found
liquor. They are to be turned over
to federal authorities at once.
Another Policeman Gives Up.
Vincent Skiba, another policeman,
surrendered to federal authorities to-
day He is said to have been seen
driving a truckload of whisky last
week. He was held under $4,000
bonds.
Policeman Thomas Breen Of the
Englewood station was arrested today
after being identified by two negro
expressmen as one of the two patrol
men who furnished the guard for a.
carload of wine which they had been
hired to deliver. Breen denied the
expressmen's story.