Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-14

Screwbal in Salem
Jim Purcell. jr., at that time
Chief Of Police in Portland.
Leo PlOtkin, referred to by hi
code name THE Spy"
John Delaney. an underworld
character in Portland who was
working as an investigator fol
Attorney General Thornton.
Gordon McCreary. Chief Of
Hard Liquor Enforcement Divi.
] ion for the Oregon Liquor Con-
rol Commission.
Langley--No reason why he
COULDN'T. Because he can't see
aim on account of his dads de-
that s-Jim Purcell is so
hungry for, money that he
wouldn't even go to his dads
funeral if it meant maxim q
few bucks. I'm telling you hes
he's money-craZy guy. Well
the only worry I got that-that
YOU fellows get taken care Of. II
you're satisfied. why, it's alright
with me. AS far
Maloney-Well. I'm not salts
fed.
Misunderstanding Well
you better do something then
Maloney-Joe's not satisfied.
Langley-Well. I'm not hold
ing you back, you know that
Well, gotta go home. You'll "a
If anything happens then, you
uh--this spy will call you and
YOU call me. Okeh. And then
Joe, l probably won't be seeing
YOU for little while. You won't
oe down until after Labor Day
anyway, will you?
Mclaughlin tIndistinct1
next week. Maybe I'll call you
UP before l come in.
Langley-Oh, no. YOU don't
have to do that. You can call
LllS up
Mclaughlin CIndistincD.
Maloney-Why don'cha call ur
once in while? Put some money
in :. in the box.
Langley called you up the
other night
Maloney-Puttin the money
IN the box?
Langley-Sure I did.
Maloney-Well. that's good.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Maloney-How about over
time?
Langley-I've had :. l had
overtime this time
Mclaughlin (IndistincD.
Langley-She says she
says, three minutes is up"
Maloney-W hat'd YOU say
how'd how much?
Observation-Disclosures.
Langley says. How much
And Joe says, well. he says
"Wait-waitll you get through
Well now. you wait until yo,
get through and I don't put il
in what happens?"
McLaughlin-Not nothin' just
I'll tell you what happens
they charge it on the other end
CuZ "a
Langley-Oh. 90 they? Oh
they charge it up to your end
is that it? Well, you can't have
any prostitution going. Joe, with
this screwball in Salem.
McLaughlin-That's right.
Langley-You cant have EN-
going because he'd-I'm telling
you. he's nuttier on prostitution
than he is on this thing.
Mclaughlin - That's right
And now, with--with this
thing here if he, uh. if you're
not on his side, or he feels as
though you did-he knew, you
know, that you did some
didn't do everything that
that he wants you TO do, why
uh, and if he draws a blank on
it, why. that would be the next
move. /
Laneley-He'd try to hurt me
somewhat.
McLaughlin-That's right.
Langley-He'd be mad at me
but, uh--
Naturalization long is he
in there for?
Langley-Well, they gotta de-
feat him and. uh, he's in there
until. uh, all next year, he's in
there until January the first sc
81 They have to defeat
him next year or it will be a
nightmare for four more years
Maloney-Oh. he'll get beat
There's no chance for him.
Langley don't know.
Maloney- Well, all right. I'm
just telling you. l know politics
Mclaughlin Maybe he's doing
the screamin' little earlier
Tom People forget.
Maloney-You see, people for
get all about him and they think
he's screwey.
Langley-Well. uh anyway, he
nuttier on prostitution than he
is on this So, II you give him
any opportunity on prostitution
he'll 20. Let en- run in some
counties around here and then
hell focus on those. They're
running. you know, in Ontario
and places like that.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS right.
Lsneley-So the prostitution is
out. And now it's no good and
we don't want il anyway and
it's too dangerous with him. Do
you see. So the only way you're
going TO do any good is cards
high dice. Like l told you all
along, cards and book and then
If you get into pinballs and
punchboards, that's all right.
But that's what it amounts TO-
The bootleg Joint If it'll--if il
will 90 you can make anything
That's all right. I don't see any
reason to close that down now
McLauehlin-That's right. Be-
cause we'll be right there and
If any--if he signs a complaint
on out there, you'll be the first
one to know 1t. (Indistinct0
Langley-Oh l don't know