Evening star., 1933-03-12
CAPONE'S Terror
NOW AT TER insults
&C. -Year-OId Dwight H. Green
to Get at Bottom of
Chicago Deals.
BY OWEN L. SCOTT.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, March 11.-A 36-year-old
prosecutor the one who bested Al
phonse Capone - today Is engaged IN
another spectacular battle. this time
seeking to punish some OF Chlcagos
best known personages.
Dwight H. Green, known as Pete
to his friends, former Wabash Col
lege foot ball star, as Federal dlStrlct
attorney for the northern district OF
Illinois, has set about to teach corpo-
ration executives and directors tne
deeper meaning Of their Responsiveness.
His work in building, along with
Judge George E. @. johnson, the case
that sent Capone to prison for II
wears. brought Green, at 35, an ap-
pointment to the Federal prosecutors
post to replace Johnson, who mas
moved up to a place on the bench
Capone himself during the trial said:
st wish I had that guy defending me-"
Now some of the builders OF the IN
sull utility empire, which crashed. lace
the prospect of attention from the
youthful district attorney. When the
big financial blow-ot came Tor the
insult companies, Green got busy ana
now has returned his flrst lnolctmentSS
"a batch of 15-which strike several
local leaders. The charge is using the
mails to defraud, and among the IN
6icted are Samuel, Martin and Samuei,
jr., among the insults.
May Continue Prosecuting.
This evidence of action involving the
f1rst phase of a drive to get at the
hottom of the whole debacle has IN,
creased the chances that Green wiz
continue as prosecutor after the Demo-
cratic administration assumes power "
Washington. The district at1orney mas
not been an active polltlcan, ana MS ap-
nsintment in the first place was nom
poIitical. However, that appointment
has not been confirmed by the Senate,
and will await the action OF the new
administration.
AS a starter in his newest phase OF
investigation, Green has struck at the
Cornoration Securities Co., last OF the
nvramid built by insult. The public Is
ren,,ted to have lost $150,000, 900 through
this company. The directors, now m
dicted, are letting it be known that thelr
signatures on reports OF the company
were obtained without thorough MoWl-
edge of company affairs. A tr1al OF the
case will be important IN estaDHsinils ny
the degree of responsibility assumed by
comnany directors when afhxing their
names to company reports.
Investigation to Be Thorough.
This indictment is only the begin
ming" Green said. II propose to 1nVes.
Vigate fully all of the ramifications o.
the so-called insult empire, its creators
and its sponsors"
That means that insult Utility Invest
ments, Inc, and Middle West Utilities,
two of the biggest units in the once
vast utility development, are next IN
line for investigation.
Federal Judge Charles E. woodward
Is scheduled to hear the cases growing
from Prosecutor Green's investigations.
Judge Woodward recently attracted at
tention when he sentenced officials OF
the H. o. Stone Co., Oldest Chicago real
estate establishment, to 20 years In
prison after conviction on charges OF
using the mails to defraud.
AS first assistant prosecutor Green
has William j. Froelich, who was an
important factor in building the case
against Capone He also is a young
man, ard these two officials are engaged
now in drilling big-time corporation ex-
ecutives in the ethics of finance.
Copyright. 1933)