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Show SOME POLICE ROTTENNESS An Investigation Develops Startling Disclosures at Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, March 24. The investigation in-vestigation of the Police department, started by charges of crooked work filed last week by City Jailer Todhunt-er Todhunt-er btfore the Board of Police Commissioner,- has - already-developed sensational sensa-tional disclosures, and will be pushed. Todhunter in his testimony declared that "the. Jailers have made a practice of taking money from prisoners who have any service rendered them, anQ also have regularly taken money from a lawyer for throwing cases his way. Other charges made during the investigation inves-tigation are to. the effect that a sergeant and other officers at the central station have stolen from drunken prisoners." Another case testified to was that of a prisoner who was released without trial upon payment of $125 to a lawyer, who was. it was asserted, escorted to the man's cell by city detectives. These detectives later, it was stated, went with the prisoner to a pawnbroker's shop, that he might pawn his diamonds to secure the money. |