Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1756-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more
Image provided by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL
Newspaper Page Text
m mMm0m,mW00iimiifi wsfgam r v grand jury is said to also involve the administration's scheme of driving saloonkeepers into line for Fred Lun din's candidates by rst grabbing their license and only restoring it after the saloonkeeper had pledged his support to Lundin. Charley Essig, indicted with Healey, was unable to give bond to day and was taken into custody by attaches of Sheriff Traeger's office. Att'y Henry Seligman is hustling around town trying to get a profes sional bondsman for his cheat State's Att'y Hoyne issued the fol lowing statement: "The purpose in going before Judge Olson was understood by the court, and ft was understood that the mat ter had never been taken from the grand jury. ' "I intended to, and I have, turned the searchlight on the rotten condi tion in the police department and' have shown that this rottenness had the sanction of the highest official in the department. "These disclosures have lasted for eight days and there is no need of protracting them furtner. To do so would only help the defense prepare its cas$. It would also be a futile pro ceeding, for all Judge Olson could do would be to issue a warrant and then, after a hearing of the case, determine whether those arrested should be held to the grand jury. But now the grand jury has acted. "It was never my purpose in a pub lic hearing to disclose all our evi dence, nor have we presented all our evidence to the grand" jury. This matter is still pending before the October grand jury and some of the testimony given hefore Judge Olson, with other testimony, probably will K be presented to the present grand jury with a view to indicting others in the City Hall. "Development of conspiracy cases of this kind takes time, but the pub lic may be sure I will gcon to the eriri. T resarrl thft rlisrlnsiires hpfnro Judge Olson as a complete answer to 1 ' the cry of 'politics.' It Should be borne in mind that so far as the present grand jury is concerned, it, like most grand juries, is composed of a majority of Republicans. "The state's attorney in his graft hunt has been pursuing big game, but nothing 'more contemptible, de grading or petty has occurred than Chief Healey's act in stripping the star from Officer Grady. Officer Grady had been assigned to the state's attorney's office, had been given a subpoena to serve and was doing nothing more than his duty when the chief vented his spite on him. Grady has a wife and child to provide for, but that, perhaps, means nothing to Chief Healey. 'Another petty incident is treat ment accorded Gaynor, a poor, illit erate, friendless Lithuanian, who was thrown into jail in a summary manner under bonds of $5,000 for an untruthful statement not the main fact, the payment of $250 in return for tne restoration of his saloon license but an incident concerning the circulation of the petition for the restoration of the license. The main fact he has never denied and his story has been corroborated in that he identified the man Felzman as the man to whom he paid the $250. The man Felzman is the person on whom Officer Gratiy served the subpoena. "When Felzman arrived at the grand jury room he was taken imme diately before that bodv in answer tn the forthwith subpoena. Forthwith subpoenas issue as a matter of form aauy irom tne circuit, superior, mu nicipal, federal and criminal courts and the grand jury when they are not in session." The flags over Fred Lundin's polit ical camp were hune at half-mast last night. The "poor Swede," field general of the City Hall forces, was sour and gloomy. Yesterday had been his Waterloo. When the smoke had cleared the following casualties were counted: Chief Heaely police boss, indicted wfcte-.- -lrllffmJm4i