New Britain herald., 1925-07-02
COPS SHADOW.BOX
 WITH LAW, BUTLER
Have Aided Rum-TraMcking Phila, Police Director Says

Philadelphia, July 2 Pl-The spe- cial federal grand jury, which yes terday completed an investigation of the illegal flow of alcohol here, un- covered evidence, according to Henry B. Friedman, assistant United States district attorney, of huge bribes ac- cepted by city policemen who not only afforded "protection' to ring of alcohol permit holders, but aided In loading trucks that acted as con- voy to the liquor laden vehicles.
 Simultaneously, Director of Pub lie Safety Butler in a talk to his police inspectors, captains and lieu tenants admitted that his previous crusades against vice, gambling and liquor had failed because the police had been "shadow-boxing." At the same time the director inaugurated another intensive campaign and per sonally took charge of special squad of 150 picked men 10 clean up the city where the other squads have failed"
 General Butler also issued state ment denouncing as "baseless' at~ tacks on his work by the Daily News. He declared that Congress- man William S. Ware was "consid- erably interested" in the Daily News and that the attacks had been made because he (Butler) had "resstcd an invitation given by Congressman Ware. through Common Pleas Court Judge E. O. Lewis, to purchase the silerce of the News by instructing policemen to boost the circulation of that newspaper"
 Congressman Ware early today declined to discuss the statement "I have read the statement" he said. "and you can say this for me: I have made it a rule not to discuss General Butler. and I shall carry out that policy as long as he re- mains as director of the depart ment of public safety"
 Regarding the grand jury investi- gation, Assistant District Attorney Friedman said it had revealed the biggest police scandal in the his tory of the city" He declined 10 state the number of policemen in volved, but said their names and all the information gathered by 8 secret squad of 100 under cover" agents from Washington would be turned over to Director Butler. Friedman declared the investiga- ton would lead to the indictment of more than a score of interpretations and forty individuals on charges of conspiracy, illegal transportation and sale of alcohol and bribery of policemen.
 Friedman said the government would enter suits not only for the revocation of the licenses of these corporations and individuals, but also for the forfeiture of their in demnity bonds. Forfeiture of these bonds, he stated, would net the gov e.nment hundreds of thousands ot dollars, and the revocation of the licenses would cut down the outflow of alcohol from this city 50o,00O gallons a month, This alcohol, he ] declared, had been going to all sec tions of the east.
 This huge outflow of alcohol, V said Friedman, "has been supposed to be used in the manufacture or hair tonics, barber supplies, soaps, perfumes, disinfectants and other supplies. Most ,or all of it, accord Ing to testimony brought out before the grand jury, has been sold and ldiverted to cover up houses which are establishments working 10 get the alcohol into the hands and places lof illegal redistillers and finally on The market for beverage purposes The whole business is a huge or ;anized effort of individuals to break the law. It is a mass of lnterwoNen conspirators. In other words, Vir- tually every person investigated and found to be operating Illegally in one place and with one concern was also found to be mixed up in combina- tions with others which have been breaking the law"
 Indictments will be asked when the grand jury roconvenes on July 10.