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Behind ballot conspiracy
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ported to have arranged for the
Republicans to go along with the
Democrats in seeing to it that
the state electoral board turned
down the 75.000 signatures on
Progressive petitions.
Master mind of the scheme, ac
cording to reliable sources, was
Epstein, who was indicted by the
grand jury on Feb. 25. 1929, for
conspiracy to stuff ballot boxes
and permit "floaters” to vote in
the primary election that had
been held on April 10, 1928.
Epstein, a Republican election
official in the 7th precinct of the |
old "Bloody 20t.h” Ward at the
time, was indicted after he re
ported 603 votes for the ticket
supported by the Morris Eller
machine, and only one vote for
the opposition slate.
It seemed a strange coinci
dence to the grand jurors that
Epstein himself should be. as the
Tribune described him at that
time, “a lieutenant in the polit
ical organization of Morris El
ler,” West Side boss ahose can
didates had won by such a sus
picious margin.
Eller's machine at the time
that Epstein was ‘ a lieutenant”
in it was supported by some of
the most notorious gangsters in
Chicago — hoodlums who had
made that part of the West Side
known as "The Valley” a dread
ed place.
The second central figure in
the plot against the Progressive
Party—Sinon Murray—also was
an Eller lieutenant at this time.
Murray, like most of the other
politicians in the Eller organiza
tion, was so mixed up with the
gangsters that it was hard to tell
which was which—if there was
a difference.
For example. Murray was very ,
intimately associated with Terry 1
Druggan. one of the better
known bootleggers of the Pro
hibition era.
In fact. Murray has admitted
publicly that he was once presi
dent of the Mutual Ice & Bever
age Co., one of the string of
breweries operated during Pro
hibition by Druggan. At the time
he was fronting for Druggan.
Murray was on the city payroll
as an assistant city prosecutor.
in 1929 Murr ,y drove the car
in which Druggan made a get
away from a deputy U S. mar
shal and an agent of the Bureau
of Internal Revenue, who were
trying to arrest the bootlegger.
Over the years Murray didn't
change much. In 1938 he got in- !
volved with the law again—on
the wrong side. A grand jury
in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. ;
irdieted him for allegedly' offer- I
ing the sheriff a $10,000 bribe |
to let slot machines operate. The
case later collapsed, however.
Not long after that. Murray's
name was linked to that of the
third anti-Wallace plotter—Ed
ward J. Barrett.
Barrett had been state audi
tor. Arthur C. Lueder was elect
ed to take over that office.
I.ueder. perhaps suspicious by
nature, ordered an investigation
to make sure that Barrett’s ac
counts were in order. Murray
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was one of the “investigators.”
He gave Barrett a dean bill of
health, of course.
The plot against the Progress
ive Party is the most bipartisan
deal imaginable.
Murray is a Repi blican who
started out as a Democrat. Ep
stein is a Democrat who started
out as a Republican.
Murray ran for alderman in
1927 as a cog in the Democratic
machine of Dennis Egan, notor
ious West Side boss. He lost and
soon went over to Morris Eller
and the GOP.
Epstein, on the other hand,
started out with the Eller organ
ization as a Republican. From
then on. his political twistings
were enough to give him curva
ture of the spine.
In 1930 he deserted the GOP
to enter the Dennis Egan ma
chine: he was now c Democrat.
In 1932 he reverted to the
GOP, but he still wasn't satis
fied. A short time later he re
turned to the Democratic fold,
where he reached his present po
sition.
The reason that Epstein and
Murray were so eager for joint
action to keep the Progressives
off the ballot is this: the secret
poll recently taken by the Dem
mocrats on the West Side indi
cated that the Progressives prob
ably would get some 30 to 35
per cent of the vote in the 6th
district, where Murray and Ep
stein share power.
Such a vote for the Progres
sives would threaten the hold of
these bosses on that district.
As it is. their candidates for
Congress — Thomas J. O'Brien,
the incumbent, for the Demo
crats. and John M. Coan for the
GOP—face stiff opposition from
one of the Progressive Party's
most able candidates. Sidney Or- 1
dower, radio commentator and
veterans’ leader.
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