When Brown left to attend the 1924 Democratic National Convention , he appointed city council member Bertha Knight Landes as acting mayor . Landes began her own law and order campaign , firing Police Chief William B. Severyns for corruption and closing down lotteries , punchboards and speakeasies . Upon his return , Brown reinstated the police chief . In 1926 , Brown ran for a third term , but lost to Landes
1924 Democratic National Convention
1924 Democratic National Convention
Edwin J. Brown