The 1937 San Francisco Police Graft Report by Edwin Atherton

By Hank Chapot
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Published: Feb. 11, 2012
Words: 21,908 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466109292

Short description

Here the infamous Atherton Report on police graft in 1937 San Francisco, published for the first time since it's disappearance from the County Clerk's office in 1939. Current copy has typos fixed.

Extended description

In 1935, the citizens of the city of San Francisco were indignant when tales of police officers having amassed huge fortunes through payoffs, graft and bribery came to light. In a convulsion of civic anger, District Attorney Matt Brady and Mayor Angelo Rossi were pressed to act, and they hired private investigator and former G-man Edwin N. Atherton. The so-called Atherton Report prompted dozens of cops to quit or lose their jobs, some went underground, one killed himself and his family. The entire police commission was forced to resign and reports of police payoffs, staged raids on gambling houses and brothels, bail bond skimming, unpaid loans to public officials and other were laid at the door of the House of McDonough.

Lost for more than seventy years, here is the infamous Atherton Report.

Tags

san francisco, police corruption, 1937, bribery, graft, san francisco police, atherton report, sfpd, mcdonough brothers, police graft, pete mcdonough, edwin atherton

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