The Mulligan Affair
Author | : Ian Macdonald |
Publisher | : Heritage House Publishing Co |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 1895811457 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781895811452 |
Rating | : 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Starting in July 1955 and carrying through to the spring of 1956, the Tupper Inquiry, which was investigating the activities of Chief Constable Walter Mulligan and the Vancouver Police Department, was front-page news. Every evening at 6:10 p.m. precisely, virtually every radio that could pick up the signal turned the dial to Jack Webster on CJOR. Could Mulligan really be in cahoots with local bookies? Could Vancouver's chief constable be a 'top cop on the take?" The Mulligan affair had everything it takes to make headlines: death, graft, bootleggers, bookies, corruption, hookers, gambling, cops and politicians with memory loss and a veiled mystery lady.