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Walter Edmund O'Hara is a dapper, quick-witted little Irishman of 40, who three years ago crowned a lifetime of varied business and sporting activity by building the $1,200,000 Narragansett racetrack near Pawtucket, R. I, developed it into one of the richest racing establishments in the U. S. Robert Emmet Quinn is a fiery little Irishman of 43, a rough and tumble politician who crowned his career last year by getting elected Governor of Rhode Island. That the Union's smallest State is too small to hold two such little Irishmen was a fact which...
Even the horses are restricted; they can take a little exercise early in the morning, but must go back to bed at 10 a.m. Meanwhile vituperative challenges pass to and for between Mr. O'Hara in his pent-house on the roof of the grandstand and Governor Quinn under the marble done on one of Providence's Seven Hills...
Numerous acts of violence have occurred at the race-track in the past few months. Large numbers of thugs, gangsters and racketeers have assembled on and about the premises. Mr. O'Hara, the managing director of the race-track, has imported known criminals into the State to coerce and frighten public officials. He has illegally interfered with the conduct of office of the former sheriff of the county, so as to require the removal of that sheriff. (This refers, among other matters, to the charge that this sheriff appointed deputy sheriffs who had criminal records...
...Hara has caused large numbers of Pawtucket police to intimidate public officials and prevent them from performing their duties, (As Mr. O'Hara is linked with the Pawtucket faction in the Democratic Party, which opposes the Governor's faction, the Pawtucket police have given no help to the Governor in his controversy with the race-track corporation, and he has been obliged to rely on the State Police and the National Guard...
Strong-arm men employed by Mr. O'Hara are in the State; they have trailed officials, and threatened to bump-off the Governor and other officials. Mr. O'Hara has resorted to threats, intimidation and violence The opening of the track for the October races will result in bodily barm and injury to Rhode Island citizens and in lawlessness and disturbances with which civil authorities are unable to cope...