Evening star., 1930-06-27
LOANS TO LINGLE
BY GANGS AIRED
investigators Hear RumorS
of Threats of Raids
Unless Paid.
ny the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 27.-The law looked
today to the lawless for help in solving
Jake Lingles murder.
Into the inquiry of the Tribune re-
porter's murder had come information
OF large loans made to Lingle by gam
bling house keepers. The States at
torney wants to know who made the
loans and why
The borrowings of Lingle, the investi-
gators said, also included sums from
Maj. Carlos Arnes, president of the city
civil service commission and Republican
nominee for sheriff; Alderman Bert
Cronson, nephew of Corporation Coun-
sci Samuel Ettelson, and from Ettelson
himself. There was also the matter of
a Cancelled check for $500 written by
Lingle and cashed by Police Capt. Dan
Gilbert, in charge of the central police
detail
Gilbert expressed willingness to tell
the grand jury about the check. He
said Lingle met him one night and said
he needed $500. The police officer lent
1t to him, and later was repaid by Lingle
with the check, made out to cash.
The rumored GOODNESS existing be-
tween Lingle and George Bugs Moran,
rival to Al Capone for Chicago gang
sovereignty, was recalled to investigators
by one development yesterday involving
the Sheridan Wave Club, a North Side
gambling place in which Moran was said
to have been interested. The inveStigat-
ors heard that on the night of June g
the day Of Lingle's murder-Joey Josephs
and Julian (Potatoes) Kaufman had
announced the Sheridan Wave Club
was to be reopened. The club had been
shut down following the Moran gang
massacre Of February IA, 1929.
Say $4,000 Demanded.
Josephs and Kaufman will be ques-
toned, the authorities said, concerning
q reported $4,000 advance fee" de-
nanded of them to permit the reopen
ing of the club. The gamblers will be
asked, too, If it was true that they re-
fused the demand and that as result
a threat was made to have the joint
knocked OF by the police the minute
1t opens"
The investigators also heard the loans
fumored to run as much as $4,000
were made to Lingle by Sammy Hare,
owner of the Dells Winter Club and of
the Dells, a roadhouse., The significance
Of this transaction was not revealed.
The board of strategy which is in
charge of the Lingle murder inquiry
bic between Lingle and Frank Newell,
said to control handbooks operating in
many Loop Office buildings.
The investigator who has been seek
ing information concerning the Sheri-
dan Wave Club, according to the Herald
and Examiner, was told that Lingle de-
manded fee of $4,000 to permit the
place to reopen. When this was re-
fused, the investigator was told that
Lingle said, IF you open, you'll see
more police squad cars than you ever
saw together before"
Had Police Connections.
The inference in all the rumor and
report concerning gang and gambling
Lingle, through his close police con-
nections, was in a position to make or
break any one operating an unlawful
racket" So far as the investigators
have revealed, they have as yet no
proof of such dealings. They know only
that Lingle was close friend OF the
recent police commissioner, William
newspaper work, was well acquainted
with many gangsters and gamblers.
Corporation Counsel Ettelson denied
having made 5000 loan to Lingle.
Mai Ames, however, recalled lending
S2,5o0 at time Lingle said he was in
need of such a sum. Alderman CronSon
also recalled making the reporter loan,
but did not remember for how much.
An official of the States attorneys
Office said that Immediately following
the raid by States attorneys men on
the Biltmore Athletic Club, Lingle tele-
phoned him. He quoted Lingle as say
ing:
"Tnis raid put me In a fine jam. I
told those fellows to go ahead and run.
OF course, didn't expect them to run
like q house afire"
The investigators said nothing so far
developed has caused them to slow
down their hunt for James (Red) For
sythe, suspected as being the actual
slayer of the reporter.