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a mere suopoena may not Dring ner from her New York mansion.Can Be Extradited.In her statements of bribes paid she has, however, indicated her par ticipation in various felonies. On indictment of any of these charges she can, of course, be extradited from New York. The State’s Attorney makes no threat, but the Ever-leigh sisters are in the position oy women to whom the word has geneCome out here voluntarily as witnesses or come as prisoners, with the possibility of a Jciietsentence after the grand jury Is through with you.These two women, with their direct testimony against the overlords of the vice district, have alre: disappeared from their New Xi home, 20 West Seventy-first It develops, however, that th placed under surveillance imme ly after the killing of Detect? Birns; in fact, they have been morC or less watched for several monthsRyan and Grady Questioned.Meanwhile the various phases ot the investigation into the killing of Detective Birns and the three-handed partnership of politics, police and vice, is making sensational progress. The Civil Service Commission an-I nounced last night that it had ques-[j tloned Captain Michael Ryan, Lieutenant Grady and several others ofthe police force, and invited them to explain why illegal resorts were permitted to run in the district and why violations of the 1 o’clock closing ordinance and other lav/s and regulations went unchecked.The Civil Service Board may act as it did in the investigation of a couple of years ago 011 the theory that existence of such places, where a police official could not. but know] of them, is evidence of neglect ofj duty sufficient to justify dismissal from the force.Believe Colosimo Weakening.While the Civil Service Board is getting ready to purge the police force, a grand jury was delving into the case with Big Jim Colosimo as the center or' interest. This subsid, iary magnate of the vice belt is no,having to tell shooting of Bikiary magnate 01 u in the position if
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Chicago Examiner
Chicago, Illinois, US
Thu, Jul 23, 1914
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