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