| Show IN NEW NEWYORK YORK By PAUL HARRISON NEW YORK YORK- June 14 The If-The The clip cUp are on on the make again Which Is a way of saying that the business ot of f extortion robbery vice and arid violence yb vio- lence ence is booming in the crooked little night clubs Hundreds Hundred of night hawk ers rs are acting as percentage contact men men men- for the gyp spots And scores score of f other haunt the th doors of legitimate cabarets and midnight theaters the the- aters shrewdly sizing up male prospects prospects pros- pros furtively sidling up to tell them of f the gay on goings-on in this or that establishment nt They always offer personally to conduct their victims victims-to to the he places a solicitous gesture made mad because they dare not carry cards which wo would ld furnish evidence i if seized by police Most of them are hard and wary fellows the dregs of Broadway but specialists in simulating conviviality TheIr reward is 40 per cent of the ake from each h sucker they arc able to lo o entice to a to a clip cUp joint t. oin-t. of J. J more select group work work-in evening clothes othes and within the recognized recognised night ight clubs What's ja a clI cUp clip joint like Heresa Heres a sample ample described by a victim who took ook his loss rather than complain to the ic police pollee He is of all things a yo young ng Ne ew York attorney employed by a law firm r This TiIs h pl place ce he said was on For- For sixth y street about a hundred yards Jf ff Broadway I I went ent there with a little guy Id I'd talked with lor for about two hours in ina a good speakeasy fIe Efe e rang a bell three times and we went Nent ent into a hallway A man there looked us a over and pushed another Jutton three times and we ita Irs 4 Another man manlet manIet let us in a door andr and r saw the place was just a large apartment apart apart- nent ment shabbily furnished and stifling oL lOt Not at all like the intimate lit lit- lite le ic e night club the had de- de 11 1 was worried and wanted to Leave ave but several men surrounded ne me and began talking and laughing nd md they sort of jostled me into the lext ext room I looked around for thenan the theman nan man who brought me and he was one There were six girls girls' in the big bli rOom oom and about six tables Th The girls were ere vere pretty and In good looking ev eve eve- Ing clothe They all rushed rushe up p and d asked me to buy a drink I sat down with a blonde who ho said her name Dame was Nt DorothyA Dorothy A big walter waiter came and said it be be a cocktail for th the lady She had a cocktail and I h had d beer The waiter said the show wouldn't come off for two more hours and to make ourselves comfortable There were no other customers in inthe the place so after one more drink I decided to get out of there and asked for tor my iny check The waiter figured a minute and laid it Jt down as carelessly as you please I let out a yelp The check read The girls all left and three other men inert came in One who said he was was the manager explained that I had just bought fourteen rounds of drinks for tor everybody in the he house I said I didn't have that much money and they grabbed me and emptied my pockets pocket I had about 50 and they took that and my watch and lighter The man man- looked at my roy personal papers and saw who I was He cHe H said J I 1 guess gus you dont don't want this this' to get into the papers I I 1 said I didn't He said Well WeIl you write us usa a check for tor the or a lot lotof of people will hear heat about this So I 1 wrote the check and stopped payment on it next dayAs day As I Iwas was going out the big waiter big walter waiter waltert t told told told-me me I Iwas was lucky I hadn't got hadn't-got got hurt Lots Lots of of em gets hurt hurt he said And Ill I'll tip you to something ng buddy This Is just one of our joints W We clip you here and before you have found a cop copat copat copat at the corner we have locked up the place and are busy clipping somebody else at another spot up the street When the dicks get here they dont don't find nothing which only makes takes you oU look silly |
