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said he was trying to trap the men.
Prosecutor Remy knew Of the
case, he said
Remy verified Keeney's statement
that he was told of the attempt to
trap Lockwood and Casey.
Lockwood entered his auto parked
at Michigan and Illinois SITS. .Wednes-
day and attempted to give him 500,
Keeney said.
Saw Police
AS he was about to take the money
he saw an auto load of police drive
up and park behind his machine.
He then made an agreement with
Lockwood to meet him at his home
that night.
Remy was making talk at the
Hoosier Athletic Club that night
Keeney said, and he went there and
told Remy of the affair.
On Remy's orders accompanied by
Byron K Elliott, Ralph Span and
two newspaper reporters, Keeney
went to LockWood's home later.
Elliott and Span, deputy attorn
eys general, assigned by Remy to
prosecute liquor cases, and the re
porters hid in some bushes while he
called Lockwood from the house and
talked to him, Keeney said.
Lockwood again offered him
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because there was no evidence that
any police were near to arrest him
on the framed up" bribery charge
Keeney said.
Its my word against that Of two
bootleggers, Keeney said.
Prosecutor Remy declared he be-
lieved the charges against Keeney
were made in an effort to discredit
the prosecutors office and the in
vestigation the grand jury is making
Of alleged failure Of the police de-
partment to enforcement Of the
dry law.
81 have known for several days, u
he said, that they were trying to
frame Keeney."
mot only the police department.
but the bootleging profession are
down on him. That's because they
know he has the goods on him. The
bootleggers haven't forgotten the
seventy odd cases he worked ur
last year."
Keeney. who was a temporary
Federal prohibition agent for two
months last winter, made the inves
tigation which resulted in the ar
rests of more than seventy persons
in Federal liquor raids.
Several months ago he was named
a special investigator for deputy at
torney generals, who, under Remy
are in charge of prosecuting Marion
County liquor cases.
Denies Frame-up
Chief Johnson denied that there
was any attempt to frame
Keeney.
II want the police department in
vestigated and exonerated or cleaned
up" he said.
Its time the entire matter was
Strengthened UP and I am willing tc
let Federal officials do it. Wher
the police department has beer
exonerated, or any officers on the
force, who are not acting right are
cleaned out, if they are any, am
willing to accept the entire re
sponsibility for the force and de
clare that the law will be enforced
He took up the charges against
Keeney with Ward at a. m. to
day and turned all affidavits in the
case over to Ward when Ward sale
he would go into the matter, John
son said.
Johnson made public a statement
in which Keeney told Of meeting
Casey and Lockwood in a lengthy
conference after his arrest.
81 told Lockwood's attorney ]
wanted to get the big fellows, and
would like to have some informa
ton about bootleggers in West In
dianapolis," Keeney declared he told
the attorney who asked what he
could do"
Keeney's statement said Lock
wood told him: ST am not a squeal
err, I have spent most of my time in
prisons and penal farms. But I will
do anything to help myself. How