Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-11-02

Policies name? A. Eddie Kas-
proWicz. something like that.
@. He knows what business you
were in? A. Yes. Everybody in town
knows what business l am in.
Q. Do you pay money for protec-
ton? A. No, sir.
@. Never have paid any money?
A. No. When l do, will get out of
business.
Q. Do you contribute any money
to political parties. A. l might CON
tribute to both parties check
a hundred collars here or a hundred
dollars there; yes -.
@. That was to the political party,
but to no particular Individual? A.
| That is right.
Further questioning revealed that
Cawley's business was a family
enterprise of which he owned 50 per
cent. His share of the net profits
| the previous year (1949) was ap-
proximately SGT 900. He said his
partners were brother and two
sisters; that they absolutely" were
not connected with anyone from
| Chicago or elsewhere, and that
when they (the Chicago element)
come in, go out"
We next delved into Cawley's
| connections with the racing wire
| service. He was in that business,
| too, in both towns. His ticker serv-
ice, which he bought from one of the
| Continental Press distributors, was
cut off at LaSalle shortly before he
| testified but still was operating at
Streator.
@. You had never been raided?
A. Yes; l was raided once
have had one conviction.
Q. What was that? A. Well, run
ming a gaming house.
Then, two months later, the COM
mittee had Mr.. Cawley back in Chi
| cago for examinations in open hear
lngs. In the meantime we had read
| IN the Chicago newspapers that, the
day after he told US in executive
session that he ran without inter-
| terence, his place in LaSalle was
shut down tight by order of the
mayor. In Streator, the police chief
was quoted as saying he had called
at Cawley's Paddock club but found
| nothing but punchboards and lucky
| bowls" But the following is what
we heard from the still unrutfled
Cawley.
.. Do you still have an estab-
llshment in both places NaSalle
and Streator)? A. That is correct.
@. Are they still operating? A.
That is right
Q. Have they been down to speak
of for any period of time in the
last two or three months? A. Very
little.
@. Everything is going the same
as usual? A. Yes.
! Cawley went on to list, perfectly
| frankly, in response to questions,
all the forms of gambling in which
he was engaged. In addition to the
horse books, he listed baseball
pool, punchboards, roulette and a
small poker game. Slot machines
had been out for some time.
Still curious as to how he got
away with it, picked up the ques.
tionine.
Q. How do you account for the
fact that you can operate the way
you can, Mr.. CaWlcy? A. Well, it
has been going on down there for
IS years.
Q. You said 80 per cent of the
people like it? A That is right We
| had an election down there that
proved that
| Q. Tell me about that? A. The
SEeriff-tWo SheriffS run, one runs
on an anti-gambling ticket and the
other fellow runs on an open ticket.
and the fellow on the open ticket
wins the election. @. Don't you sell
liquor in your places? A. . . They
! took my liquor license away from
! me.
l., Q. And when did they take the
| liquor license away from you? A.
| After l got back from this meeting
the last time. daughter in the hear
ing roOm)
Q. But you still sell liquor? A.
| That is right.
@. But it hasn't made any diff
ference in your operation? A. No.
No
Next week: Miami: A Polluted
| Playground.
! Condensed from the book. Crime In
| America" by Estes Kefauvcr. Cpr 1851
| Pub by Doubleday. Inc. Dist General
Features Corp.-WNU