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Show EDWARD M'CANN FREED BY GOVERNOR DENEEN Former Police Inspector of Chicago Serves Only Comparatively Short Time In Prison. SPRINGFIELD, III.. May l Edward McCann, the Chicago police Inspector, late today wan pardoned from .Toilet penitentiary peniten-tiary by Governor Donccn. Tho board of pardons was In session conferring on the matter for tho greater part of today, and It was on the board's recommendation that the pardon wna granted. The McCann case made history in tho annals of the polloo dupnrtmonts of the groat cities of this country. McCann. whok had a reputation as being one of the most conscientious and efficient officers of-ficers In Chicago, was stationed In tho vlcc-rldden district on the west able of that city. He was noted for his unrelenting unre-lenting warfare against vice, and hu had rescued hundreds of women from a life of Kluiine. In a crusade against bribery in the Chicago Chi-cago police department tho Inspector was caught In the. net. McCann was tried for bribery und resort-keepers alleged on the witness stand they had paid him tribute for allowing them to continue In their illicit business. McCann was sentenced to the penitentiary peniten-tiary at Juliet for an indeterminate lernu |