Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-07 | Page 28 | New York

NEW YORK NEW YOUK YORK The The Broadway night clubs already nursing a number number num num- ber bel of old black eyes find themselves themselves themselves them them- selves beset on every overy hand as a anew a anew under new sucker season gets way From Irom behind the tawdry scenes ha have va been coming coining many grim and brut brutal l tales reminiscent of those hectic dramas of the night life so 0 popular during the past seasons The cry of clean up ip has been talen taken talc tak en up by by several everal of the major New NewYork ev York ne newspapers Each day me some new tale of terrorizing creeps from the vice-infested vice haunts a a a aOne One of the favorite practices it Jt develops is to raise checks presented presented presented pre pre- by customers who have no business being where they are and doing what they're doing The harpies of the racket cash dash cashin in handily on their Oh what 1 I know about you attitude There arc are for Instance wealthy business men who step out without without without with with- out their wives There are are- men whose reputations cannot stand be beIng bein be- be in Ing in night club gossip There are any number of ot kindred situations At any rate when such a prospect prospect pros is is' is spotted his bill is generally generally generally gener gener- ally made out for a sum likely to tobe tobe tobe be a bit larger than the amount of cash carried by an average man nan when he goes stepping Quite naturally the victim asks if he can can cash a check Vh Why of course he can Glad to do It It The Tue check let us say is for O or so 50 But when it appears at the bank it is a check for or so It lt has hns been deliberately lifted An And they've been bern getting away with this for years j The man does not complain to the police for he fears the consequent publicity and will stand hi his los loss rather than start I trouble Which of course the racketeers racketeers rack rack- already know knew The Tho betting squad is another re refined re- re fin fined d little addition to the night club This is made up of plug plug- who take care of persons objecting objecting- to the size of the check checkor or unable to pay A young oung member of or a prominent family can be seen limping about on crutches as the result of such an encounter With a few speakeasy beverages under his belt he wandered into a racket resort and when the bill bili came he didn't have bave quite enough money to meet it A waiter walter suggested that he go Inthe in inthe inthe the back room an and quietly settle the matter There the plug were waiting They stripped him of everY ery valuable in his his' possession and then gave gae him a beating to teach him a lesson He Ho may mav be crippled for or years vears as the result of his treatment a a a aOne One of of the most recent recent instances of these playful tactics ha has led to the newspaper headlines A former actress happened to be beIn bein In iii a night club when a stranger at another table passed out from overindulgence She resented the manner In which the patron was being treated and ana interfered Wherewith Wherewith Where here herewith with she was struck In the face the shock precipitating a heart at attack attack attack at- at tack from which she later died Efforts Ef Df- tf- tf forts fort vere ere made to to connect her death directly with the blow but the rase ease had to be dropped The woman oman slugger ger by the way war was a club attendant meticulously attired in his evening clothes and stiff cuffs S a a aA A score of such incidents one piling upon the other have hae put the night clubs on the flimsy scaffold where now they totter between life lICe and death They have brought about their own end and have no one to blame but themselves GILBERT SWAN Co Copyright 1 1928 28 NEA S Service Inc