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Broken by death and disgrace though the Ohio Gang is, memories of its high revels and rapacious graft from 1921 to 1923 still linger in the back eddies of Washington gossip. Never has the full story been told of the clique which came into power the day Warren Gamaliel...
Harding entered the White House. Last week was published a book by one of the members, which, by purporting to throw new light on the Gang's activities, stirred old Washington memories, set the U. S. District Attorney's office to further belated investigating...
Means, in his book, tells of close professional services for and with the Ohio Gang, the group of political campfollowers, not all from Ohio, who swarmed into Washington at Harding's heels. Its members were the President's friends and playmates. They used him to shield their deviltry. The Gang supposedly centred around Daugherty in the Department of Justice.? Its active manager was Jess Smith, Daugherty's friend and roommate, onetime Ohio dry-goods clerk, whose body was found in his hotel room after he had threatened to "quit the racket...
...Gang's executive headquarters, according to Means, was at No. 903 16th St., a large comfortable house, rented for $1,000 per month where Means, drawing $83-33 per week as a U. S. investigator, lived with five servants, a car and chauffeur. In its backyard, Means claims, was concealed the gang's cash, sometimes $500,000, never less than $50,000. Later this money would be deposited in a bank at Washington Court House, Ohio...
...gang's graft, according to Means, came in part from the sale of protection to big New York bootleggers. Means's account of how this graft was collected: he would engage two rooms at a Manhattan hotel. On the table of one room would be placed a huge glass bowl with money in it. 'Leggers would arrive at prearranged hours with their tribute in $1,000 bills. Means would watch them from the next room as they dropped their money into the bowl and departed. In this way 'leggers bought protection without putting money in anybody's hands. Declares Means...