Show q ro iw one HI 1 t i LEAVING VING CITY In AFTER R ROUNDUP I NEW vEW YORK YORI Dec 25 25 United r. r Press Press It It w was s Christmas day to tor r f most of the world today but to New Yorks York's floating population of off i f gangsters fixers bandits thugs ex- ex x- x J J convicts and fences overlooked looked In Int t the tho greatest police net drag In 30 j I years ears It was ivas plain moving day lay There has been a widespread l ex ex- ex exodus exodus odus from the city In the thel l last st 24 hours of persons ns with criminal rech rec- rec h f- or who fear suspicion author authorities ties said sad i r r Meanwhile l tho dapper emergency emer gency ency police commissioner Grover A. A Whalen whose secret orders orders' for lor a general crook round up netted suspected criminals of high and andow andow low ow degree ranging from Howry Bowry bums to the more aristocratic confidence confidence confidence con con- men in bulging raccoons raccoons ns x TV was as resting after enduring one of the most hectic weeks since he has lIas been In the public ej eye e. e ARE HELD After records had been surveyed eyed sun eyed t of the original number were held and yesterday they filed flIed In motley array before the sartorially perfect police commissioner In one of ot the most dramatic lineups witnessed witnessed witnessed wit wit- at police headquarters In several decades Surrounded by his newly appointed ap ap- pointed assistants Whalen his face covered with a a. black silk mask stood In an obscure corner of the headquarters gymnasium which had been turned into the exhibition room roan ro because of Its spaciousness Standing about were nearly detectives le- le de detectives their faces face's at also aro o covered With masks At one end of the tho gym stood a like platform with a dark back drop All AIl right bring em on ordered or or- dered Deputy Chief Inspector Mul- Mul rooney a Whalen appointee The ceiling lights went out The stage was flooded with light There was the shuffle of feet and one of the suspects his sleeve twisted In In the grip o ot of a a detective TV was as virtually dragged to the platform A wave of murmuring the tre among plainclothes plain plainclothes plainclothes clothes men swept the ro rom room m. m READS RECORD lack Jack Cohen 39 ISO Hooper street treet droned reading the record of ot the suspect an ex- ex convict Cohens Cohen's eyes blinked in the glare of the lights tIghts He co could ld see nothing noth noth- ing but shadows in the darkness be before before be- be fore him But the detectives es on the floor loor watched his every every mannerism There were There were few of them who could forget farget forget Cohen Cohen Cohen was was was' dragged off oft Another suspect was pulled Into inta view Then followed more Their pedigrees were read and noted by the detectives who penciled notes When courts courts' adjourned for the day Jay nearly all aU the prisoners had bad been held without ball bail and consigned con con- signed to crowded cells to spend Christmas day apparently planning what to ta tell teIl the judges Meanwhile men were being held In the less excited precinct lockups throughout the five boroughs They are spending ChrIstmas Christmas Christ ChrIst- mas anas In these comparatively quiet cells cens awaiting waItIng their turn at headquarters head head- Quarters |