Show fl F j Tile The Price of L Life fe in New York City J i 7 WRITTEN FOR THIS PAGE BY JACK ROSE IOSE I I lit 1913 13 b by the McClure New Srn Syndicate Tho publication of Icle ele cle or an any part of ot It without permission Is expressly sl prohibited ff If ET rid lid of Herman Rosenthal the gambler bler cost 1000 in in cab This This is s liberal Ia payment The Tho job might have been done rIone for fyr less j Ji similar ive c e been done much cheaper o result result of or the murder ic was introduced to four picie pic pic- ie e e characters Gyp characters Gyp the Blood ink Lefty Letty Louie Loule and wis They have been referred 10 o 0 four gunmen These were the ho according to tho the testimony 50 o 0 for tho the mur murder or of Role noC nol ItoC Ro no- l le C C- C four men not the only jf in New They The were not Iho he bo most picturesque picturesque I have o gunmen in New ew York compared horn ham am these four to were simply mention the name rr 1 J I might Ish all Louie ono one of the boldest n n who vho ever eyer stuck up slugged lu ged or ora ord orid id d a a man nish Louie Loule boasted of or twenty twenty- to his gun Sun before ho he ever er roadway Twenty men he ho in to cold blood Ho lie used to fat at t in South America where he hent pent ent nt several years and first tast- tast dd d he wasn't recognized as a bad nUl he be had croaked his fifteenth fr more of Spanish Louie later latero with the underworld 19 e come in close contact with n withof lot of at hla his type and I have learned of Hiders they have done for cash cosh CN N O ON p PAYROLL vet t general acquaintance with n came some five lve years ago my y gambling ambling partner Herman Hermany y ithal hat hal was planning to get control afterward notorious Hesper club 11 that time the Hesper club had ne of ot the moat most influential clubs e own It was waa composed of ot bools book book- business and pro- pro fa s e politicians At aI men mn of the tho district After- After when h it t c came camo m under under the tho control J t. t t It t was turned Into a 3 full full- d 4 gambling house and tho the gun gun- un- un ho were hired by Rosenthal to of ot the club for tor him were his biB pay roll for a long time and ard at 5 Sit a day ao Ins rig nr that time at least forty gun- gun have bave been found at at or ob ob- through tho Hesper club at an any f t the day who n for a cash con con- tion would commit an any crime from poisoning horse to murder L necessary to explain briefly how m that thaI got sot possession of the Hesper r. r because it will explain how bow in ina int a t which followed three well well- I business men r wore ero ero black black- by bO thugs hired 1 by Rosenthal i 0 D TO 10 CLUB r i club had accumulated s 1 hi Its annual balls and outings Tiding iding of ot Its own was wag planned flow ow w Rosenthal Sot got hold of or tho the thoI I sand nud used them for his own pur pur- The Tho members objected and ened J him To silence thorn them he fed eel Cd to a a. well planned scheme allY within a period of ot six sic m 5 1 S 5 he elected about forty gunto gun gun- UnO Un- Un to O 0 membership Spanish Louie ilg Ig Jack were the most noto note lot of them h b tho the friends he be had in fn the club that thaI way was able to control the olec- olec I clec-I I was elected president Tho The I building committee I appointed II of ot Roson thais thai's hired gun gun- t This Thie committee reported that that thaI had paid back the a check Some Somo of or the tho sera era declared that tho the check ou ought ht certified right t away I resented against and c charges preferred against the most feared they were led cd by the gunmen hoard board 1 of ot guar guar- and trustees Three of ot the tho ox- ox were unwise enough to Jn ten n court proceedings for foi rein rein- i statement ita t. t One Ont was a a man in In the feather business another was lUS In tho the I bottling business tho the third was a jew jewelry jew jew- dry elry salesman It was to take tako care of ot I Imell men mell of ot this stamp tamp that the gunmen g I f had been o n Imported importe Into the club clu I YAWS S In QUIRT QUIET 1 I Two nights after oter the tho e expulsion of or j I tho three the feather cath l man was blackjacked blackjacked black black- I jacked by one of ot the tho gunmen on Thirteenth Thir- Thir street and was told that If Ir ho he he j took tool the club cl matter an any further he I would bo he croaked The Tho next next night theother tho the thoI I other two were f let et upon by Spanish i Louie Jouie and several members of ot his i sass gang an and severely sc slugged just as the they Iha ey f j I were coming from the home of ot a a. lawyer law law- y yer or the they had been consulting with regard regard re- re reI I I gard GUrd to the club matter mattor a fact with which Rosenthal was as familiar I IA A few fow more broken jaws or r cracked I skulls and quirt quiet w was was S restored d In the I Inow now Hesper club Rosenthal got Sot full I control lIe He ran it as a full fledged I gambling house WORST DAD HAD MAN I. Spanish Louie was perhaps tho the worst bad man that New ew York e ever knew Ho lIe arrived e In New ew York with the reputation of or being a crack ciack shot and ho was vas He lie had absolutely no ro- ro speet for tor human life To ro oblige a friend ho