| Show I I t In New York I i 4 NEW YORK YORK Killers no lon longer longCr long long- er Cr operate from the seamy side aide streets of ot Manhattan The agents of and the boys of or the blackjack may still be re recruited recruited recruited re- re from the city's dank spots but they report to generals quartered quartered quartered in Iq eminently respectable table buildings They go to their offices as clerks go to their offices and as lawyers doctors theatrical managers managers mana mana- gers gelS and bootleggers gers go to their offices They walk through the fancy facades to the elevators and they walk into doors that flaunt Claunt gold and black lettering on their frosted glass windows Once inside the offices they have conferences on such little social matters as the stickup of ot a jewelry store the bumping off oct of ot some some- other one for tor a price or the supplying supplying sup sup- plying of ot a crew of skull crushers as strike breakers It is this last flourishing Industry Industry Indus Indus- try fry that keeps the tills of at the thug generals well vell filled Supplying tough guys for tor labor wars is a profitable business It has been responsible for tor most of ot the gang sang feuds feud gang killings and gang fortunes for for- i tunes in between Jobs of ot strike breaking th the gangsters can I be kept busy 8 selling out or such private enterprises as is slugging somebody's enemy for a a price or engaging in a a. holdup or two The other night a policeman was assian as slain sian in Brooklyn while defending a a. astore astore store against half halt a dozen stickup men When d detectives es set forth on their roundup it was not to the dark corners of at the tenderloin they went but to the lobby by of or one of ot the swankiest new ew buildings In the Times square belt Waiting in the lobby hobby a a. spotter of ot known crooks crocks counted almost a a. dozen police record record rec ord men walking nonchalantly by beaded headed for tor a n. double of office rico above above- an ia office that reflected d quite as much dignity as any other an of office of- of lice fice equipped with a n. stenographer telephones honl desks and other office appurtenances The same condition now obtains in the world worl of ot bootleg AddressIng Addressing Address Address- ing his fellows In Washington ion on congressman on gressman La IAL Guardia stated tho other day that one of the tho nations nation's most powerful rum kings could bo be found quartered in a a. dignified edifice edifice edi edl edi- edi fice fico in the Wall street district Here said tho the congressman negotiations negotiations were entered upon for gettin getting get get- tin ting Ung liquor out of ot government storehouse storehouse storehouses store store- house houses bringing endless rivers of ot be beer ber r into Manhattan and otherwise flirting with the prohibition amendment amend amend- ment In tho the World orld of oC night a. a more sinister minister r game in is played though its Ita participants are clad in tuxedos and starched collars That ThatIs i in Is some of or them are Homo mo moor of or them wait att in the street blackjacks ready for tor instant use Their signals sig alK- nals come ome from a handsome man Inn in ina inn n n. silk hat as h he ha steps tepa into a taxIcab taxicab taxi- taxi cab Th These e arc aro the wars ars of ot the inner tenderloin and they are aro upon frequently with tho the obvious Intent of or putting some place out of ot business It was wai said Mid that young Roger Wolfe Kahn came in contact with these thelle underworld figures when he be stepped innocently Into the Broadway scene a a. 5 year ear car ago with a a. aj I fashionably fashionable and J police OlIce night club dub Almost immediately ly strange and unexplained things began to hap Iap- pen The lights sudden suddenly refused d to o work on the op opening night no and the he opening had to be postponed Th Then n the water ater Just beneath the gla glass s floors to give tho the Illusion of ofa ofa ofa a hiden lake began mysteriously to o leak through One thing happened hap- hap paced ened after aCter another Accident Draw raw your our o own onn n conclusions GILBERT SWAN COPT Copyright gh 19 US iss EA Servi Service Inc |
