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Wilmington's 1932 Power Scandal | Wilmington News
In 1932, during the depths of the Great Depression, Wilmington erupted in scandal when former Mayor Parker Quince Moore and ex-Police Chief John J. Furlong were caught attempting to extort $25,000 from wealthy widow Jessie Hargrave Kenan Wise. The scheme—targeting cash left at a gas station on New Bern Road—shocked the public as it exposed corruption at the city’s highest levels. Furlong later flipped, implicating Moore and revealing his own past legal troubles, including voting fraud and payroll scandals. Both men were convicted in September 1932: Moore got three years, Furlong two. Moore…
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