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. * We Know tripations. to facti ce Tap tctinge mutt Dpy tor the *“ They i privilege * and Rege—it pied ene definition op of political law’ sold to organised oriminaia by blie effctate, ~ 5 7,20 “e- “There a no place eo High and Do Giics we low thai the money power of organised grime does not try to reach. From this gource large sums of monéy which, In. our great efties -ran "not Sgmto the hundreds sf Movsands but into the milliona, are finding thelr way into politics, In many instances Oo ee Thee the pdittical racketeer as made hid appearances upon ‘the Wmerican ecene ion Fart. definite anber. ‘\He delivers ths “voies «4 Packeteer orpinizatipys and sf or. panizedcerunea_in #£ we. . qatea who have wads #trect or SrnA én guuy si airet ents thet | if elected ey will be ‘friendly’ in office. A ' Gerstner ‘ot the cash contr+ litical factions goes for the payment of thugs and siuggers to intimidate honest count . of the baligi.. $: "Big Bribes Offered. °- fiches as distinguished from the por al crinte that we shall always heve with. which jaw enforcing agencice ei fhoney for the corruption of oaffi- eer of the law. Becond, it has huge ecurt and to terrorize witnesses. The maffect of this in to undermine the organized society and government “at bia first potnt of contact with money now attempts to corrupt. the .eoling ant erhan tou that term I “ Bribes offered to probibition agents . pave pun from 16,000 to $50,000. 3 Brives of $6,000 mean nothing to crime With riches. 7, 1.od¢ are very frequent. When you remember that many deputies are ‘how crue! a temptation to the weak officer a bribe of onty $500 me. Qe), Geto Se tions of organized crime to pO @E#iection.-offictala, thus, preventing an * Organized crime—or crime with er with ns—-presents two other phases ve to deal. First, it has huge sums sums with which to defend fteelf tn % wery foundation stones upon which law enforcement the vfelater witb Fa Boe, se. SES = ~ oe. Seean all officers who do police duty. am speaking of specific instances, . “Betty bribes rinaing from id only $1,590 a year you will see Hires High Priced Lawrera. Yawyert. It buys skiliful defense. 1 make no complaint of that, for the prosecutor's office must be o: to cope with counsel But when o désen words—ls immunity to. cjolate! | ey are the decisive factor in troaied | [eos be in EP geoph “imen as picturesque figures, From 4, nS nn ns a er aaah “Organized crime pays iigh for its adjveu to the penvtentiarXr ¢ Hating windled ganastem_at frit hand for nearly ‘four years, até now thoroughly understanding their crazed and altogether vicious mental. ity, Mr. Johnson cannot understand the disposition of sensation lovmg per- eran eenestere and ain. mame #2 tank thetr ats, which be described as “un- speakably filthy,” .to the men them- selves, who, be sali, “are human in f forts only.” he has found every phase of their activity to be joatheome and pitlieass., CO ee -“They are” he anid, “murderous mobs and they know they must live by ‘the’ law of the tooth and fang. When robbed and betrayed they in- voke their own tribunal of death with out # qualm They have no recourse to any other. At yet, jp print and out, glamour is thrown over these thugs by description cf them as ‘beer barons, ‘erime Kings, ‘alky Kings, and ‘lea4era in the alky aristocracy. Knowing what I do, this affecia me with nhrsiral navies”. a It does indeed, for as the district at- | torney was epeaking his countenasce betrayed the physical dlagust of & man revoliad by a bad sinell. “The affect.” he continued, “of this! faghy terminology upon the untutored - immigrant newly arrived upoo those | shores is often deplorable. If be te gul-' ‘ 4 i t wunners sunterere runnets, murderers, end murder take a place in his britiant emblems of succes new tand. wot : “The most consplcucus ' . ful criminals In gangédom are mot bold |" “ momes ig used to reach jurors, -to reach witnesses, io reach svidence, and when it t* pald out for murder to close the Hips of some witnesses for “the government then It becomes a real enace. In a.number of cases where efendants havé axked for leniency. 1 have guggestet that they tell all the fects to the court and give ald te the ent. Invariably they have re- Tused to involve others, declaring that woul mean degth to do a.” At fitut Mr. Johason, who iz the an- “ef the agay.polng, ball fellow nest chorchmsd—was duntfounded - roach of malefactors of