Colossal graft in Chicago

Photograph of Frank J. Link, John K. Lawler, Timothy J. Crowe and John T. Miller, original defendants in a $6.5 million sanitary district scandal in which the conspirators were charged with extorting from the public without rendering any or adequate services in return. The four men are pictured at the bottom of a staircase in casual conversation.

Publication date: 1933-12-10

Size: 8 x 13 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Chicago (Ill.)

Subject(s):

• Chicago Sanitary District--People--1920-1930
• Crowe, Timothy J.
• Lawler, John K.
• Link, Frank J.
• Miller, John T.

Genre(s):

• Photographs
• Portrait photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 10, 1933), p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg