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I ot Vi er ,r-ke v** tills cw e: COIKhe!o.Idilsnair-n-ao1Uaitothilaala-10VOIr*r,boi\lnelinoLHln«0lealJo•BURGLAR POLITICIAN.HOW HE WORSTED THE MAYOR OP CHICAGO.Mr Dune, Mayor of Chicago twroto the Daily M3ll correspondent at New York on 7th November)!*** been worsted In one or tho moat singular conflicts #vcr precipitated between the head of a great municipality and the organised forces of crime. Recently he complained to the police of the growing prevalence of lawlessness In the city und of their failure to arrest certain notorious criminals.Tho police lieutenant to whom he delivered his complaint made the astounding reply that It was usolesa to effect such urrests, as It was Impossible to obtain convictions In consequence of tho political pull enjoyed by tho leading felons and liousebrcakers. Moreover. added tho lieutenant, I should lose my position If 1 attempted such a thing.Mr Buss© received this extraordinary statement with Indignant Incredulity, and hit* Indignation was re-cchood by tho entire American public when last week it read of tho Incident. Rut since Tuesday Mr Hubs© la no longer Incredulous.At his request, according to the New York Times,” tho chief of police of Chicago arrested u notorious ex-convict with a long record as a burglar and pickpocket, who repeatedly boasted that tfio police did not Unru to arrest him, and if they did tho courts would not dare to hold him. Ills activity an a petty politician waa sufficient, ho was convinced, to secure him perpetual Immunity from prosecution. On Tuesday he was brought before a Judge In a municipal court. Th© court room was crowded wltli ward politicians. A member of the Civil Service Commission appeared to defend the ex-convlct, but no defence was needed, for the Judge, without walling to hear tho evidence, dismissed the case, and severely reprimanded the detective who arrested the ex-convlct.
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Muswellbrook Chronicle
Muswellbrook, New South Wales, AU
Sat, Jan 25, 1908
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