Show I King of Chiselers some other other- contender comes forward U UNLESS or is brought out into the open more or less against his will one Adolph Weiss of New York would seem m to b bV ein in a fair way to qualifying as asking asking asking king of chiselers He testified in New Yorks York's aldermanic probe of relief administration that after having gone through three bankruptcies he went wenton on relief r and was able to accumulate a small fortune Weiss got a 45 a week job lor br himself jobs for a flock of his relatives for the use of worth of equipment in his bankrupt bankrupt bankrupt bank bank- rupt shop and as a result was able to buy four high priced fur coats a 1600 and an automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile and a ten day vacation trip for his family family fam fam- ily fly that cost him Meanwhile 1 he and his family were living in a month a seven- seven room apartment We Ve are now hearing the plutocratic side of f relief Alderman Kinsley remarked during the investigation The most peculiar part parr about the whole affair is that as Weiss was telling his story to the spectators greeted the mans man's admissions Sons with roaring laughter Chiseling then becomes great comedy and probity a drug on the market The more investigations such as New Yorks York's t that at spring up all over the country the better If they go deep enough chain gangs ought to look like small armies Chiseling wherever it is turned up in high places or low deserves contempt and punishment as an offense against common decency and public interest |