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Show X-- " 1 ( I Current Topics! A Chicajjo'-t Telict Scandal. Astounding revelations of the mla- conduct of the police force of Chicago continue to amuse the public. It waa i generally simpected that the depart- j ment, through some of Its commanding f officers, la a patron of the criminal rtassea, shielding them from proseeu- E lion In return for money or political j assistance. This was a dignified and J. honorable business compared with the position In which the most recent j charges have placed the department, t It figures now not as the protector, but as the tool of criminals. The arcusa- tlon Is made by one of the soc etles for f the prevention of rrlmo that ..hen a , raid of poolroom owners communicated communi-cated with police cnptalns and ser-gennta ser-gennta over the police telephone, which j had been kindly plured at the disposal of the runners, and the captains and sergeants forthwllh sent out men from the atutlons to warn the criminals. This la In aome respecta the worst rhargo that baa been mnde aanlnst the department. Not only does It connive con-nive at crime, but It devotes Ita energies ener-gies to a systematic defeat of the pro-ecasea pro-ecasea of the court. It la apparent from the manner of the men under suspicion that they are In no terror of punishment, and will be In none until tho sustaining political power behind thrm, which would compel them to protect vice and crime even lit FRANCIS O'NKll.U Chlcago'a New Chief of Police Who 11 Cleaning Out the Department. If they were not too willing to do It. la smashed by the people. |