Evening star., 1938-08-14
BY ROGER d. GREENE,
Associated Press Stan Writer,

~ GW 4O1tlA, mug. 1S.-AIQeTlCA NO.
! acket-buster, District Attorney
Thomas T. Dewey. primed his guns
tonight for an assault on crimes
biggest slush fund-the 100000, ,0Oo-a-
year policy empire" Of the late gang over
lord Dutch Schultz.
On Monday In Supreme Court, Mr.
Dewey will open fire in what is expected
to be the most sensational graft expose trial
IN New York since the vice crusades Of
William Travers Jerome in the early 1e00s.
And once more. as in many cases Of
political corruption dating back to the no
torious Tweed ring and Boss Croker, the
shot-torn hide Of the Tammany tiger is
In the target range.
James J. CHIMNEY Hines, powerful
Tammany chieftain, a major figure in New
York politics for the past quarter century.
Is the prime defendant-accused OF having
fixed" the golconda racket by "intimidat-
Ing, influencing or bribing' city officials.
So far, the officials named include former
District Attorney William Copeland Dodge,
Mr.. Deweys Tammany predecessor, and
two city magistrates.
that other judges, city officials and political
bigwigs may next feel the steel of the 36
year-old prosecutor in his role as modern
st. George out to slay the dragons of
sacketeering
Keeps Powder Dry.
Close-mouthed. Mr.. Dewey himself has
dropped only cryptic hint.
Like his famous kinsman, Admiral
George Dewey, whose order: You may
fire when ready. Gridley!" touched off the
destruction of the Spanish fleet in Manila
Bay. May /. 1898, Mr. Dewey has kept his
powder dry
In the preliminary skirmishes last week
Defense Attorney Lloyd Paul Stryker, bril-
liant. canny, sharp-tongued. tried in vain
to force Mr.. Dewey to show his hand-to
name others involved.
Mr.. Dewey ignored the bait.
Il merely wish the record to be per-
fectly clear" he retorted calmly. that I
have not limited myself as to otner cases
involving officers influenced by the de-
fendant."
Bull-necked Jimmy Hines swallowed and
ellAAlCu AiAo oSCo, AAA ~ SoSS NAANNA SAAS
piercing gaze of the young prosecutor.
1t was new role for Jimmy.
A virtual czar in his own political ward,
the 6l-year old Tammany boss now, for the
first time in his life, had to sit as de-
fendant in a criminal action and take It,
1t wasn't pleasant, hearing the things Mr..
Dewey said about him. Far better. he liked
to think of himself as great-hearted Boni-
face, handing out free turkeys and baskets
Of food from the steps Of his Monongahela
Democratic clubhouse on Thanksgiving and
Christmas ewes.
He liked to remember the fearful thanks
of the mothers and wives from the poor
homes in his west side ward:
"Bless you, Jimmy. Bless you"
Hines Blacksmith in Youth.
The son of a blacksmith reared in the
slums of the east side, himself blacksmith
in his youth boastng he had shod 10000
horses, the grizzled ward boss has always
been popular with his followers.
They meant it when they blessed him so
fervently. He extended patronage, he got
them Jobs, he threw lavish parties and free
voters.
. Mr.. Dewey might charge that Hines could
yell afford such vote-ca tching benefices-
paying for the free turkeys, food baskets,
parties and outings from his take" in the
policy racket. But the wards faithful
Ioved Jimmy,
yAnd now Mr.. Dewey was saying that
~s+h;, tho eocrosanct confines of tho Mo.
nongahela Club-"My own club" Hines
muttered bitterly-he. Jimmy Hines. had
conspired with Dutch Schultz to operate
the policy racket.
s Hines entered into an agreement with
Schultz in March. 1882. to take care of
the courts and the distict attorneys Office"
Mr. Dewey was saying.
4 Hines undertook the court-fixing plan
with $1,000 retainer. His share of the
racket ran from $500 to 81 900 week"
u The prosecutors voice was sharp, deci-
i've.
= Jimmy Hines glared across the courtroom
ct nervous, white-faced figure-J. Richard
4"Dixie') Davis. known as the kid Mouth
piece" in the days when he chased around
the courts handling policy case arrests for
= cut-rate fee of SIS; later styled "the
Great Mouthpiece."
s. The latter soubriquet was bestowed on
Davis when he hooked up with Schultz in
handling all the Dutchman's frequent
brushes with the law.
& II can use you. kid" the Dutchman said
sstring along with me and you'll be up in
The money"
Davis did.
NJ "A small-town boy like Mr. Dewey, hailing
from the Catskill hamlet of Tannerville,
NY, where the Presbyterian minister
taught him to play the violin. Dixie" Davis
sts.,tted from the poverty Of . clerk with