Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-10-27 | Page 1 | 'Mike De Pike' is Taken in Chicago Booze Scandals

mIKE Im PilE j. j TAKEN IN CHICAGO V BOOZE SCANDALS j Claims All 0 tJ S S. Whisky Hunt Hunters rs Wanted In ln Got In CHICAGO CHICAGO Oct ct Federal 27 27 Federal officials announced ed today the they would ask a warrant warrant warrant war war- rant for the the the arrest arrest of V Mike de Pike Heitler Hettler who surrendered to government agents last last night in connection with I Ithe the investigation of the alleged whisky ring here Heitler who was held all night atthe atthe atthe at the the federal building was said to have declared it was generally known that bribes had been given prohibition agents deputy sheriffs policemen railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road agents small town officials and others in the Chicago district in conI connection connection con con- with prohibition violations but buthe buthe buthe he denied being involved in the illegal I traffic an and under questioning regarding regarding regarding regard regard- ing specific matters was said to have refused to t talk lk Ik V Referring t to those he said had been bribed Heitler was quoted as saying All of them had means of learning about booze shipments and all of ot them wanted in And most of them got in I have seen a as many as twelve twel officers grab bribe money for tor one truckload of 1100 cases of whisky V