Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1931, Page 20

“ HUNT CAPONE AIDES IN RACKET SLAYING Film Operator Killed to Block Probe in Millions Graft. By the Agsoclated Press. CHICAGO, June 22.—Murder intensi- fied today the State's attorney’s in- vestigation of racketeering im the Mo- tion Picture Operators’ Union. Thomas Maloy, business agent of the union, was one of five sought for ques- tioning in the murder Saturday night of Jacob Kaufman, a member who op- posed Maloy's control. Kaufman was shot to death by a young man while waiting in a West Side garage until a radio was installed in his automobile. Capone Chief Sought. Sought, in addition to Maloy, were Danny Stanton, chief of Capone’s labor racket syndicate; Ralph O'Hara, Ma- loy's chief aide; Eddie Donovan, a Stan- ton hoodlum: Jack Quin, union official, and Frank Clifford, assistant busincss agent. Assistant State's Attorney Charles E. Lounsbury, in charge of the grand jury investigation into the racketeering, said he believed union officials were anxious to get Kaufman out of the way for fear that he might give damaging evi- dence to the jury investigation. The jury inquiry, resumed today, was sweeping out, Lounsbury said, to include Joseph Maloy, Thomas' brother, and head of the city Motion Picture Bureau. Members Pay Tribute, The assistant State's attorney said the membership of the union has been kept at 580 for the last 10 yeafs, no applicants being admitted. The rest of the operators working in the city are called “permit men,” working under temporary cards. These must pay 10 per cent of their wages into the union treasury. This permit practice, Lounsbury said, 2ids Maloy to make a reputed annual income of from $750,000 to $1,000,000. While Kaufman held a regular card ‘which entitled him to work before “per- mit men,” he had been irregularly as- signed because of his dBagreement with Maloy's control. As he lay dying, a cripple, also a mo- tion picture operator, bent over Kauf- man's bed at the hospital, and Kauf- man whispered to him. The identity of this man has been guarded closely by prosecutors. Kaufman, asked if he had any ene- mies, was quoted as saying, “Only the officials of the union. They all hate me The assistant State's attorney said the union had voted Maloy permission to use whatever he needed of the reputed $500,000 in the treasury to oppose the grand jury inquiry into charges of con- spiracy against union leaders. ‘The investigation followed complaints of independent theater owners and of union members. . TODAY. Meeting, Stuart Walcott Post, No. 10, ‘American Legion, 2301 Georgia avenue, 8:30 pm. Meeting, Sigma_ Epsilon Sorority, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Beta Chi Sorority, Eta Chapter, Cavalier Hotel, 8 p.m. FUTURE. Luncheon, Washington Association of Credit Men, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Card party, National W. B. A. Club, ‘Washington Loan and Trust Building, Toom 418, tomorrow, 1:30 p.m. Luncheon, Washington Round Table, University Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. e By sy Edinburgh, Scotland, leaders who have risen from the ranks of messenger boys are opposing the campaign to lpl'ohiblt boys under-13 from being employed as messengers. Term Reduced HAMMER SLAYER SOON TO GAIN FREEDOM. CLARA PHILLIPS. By the Associated Press. SAN QUENTIN, Calif, June 22.— Clara Phillips, Los Angeles “hammer murderess,” may be released from San Quentin Prison in a little more than a year. ‘The State parole board yesterday fixed her term at 30 years and denied a parole which she requested. Under the 30-year term, however, Mrs. Phil- lips will be eligible, with credits for good behavicr, for parole by July, 1932, | at swhich time the board plans to re- consider her application. Mrs. Phillips, then 24 years old, en- tered the prison on June 2, 1923, under sentence of 10 years to life, ‘for the slaying of Alberta Meadows, whom Mrs. Phillips accused of having been intimate with her husband. She had escaped to Honduras after her conviction, but was captured at Tegucigalpa and returned. . BAPTISTS IN MARYLAND TO OPEN SUMMER PARLEY B. Y. P. U. Will Also Convene Fri- day at Braddock Heights—Ad- journment Set July 5. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, June 22.—The Fif- teenth Annual Maryland Baptist Sum- mer Assembly will be held at Braddock Heights, beginning Friday and continu- ing until July 5. Baptist churches of the District of Columbia also will take part. The annual State Baptist Young Peo- ple’'s Union Convention will meet next Friday and continue through Sunday, in connection with the assembly. Rev. J. W. McCrossen, former president of the union, will make the opening ad- dress at the convention. 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