Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 17, 1913, SECOND EDITION, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Textvwk arc. MffiDFOTtT) TVrATT; TIUBUN MEDFOIW, OIIKOOX, WATIMMMY, MAY 17, 1010.. 31 $ n r H if f I GRAFTERS OF NEW YORK COLLECTED $1,200,000 A YEAR BLACKMAIL FROM VICE rtonirmber tho story of tho two Ik-loves who tried to hold up n Scotch wan enn ilHrk nigh If Tho Scotch limit fought tlko n wildcat. Hilt thoy choked lilm Into unconsclouHnrxn. and hit him over tho heart with nn Iron bar,' and then searched hia pock eta. Ho had throo cents. - "Thank heaven," said one thief to tho othoS "that ho didn't havo a dime. He'd a murdered tho two of Us." Thnt'a nbout tho way no feel lit Examining tho goods taken by the New York police "system." Thoy havo -ahakoh' down every corrupt woman, and every gnmhlor, and ovory saloonkeeper who keeps open after hours, and Tory other establishment whoib' proprietor haa feather on hlaronsHoneo, And when they Rot nil through tho totnl was pitiful. ' " Sft'dV Only a Million. 41tlo"licJt betlcVo that tho grafting pollccmon'-MailA rnoro than l,S00,- 000 a year bill of tho vice graft thfr strictly ?!ce graft In tho city." said nn nttachc of the district attorney's office who lias been In close touch with tho situation. "I- do hot know how juany men had n sharo In that graft. Tho 'big money went up stairs, of course. Tho men who did tho work and ran tho risk and will pay tho bill in tho end got Just en ongh to buy tho wlfo an occasional pair of new ahoea." Hero's tho wanner in which graft payment was distributed, according to thoso who havo looked Into It, and who are not Inclined to exaggerate: Flfat" district lower west aldo $20,000 Second district lower east aldo "u.OOO Third district old tender loin j. 300,000 Fourth district new tender loin C 0 0 ,0 0 0 Fifth district part of Har- - lem 100,000 Sixth district Harlem 100.000 KoHrtccn GVmlctcd. Aa tho net result or tho hunt for ' tho graflcra which began that hot July morning when Herman Rosen thal waa called out of tho barroom of tho Hotel Metropolo and shot down on tho pavement of a brilliantly lighted Tenderloin street, with scores of men looking on, fourteen men havo been brought to Justice. Nino of tkc'm' are policemen; Here Is tho scere: "' 'Charles Becker) lieutenant of po lice, convicted of .murder. Dago Frank, Whitney Lewis, Gib tho Blood, and Lefty Louie, convicted of murder. Eugene F. Fox; patrolman, pleaded guilty to bribery. Thomas W. Walsh, captain of po lice, pleaded guilty to bribery. John J. Hartlgan, patrolman, con victed of perjury. E. J. Newell, lawyer, pleaded guil ty to tampering with witness. Thomas F. Robinson, patrolman, convicted of extortion. Police Inspectors (highest uni formed pollco dfflccra) Dennis Swee ney, James E. Hussey, James F. Thompson, and John J. Murtba, found guilty of conspiracy. Tho "Man Higher Up." Ovor them all sits tho "man higher up." District Attorney Whitman has a very clear Idea ns to tho Identity of this jnan. Ho knows perfectly well though it may be that his know ledgo is not yet In form for court room uso who aro his associates lower down. It isn't much of a secret that Mr. Whitman thinks that when tho trials start afresh for the first tlmo In tho history of New York the citadel of graft will bo pierced. He thinks that he will then learn at ienst, ho hopes ho will then learn who It Is that scuds policemen out to rob harlots and thieves by granting permission to prey on decent citizens, I'orhaps that sentonco had boat bo stated over again. Whitman hopes that In tho fall ho will bo able to p'rovo what ho now knows about tho man higher up and his associates. Tho "raft situation which is now approaching tho climactic scene be gan something moro than two years ago. Thoro had been graft barrels of graft but it was scattered and sporadic. Then tho Jewish gamblers from the lower east sldo Invaded tho richer fields of tho now Tenderloin, which centers about