New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
John J. Cunson Held in
$4,000 Bail Following
Revelations of 3 Girls
Before the Grand jury
IL Other Persons
Reported Involved
Witnesses Assert Thew
Bought Protection;Paid
to Have Cases ssFixed''

Detective John j.. Gunson, attached
to the 4th Inspection District, under
Inspector Dominick Henry, was ar
raigned before Judge James T. Malone
in General Sessions yesterday on an
indictment accusing him of grating
upon women of the streets.
The specific charge against him is
for extorting $50 from Mrs. Rebecca
Mulyado.
The woman, however, charges that
money and valuablcs Gunson obtained
from her in the course of long ac-
quaintance amount to $4,000.
i The indictment against Gunson was
obtained by Assistant District Attorney
James E. Smith after five months in
vestigation.
Assistant District Attorney Smith.
who as the man in charge of the vice
investigation work of the District At
torney's office has frequently clashed
with the Police Department, said yes
terday that other indictments of SINH
lar nature are to follow The indict-
ments, he said. probably will involve
ten policemen, a lawyer and two bonds
men, and will be accompanied by reve-
lations that will startle the city as did
the Becker case.
Bail Fixed at $4,000
Gunson pleaded not guilty, and was
held for trial in $4,000 bail. He is the
man who received much publicity last
summer as result Of his arrest of
Lillian Kohn and Sallie Kobin who, he
swore, had solicited him in the street,
but who afterward proved to be girls
Of unquestionable character and we're
exonerated by Judge Rosalsky. Re-
Gently Gunson was acquitted at police
trial arising out Of the arrest Of the
two girls.
Mrs. Mulyado. who said she was
graduate of the University of Kan
sas: Estelle Young and Rose Con
gales appeared against Gunson. They
had been subpmnaed by Mr.. Smith.
The story they told the Assistant Dis
trict Attorney and the grand jury and
which they repeated yesterday before
a group Of newspaper men in Mr..
Smiths Office, included charges Of ex-
tortion, bribery, deliberate persecution,
from place to place and loss
of jobs due to pressure brought by
police officers who had been extracting
profit from their life of shame. Gun
son and another detective against whom
Mr.. Smith said an investigation is now
in progress and whose indictment is
looked for, figured in the story.
Accused Calls 1t "Frame-up"
Gunson, however, before entering the
courtroom denied he knew two of the
three girls and called the charges
against him ridiculous and a frame
up"
"This is frame-up from start to
finish," said Gunson. "The charges are
ridiculous. The only woman l know
Of the three mentioned against me is
Rose Gonzales, and you can find out
who she is by looking up her record.
She is known as Spanish Rose have
never had anything to do with these
women. l am a respectable married
man and the father of child and
have never been out of my home for
twenty-four hours"
Mrs. Mulyado is the chief complain
ant against Gunson. She said she
was born in Tampico and was brought
to the United States as child. She
claimed to be a graduate Of the Uni
versity of Kansas and said she speaks
seven languages. She added that she
had been employed as a translator by
prominent international lawyers in
Chicago, and is now working in hair
dresser's establishment, from which,.
she charged, Gunson tried to get her
elected because she would no longer