IN "DRY" AMERICA
NEWSPAPER EDITOR SHOT
ATTACKED LIQUOR BUSINESS
MILLIONAIRE CHARGED WITH
PROCURING ■ MURDER.
(United Press Association. —Copyright.)
(Sydney Sun Cable.)
(Received 6th September, 10 a.m.)
NEW YORK, sth September.
Ben' Rudner, Chicago's reputed millionaire bootlegger, was arrested at Canton, Ohio, on a charge of procuring the murder of Don Mallett, editor of tho "Canton News,'" who was shot six weeks ago. The crime was connected with the illegal liquor traffic, and the Grand Jury returned indictments against Rudner as well as against Pat M'Dermott and Louis Mazer, who are accused of firing the fatal shots. Mallett had conducted a lively campaign against bootlegging' and civil vice in a newspaper owned by James M. Cox, ex-Governor of Ohio. Mallett had received letters warning him to quit spoiling the rum-running business.
James M. Cox, who stood for the Presidency in 1920 against the late Warren Harding, owns several newspapers. Ho bought the "Canton News" in 1923.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 58, 6 September 1926, Page 9
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155IN "DRY" AMERICA Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 58, 6 September 1926, Page 9
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