Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-03-26 | Page 3 | Protected Crime

PROTECTED CRIME, Pittsburg Police Officials Must An-Bwer An-Bwer Serious Charge. PITTSBRG, March 25. Thomas' B. Scandrltt, director of public safety of Allegheny, Al-legheny, tonight was charged before Alderman Al-derman Toolo of Pittsburg, by County Detective Robinson, with aiding and abetting abet-ting tho maintenance of a gambllng-houso gambllng-houso in Allegheny City. A warrant was Issued Cor Seandrltt's arrest. In the Information Detective Robinson alleges that Scandrltt accepted $100 on account ac-count from John Reagan, permission being be-ing given the latter to open and maintain, main-tain, unmolested, a gambllng-houso in Allegheny. Al-legheny. James Wilson, Captain of Police, already al-ready under Indictment, had two additional addi-tional charges preferred against him tonight to-night of extortion, nnd Police Lieutenant John Boland and Robert Dlckuon and Patrolmen Michael Redmnn and Thomas Carroll had one charge preferred against (hem. Detective Robinson being the Informant In-formant in each caso In tho Information the police officials are charged with taking money from alleged al-leged keepers of disorderly houses in return re-turn for , rotcctlon from polico prosecution.