would do a job for nothing If Ir the risk were slight alight and ho ilo ne needed money very vory badly he would do it for next to nothing Spanish Louie on ono ODO occasion killed a l man for tor 20 which 20 which Incidentally incidentally Incident incident- ally ho bo never got gotHo Ho He was tras hired for tor the thc job by a theatrical theat theat- n sal agent who frequented tho tiro Hesper club This theatrical 1 man n was being blackmailed and md wanted to get set his oppressor op- op oppressor oppressor op op- out of tho the way Sonic Some ono one suggested that Spanish Louie would d do the tho jo Job for for him Spanish wa was round round- o ld erl ed er up drinks were bought nt and ana that very vary night Spanish and his employer er hunted for their victim They found him hint on Twenty seventh street Just west of ot Seventh Se avenue Without a word Spanish wont up to him struck him a terrific blow on tho the head with his blackjack and the tho man foIl fell to tho the sidewalk striking his hie head with great on the tho curb REPORTED AS itS ACCIDENT The employer of Spanish Louie who was standing b by to see seo Louie Loule carry carryout carryout out his contract was so BO frightened that ho ran awa away when he ho 83 saw the man fall taU Tho The following day tho the papers said that a n drunken man reeled and fell tell while crossing the tho street and fractured his skull He Ile died tho the following day without recovering roco consciousness When time the mun man who ho hired the Job done dono read of ot his oppressors oppressor's death and d he ho way was really tho the murderer ho he Imme immediately loft left town and Spanish Louie was cheated out of ot his pay Spanish Louies appearance at nt best was enough to terrify the average mun man His His' dark darl skin shifty shiny black e o and general meral villainous appearance combined combined combined com com- to make malte him a n man to inspire fear tear but when I J saw 1530 the look in fn his face tace when bo ho told mo me what he would do to the SU guy SUnho who n bilked him out of that 20 O If ho ever evor laid eyes on him him again the tho chills went wont down m my back illS ins That wan the tho toughest deal T ever Evor got In m my life Ute ho complained to meat mo me moat moat at tho the Kasper Hosper club a a. few tow days duya later when he realized that the chances of ot the thc theatrical man min coming back to town were mighty slim there thore I was broke and hungry with rely barely enough strength In me to knock time tho guy uy out with n my mO Jack and then thon this sucker Bucker goes coes and ana welches s on me roc after I no not I Ja- Ja f r c J j jIl iI r C v Il far A Ar l i 1 Jr r 1 y rr r r S f r ft m 3 r Irv 7 I i t Il n. n J IrtI 9 W OS fr sL W J Ir 5 s fefe r ff 1 1 a 4 I 1 1 4 hp d r a r E v t lc STICKING UP A STUBS GAME ON SECOND AVENUE only knocked ed the sink gink out but croal c 1 him for good bood measure No matter you do o for tor some somo people tho they appreciate It Later on Spanish Louie got better prices Every ono one know knew him as n n. desperate character who thought nothIng nothing noth noth- In ing of ot taking human life lite In the tho underworld underworld underworld under under- world where ono one had to go so WIIO wanted Jobs of or this sort done Spanish was the thc most sought nought after alter of all the gunmen Other gunmen were anxious to work worle with him rho They knew he ho would make a good Job of ot what there thero was to be bo done If It there thero was pa pay in it they were sure to get set a a. fair sharo of ot it If It trouble followed In the way of or an occasional arrest Spanish the they knew could be rolled on through his Influential friends s to tI ft fix things s up SPENDING IRS Ins MONEY MOISEY Some Somo days ho he would come como Into th the gambling house I was In to get ct the loan of a l. l five tl The next net day ho lie would return the loan At tho the same sarno time Spanish would display display dis dis- dis pla play a hiI big roll of ot bills bills tho tho pa pay for tor some omo murderous Job Then Than he would start stait gambling betting as much as tho rho deal doal- rr fr r would permit him to bot bet on the turn of ot a card carll And If It he lost his roll as ho lie frequently did he would got set setup up stretch himself and laughingly sa Im say Well ell Im I'm broke Easy come easy go gol golAS AS CUPIDS CUPID'S F. F EMISSARY One night while Spanish Louie was playing at m my house he got rol a 8 message from a gallon keeper to hurry to the saloon Arriving at nt tho the place he was taken talton into the back room and aud Introduced introduced Intro intro- to what he afterwards described to me as aa a swell bloke Briefly the tha bloke o explained to him that ho was waB In love lovo with a girl who latel lately had formed a n. mad Infatuation for tor her fathers father's chauffeur Tho The chauffour chauffeur chaut- chaut four was a big husky Englishman it turned out The swell was a narrow loOI looking anaemic-looking ln youth Now Spanish concluded the swell I I want this beast done llone up and warned Warnell to leave 1010 the employ of ot this ladys lady's laa s homo home What will you jou OU charge to do this Job you ou rathor rather have e him thou croaked then cn you ou are aro sure ho w wont won't