Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-07-24 | Page 2 | Tells About Bribes Paid Chicago Police

TEllS ABOUT BRIBES PAID CHICAGO POliCE Former Member of Clairvoyant ant Ring Witness at Trial of Alleged Grafters Chicago July 23 James 23 James Ryan Hyan formerly formerly for for- merly morly a member of oC Chicago's ring of clairvoyants and now a convict who testified that In ii six months montha In 1912 operating under th the name of ot Professor Protessor Professor Pro fessor Charles T F Crane he obtained about resumed the witness stand toda today In tho the trials of ot former Do- Do Sot eanis William m g Egami and Walter alter OBrien O'Brien charged with accepting accepting accept accept- In ing from criminals I Ryan Han came to Chicago from his I homo home In Wyoming In August 1912 and immediately opened a fl clairvoyant parlor and operated under police protection protection pro pro- furnished bv by bC C P P. ac according according nc- nc cording to his testimony lIe He said he lC paid paltI Bertsche OO a n month and he understood that this was sas only onh part of the money paid altI the police pollee for prot c- c lion tion Ho flo said that on one occasion he ho saw pa money mone to former Detective Sergeant Walter OBrien O'Brien one of the time defendants Ryan said that on a number of oc occasions oc- oc he ho paid money mone direct to policemen policemen police police- men nten ii In addition to the time regular monthly month month- 1 ly Payments The Those c he lie said were Presents for tor adjusting complaints Ryan an said that most of hl his hla patrons were vera women Ryan testified that when hen he was waa ar nr- rested In rl Luak Lusk V Wyo yo and brought to hc visited him In Jail and said lL that Police Captain HalpIn and Detective OBrien O'Brien were ver vei very much I worried as to whether I 1 would stand nut t an and r In to talk