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Newspaper

Chicago Eagle

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1899

Page

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Money Sharks Target City Officials In Chicago Loan Probe

The Eagle accuses Richardson and partners of lending to city workers and teachers at high rates, with ad schemes and false licenses. It vows grand jury action, publishing suspect names, salaries, and offices tied to usury in police and public offices. It denounces Sammy Heyman and dozens of lenders amid a broad probe.

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Grand Jury Attacks Bloodsucking Money Sharks in Chicago

The September Cook County grand jury denounces chattel mortgage sharks and confidential credit lenders who ruin the poor. It cites a widow left homeless after a 830 debt and a shirt maker, and calls for stronger state supervision and regulation of such lending practices amid calls to apply Tom Hood’s Song of the Shirt to Chicago.

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