The Washington Daily News, 13 September 1928, page 3: Monaghan on Christmas gifts to police
Max 'Boo Boo' Hoff Pictured in Role of Santa Claus
- Paper
- The Washington Daily News (Washington, D.C.)
- Date
- 1928-09-13
- Page
- Page 3
- Headline
- Max 'Boo Boo' Hoff Pictured in Role of Santa Claus
- Rights
- A United States newspaper published in 1930 or earlier. Public domain in the United States. The Library of Congress serves the page from Chronicling America.
Page 3 of the Washington Daily News, 13 September 1928. A story headed “Max ‘Boo Boo’ Hoff Pictured in Role of Santa Claus,” with the deck “Philadelphia Prosecutor Says Alleged Bootleg Chief Gave Lavish Presents to Police,” is credited “By United Press,” Philadelphia.
It reports that “Max ‘Boo Boo’ Hoff, fight promoter and alleged head of a $10,000,000 bootleg ring,” was presented “in the new role of Philadelphia’s Santa Claus. Dist. Atty. Monaghan announced that he had presented to the grand jury evidence of lavish Christmas presents by ‘Boo Boo’ to policemen, ‘high and low.’ They totalled $250,000 in 1926, Monaghan said.” The district attorney said the gifts had been traced through federal Treasury agents, and charges against Detective Captain Beckman had been placed before the civil service commission.
Every claim here is the district attorney’s, as the wire reported it. The page states no charge against Hoff and no conviction.