Federal Grand Jury Probes Belle Isle Police Scandal
Detroit April 13 AP A Federal grand jury inquiry into the Belle Isle police liquor scandal will be urged by Wayne County Prosecutor James Chenot and Judge Thomas M Cotter in recorder s court If federal action fails Cotter will convene a local grand jury Tuesday The probe centers on police corruption claims raised by Police Commissioner William P Rutledge
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Belle Isle
James Chenot
Wayne County
Thomas M. Cotter
Recorder’s Court
Cotter
Ohbenot
Never Took a Drink Tex Tells Jurors in Court
Tex Tells jurors she never drank, defending herself in federal court over a New York liquor nuisance charge. The packed courtroom heard her deny rumors as Texas Guinan, queen of the speakeasy era, crooned to the prosecutor amid diamonds and velvet.
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Texas Guinan
New York
Turbulent Belle Isle tale: Burkheiser suspended amid liquor smuggling probe
First pictures show Arkansas Tornado Captain Joseph A Burkheiser as harbormaster and pollen detail head on Belle Isle Detroit river. Charges allege use of position to aid rum runners crossing to Canadian border cities. Shaw also suspended. U S District Attorney Watkins cites Belle Île transfer and grand jury potential action. Commissioner Rutledge reports ongoing inquiry with about half the island detail questioned on liquor cargo reports.
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Joseph A. Burkheiser
Belle Isle
Detroit River
Michigan
Burkheiser
Hyuer
Edward Shaw
United States
John R. Watkins
Belle Île
Federal Grand Jury
Rutledge
Inman Wins Loworge Reno Courts Divorce Case
Wealthy New Yorker Walser P. Inman prevailed in Reno over his wife Helene Garne Patton Inman in a divorce suit. A jury awarded Inman custody and an alimony of 15,000 dollars per year for five years, under a separation agreement. The case spanned three weeks of testimony including allegations of drinking parties and alleged affairs.
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Reno
Nev
Walser BP
Inman
New York
Atlanta
Helene Garne
Patton Inman
Terras Lifer and Pals Escape Pen Near Huntsville
Four or five convicts including J. R. Silver escaped Wynne State Farm near Huntsville and hijacked a car heading toward Houston. Witnesses say Silver, whose wife’s pardon in October drew suspicions, led the breakout amid heavy rain. Suspects include Robert Hill and others, with a car driven by Haden Malone and a female student passenger.
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Houston
Texas
J. R
Bob) Silver
Kansas City
Wynne State Farm
Huntsville
Silver
Meady
Wynne Farm
Claude Williams
Fort Worth
Roscoe Wilson
A. Thompson
Haden Malone
Willis
Sam Houston State Teachers’ College
Robert Hill
Eastland County
Keening Malone
Hyde Joins Request For Lower Freight Rate
Secretary Hyde of the agricultural department joined efforts to urge rail and other traffic heads to grant temporary rate cuts to speed export of 40,000,000 bushels of 1923 Kansas wheat. He acted after a conference with Senator Capper of Kansas who also appealed to the Interstate Commerce Commission for reductions to meet Argentine competition in European markets.
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Hyde
Agricultural Department
Kansas
Senator Capper
Capper
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seaboard
Law Proposed to Bar Night Club Hostesses in New York
New York police commissioner urged a law banning employment of hostesses in night clubs after the acquittal of Texas Guinan. He called the club atmosphere vicious and warned that demand for girls aged 16 to 14 for hostess roles risks moral danger, criticizing publicity surrounding the trial and saying it affronts law and order. He spoke to the Greater New York Federation of Churches.
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Texas Guinan
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Guinan
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Church Lays Men's Committee
Greater New York Federation of Churches
Miss Guinan
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