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TAMMANY" LEADER TRAVEL CHARGED AS GANG'S POLITICAL GUARDIAN
New York, Aug, 17.
After two days spent in choosing a jury, the case against James J. Hines, leader of the powerful "Tammany" political organisation in New York, was opened to-day.
In his opening remarks Mr. E. Dewey, New York's brilliant District Attorney who has sent many "big-shot" gangsters to Sing-Sing Prison, told the jury that the "Dutch" Schultz gang advertised throughout the under- world that "Hines was the political protection for the multi-million dollar policy racket (numbers lottery),"
Mr. Dewey alleged that Hines was present in 1932 when the Schultz gang planned to take over the policy racket, which was then operating on a small scale.
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Hines, he said, was able to that many "polley" eases had been thrown out by the Courts, although the police had staged "perfect raids". The District Attorney asserted that Schultz took over the racket by the use of gunmen, beatings, murder and, after the organisation of the racket, hrad maintained it with political pro- tection,
Schultz harvested over U.S.$45,000 day in 1933, or a total of about per $20,000,000 a year. Hines received $500 a week in cash, declared the District attorney.
Mr. Stryker, the defence lawyer in what promises to be New York's most sensational case, characterised Mr. Dewey's accusations
as "diabolical falsehoods."
The whole case is saturated with the rankest perjury ever presented to a jury in New York County," he de- etored.
would not go after the Schultz gang," Mr. Dewey charged.
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Mr. J. Stryker, the famous York lawyer who is defending the Tammany lender, said that he would
that evidence to show call
Mr. Dewey's charges were false. He sald that Mr. Dewey had admitted that he was seeking the "higher-ups" in New York gangsterdom, and had got gangster witnesses to "turn in black, filthy les" against Illnes
The first witness gave sensational evidence. He was George Weinberg, the late "Dutch" Schultz's banker und "strong-arm" ነገ. Weinberg testified that in 1932 Schultz agreed to pay Hines $500 a week for "poli- tical protection."-United Press.
This. Alth does not qualify as legal Narcotic Divan
evidence."-Reuter.
Sensational Charges
New York, Aug. 18.
In a crowded court-room to-day ruddy-faced Jones J. Hines stared hord at the District Attorney. Mr. Thomas E. Dewey, as he heard him- self called "a crook".
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And in a rald carried out by Det.-Sergt. F. Nolan on the night of August 10, Hung Sze, 32, was charged before Mr. Q A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning with running a narcolica divan at 247 Kilung Street and being in par session of 497 heroin pills and 3.7 taels of prepared oplum.
He was sentenced to six months' hard labour, and fined $700 further six months.
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Mr. Dewey told the jury that he hoped to send Hines to prison 27 years as the political "Axer" for "Dutch" Schultz's
Itz's $100,000,000 polley ricket, which exploited Manhattan's poorer classes for years.
Suffering from the effects of im- A further remand of 24 hours in The District Attorney charged that
mersion, Wong Yuu, 39, was removed Police custody was granted to Sub- at the Central the sweep-stake numbers were
to the Kowloon hospital yesterday, Inspector Durkin Jugied so
that only inside sup- For the possession of 102 pills in a porters of Schultz's gang won the divan in Reclamation Street, Leung after he had tried to commit suicide Magistracy this morning,, when Tsol larger prizes.
Hung, 32, was sentenced to six months by Jumping into the harbour from a Kee, 28, electriclan, appeared before The District Attorney charged that and fined $100 or three months. A ferry while proceeding from Hong- Mr. H. R. Buiters on a charge of in connection with his duties" as
cimilar sentence was passed on Hung kong to Kowloon. Wong was rescued having had carnal knowledge of a the of supporter
start. Hines Yan, 43, for the possession of 94 pills by an unknown Chinese who left im-girl under 16, at Jolinston Road be
tween July 12 and August 5, mediately after the incident. manoeuvred the 1933 election of Mr.in ጌ Shanghai Street divan.
Another man named Wan Yuk-i William Dodge as District Attorney Before Mr. K. M. A. Barnett in the
Inspector Darkin said that the and his (Dowry's)
predeces eccond court, Luk Fuk was sentenced chan was sent to the same hospital Hincs, as leader of the powerful to eight months and fined $50 of the suffering from lysol poisoning. The case would most likely be for com- "Tammany" organisation, practically months for the session of 47 pills lysol was taken in mistake for raedil-mittal on the evidence which would
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