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"PINEAPPLES" AND GUNMEN U.S. WAR ON CRIME The "Pineapple" Period was probably the begin-. The revocation of the. 18th Amendment and the ning of the government's entry into these Mystery consequent legalization and licensing of liquor gave a Murders. Liquor Lords had become so important that legitimate standing to most of the dealers and manu- they. entered politics in a large way. facturers.. Bombs known as "Pineapples" were placed in the. Several gangs quickly turned to Kidnapping, while home of U. S. Senator Deneen and other Federal, State and City Officials and candidates for office. others were already bold enough for Bank and Mail Robberies. Smaller bait was then attacked by Crim- Washington's leading investigators were sent to inals. trace them, which ended in arrests for income tax vio- lations. Slowly a new Crime Cure Agency began to func- U. S. Headline news, was put'aside one June after- tion. Criminals had been able to escape control be. noon when the newspapers found that gangland was cause of Township, County and State Lines, but they not letting them go scot free... 'now began to meet up with men trained by the De. "Jake" Lingle, Chicago's Ace Police Reporter with partment of Justice--young lawyers and others edu- the Chicago Tribune was the victim. He was mur- dered in a crowded downtown, Chicago Railroad Sub- cated with new clean'ideas in the most modern meth- way Station--killed because he knew too much. ods used in every part of the world to ferret crimes. With the aid of Congress and the President, the It was during the investigation of those who might U. S. Government began' to.build a National Training throw some light on the murder that one of the "Big Shots" of Liquor was' examined. He told the Police Center in the field of.Criminal Law enforcement Ad- Lieutenant, "You brought me here, now take me back. ministration at Washington. Everything that science They'll kill me before I get to Madison St. "Oh, I'll has to offer was put at the disposal of the department take you back,' replied the Police Officer, Soon after with the result that the Federal Bureau of Investiga leaving the station with three guards, on' the best tion soon had on file over five million sets of finger lighted block of downtown State St., Machine Gun prints--and decidedly rivals Scotland Yard's reputa-. Bullets began to blaze, killing a street car motor man and wounding a by-stander---just one more example of tion of being the best equipped Crime'Detector in the how cheaply life was held by these people. world. 10 11