Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-30 | Page 1 | Merchant Slain by N. Y. Thieves

MERCHANT SLAIN aYN V. WE YES VE Criminals Go Boldly On With Work as s Poli Police Polke e i Make Day DriveS Drive S S YORK NEW NEW YORK Dec 29 United I Press While Press While police devoted much energy to helping dry gents Agents clean cleanup up Broadway in jn time for New Ye Years Year's rs r's criminals criminate went boldly ahead with with their their activities today 5 Among the crimes was a holdup and murder in which one ono O of two VO thieves shot and killed Nicholas s Calzia after holding up his stationery stationery station station- ery store Grover A. A WHalen lalen nev p police commissioner ho who has un undertaken undertaken un- un to to reform New York starting with the th p police department de ordered his men to get the killer dl itt t cost any I IThe The days day's most exciting development development develop develop- ment however was Whalen's suspension suspension sus sus- pension of Detective John Cordes Cordea Cordeson on a charge of negligence in conI connection con con- con con- the Rothstein case i Cord s Is the stat star detective of the force and a police poUce hero who is the I only man ever to receive the medal Continued on page 5 6 I I MERCHANT SLAIN BY BYN N. N Y THIEVES Continued from page 1 of ot honor twice His suspension caused amazement and consternation consternation I tion in the ranks already concerned by Whalen's wholesale program of ot demotions and discipline Whalen told the press that Cordes when he arrested George McManus in connection with the murder murdeL of ot Arnold Rothstein istein the gambler was guilty of ot negligence Innot in innot innot not having McManus fingerprinted Whalen said the incident smacked of favoritism In his lois opinion The circumstances are significant significant significant cant Whalen said The prisoner may have had a certain influence in the police department Whalen said Cordes would have to stand trial and suffer the tte consequences con con- sequences McManus Ianus surrendered to police voluntarily several weeks ago after their search had failed to to- find him Whalen had him brought from the Tombs prison to headquarters today and his fingerprints and other records records records rec rec- rec- rec taken The combined police and federal drive against speakeasies continued today mainly in III the white light district district district dis dis- dis- dis and in Greenwich village About twenty arrests were made since last night and much liquor seized Police have never cooperated ed hitherto in enforcing prohibition The raids were directed by Police Inspector Joseph P. P Loonam