MORE NEW YORK GRAFT.
• ■ HOMEY jCMM£ f AZXEGED BRIBERY OP POUCH. •.(Received 12.50 a.m.). •NEW YORK, July 21 Investigations! that" are Tjeimj" Tnade indicate that a ■ gigantic system o f graft has been going, on between,.the New York police and A grand jury has returned .indicfnYen't= against five detectives with bribery. AU theaecuied were attached to the '•Tenderloin".,distwt;-anil they have been "engaged 1 in the campaign .against The prosecutor has promised to'niako'Etartlinff ~* - v.- ; The investigation is the outcome pf a grand ball for which the "Tenderioinera" were compelled to-purchase large blocks of tickets. It-is-alleged that the police shared in tho proceeds. . ~,„,;„„
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 174, 22 July 1916, Page 5
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101MORE NEW YORK GRAFT. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 174, 22 July 1916, Page 5
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