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Show POLICE PROTECT THE GAMBLERS Chicago, Sept. 25. With two former for-mer gamblers absent from tho city or in hiding and a third threatened with death unlosB he drops all connection with the gambling and police graft Investigation, the first revelation of evidence collected by Investigators of allogod police protection of gambling waB scheduled to opori today with the trial of Patrolman McClolIan beforo tho civil Bervlce commiHsion. To-gothcr To-gothcr with I.ieut. William Walsh ho it charged with permitting open gambling in the fltrocto adjacent to tho American League baseball park on Labor day. Harry BrolaBki, former for-mer gambler, who haB furnished Attorney At-torney Whoelock with valuable infor-1 matlon and who received a throat over the telephone that "he would got his," sco'f6 at the idea of danger. A suit for $1,000 Hied against Chief of Police McWeeney and Inspector Nicholas Hunt by Brolaskl, Is pending. pend-ing. The former gambler says that this amount is duo him for services rendered In the way of Information to the police department about gambling. |