Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-09-21 | Page 4 | Thompson's Aide Indicted in Chicago

THOMPSON'S AIDE INDICTED IN CHICAGO CHICAGO. Sept. 20. Francis Pecker, an alleged political lieutenant of Mayor William Wil-liam Hale Thompson, and Willie Melville Mel-ville were Indicted on a charge of conspiracy con-spiracy and operating a confidence game today. The indictment is In connection with charges of the alleged payment of money for restoration of saloon licenses. State's Attorney Hoyne recently made public hundreds of copies of letters said to have heen written by Berker to city hall officials, in which It appeared that he kept close track whether saloonkeepers saloonkeep-ers were for or against Mayor Thompson Thomp-son and In which innumerable recommendations recom-mendations for the transfer of police from one station to another were made.