Title

Photo - Weehawken Police Commissioner Harry Stearns and his attorney

Description

Caption: N 74583 "P & 4 PHOTOS"WATCH YOUR CREDIT (PHOTO SHOWS L to R HARRY STEARNS, POLICE COMMISSIONER OF WEHAWKEN, N.J., AND HiS ATTORNEY, CHARLES STUHR) INFORMER IN JERSEY RUM SCANDAL SWEARS HE SAW FOLICE HEAD CHECKING RUM LOADFATHER BENNETT FLASHED A POCKET LIGHT ON THEM AND WE BOTH RECOGNIZED A MAN WHO WAS ENGAGED IN COUNTING AND CHECKING OFF THE CASES OF LIQUOR AS HARRY J . O S' HAUGHNESSY STEARNS, POLICE COMMISSIONER OF WEEHAWKEN,"  SAID CHARLES D. KIRK, REPUBLICAN POLITICIAN OF WEEHAWKEN, N.J., IN AN AFFIDAVIT WHICH EXPOSED HIGHER-UPS IN THE JERSEY LIQUOR RUNNING SCANDAL. IT IS HINTED THAT FEDERAL PROHIBITION AGENTS, NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER JERSEY POLITICIANS MAY BE DRAGGED INTO THE SCANDAL.FM. 12-8-24According to a NY Times article (Wed, June 17, 1925), Stearns and 9 other Weehawken PD personnel were found not guilty of charges of violating the Volstead Act (Prohibition)

Date

1924

Format

Photo

Identifier

WTM20240213001

Rights

This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the Weehawken Historical Commission.

Type

Photo

Original Format

Photo

Tag

Crime scenes

Government

Police