John Monaghan
District Attorney of Philadelphia in 1928 and 1929, as the newspaper reports call him. He led the 1928 grand jury inquiry into bootlegging and police graft and prosecuted Al Capone's 1929 weapons case.
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- Biography on this page is limited to what the filed newspaper pages state.
On the record
- September 1928 — Washington Daily News, September 7 (United Press): the district attorney said Philadelphia was a rival of Chicago in the alcohol "racket"; the grand jury had returned 182 indictments.
- 10 September 1928 — Washington Daily News: the grand jury inquiry entered its fourth week; Monaghan "refused to divulge the nature of" Hoff's testimony.
- 13 September 1928 — Washington Daily News: "Dist. Atty. Monaghan announced that he had presented to the grand jury evidence of lavish Christmas presents" attributed to Hoff.
- 17 May 1929 — Evening Star, page 4 (Associated Press): "District Attorney Monaghan announced the men would be placed on trial before Judge John E. Walsh"; Capone and Cline pleaded guilty the same day.
A public official named in newspaper reports. His office is given in the summary as the papers print it; no role line is set, because no federal record on this page states it. The given name John is as printed in the May 1929 Evening Star report. The claims attributed to him on these pages are his statements as reported.
Records
clippingThe Washington Daily News, 7 September 1928, page 3: Philadelphia and the alcohol "racket"United Press report that Philadelphia's district attorney called the city a chief distributing center for diverted alcohol, with a grand jury that had returned 182 indictments and testimony naming Max Hoff as a buyer of machine guns.
clippingThe Washington Daily News, 10 September 1928, page 4: the Philadelphia grand jury in its fourth weekUnited Press and staff reports on the Philadelphia grand jury inquiry into bootlegging and police graft, including a detective captain's suspension and testimony naming Max Hoff as a buyer of machine guns and vests.
clippingThe Washington Daily News, 13 September 1928, page 3: Monaghan on Christmas gifts to policeUnited Press report that Philadelphia's district attorney told the grand jury of $250,000 in Christmas presents to policemen in 1926 attributed to Max Hoff, whom the report calls the alleged head of a bootleg ring.
clippingThe Bismarck Tribune, 15 September 1928, page 2: "Philadelphia Grapples With Gangster Rule"Syndicated feature, the ninth in James P. Kirby's series on racketeering, relaying the Philadelphia district attorney's claims about Max Hoff, the Franklin Mortgage and Investment Company, and visits by Al Capone.
clippingEvening Star, 17 May 1929, page 4: Capone and Cline sentenced, continued from page 1Continuation of the Associated Press report of 17 May 1929 on Al Capone's arrest in Philadelphia, his indictment less than 12 hours later, and his guilty plea before Judge John E. Walsh.