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John W. Goff Lexow inquiry's fierce young counsel
Special correspondence profiles John W. Goff, 46, Irish born, who as counsel to the Lexow committee has exposed police and municipal corruption in New York. The piece outlines his temperament, voice, dress, and career from emigrant beginnings with Fitzgerald to failed district attorney bid, private practice, and eventual appointment to the Lexow panel. It touches on his resilience, earlier legal fights, and belief that reforms will temporarily curb graft.
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New York
John W. Goff
Lexow Committee
America
Jay Gould
John W. Goff Gould
Mr. Goff
Lexow
Fitzgerald
Peter Cooper
Noble Institute
Randolph Martine
People’s Municipal League
Goff
Simyth
Recorder
Joseph Choate
Bar
Gof
Choate
Parkhurst
Chamber of Commerce
Freemantle
South Australia
Dion Boucicault
John Breslin
Thomas Desmond