Portal:Edwin Joseph O'Malley
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Edwin Joseph O'Malley (1881-1953) served as the New York City Commissioner of Public Markets from 1919 to 1927. He was accused of soliciting graft for issuing licenses. He was the father of Walter F. O'Malley, who was president and owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Edwin Joseph O'Malley
Works about Edwin Joseph O'Malley[edit]
- Edwin J. O'Malley Dies at 69 (1953)
- "Former Commissioner of Markets Edwin J. O'Malley, 69, father of Walter F. O'Malley, president and owner of the Dodgers, died Friday of last week at his home, 425 E. 72nd Street, Manhattan."
- "Chemicals Restore Erased Entries In Books Of Butcher who Got Market Permit. $500 For The McManus permit Issued By O'Malley When Adolph Kahn Visited Him After Drawing $3,000. Swann To Aid Committee Promises Prosecutions And Protection Of Witnesses Whose Permits Are Revoked. Adolf Kahn, a wholesale butcher in West Washington Market, admitted before the Meyer committee yesterday that he had cashed a check for $3,000 on the morning of April 11, 1921, had visited Edwin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Public Markets …"
- "E. J. O'Malley, one of the dismissed Deputy Commissioners of Health was found at his desk in the Charities Department and when asked for a statement, ridiculed Dr. Day's charges and declared he did not think they deserved serious consideration."