mt bother your our rag raJ any moro mora queried Spanish Louie Louic r What do you do-you you ou mean b by croaked With Wa a look of or at this mans man's l 1 Ignorance norance Louie Louic answered In ono one word wora murdered The rho sud suddenness with which the word was uttered b by Spanish Louie Loule took the breath away from tho the other Ho reached with a trembling hand haud for tOr the drink that was on tho the table and swallowed It In one gulf culf Murdered Gracious heavens no Anything but that I want him to get a abound sound bound thrashing that Is all aU Well Vell what do you OU mean b by th that t asked The swell didn't know Just Juat how to explain e. and hesitated Well do you jOU want him to go hO to the hospital suggested Louie TillS THIS JOn JOB CASH CAME HIGH The swell thought that would beabout bo be bon n about bou t it It and aft after r a ii 11 little t lIe more parleyIng parley parley- lag Ing 1500 was the tho amount agreed on for tor tho the Job throe men to do the job right at OO apiece Ono One hundred dollars was paid to Louie Loule as at a retainer Tho The rest was to be put up the time following day In the tho hands of the saloon k keeper When hen tho the swell was satisfied that the Job wits wila dono done as contra contracted ted for lor ho was to communicate with the saloon saloonkeeper saloonkeeper keeper and nd direct him to turn over oer the 1400 That night at the garage arage the tho chauffeur was waa wa pointed out to Spanish Louie and the thc other gunmen Tho The following night when tho the chauffeur chant chant- four brought his car into tho the after taking the family home from the theatre Spanish Louie Loule an and 1 his gunmen gun srun- un- un men sot upon him and bl blackjacked him into unconsciousness WITNESSES ARE AWED EDIt ED It was nas one of at Spanish Louiss men who at the tho instigation of ot Rosenthal hid had Bridgle Bridgie Webbers Webber's Jaw broken Louie stood across the way on fourteenth four str street ct while white ono one of ot the gan gang with a n. pair of or brass knuckled broke brol e Webber's Webbers Jaw jaVo Tho The man who ho did this job I know ver very well Toll Webber knew mew him He lie was wras arrested hut but Webber was as wise tHO enough to refuse to l Identify him declaring declaring- positively thAt man arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar 1 rested was not his assailant fearing tho cn vengeance of Spanish Louie The rime Theman man man was vas v aa discharged di and Is is' is now empl employed em em- pl cd aa us a chauffeur a well known politician There Thero were a number of ot eye eo e ea es of ot the assault Wh who were equally qua Uj ly positive o of time tho assailants assailant's Identity but the fact that t. t the c m man an who did 1 It was wa a a. t I member of Spanish Louies gang was sufficient to awe them Into silence Before dismissing Spanish I Ima Ima Imay ma may mention tho time when I hired him myself ms ROSE nOSE III I HIMSELF EIF VICTIM In tho the days as a's when I dabbled someI somewhat somewhat some some- what In theatrical matters I became I acquainted with a man I will call Morton Morton Mor Mor- lorI I ton who was then thon In tho employ of or a theatrical firm tho Junior member of ot which was my m dearest friend One Oneda da day daj Morton lorton awoke to find rInd himself fa famous famous famous fa- fa as a pla playwright w right lIe He had ono one success succors suc suc- cess cors after another and got rich He still stilt remained a R. go good od friend of at mine and In ono of or ormy my many many periods of or fi financial financial ti- ti distress I borrowed from him At tho the maturity of or the tho no noto to I Iwas Iwas Iwas was to pay Suit was as brought Judgment w wa was as obtained d against me mt for forI I had hall no defense and I was harassed with supplementary proceedings R. R All that the examination revealed was tho the possession of ot the tho average n. gambler gambler-a. a load of ot debts a bunch of pawn tickets and aid a positive confidence that tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row will bring tho the winning streak and with it tho ability to pay all nil outstanding outstanding In ing claims The Time attorney gave save It up but Morton a still till bothered mo ma I paid oho or two Installments of at 50 and then thon I got word from him that ho had placed d a a. claim against mo me In tho the hands of for tor collection Uon I knew f what that meant me Youngie was wall a notorious gangster In tho tenderloin tendel ten ten- d del loin district That night while In Ina Ina ina a gambling house at No 52 53 W. W For For- fifth U-fifth tj 13 fifth street I was ne called aside b by a n. aman man who ho said that a gangster had asked him to find out whet whether I was in the place Youngie hud bud threatened my Informant with 1 bodily harm If It he tried to him MORTONS MORTON'S I knew that next to Spanish Louie Loule was as supposed to be the tho host best shot in New r. York I tIn finally ally hit upon the plan of ot tr trying ln to 1 reach Spanish After a lot of ot telephoning I got In communication with him and he promised to como come rl right ht up About an hour later the tho doorman oC of thiu this gambling gl house hO notified m mo me that some ono one was to to sc see o inc inc- It |