Forty-second fetreot aud Hroadwny. A llttlo later a business combination was formed. Thero was tho man who could "de liver" tho pollco department, and tho gamblor who know whero to find the Tenderloin graft, and tho big busi ness m'au who .was in closp relations with Tammany Hull. Gamblers woro informod that thoy could do business If they paid. Not otherwise Tho sauio rulo applied to other lines or ''business." Sources of firnft. "Tho sourcos of graft," said a han who knows, "may bo roughly divided Into tho oxclso. tho rod light, ho gambling, and tho theatrical, restaurant, and 'movies' sections. Saloons that' violated tho law as to hours, etc., paid from $G per month f-'- u ' - J.'. i ..,! .. V r ." K ' G P0LC J INSPECTION V. 3 -i I OfSTfirCT . J v (HARLEM) A v J GRAFT VV I J 00. OOO c jiysrC. I . ssr. I i J PAKKWAY J ( V " I ij $5t-flSP 4&SP. x OfSTtC PtSTRC't ' ' (uPFSfii A jX f GENERAL ' ')' ' V. GRAFT GRAFT PAW By WIRE h ill TAPPER K 3 O0.O0 ? t l In y 2 sr ,BJ?M,.'f;, . J "3rJNSPEGTfON0STPICT u ' (OLD rNPJeiON 1 M CKAFT i"i&4NSP. ZNSP.r, , DSTfifCT & PSTMCrl a (LOWEfiZ (LOWEG. T . ") ISgr-n 4 . I Bin' r iT-.MirT.iinWil-'1-"-""- f.,,.. . i i,. "" -ttev - - ' " JL Map of ManhaUaa Litaud upward. "From ovory man accord ing to his ability.' Tho government agents have estimated that there aro 26,000 loose women in tho city. Only tho drabs the poor dovlls who wnlk the street; or aro penned In cheap houses pay direct tax to tho graf ters. Once tho rule was $2 per night per girl. Lately it has boon modified. It has been a matter of barter. It Is concentrated by paymen through tho names law hotels. " 'I only pay S0 a mouth for my flat,' said 'Mother' Stakom, tho pltl ful woman of seventy-two, who told or thirty-five years In tho "business" here, "but" with senllo pride ''I used to pay lots moro. Many's tho year I gavo up f 10,000 for my string of flats.' Forty GainbllnR House. "Thoro wero forty first-class gam bling houses in town and perhaps 3C0 others, ranking down to the stuns game lu the cigar store corners. Each paid what could bo dogged out of tho proprietor. Tho restaurants that press past tho closing hour or 'turkoy trot' against orders also pay. Theatres pay In some cases. Almost always tho 'movies' havo to glvo up. It Is absolutely impossible to form an ac curate idea of tho graft paid. All that wo know is that tho paying was systematized about two years ago, and that as tho system took form its demands wero increased. So mo lessor I' gamblers wero driven out of business. Others accepted tho situation, and offered stecrors 60 to GO per cent, of money taken from suckers. Tho player didn't get a chanco to' win. It was during this period that tho lro" gauio camo to its sweetest "w flower. , It, is a fairly well established fact that In this first twelve months tho "wire tappers" paid to the pollco for protection the sum of 300,0u0 In tho Upper Tenderloin alono. ' Hate in Per CViit. "The rato was 15 per cent," said tho informant. "Of course, when tho coppers had to bark 'a loser out of town, or dress a raid with men In. po llco uniforms, thoy charged more. Tho specific duty was on tho turn over. Tho ad valorem was figured on sorvlces rendered." Naturally, tho gangs of tho lower east sldo flourished. "Dig Jack" Zellg and his gunmen and scores of weakor Imitators used to raid gam bling houses that would not pay for protection. Thoro were a dozon gang murders a month literally. -It was onco estimated by a policeman that in ono section of Harlom 160 killings wero roglstorod in two years. White slavers worked openly, Thou the grafters overplayed thomsolvcs, Hor- iman Rosenthal, a loud-mouthed, crooked examplo of tho mosnest typo of gamblor, had been permitted to run by tho co-operation or Pollco Lieutenant Decker, Rosenthal could n't keep his mouth shut. Ho may havo Inspired tho dynamiting of "Dcanslo" Roscnfeld's place. Per haps "Drldglo" Weber did. Decker closed Rosenthal down. "I'll squeal to Whitman," ho