Rollinger Speaks on Paying 750 for Protection in 1933
Bert Rollinger testified he gave Attorney General Edward L. O Connor 750 dollars in cash as a down payment for protection of his beer running operations after repeal and before beer was legal in Town. He said Park Findley, head of the state bureau of investigation, first contacted him at his LeMars home as the militia was in Plymouth County in 1933.
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Sioux City
Bert Rollinger
Edward L. O'Connor
O’connor
Rollinger
Bollinger
Park Findley
Bureau of Investigation
State Department of Justice
Grand Jury
Findley
Woodbury
Plymouth
Kollinger
Beotlerners
Joh
O'Connor
Des Moines
Kirkwood
Fort Madison
Plymouth County
Francis Golden
State Penitentiary
Golden
Minnie) Kleve
Mrs. Kleve
Iowa
George Parsons
Roy Lubbers
George Dickey
Conspiracy case details reveal bootlegging payoffs
Grand jury testimony outlines Rollinger’s account of paying $750 to avoid state protection charges for slot machines and bootlegging. Findley pressed for direct payment to O'Connor with threats of prison, while Rollinger sought state consent via Kirkwood meetings. Testimony covers extensive liquor racketeering links.
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LeMars
Findley
Indictment Names OConnor and 18 in Sioux City Case
SIOUX CITY AP The Woodbury county grand jury indicted Attorney General Edward L OConnor and Walter Maley on conspiracy to operate gambling houses and devices in Iowa. Eighteen others were named in the main indictment and separate charges included perjury and conspiracy with bonds set at 2000 to 3000 dollars. The report covers slot machine syndicate reach from Missouri to the Mississippi and details payments to Gagen and Brisbois through 1933.
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Sioux City
E. L. O'Connor
Edward L. O’connor
Walter Maley
Joe Gagen
Tom Conroy
T. &. Taggart
A. Kroloff
J. &. Brennan
H. G. Scott
Jack Warden
Oakie
C. E. Stevens
Phil Dunn
Bill Taxler
Taxer
Tex
Robert Kroloff
Ike Sherman
Frank Comerfield
Isadore
Woodbury County Grand Jury
Gazette
Railway Express
Fonda
Elks Club
Des Moines
Frank Brisbois
Gagen
Brisbois
Max Langer
Dubuque
Missouri
Mississippi
Iowa
Woodbury County
D. A. Wakefield
Siegel
Joe Siegel
O’connor
Liberty
Clyde Mayer
Jack Kennedy
Jim Pontrale
Tony Curcino
Polk County Grand Jury
Floyd Page
Legislative Investigating Committee
Page
Conroy
Pete Rand
University of Iowa Law School
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Woodbury Jury Indicts Officials in Conspiracy Case
Woodbury County grand jury returns indictments charging conspiracy against Attorney General and his first assistant along with multiple named associates. The panel also cites perjury counts involving State Agent William Arthur and Siegel. Indictments stem from alleged graft schemes tied to slot machine operations across the state.
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Woodbury Jury
Slot Machine Raids Tied to Atty General Office Leaks
A Pocahontas county official says slot machine raids in several counties were tipped to Frank Brisbois by Joe Gagen who allegedly received advance word from the Attorney General Edward L. O Connors office. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports Brisbois told Carmichael on December 22, 1934. The raid on Rolfe led to confiscations tied to Brisbois and raised questions over consult: Zelinsky acted without County Attorney Carmichael, who said the attorney general had ordered prior consultation.
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Sioux City
Pasahontas County
Frank Brisbois
Fonda
Joe Gagen
Edward L. O’connor
Cedar Rapids
A. C. Carmichael
Pocahontas County
Gazette
Brisbois
Carmichael
Gagen
Des Moines
Attorney General’s Office
O’connors
Rolfe
Iowa
Zelinsky
The
Pocahontas
Tax plan faces doubt over expected revenue
Washington AP reports tensions over the presidents tax plan with Representative Samuel B. Hill stating no revenue figures are set while focusing on social aims. He signals possible changes to inheritance tax exemptions, but stresses the bill's progression and hearings begin Monday despite unresolved rates and revenue projections.
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Washington
Samuel B. Hill
Wash
House
Ways and Means
Hill
Treasury
Harrison
Senate
Hilk
Statement by Max Duckworth in O Connors case
Former Woodbury County Attorney Max Duckworth testifies at the indictment trial of Attorney General E L O Connor and 18 others. He recalls visiting Hattie Brown Chicken Shack with Brown and Ryan associates and seeing the attorney general in town and dancing with Miss Coan.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County
Max Duckworth
E. L. O'Connor
Walter Maley
Iowa
Hattie Brown
Brown
Arthur
Lee Ryan
Miss Coan
Des Moines Attorney General Indicted in Woodbury Case
Attorney General Edward L. O'Cone called the Woodbury indictment "the most outrageous thing ever perpetrated" as charges were announced. The case centers on alleged misconduct connected to the woodbury area. Authorities vow full prosecution and public trust restoration.
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Des Moines
Edward L. O’conenor
Woodbury
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Forrest Burris
Parsons
Prohibition
Tru-Art
Tru
Maley
T. LL Taggart
Ae Kroloff
J. E. Brennan
Jack Worden
Bill Taxter
Texter
Frank ‘ Comerfield
Isadore Kroloff
Henry Stone
Gus Craginas
Clyde
E. ‘Mayer
William Arthur
Preu
Alma Berry
Atty. General’s Office
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