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East St. Louis, Ill., is St. Louis' Hoboken, a riveredge district thick with foundries, chemical plants, railroad yards. Many mules are sold there and, periodically, there is a scandal. Last week's scandal concerned Addison J. Throop, an elderly printer and collector of Indian relics who became chairman of the St. Clair County Board of Tax Review in 1928 "when Alfred E. Smith had a great following and I was elected by a fluke...
Through a "reputable professional man," the vigilant St. Louis Post-Dispatch got hold of a letter which indicated that Tax Reviewer Throop had taken bribes to scale down assessments for certain East St. Louis manufacturers. Docile Mr. Throop, while denying the authenticity of the letter, consented at once to accompany a reporter to Springfield, where he resigned his office and confessed all to the Attorney General. Only the case of the local Elks' Club, whose tax assessment was lowered from $5,000 to $200, was made public. Investigation of others was promptly instituted...
...unnamed lawyer was the man who first tempted him. Mr. Throop confessed. The lawyer offered a $5,000 bribe in behalf of a tax-burdened firm. "I refused even to touch it," said Mr. Throop. "After that he began to cultivate me. He was very nice and subsequently he took me out several times in a motorboat. Later I took $1,500 from...