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Public outcry targets Pin Brigade police on Chicago North Side
Citizens demand action as 46 burglaries occur in three weeks with no arrests. The piece accuses North Side stations on Chicago Avenue and North Halsted of graft and ties to a secret Pin Brigade, urging reforms under Inspector P. D. O'Brien and a purge of corrupt plainclothes officers.
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Chicago Avenue
Chicago
North Side
Turkey
China
Cronin
Dan Coughlin
Pin Brigade
Daily Press
Potter Palmers
Victor F. Lawsons
Robert W. Pattersons
H. H. Kohlsaats
Franklin MacVeaghs
John V. Clarkes
William C. Seipps
Red Light
North Avenue
P. D. O'Brien
North Halsted
North Halsted Street
Lake Shore
Policemen's Benevolent Union
John Callan O'Loughlin
The
Tribune
United Police Organization