GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE
An interesting article appears
in the Juneau Empire of October
1st. In it we learn what a won
derful detective; the government
has in A1 White, ex-saloon keeper,
ex-prohibition agent, ex-student
of William J. Burns (now convicted
of tampering with juries for a
price) and now United States Mar
shal and the meal ticket of all his
cousins, aunts, neices, nephews and
other relatives.
All of this comes out because A1
is trying to show the public what a
wonderful record he has made and
hence they should overlook the
fact that he allowed Charles Sin
cuur r,o escape.
As a matter of fact, this escape
is the first in FIFTEEN years.
Even George Beaumont (considered
not all there by many) had a bet
ter record than that. However let
A1 tell his own story:
“I gave much time and thought
to working out this case, trying to
apprehend Sinclair and fix the res
ponsibility on those who aided in
b s escape. My i en years’ exper
ience in the Department of Jus
tice. including work in large cities
such as New York, Chicago. San
Francisco, Denver and Seattle.
■’!? pace! me with knowledge valu
able in solving the case. Graduat
ing under the direction of William
J. Burns—” and so forth to the
end.
A1 White is a very bright man.
and yet he cannot spell the name
of the First City in Alaska. He is
positively illiterate.
RESULT OF WHITE’S REGIME
We thought vice conditions were
bad under Beaumont, but THEY
ARE WORSE TODAY THAN EVER
BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF
ALASKA.
Within one week of October 1st.
Sandy Levy. A1 White’s friend,
opened a bootlegging joint within
ONE HUNDRED YARDS OF THE
MARSHAL’S OFFICE IN KETCH
IKAN.
A1 White has for his principal
Deputy in Petersburg a man who
is himself a habitue of the red
light district, who when he is dis
turbed, provided he is dressed so
that he can come to the door, uses
the billy which Uncle Sam gives
him to club other “regular cus
tomers” of the deputy’s friend.
That deputy’s name is C. V.
BROWN.
In closing we would remind Mr.
White that lie competed Mr. Kuck
erbarker to pay some $180 because
a prisoner committed suicide while
in his (Kuckenbacker’s) custody.
Mr. Bishop, U. S. Marshal, re
signed when he lost a prisoner.
“CONTRIBUTIONS”
Four years ago, A1 White com
pelled his deputies to “contribute”
to his vacation. He got these
“contributions” by telling these
men that he was going to cam
paign for Coolidge in Idaho.” He
thinks to win Hoover’s favor by
making a contribution of $300.
Why not begin, Al, by paying back
to Kuckenbacker the money which
he paid out for your fare to
Alaska?
Is it news to you that ymi” pHme
minister came into our o flap a o ^ r\
tried to get our support last April
by telling us “I hate Hoover. I
hate Hoover. I will never vote for
Hoover.”?
I AW ENFORCEMENT
How can the law be enforced
when a deputy like C. V BROWN
remains in office even tho he is
himself a frequenter of bawdy
houses and assignation houses for
unlawful purposes?
To make it worse, United States
Marshal A1 White has the infor
mation but still he allows such a
man to wear the badge of the
United States government— a sort
of official macque or pimp for sen
sual pay.
The Petersburg ALASKAN made
these charges several weeks ago,
naming the time and the place
and told about Brown’s use of his
.billy on another customer of the
“lady” whom Brown was visiting.
Dues he deny the charge? Not at
ah. Rather he hunted up the sup
posed informant and said “You
had no business to tell Paul (Louis,
.not William) anything about it.”
No, Brown, under the A1 White
theory, you should be allowed to
use these unfortunate women for
your own base purposes and while
“using” her you should not be dis
turbed. We suppose the next move
in the regulations will be to have
the United States Marshal stand
«ng’ guard during the few moments
when Brown himself cannot stand
at the door with his billy.
SINCLAIR GIVING Ah WHITE
INTERNATIONAL FAME
It is costing the United States
a lot of money. But in the end
JUSTICE will triumph. If it were
not J.or ^Charles Sinclair, the pris
oner who escaped from U. S. Mar
shal A1 White, the said marshal
would not now be known to the
international authorities of Can
ada or Great Britain.
r ILIPINO LABORERS DUMPED
IN HONOLULU
-n
NEW YORK—A wireless dispatch
to the New York Times says that
638 Filipino laborers were dumped
on the docks at Honolulu, with no
prospect of employment and of
course no money.
These men were shipped from
Manila by a labor agency there,
after Governor Farrington of Ha
waii had protested to Governor
Stimson of the Philippines that
there is already a surplus of labor
on Hawaiian plantations. The
workless workers were brought on
the Norwegian steamer Sandkiven
and were 28 days on the trip.