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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
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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
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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.
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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. !
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"Tlilily.SI" IIWOf I'lilly iiil.iiMh
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Six" price, but you cannot got Ohalmors "Thirty
Six" foaturoa and quality in that, automobllo.
Monsieur Dubuc, or tho Datrolt
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prove it.
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can't et, for instance, a four hr-warri-spceri
transmission and all
ground gen r8. Four forward
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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
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dash adjustment.
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PERRY L. ASHCRAFT, Jr.
MEDFORD, ORE.
Mcdford Garago "
Agent
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