Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-19 | Page 16 | 7 Arrested in Rum Ring Drive

1 ARRESTED IN i iR R RUM M RING RINE DRIVE Sept 18 AP With five city detectives a policeman po- po and a member of a saloonkeepers saloonkeepers saloon keepers keepers' protective association under un un- del der heavy bail on charges of conspiracy con con- extortion and bribery Dis Attorney Monaghan said tOday that the first line defenses of the bootleg police graft gratt alliance are beginning beginning be- be ginning to crumble Other developments growing out of the special grand grand' jurys jury's investigation gation of bootlegging ing gang murders and und underworld activities generallY included the suspension of two police po- po lice captains John J i Kerns and William by SuperIntendent of Police Pollee Mills who asserted that the they r had failed to fully comply with Mayor l J Mackeys Mackey's s cleanup order A third district commander Thomas R. R Signed resigned and was alleged alleged al- al to have disappeared while being being be- be ing sought on a grand jury sub sub- poena As to a result of these developments developments develop develop- ments said Mr 11 Monaghan 1 we expect to make more arrests After Arter more than a n of fighting I believe we have broken the barriers and definitely established established the system used us-ed by the police in the me of bribes from bootleggers and Mayor layor Mackey announced that he had sufficient evidence to suspend more police officials He added however that lie would not do anything anything any any- thing that might interfere wIth the grand jury investigation and that he would not take any action at atthe atthe the present timeA time A former saloonkeeper and his two bartenders bartenders' testified at the hearing of the three detectives and the policeman arrested yesterday esterday that a a. month had been paid to district police officials an and from v to 10 a week to ordinary patrolmen patrolmen patrol patrol- men for protection II