New Britain herald., 1930-06-14
URGE RESIGNATION
 IN JINGLE PROBE
GanS!and Judges Criticized for
 Treatment Of Killers

Chicago, June fl (JP)-The ris- ing tide Of pubic resentment over the murder of Alfred J. Llngle. news paper reporter. bore down heavily today on both courts and police Of tlclals,
 New demands were made for the resignation or temporary retirement of Police Commissioner William E. Russell and Chief Of Detectives John Stege
 New pledges of support were re- celyed by Chlcago's seven metropoh- ton daily newspapers which united forces immediately after Lingle, Tribune police reporter, was shot 10 death Tn a crowded subway last Monday,
 To their insistence that the slay- CT or slayers of Llnsle be captured and sent immediately 10 the electric char, was added the voice Of the na- tion's press. as represented by Harry Chandler publisher of the Los An geles Times and president Of the American Newspaper Publishers as soclation
 Under the caption of The Gang land Judges" the Tribune hurled a broadside at the city's courts. The editorial said in part:
 Attacks Judges
 We cannot regard as a virtue the evident enthusiasm with which many Of our judges turn loose notorious killers. The tendency in this direction xxx is in no small measure responsible for the reign of terror which has culminated in the killing of Mir Llngle"
 Commissioner Russell and Siege were rldlculed for what was cor- demned as q gesture" in making 12oo arrests, most of which were sad 10 have gathered ID merely per sons who happened to be unemploy- ed
 Evidence Of mounting public opin- ion was seen in plans for q huge demonstration and mass meeting that the Chicago church federation in tends 10 conduct downtown in the Loop. probably next week.
 Ministers generally announced their sermons tomorrow would deal with the assassination Of Llngle and the specialization Of sentiment for final showdown with gangland
 situation Intensified
 The situation was intensified fur ther by the Chicago Daily News revelations yesterday that organized crime and vice have gross revenues totalling more than .S6,oooooo each week
 Statistical data published by the News showed that at least 5000 speakeasies are operating in Chlca- go, each place dispensing weekly an average Of six barrels Of beer and two cases Of Uhiskey.
 Whatever progress was being made by police and detectives of the states attorneys office toward solving the s!ayIng of Lingle. was kept secret.
 Siege said that all witnesses were being interviewed at their homes in order to keep their identity hidden and to protect them against gang land vengeance.
 Removal Demanded
 Demands for the removal from office Of Russell and Siege were d. rectcd at Mayor William Hale Thompson by Alderman Arthur F Albert, and six other members Of the city council joined him in petition Ing an immediate investigation Of the police department.
 The attitude Of the country's news papers was reflected in the telegram received by Col E. R. Mccormick. publisher of the Tribune. from Chandler al Los Angeles. The pledge Qf support and cooperation follows:
 The wanton killing by Chicago gangsters of Alfred J, Lingle IS at once q challenge to society and an insolent dehance of law and order.
 The responsible charge imposed upon Llngle, who had been assigned to investigate and expose the gang sters' criminal activities, and which directly caused his murder. made him more than an individual CitI- zen and more than merely the rep resenta-ive of q single newspaper.
 The press Of America constitutes the eyes. the ears and the voice of the decent right thinking public in an amending warfare of society against those who would degrade and destroy it At the post Of duty where he was struck down from behind Lingle was first line soldier in that war his trust the trust imposed by the people upon the nevspa pers of America
 As president of the American Newspa pers Publishers association, I know that l voice the sentiment of the great body Of the nations press in pledging its support and co-opera- ton to the Tribune and associated Chicago newspapers and to the peo- pie of Illinois not only in their ef- forts to capture and punish the