Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-16
zUTA BOOKS SHOW
PAY TO OFFICIALS
Huge Receipts From Vice
Also Found in Ledger of
Slain Gang Chief.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 16.-The profit
and loss accounts Of one of Chicago's
most notorious liquor, gambling and
vice syndicates, found in the safety
deposit box of slain gang manager,
yielded evidence today duplicating
Criminal and Municipal Court judges,
political leaders and police and dis
closing enormous profits of the illicit
traffic.
The business-like records of the
Moran-Aiello gang were taken from the
pox OF Jack Huta, shot to death in a
Delafield, Wis, dance hall August /.
They showed receipts totaling S429, 046
for the period ending November IL,
inclusive"-presumably the syndicates
income for week. The same period
showed disbursements of $400,076. The
long list of recipients included a half
dozen of Chicago'S best known night
resorts, the Lincoln Tavern, the Dells,
Lighthouse, White House, Villa Venice.
FaIrview-assumed by investigators to
be the Fairview dog track, now closed
showed receipts of $l23,598 balanced by
equal expenditures.
Names on Checks Revealed.
Cancelled checks and notes in the
files bore the names of Judge Joseph
w. Schulman, many years judge of
the Municipal Court; George Van Lent,
former State Senator and political
leader; Emanuel Eller, former Municipal,
Superior and Criminal Court Judge and
the son of Morris Eller, twentieth ward
boss: Louis I, Fisher, attorney for Fair
view and brother of q Circuit Court
Judge: Sergt. Richard j. Williams, one
of whose police assignments was to
assist Frank j. Loesch in his tnvestiga-
ton of vote frauds and later to work
for Albert r. Brunker, head Of the Civic
Safety Commission.
One of Zuta's Cancelled checks was
made payable to and Endorsed by the
Regular Republican Club OF Cook
Another exhibit was a courtesy
card" made out to Zuta by the sherih's
ofice and bearing the signature OF
Charles E. Graydon, sheriff.
Notes and cancelled checks totaling
$500 were found bearing the name OF
Judge Schulman.
Police Sergeant Explains.
Sergt. williams name appeared on
note for 5000 PAYABLE to himself and
Endorsed in blank He explained today
he had given such note some years
ago to a man named "MaSse" When
raising funds for home and Masse
might have passed the note on to Zuta.
Two checks to cash Endorsed by
Fisher and signed by Zuta were for
$500 and 500. Fisher denied any deal
inps with Zuta, saying If the signatures
were his he might have received them
from some one who had them originally
from Zuta.
Checks for $500 and 500 were pay
able to Van Lent and Endorsed by MIN.
Judge Eller was made payee OF a $3.50
check from Zuta.
Some of the checks were dated as
far back as 1922.
Judge EIler and Judge Schulman
and Van Lent could not be reached Tor
statements. John A. Swanson. States
attorney, whose investigators, working
under Pat Roche. discovered the cache
of Zutas balance sheets, has an
nounced he will call every person
named in the records for questioning
Two Items Interest Probers.
Two disbursement items on the profit
and lost sheet were of particular IN
terest to the investigators. One showed
the payment Of 81. 454 to George M"
assumed to be Bugs Moran, the big
boss of the gang. The other, recording
payment of $4,000 to East Chicago"
was accepted by the newspapers today
as referring to the leading North Size
police station.
Today's disclosures, States Attorney
Swanson said, are but small part OF
the records found in Zuta's boxes.
A 10000 gallon brewery, believed 10
have been operated by the gang domi-
mated Moran, was raided today by Fed
eral prohibition agents.
The agents had had the brewery
under observation for several days,
waiting for some one to appear, but no
one did, so they seized the equipment.
The plant was operated by two electric
motors. There were eight 2,000-gailon
beer watts, seven of which were filled.
Judge John H. Lyle expressed disap-
pointment with the results of the clean
up of gang rendezvous at second con-
ference with police captains today.
Il can't believe all the hoodlums are
! out OF the CITY," he said. Instruct
your squads to bear down over the
| week end"