The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-04
POLICE, GANGMEN
and POLITICIANS
LINKED TOGETHER
Annual Tribute Of $1o0,Oo0,000
Levied by Crime Racket
v eering Confederacy
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE
Business Men, Otherwise Re-
sponsibIe, Hire Hoodlums
to Meet Competition

Chicago, Oct. 4.-R-As confeder-
acy Of crime and racketeering embrace
ing police, politicians and gangsters.
was charged in q grand jury report
today. It's annual tribute was placed
at $780, 00, ZOO.
o The September grand jury, con
GLIDING its existence yesterday, rec
commended to the criminal court that
a special grand jury attack the well
established alliance between the Chi
cego police department, the corrupt
politicians and the criminal elements"
which, 1T said 1t was convinced, is In
existence.
we are convinced" said the grand
jury statement, signed by the fore
man, G.. 2. Slaughter, steel executive,
that the fortnight destruction OF
racketeering is of the utmost import
ance to the people Of Chicago and
Cook county"
The "three-cornered alliance was
blamed for the murder Of three bus
mess men and eight labor union Of
ficials and 86 bombings In the last
three years. The grand jury's letter
held the pressure from the corrupt
league had become SO great that 9TH
erwise responsible business me had
adopted racketeertng methods and
hired hoodlums to meet competition.
Get New Confession
NAaruhile q surprise confession
from m unexpected source hia3eo
new light IN the Jake Linele murder
mystery.
The confession, made to the cor
oner's jury last night. was by Frank
H. Bell, former convict ana Q .
county Jail prisoner.
He named two former prison
mates-Joe Traurn, Indiana gang
leader. and Richard Sullivan. robber
and Runman-as being at the muir
der scene; and identified a picture OF
Ted Geisking, another Indiana bad
man. as looking like" the third man
who was present when Lingie was
slain.
Bel explained he was confessing to
ease his conscience so he could sleep
again."
Jingle. a newspaperman whom later
developments also labeled as q mid
die man" In negotiations between
gangsters and police. was slain June
8 as he was hurrying through the
pedestrlans' tunnel beneath Mlchl-
a boulevard at Randolph street.
Bells confession detailed bis own
movements Of June 8 and Ike the
price presumably agreed upon as pay
ment for the murder OF Lingle-
10000: and it names the man who
vas supposed to pay it but who didn't
and was himself slain.
Tmportant Money Involved
Bell said he and Sullivan had met
raum who limited at the possibility
of their making important" money.
Bell said he was led to believe some-
n was to be kidnapped. Traum want
ed Bell to drive the car to the spot
where the kidnapping" was to take
place, and 1t was agreed.
The car halted not far from the
east entrance Of the pedestrian tun-
mel. A blond man" came up ana
talked with them. This man-police
believe he was the man who fired the
shot that killed Lingle-was the one
! who. BELL said, looked like Getsk1ng."
Half an hour later, he said. Traum
and sullivan rejoined him and or
,dered him to drive SOUTH"
!, sullivan was very pale" Bell
said. "and ! asked him what was
wrong. He said he'd been shot"
Police we're unable to fit this state
ment into the known facts OF. the
Llnsle murder. There had been no
previous mention that more than one
shot was fired.
payment Of SO, 600 for the Linsle
dob" as Bell understood it. was to
have been on the basis of $4,000 each
to Traul1, Sullivan and the other
man, and $1,000 to Bell.
When Bell and Sullivan went TO the
restaurant of Nick Patras on North
Clark street to collect from him their
share, Patras pulled q pistol. Bell
said. Sullivan, however, was quicker,
and Patras was killed.
T Police said Patras was an associate
Of Jack Zuta. who later was assassin
ated himself, and that he ri acting
for Zuta In the "pay-off." There has
been q persistent police theory that
Iingle's death was sought by Zuta
who felt that Lingle was making ex-
orbitant demands for protection
money under threats Of sending the
police against zuta gambling inter-
ests.
Some time after the Patras staying.
Bell, Sullivan andHa man named
Barnes held up q radio store. Barnes
was killed and his companions were
arrested later.
TIOGA BANK CLOSES
Closing OF the Tt0ga State bank at
mono dIo Ia dnnletnd rAseruR WAS