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Crime Linkstwo city detectives were actual* ly operating a lottery.A plan to infiltrate this oper* ation was discussed with the local prosecutor, but he declined |to cooperate and immediately !■ | disclosed the plan to city officials.As a result,’’ he added, “police payoffs were made with a j | great dea] more care and enforcement efforts correspondingly made more difficult. Efforts at cooperation continue to be made sporadically but unsuccessfully. In one of the latest joint raids, the lottery operators told the searching officers they were expected.’’In Columbus, Capt. Robert Taylor, vice squad chief, denied any connection with crime figures.I am absolutely not taking any money from anyone. I do not want to dignify their charges. I cannot speak for anyone else. But if an officer is taking he will be prosecuted.’1 Mayor Maynard E. Sensen-brenner called for a full report from Columbus Safety Director Fred Simon and Police Chief Robert H. Baus.Changes ClaimedI’ve got confidence in my police department and my safetydirector,” Sensenbrenner said.If I find any evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the police, we’ll get rid of them.”In Nashville, the Tennessean quoted Henry Petersen, head of the organized crime section, assessiDrleadiat T proa Texs Dcthe ; SciciIntelmeeagriieconChofsciei AAA Lam fronr Cenl R. 1 Dr.for 1is (depiasscBusdepiscieecqisthsiInNinlcvvhisaying Wilson's testimony re- doferred to the situation in the past and did not reflect on cur-j rj rent Nashville officials Gilbert S. Merritt Jr., who resigned recently as U.S. attorneyfor the Middle Tennessee district, told the newspaper that “there is no question that “theLtlt;gtlold Nashville City Police Dc-1 hVNpartment in the early 1960s was corrupt. j c“But as the result of a num-1 . ber of federal cases against po- | lice officers—one of whom was! ^ a former police chief—and a a number of cases against casino gambling houses, the situation} “ has been vastly improved, Merritt said.Charles Anderson, who succeeded Merritt in the post, said he has seen no evidence of police corruption but added that cooperation could stand improvement at all levels of enforcement.dn4 itikd
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Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Lubbock, Texas, US
Wed, Jun 04, 1969
Page 25
Full Page
Clipped by
Madison H.
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