The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-30
GRAFT AND VICE
NOT SOUGHT AS
DRIVE GOES ON
Beer Runners Bring Police OF.
ficials Into Advanced In.
vestigati0n
INDICTMENTS TOTAL $50
Liquor Trade, Crime and Pol.
tics May Become Involved
in Election
TOTAL $50

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 30.-The
"Quaker City Scandals" conceded
by critics to be the greatest legal
show on earth, are in the 'stecnth
week Of record breaking run at the
historic Philadelphia city hall.
The audience Is small, for there
are only fourteen persons on grand
jury. Nor are they very apprce-
ciative. lot, as they struggle to fol-
low the maze Of plots and counter
plots in an incredible story Of Off
cial corruption and underworld
racketeering. Day after day, men,
bers Of the ever-changng cast play
pnconvincing roles of innocence and
arc peltcd with true bills and indict'
ments.
End Not in Sight
District Attorney John Mona
CHAN, who is managing the "Scan.
dals" and himself takes the part OF
interlocutor, says the end Of the
show isn't even in sight. The pro-
logue to the grand jury probe, which
opened in August, gave a glimpse
into an underworld government
maintained by three efficient and
powerful OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES liquor,
gambling, and vice interests.
But we've put that aside, tenn
porarily," said Monaghan, while
we sift the graft in the police de-
partment and try to reach the high
er-ups in the system.
''lhis thing is growing like
q spider web. question q
saloonkeeper and find a beer
runner. His testimony involves
patrolmen; theirs, . police cap.
tain and lieutenants. The cap
tains drag in the names Of ward
politicians.
II don't know how far it will 20,
but il will 60 all the way before we
quit"
Bank Records Helpful
Two and half million dollars
of graft money now is estimated
to have found its way into the
pockets of policemen and politicians
annually. All this supposedly paid
rs protection against official inter-
ference in bootlegging, vice and
gambling industries.
Bank and brokerage -.ecOrds seized
on subpoenas by Monaghan show
that nine members Of the police
force had nearly a million dollars in
bonds and cash, this acquired since
last March. At that time the city
administration reestablished a once
discarded system in which the polit-
ical ward lines and police precinct
boundaries conceded. Political ward
leaders selected their own precinct
police captains.
Nearly - indictments, on 1176
counts, so far have been returned
by the grand jury against policemen
and civilians. Matthew Patterson
indicted with q police captain on 27i
counts, w: member of the Re.
publican city committee, organiza.
ton leader Of the nineteenth ward
and = member Of the state legisla.
ture.
City-Wide Shakeup
The greatest police shake-up ir
the history Of the city has been put
into effect. Not q single man OF
the 4,70O police is working now II
familiar territory. Superintendent
Of Police William B. Mills has
threatened the immediate discharge
Of any member of the force who ever
talks to . politician.
THE reason for this corruption ?
Monaghan snorted. That's easy; I
patrolman gets $3.50 q day and In.
Z chance to make about $500 q week
A captain gets about $2,400 = yeal
and is offered fifty times thai
amount. They couldn't resist, e.
pecially when they were promised
protection from higher-ups.
Ever since the captains were
selected by ward leaders, bank &C
counts have been flourishing. Law
enforcement must be divorced from
politics, then grating made s.
dangerous that policemen will no.
dare to take part in It. ! believ'
that this is being DONE"
Hoff Watched
Max boo Boo" Hoff, who 60
reams Of publicity when the murGe,
Of Hughie McLoon first set goinf
the wheels Of Monaghan's inquiry
remains free man-though doubt
less Z closely watched one. Hot,
has been pictured AZ the 'sking" o.
the Philsd' 'phia racketeers, but n.
charge has been filed against him
He is at liberty but We know
where to find him." the court au
thorities say.
Another important figure brought
into the limclight Is Charles Beck