Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 289, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 18, 1928 Page: 9 of 10
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PHILADELPHIA RACKET PROBE
one aigtft a few weeks ago HaMbf
ey was eaoort»g some tronluesom#
CUStODWTS flWWI hft BO-mllea CaJba-
pet. The M^fc drnnks may h|g '
lets descended upon him from *
large btae sedan Hugher attd t*w
trusted companions fell, hot Huglfey
was the arty one mortally a evaded.
A eloakrojm ftrt of the undpr-
world resorts telephoned to Msjjt-
trace WWfe Carney Heater's mb*
long friend. that U was the OXaatfS
who had killed Hughey She fcfc*
since changed her story seveial
times. «
. They held a Mg funeral for t|»
little hunchback "Boo Boo" Hoi!
paid all the bftis. A voman—spl
unidentified—droppad flowers ;Mp
the grave from an afrphuM
NBA darteae Staff Writer
“PHIIADBLPPIA. Sept. IT—The
1 fradow of the ttenlnutlve sod
hundfBbae* figure of SOfte? **'
Loon, forme* mascot of the Phila-
delphia Athletics and Comae Mack's
bat bay back In the halcyon days of
Eddie Plank and Hocib-R..:’
b-v«t. hangs over Philadelphia*
present grand jury investigation ot
racketeering, gang murders and po-
lice CO.. .Sion
Per ft was the racketeer murder of
Hughey Me Loon grown to be a
cabaret proprietor that proved the
■park that touched off District At-
torney John Monaghan's probe Bis
murder and the avenging murder of
Daniel O'Leary enly a week later
blew off the Ud. and thus Hughey
Me Loan dead ft more powerful than
ever was Hughey McLoon alive.
For years Bugaey atcLoon the
hunchback, had been a prominent
Ogu*» on the fringe of P hi lade 1-
iah underworld Hughey s sport-
lng ftsi .rr drew him * toevttabl:
wit rah that seem sphere where, for
one reaeon or mother, one's tongue
must be kept in leash He was
never a power—but he knew a lot.
Hotter wi* on the edge of the
councils of Max "Boo Hoo" Hoff.
Philadelphia's underworld king.
National Better Copy Contest
Conducted by PUBLIC UTILITIES
ADVERTISING ASSOCIATION * * #
—pras an important witness
his partners fled te Qaa—
Monsghan sgyt he will «
Bat anderworld Justice is swihp-
and terrible.
Less than a weak later five nM
paid a 5 a. m. visit to an apaftt*
mem where O'Leary was keeping
a rendesvans with Ids lS-year-dM
sweetheart The five men him
O'Leary full of lead as he slept. 1
Mbnsghsn has IhfUated s series
of raids bv his own force of .county
d stood mu He insists that the con-
dftlehs his present investigation
have disclosed could not have con-
us ued without the Knowledge and
onnivance of the police and there-
fore he »es hW own officers when-
ever te wants poke# work done
Meai.while* through all these lap
psrriags. bfbyor Harry A. Mackey,
attempts to stimulate the police de-
partment Into action by ordns and
commands Mackey and Monagh-
an tampalgned togiitin on a plat-
■ orn to eliminate vice and crime
from Philadelphia
Mayor Blame* Bailer
The avengfcig of Hughey a mi
blew otf the lid. Since that
Philadelphia has seen no quiet
the underworld s rulers aad cei
police officials have been qua
with fear. _• ___ . '■
Judge Edwin O. Lewis charge*
grand Jury to begin an investig;
Into the shootings, among <
routine matters. But it was
that rwiha Atteraey Mena
stepped into the picture.
3600 advertisements
submitted by 158
Public Utility Compa-
nies located all'over
the United States
The present conditions. Mar Say
my'i. are due to conditions which
rime about under the regime of
General Smedley D. Butler, the
"fighting marine" who was appoint-
ed director of public safety by Mack-
ey's predecessor. Mayor Kendrick.
BuHers emphasis upon militarizing
the deportment had the resalt af
fi..o. tuzfng it and rendering ft In-
dBedtlvw. Mayor Mackey aMiras
Butler was removed by Mayor Ken-
drick. who thereafter appointed
Oeorge W. Elliott safety director
Mackey has repeated* ewlfed In!
his director of safety. Harry C. j
Davis, and also his high ranking
police officers, and given vigorous
orders to clean up "within 24 hours" '
and to close every saloon and speak-
easy. There are estimated to be
l&BM in the city.
There or* those in Philadelphia
who see the parting of the ways
between Mackey and Monaghan as
tndiraimg a determination on the
Monaghan began at the botu m
and his Intrepidity has uncovei ed
to the smssed eyes of Philad ‘1-
phians a picture of official com p*
tion. organised crime, police pro-
tection, and similar conditions as
bo chalenge belief. It teetudes »
4
partment. such as Captain Char es
Beckham, head, of the detective bu-
reau. were summarily called to i c-
plain te the grand Jury certain p< r-
sonai transactions as well as offic al
acts of omission and commissijbn
Captain Beckham was la *r ^s-
pended by Mayor Mackey, penclifig
a full investigation.
Gangsters, g—MM r*c«e4#&a
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MMOMOW: Maoagbaa. the
an behind Use grand Jury grabs.
The chief beauty of an Arab wo-
man Is her eye and is therefor# htr
chief pmxr-ipoiioa to eehanae. The
,Am; mother will rub kohot on the
rye lid ■ and under the eyes of her
child from its ear hoot infancy, sa
trial the eyas may be strengthened
and brightened, and the lashes grow
long and «iUty.
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Ifou iBuy
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Though you may aoc owa j
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two reasons: FIRST, be-
cause we arc just naturally
proud of the fact that *
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mrut—a Southwestern ad-
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SECOND, wo want you to
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that was thought by these
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he of such outstanding im-
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If you hare any advertising
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Throttle down to n dog’ trot—even on a hoD—ond
you glide smoothly along—sritboart a jerk, without a
knock, without a drift.
Of coarse, Conoco Ethyl is fhe fuel for high com-
pression motors. In fact, JE tRy! fcrid made h%h ccm-
preasion motors cammercmDy posable. But Conoco
Ethyl gets the beat from mny motor - and it’s
ana tear caosea oy knocking wtien ordinary' gasom>e
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White, James C. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 289, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 18, 1928, newspaper, September 18, 1928; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1093737/m1/9/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.