Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1909 — INSPECTOR McCANN HELD GUILTY OF BRIBE TAKING. [ARTICLE]

INSPECTOR McCANN HELD GUILTY OF BRIBE TAKING.

Chicago Police Officer Convicted by Jury After Sensational Expos ures in Court Case. Police Inspector Edward McCann, of the Desplaines street station, charged with “grafting,” was found guilty by a jury which reported in Judge Barne’s court Thursday. Sentence was not pronounced and will not be until after the hearing of arguments for a new trial. The law provides an indeterminate sentence in prison. —7— The charges against the inspector were the most sensational which have been aimed against a police official in years. Statens Attorney Wayman charged that “graft” aggregating many thousands of dollars had bebn collected from disorderly houses in return for “protection.” McCann’s defense was that he had suppressed and regulated vice in his district with so rigorous a hand that a conspiracy was formed against him.