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ALLEGATIONS AGAINST ALBANY A CLEAN-UP ORDERED MILITARY OFFICER REPLACES POLICE. Received May 6, 9.5 p.m. NEW YORK, May 5. A telegram from Albany says: Emulating Philadelphia’s example, this city has engaged a military officer to clean up the municipality, which is charged with being vice-stricken. Albany is the capital of New York State, and when the Legislature ended its session last week it alleged that legislators indulged in a last moment orgy, wherein liquor flowed freely in roulette, faro and pool rooms, where race track betting occurred within a few square of the Capitol building. The so-called “Red Light” district is also within the neighbourhood, and special hotels for legislators are conveniently located. Mayor Hackett declared that the police were inefficient and corrupt, and the force wouid be thoroughly reformed and bootleggers driven out of the city. Numerous arrests have already occurred, and bootleggers who operate from the Canadian border, making Albany the centre of their activities, have been warned to stay outside the city limits.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19007, 7 May 1924, Page 5
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167VICE-STRICKEN Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19007, 7 May 1924, Page 5
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