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The investigation got off to a rocky start. Rumors and tips were plentiful enough, but hard evidence of wrongdoing, particularly among the members of the police vice squad, was more difficult to come by. Seabury knew that many of the lower court magistrates had been placed in their positions through an elaborate system of graft and payoffs. Judges appointed under the system returned the favor to those responsible for their appointment by dismissing the cases of criminals who in turn paid for the consideration they received. Such schemes involved the police, the courts, bondsmen, lawyers, and members of organized crime. The mobsters paid enormous sums of money for the privilege of engaging in their many criminal activities without fear of police interference. With the help of informants Seabury subpoenaed the records of some two thousand banks and brokerage houses in New York. From the...
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