The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-05
GROVES OFFICE
HAND IN GLOVE
WITH GUNNER
Demand Investigation
of Chicago Officials
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recalls the scandal at the Cook Coun-
ty jail, where the sheriff allowed two
bootleggers to roam all over the city,
enjoy themselves in the cabarets and
use the county jail as an office to
transact their booze-running. 1t also
points out the attendance of many
judges, county and city officials and
politicians at the burials of gunner
slain.
Wealthy BootIeeeers.
The O'Donnells, McErlanes, Ragan's
Colts, Johnny Torrio, and the Gennas
were mentioned as having become
''fabulously rich as rum runners and
bootleggers, working in collision with
police and other officials, building up
a monopoly by killing competitors"
Five breweries-the Siege plant the
Standard Products company, the Mon
roe Products company, the Pfefer
Products company, and Ruehl brew
ery-are making and selling pre-Vol-
stead beer openly and under police
protection, the petition charges.
evidence multiplies daily" says
the petition, that many public Off
Gals are in secret alliance with under
world assassins, gunner, rum rum
ners, bootleggers, thugs, ballot box
suffers, and reporters; that ring Of
politicians and public officials operat-
ing thru criminals and with dummy
directors are conducting a number of
breweries and are selling beer under
police protection; police officials,
working out of the principal law en-
forcement offices of the city, have
been conveying liquor, namely, alco-
hol, whisky, and beer, and that one
such police officer who is under feder-
al indictment is still acting as po-
lice officer"
Following the announcement Of the
presentation of this petition to the
senate for a congressional investiga
ton, States Attorney Grove launched
into an attack on the Deneen-Lundin
alliance, which is using the Better
Government Association as its cloak
which is opposing the Crowe-Barrett
alliance in the republican primaries.
Grove points out that the most
prominent hacker of the present Unit
ed States Senator Deneen is "Dia
mond Joe" opposite, who has beer
indicted for murder, which indictment
is still pending with leave to rein
state, and is a convicted and con
fessed bootlegger. He also points ou
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guests at a resort run by opposite
which was closed by the government
He assailed Deneen's term as state;
attorney, pointing out that under his
regime twenty years ago open com
mercialized prostitution flourished no
only in the residential parts of the
city, but in the loop itself and tina
gambling joints could be found al
over the city. Grove then cites al
organization that is backing his ma
chine and that tries to make 1t appea
that vice no longer flourishes in Chi
cago and pats the Grove administra
ton on the back for it's law enforce
ments."
Before the primaries come arount
there will be many more charges an
counter-charges and it is well tina
the workers of Chicago listen to thes
charges so that they may see how
corrupt these friends of the opel
shoppers are. States Attorne.
Groves office has been used not onl.
to protect the criminal element in tn
city, but it has also served as strike
breaker recruiting agency for man.
Chicago firms. Police officials attach