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JDP to JoK-Ij.
propper and thus draw more and more visitors. Without
gambling and its related evils he held, his city would
dry up, was, in fact, drying up. Anyway everything was under
control and nobody was being hurt, (Similar pitches were
made to you by others in your social contacts away from
the officer)
Breaking up of the Syndicate came with the Kefauver
investigations and the muscling in of Harry Russell, Chicago,
of the Gapone Syndicate. The Kefauver investigation got much
of its sinew from the workf of what became the Greater Miami
Grime Commission of which The Herald was a founder and
continues to be an active and contributing supporter.
In Miami law enforcement was equally loose. In the
city it was in the hands of a vice squad (Headed by C.O. Hutt
which saw as its principal obligation the "holding down" of
the number of bookie joints. Four operators, in effect,
had "licenses." One (Merle Yarborough) had owned a pharmacy
before going into the easier if illicit money route; another
Object Description
| Title | Miami Herald — Correspondence (Nonspecific) (1942-1980)(JSK_BB7_F50) |
| Creator | John S. Knight |
| Date Notes | 1942-1980 |
| Description | Correspondence with various parties at and about the Miami Herald |
| Link to Finding Aid Repository | http://ead.ohiolink.edu/xtf-ead/view?docId=ead/OhAkUAS0008.xml;query=;brand=default |
| Subject Terms | Miami Herald |
| Type | Text |
| Digital Publisher | University of Akron. Archival Services |
| Date Digitized | 2015-06 |
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| Source Collection | John S. Knight Papers |
| Identifier | JSK_BB7_F50.pdf |
| Medium | Document |
| Format-Extent | 93 pages |
| Collection Category |
Communications Individual/Families |
| UA College | University Libraries |
| UA Department | Archival Services |
| Website | http://www.uakron.edu/libraries/archives/ |
| Contact Information | Telephone: 330-972-7670; Fax: 330-972-6170; E-mail:archives@uakron.edu |
Description
| Title | JSK_BB7_F50 58 |
| Type | Text |
| Source Collection | John S. Knight Papers |
| Medium | Document |
| Collection Category |
Communications Individual/Families |
| UA College | University Libraries |
| UA Department | Archival Services |
| Website | http://www.uakron.edu/libraries/archives/ |
| Contact Information | Telephone: 330-972-7670; Fax: 330-972-6170; E-mail:archives@uakron.edu |
| transcript | JDP to JoK-Ij. propper and thus draw more and more visitors. Without gambling and its related evils he held, his city would dry up, was, in fact, drying up. Anyway everything was under control and nobody was being hurt, (Similar pitches were made to you by others in your social contacts away from the officer) Breaking up of the Syndicate came with the Kefauver investigations and the muscling in of Harry Russell, Chicago, of the Gapone Syndicate. The Kefauver investigation got much of its sinew from the workf of what became the Greater Miami Grime Commission of which The Herald was a founder and continues to be an active and contributing supporter. In Miami law enforcement was equally loose. In the city it was in the hands of a vice squad (Headed by C.O. Hutt which saw as its principal obligation the "holding down" of the number of bookie joints. Four operators, in effect, had "licenses." One (Merle Yarborough) had owned a pharmacy before going into the easier if illicit money route; another |
