Evening star., 1944-06-29

pr1n1a donna IN a road showing OF
George Whites Scandals in 1927.
She was Frances Eileen HUT Of
Sherman, Texas, grand-niece Of
Jefferson Davis. They were married
In 1928. He was soon making $50, 1000
year and he was only 80. ssj :
New York Startled.
A grand jury startled New York
by taking its great powers seriously.
1t can investigate any or all re-
ports of law breaking. 1t can SUBJ
poena citizens ard records. 1t usu-
ally is the instrument of the prose-
cutor. This one decided it did not
want the Tammany district attor-
ney as its legal adviser. 1t asked
the government to supplant him
and appoint an independent man
to look into the scandalous alliance
of politics and crime
Herbert H. Lehman, then Gov
ernor, asked four Republican stall
warts to confer and choose one
of their number as the special
prosecutor. They were Charles
Evans Hughes. jr., and Thomas
D. Thacher, who both had served
In Washington as Solicitor Gen.
eral, and Charles H. Tuttle and
Mr.. Medalie, both of whom had
served as United States attor-
ney in New York. The four were
unanimous about two things: First,
they declined to serve; second they
nominated Mr.. Dewey as the man
to do the job. Gov. Lehman ap-
pointed him.
There followed, after almost a
year of investigation and exhaus-
ton of an initial appropriation of
$125 900, the indictment and trial
of Lucky Luciano.
Vice Racket Overlord.
Lucky lived in the Waldorf As
toria Towers in Park avenue. He
had his private plane for flights to
Miami or Hot Springs, Ark One
of the rackets that made this pos
sible was organized prostitution. One
day 20 of the vice leaders disap-
peared. Out of sight of family and
friends they had been arrested by
Mr.. DeWey's detectives. That night
$50 detectives, meeting in a central
station house, were given individual
sealed orders. They went out into
the night and soon reassembled at
Mr.. Dewey's two floors of temporary
Offices in the Woolworth Building,
bringing with them 125 prisoners,
mostly women. Enough of them
talked to make a case against Lucky
and nine of his lieutenants.
Lucky took the stand and denied
knowing any of his co-defendants
except one. When Mr.. Dewey got
him on cross s-examination the man
who was so feared that the under
world didn't dare mention his name
was soon suffering mental torture
Mr. Dewey confronted him with the
tickets of his telephone calls to his
lieutenants who were mulcting the
prostitution racket for him. And
elevator operators and floor clerks
took the stand and testified to the
frequent passage down the carpeted
Railways Of the Waldorf to Lucky's
apartment OF his henchmen on trial,
Tom the Bull Pennochio, Little
Davy Bertillo. Able Wahrman and
Jimmy FREDERICK.
Talked for Seven Hours.
Mr. Dewey started to sum up one
morning at o'clock. He talked
for seven hours That night the
jury convicted all 10 defendants on
all counts. Lucky got 30 to so years.
Little Davy got Is to 40 years.
Mr.. Dewey will not take credit for
courage in this. He says the
thought of possible retaliation never
occurred to him.
In 1887 he was nominated for
district attorney by the Fusion, Re-
publican and American Labor parties
1t has been said he does not arouse
much enthusiasm in an audience. ]
covered that campaign and saw what
happened ut every auditorium. Mr.