The Mulligan Affair: Top Cop on the TakeStarting 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. |
Contents
Leading Players | 6 |
Foreword | 9 |
Squad Room Despair | 11 |
Mulligans Vancouver | 17 |
The Police Department | 24 |
Mulligan the Man | 33 |
Mulligan Battles Crime Wave | 37 |
The Reporters | 42 |
The Veiled Ladys Ordeal | 105 |
Commissioners and Politicians | 109 |
Mulligan Makes His Move | 115 |
The Final Days | 124 |
Mulligan Nailed | 129 |
Sunny California | 135 |
In Retrospect40 Years Later | 138 |
Judge H A D Oliver | 140 |
The Probe Begins | 57 |
Crowds GatherJuly 13 | 65 |
Cuthbert Testifies | 77 |
Popular Policeman Dies | 89 |
Norris vs The Union | 92 |
Femme Fatale | 97 |
Norris Battles Back | 101 |
Judge Stewart McMorran | 143 |
Honorable Robert Bonner | 146 |
Jack Webster | 149 |
Winners and Losers | 151 |
Different Days Different Cops | 155 |
Credits | 160 |