Show Y LIFE INTHE UNDER ORLD i t B lack Jack Rose f J 1 f 31 r he Gambling Partner of Lieutenant Becker and nd the ther r Chief Witness Against Him for the Murder of I Herman Rosenthal 7 4 T j. it J j t r T has Las been said that I have never ne' done on an honest days day's work vork in m my life That is largely true truc I have ha lived li by my ray wits among the criminals of or New NewYork's f Yorks York's underworld But that chapter of ormy my life is closed I will never ne' again take eke rike a dishon dishonest st dollar And I shall go further than this I shall do all I Ifan Ir Isan r san an fan to make mako restitution for the years Jears of my ms life which were span spent preying pon the tile public You the victimized public must believe mo me in ill this I have already done dono ver lhing i in iii my power to help District Attorney Whitman and Justice Goff making sure that justice should not bo he defeated in the trial of Lieutenant Jecker and anal the four gunmen But it has been pointed out to me that I still c ye ve another mother duty to perform a duty to the public That many thin things that have learned in my lifo life in th the underworld should be he made known for the and the tho protection of the men and women and even en the children who lot ot of possibly know the methods the secrets and tho the traps which are set for or r them by the vultures of the tho underworld You must remember that with professional criminals crime is their trade very morning when they are aro up and dressed they have their days day's work work them their living liying to make mako just dust as much as the lawyer or stenographer pr r s 1 It is usually agreed that there are about professional criminals ving vin in New York Each criminal doesn't try to do all aU kinds of clime crime of I course Plumbers dont don't repair furniture elect electricians cinns dont don't try to do painting painting paint paint- ing and bricklayers are arc not handy in c carpenter work o Its It's the same in in the underworld Crime Came is divided up into specialties f J The bank burglar would be he a n very clumsy shoplifter the successful i J rough neck highwayman would starve stane starve to death trying to make a living as a 8 counterfeiter Criminals thrive bc because cau e the public arc are innocent ignorant and un pre pre- I pared If the cook noticed that the basement door didn't latch latoh and found a simple little contrivance which I will describe later on she site would know that a robbery was planned for the night If the tho man who vho lost his or the woman who lost Jost her purse out of her bel bag had bad been familiar with the tricks tricks-of tricks trade trade the of pickpockets they would not have bae been robbed I have ha lost a for I have had inti ruff intimate intimate never a 3 s or a pocketbook pocketbook for twenty years an mate acquaintance with the best pickpockets in New York and understanding understand understand- ing lug their ways I take the precautions which upset their plans And I ho hop hopin f fin in this sc series es of articles which I have of written on my life in lD the underworld l i that I ma may do a useful service to the j public in revealing ro the closely guarded guard guard- S J 4 it t criminal s their enemies ed cd secrets of r. r r fro s app f err a r p p Y J y I 4 lv 4 fc f p pr 7 r 1 f g e 4 S 1 y S I t r i J i r ft r. r f u L N rn Yi r. r 1 S r S y tI 1 rY r Vl T JACK ACK ROSE |