The New York herald., 1922-01-16

headquarters. either by Director O'Con-
nor or the supervising enforcement
agent. who at that time conducted his
office separately.
Some persons may have guessed what
was going on. but 1t had no official con-
firmation until December 20. 1920. On
that date Dan ]. Chaplin. q reynue otti-
Ger of long service. who had q few weeks
previously been made supervising en-
forcement agent, announced that he had
dismissed forty-seyen men.
Soon after he took up the Job. Mr..
Chaplin. through the Department OF JUS
.tice, undertook an investigation or the
agents on his staff. Their bank accounts
In many cases proved to be more hap
PLY balanced than was possible under
the salary they received from the Cow
ernment: they had been purchasing au-
tomoblles and 1ewelry too freely. IL was
told OF Mr.. Chaplin at the time that ne
had his entire lstaff march past his desk
in single fle. pausing for moment to
show him their hands. Large diamond
rings, IL evident. placed the wcarcr close
to the firing line.
Two days later the arrests IN the Mc-
Alpin "tea party ring" were made py
agents of the special intelligence unit OK
the Internal Revenue Bureau, and the
public was informed OF charges involving
clerks in the directors Office In 2 hugo
conspiracy for the Illegal withdrawal OF
liquor through forger permits.
There followed indictments against
three women clerks Mrs. Mary Parlins,
Miss Regina Sassone and Mrs. Volberg
Castillo. Their case. and that Of Ed
ward Donegan. the Brooklyn CONTRACTOR
who WAS indicted with them, Is set for
trial to-day.
Two inspectors on Director O'Connor's
staff, Fred =. Doardway and 70. f. Nc
Manus, were arrested in March. 1921.
charged with extorting money from a
saloon keeper. They were released on
that charge. but soon afterward pleaded
;uilty to falsifying their expense ac-
counts, and were fined and sentenced to
one day in jail.
Charged with the acceptance OF bribes
Frank Strepponi. an Inspector, and
| William II. Hurley. an agent were ar
rested January IA, 1921. Their case Il
pending. With them were arrested
| Agents John J. Dunn and Louis Eilperin
against whom the charges were dis
missed by the United States Commits
sioner. All these men were removed
along with Agent Maurice Kessler
against whom no charge was made
| On March 15 practically the entirs
|
der arrest. charged with the ,extort;oI
from saloon Keepers Of sums ranging
from q few dollars to several thousands
1 Edwin G. Waters, tho squad leader. wa
dismissed. These men had been sent I,
the Buffalo office from Brooklyn by Mr.
4 Chaplin. after ne had discharged al! O
their immediate predecessors in Buffalo
4 Convictions were obtained agains
i eight of them, Louis Jacobs. Timoth,
DAILY. Ralph Heatoh. Jr.. John III. Ertz
Mark Tryblnski. Josiah 4. Smith. Alber
A. Horie and John p. Furey. All wer
sent to the Atlanta penitentiary, an,
most Of them were fined. The cases o
Daniel J. Ahern and Morris Berney ar
still pending.
/ Others convicted include: John r
I Kennedy. an agent at Malone, who wa.
i arrested April !, 1921, and fined $500 10
4 falsifying his accounts: Harry Weisn
agent. arrested May "a for getting Grunl
| and beating Yonkers saloon keeper
and fined $3.50; Agent Clarence Smith
arrested September for carrying off {
i quart bottle Of liquor from one Of tn.
i piers, fined.
4 The recent indictment handed down
1 by the Fed eral Grand Jury named, in
addition to former Director Hart, bis
assistant, Thomas r. Reddy. and an
/ other clerk, Michael j. Lynch.
i After the shakeup by Chaplin no more
wholesale dismissals are recorded until
/ July /. 1921, when Director Hart an
nounced that he had dismissed six men
These dismissals followed on tho heels
of charges made by George A. Glynn,