Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1909 — CHICAGO CHIEF QUIZZES POLICE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CHICAGO CHIEF QUIZZES POLICE

Steward Is Aroused Over Bombs Io War of Gamblers. OFFICIALS MAKE ADMISSIONS Fact That Beta on the Ponies Can Be Registered and That Citizens Can Find Places to Stake Their Money In Card Games Is Acknowledged by the Men Whose Duty It Is to Prevent Such Practices—Perpetrators of Outrages Still at Large. Chicago, Nov. 3. — Declaring that he “wanted to know all about gambling in Chicago,” and especially why it was possible for citizens to find gambling! houses running open while the police reported them closed, Chief Steward summoned Assistant Chief Schuettler, Captain Stephen Wood and Detective Schubert into his office for a private

conference. The chief seemed to have been astounded by the revelations of the last few days concerning open gambling-in Chicago. During the conference the chief stepped out for a moment and said: “The conference is not for the purpose of learning if the reports made to me concerning gambling are true. I

know they are. 1 domt question the veracity of any of the reports, as I know that they were made to me from the material at hand. The talk with the police officials is for the purpose of going over the details or the explosions.” Inspector Lavin, who is held accountable for the gambling situation in the downtown district, said: "My men called at both of the places where the bomb explosions occurred as late as last Thursday and found no evidence of gambling. I don’t deny that gambling was being carried on in the places, but then the proprietors of the games seemed to wait until after the detectives had left before they opened the games.” Captain Wood said that ne had made little or no headway in the investigation of explosions 33 and 34, but that be had a number of oetectlves assigned to the cases and hoped for results soon. . ,

POLICE CHIEF STEWARD.