Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-14 | Page 4 | Making Murder a Business

Making Murder a Business A A A WITNESS In the New York prosecution of ofa 4 a Brooklyn murder mob known as Murder Murder Murder Mur der Inc because It allegedly made a business of murder at set fees f s per r execution recently revealed that a New York gang leader had planned in 1935 to kill Thomas E. E Dewey but was himself assassinated by underworld bosses because they feared murder a of Dewey would so arouse public animosity that all of us would burn Its It's a weird story The murder of Dewey was plotted according to the witness by Arthur Dutch Schultz after Dewey was named special prosecutor and began his drive on rackets and crime in New York was a leading gangster In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York boss of the numbers game racket Previous Previous Prey Prey- ous to repeal he had been a notorious boot legger His gang is credited by police with numerous murders When Vlen plot to murder Dewey came to the attention of other gang leaders they decided it was too dangerous and the best solution was to get rid of So Soon Soon Soon on he the night of December 24 1935 three hired killers slew the numbers game racketeer in a Newark tavern The whole weird story just shows to what lengths these gangster parasites on society will go o to protect their lucrative rackets Bribery corruption blackmail murder mur mur- der they'll der-they'll they'll stop at nothing One of them would even plan to murder a district attorney and others would order the murder o of a gangster gangster gang gang- ster pal to save themselves from the retrIbution retribution tion which they were sure would follow fulfillment fulfill ment of this murder scheme Its It's all a rotten business business-a a dangerous busIness business business busi busI- ness for society And the sooner all of these racketeers gangsters and murderers are put putout putout putout out of the way for good the better for us all