Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-06-25 | Page 4 | Lingle Finances Are Scrutinized in Murder Probe

IfflffUGES nun III MURDER PBOBE Former . Chicago Police Commissioner Under goes Quizzing CHICAGO, Jun IS fAr) The motive for Jsk Lingle's murder was sought today In a study of bis finances. Ills rloso friend, William Rus-ell, Rus-ell, former police commissioner, wss quuatloned yesterday at the tale's attornsy' office. What he told the Inveetigatora was not revealed, re-vealed, but tt waa understood be Was sked If he knew: What war the bank deposit of th Tribune reporter? What was the source of his In-eotna In-eotna aside from bis modest salary as a newspsper msn? What were hi transactions with stock: brokers? In whose nsm did h write checks, and why? The psture of the questioning was taken ss sn Indication that the finances of the slain reporterTTIo was friend alike of police chiefs and gang leaders, would ha placed before the grand Jury which is to investigate the murder. TO WITNESS The former police commissioner, whose reslgnstlon resulted from public indignslion touched off by the Llngle aasssslnatlon, is ei period peri-od to be one of ths first Jury witnesses. wit-nesses. Th siste's attorney haa Indicated he wanta Itussell to tell tha juror whst. If any. special privilege war accorded Lingl by the police. In an address before the City club yesterday. Uenald H Kichbarg. attorney, sought to point an ''interlocking ''in-terlocking relationship between public utility control and corruption corrup-tion of government and the political protection of crime." He spoke of Samuel uttelson, city corporation counsel, ss "Mr. InsuH's politics! lawyer'' (Samuel Insult, public utilities util-ities msnnatel and added that F.ttelsorl "Is also chief operator of the city government, with Mayor Thompson enly a figurehead." XPLAIN ACTION "Newspspers have reported In de. tall sn enormous Income obtained by Llngle from unknown sources perhsps a natural result of being unofficial chief of police.' and a friend of gangster plundering tin town." Rlchbarg said in his ad-dree ad-dree a. "And now wa read thst a msa named Forsyth (Jams "Red" Ffersythe) is accused of th Llngle murder; and It la also reported that th last time this msn was arrested I" a gangster hsngout he was released re-leased when It was found thst he waa working In fcuelson s office In th city hail." The hunt for Fnrsythe, so fsr a Information from th a pec la I . "crime headquarters'' reveafc., has been thua far without success.