threatened. JtoMmtiml Kliot. Tho morning of tho day on which ho was to havo told ull to tho district attorney ho was called out of a sa loon and shot. Tho police or tho district did their best to protect the killer. Only tho fortunato fact that District Attorney Whltmnn himself took rhargn or tho Initial luvestlgn thin nt tho station housu remitted In tho dlsccnory of tho true mini her of tho gray nutdmobllo iho "murder car" ami from that cluo u train of conviction tnltdwml. Tho story of llocki'r and his C. O. 1), murderera In fairly fresh In overy ono'a nil ml Throughout the attitude of tho luiads of police has been that District Attor ney Whitman Is ''tho enemy of tho forte" becnuro of his effort to riin down thu thieves and grafters In that orpiutliatlun. In no slnglo Instiiutfo havo tho pollco heads honestly co Operated with ttiu district attorney. It would bo very oasy to multiply lh stances In which .they havo sl)ty drawn rt herring across n tfeih trail Or boldly defied lit men. Tlio Sltiinilnit Now. i Today's situation la remarkable tor throo things- Plrftt. the hopo uf the district attorney, that when thu probo begins again In the fall that misty personality, "tho man higher up" will bu clothed with flash and set down before tho bar. Second, thu de fiant renewal of gnmbllng In certain districts coupled with nn ci'itally defiant refusal to pay graft. "If you bother ui, we'll rumbtu to Whltmau," say tho gamblers to tho pollco. Third, tho recrudescence or gang lire. Tho conviction of tho tour bra vos or tho pistol who killed Rosen thal scattered tho gunmen for a time. Hut tho gang organization Is kaleido scopic. Tho shock of tho first death , sentence over Imposed upon a gang guuster In good standing scattered tho killers for a time. Hut other shocks havo como since then and with each shock tho groups of gang men havo taken n6w form. Today thoy aro as groat a menace to tho Individual and to the city as over be fore. "And tho hell of It Is," mourned n big policeman, "that wo'ro In bad with tho people. They think we're all a lot or dirty grafters. And so theso gun toters think they've got n license to go about killing cops." It's 30 )unr since that hn'ppeued lu New York before. ! o, h, IMrolt. "Tlilily.SI" IIWOf I'lilly iiil.iiMh You Can Buy an automobllo for loss than tho Chalmers "Thirty Six" price, but you cannot got Ohalmors "Thirty Six" foaturoa and quality in that, automobllo. Monsieur Dubuc, or tho Datrolt Tigers, Is not only a clover pitcher, but a handy guy with tho stick as, well. I Wo immn flint. And wo cun prove it. For any less price than $l!)f0 yon can't et, for instance, a four hr-warri-spceri transmission and all ground gen r8. Four forward speeds mean utmost flexibility. All ground jjenrtf menu freedom' from noise, friction, wenr. Insist on a four forwnrd-speed transmission. Once you have used this wonderful improvement you will never be satisfied to drive a three-speed car. You can't get, for less than the "Thirty-Six" price, motor or eoual quality. Hijj nud sturdy, witi i inch bore and fil', inch stroke, this motor delivers to the driving wheels full .Hi actual horse power day in, day out, Hummer and winter. It hangs on. For less money, than .$H)."0, you can't equal the "Thirty-Six" con- venience; Chalmers compressed air self starter: (I ray & Davis electric, lighting systenii'jiower tire inflat er; demountable rims; carburetor dash adjustment. Comfort equal to that of tho "Thirty-Six" you can't possibly secure for less than the "Thirty Six" price. In fact, we doubt if you can get the same eomplefo rest fulness in any car at even higher prices. Turkish cushions and 11-inch upholstery; long wheel bnae (IIS inches); big wheels and tires (.'Uixl inches); long, flexibly .springs mnlce ('hnliiicrs riding a delight. For less than the Chalmers price you inevitably get less than the Chalmers quality. It pays to buv good quality at the start. 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