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...racing, like drugstores, drive-ins, funerals and mysticism, had reached a peak of development in Los Angeles that was unequaled anywhere else. In fact, Los Angeles cops, in their standard patrol cars, had lost all hope of catching up with the young hot rodders who steamed happily at 90 m.p.h. or better across open fields and along express boulevards. Last week the cops put into service four souped-up 1950 Fords decked out in the standard black & white police paint job, but fitted with souped-up 110-h.p. hot-rod engines. "It gives these smart alecks a shock when...
...possible raids by a vanguard of Cornell students on the holiday tomorrow or later in the week. While he would not reveal what preparations were being made and admitted that "we catch them (invaders) quite often but not always" Toomey, who for many years has been the traditional "yard cop," added, "but it's easy to dress agents in plain clothes, you know...
Sergeant James C. Toomey says there has been little trouble enforcing the rule since the warm weather. But Yard cop Thomas McCarraher has been having difficulty with one mother whom he has warned six days in succession not to sit on the lawn while her child is playing. "I feel badly about having to keep after her," McCarraher said. "But I don't make the regulations; I just carry them...
...Drury was also a tough cop, handy with his fists and afraid of nobody. He habitually put the pinch on, or otherwise harassed, such hearties as Murray ("The Camel") Humphries, the late Frank ("The Enforcer") Nitti, Louis ("Little New York") Campagna, Paul ("The Waiter") Ricca, Ralph ("Bottles") Capone, Big Al's biggest brother. Once he even tried to pin a murder rap on fish-eyed, elegantly tailored Charlie ("The Gentleman") Fischetti, one of Al Capone's top three heirs. And he hauled in Jack ("Greasy Thumb") Guzik, Al Capone's business brains, whenever he felt displeased with...
...weighs an impressive 245 Ibs., but is equipped with a luxuriant mustache. As a prosecutor in the courtroom, he invariably conjured up the image of a Victorian guardsman. Eyeing his new photographs, it was almost impossible not to visualize him in an old-fashioned cop's helmet, or to picture him as an honest bartender, white apron, gold watch chain and all, stepping out of the gaslit past, with a bung starter in one meaty hand', to scatter the rascals for good...