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Show -e f,- . " -. - ' Tl. arrival cf Alltrt J. Adj:.:?, tl.o "policy Lin;"' cf Ne-r York, at tie Fins Binsf03 to ECrTe ' a t hn e years' fentcace i.t a triuaph cf justice, lon ' dclat't I, If whicli the f:ztc of 2Ccw York aay well be pror. j. He was received at the prison doer, hand-cu.Ted hand-cu.Ted li!.;e aay other felon, and vith do raore con-Bideratioa con-Bideratioa beyond the reasonable dictates of human-if human-if j- than would be. accorded to the meanest rojrue. ar.i thief, that ever entered the prison portals. The policy, business of Albert J. Adams had its begin nin;? in the days when William M. Tweed was boss of New York. . The founder of the business was Zachariah Simmons, who conceived the idea' that there Mas a fortune to be made by the systematic robbing cf the very poor. At that time Adams was a brakeman on a Xew Haven freight train. Bim inons-met him and recognized in him a bolder and less scrupulous robber than himself. They joined hands and the policy business prospered. The flow of small change into the coffers of these two scoun-! scoun-! drels soon became a mighty stream, and so con- tinued until a short time ago, when Adams' troubles began. Simmons, the older scoundrel, however, was pushed aside by Adams many years ago. He did hot have the "business grasp" necessary to develop this "great industry." The business was extended into many cities and oyer a wide area of country. He employed an army of agents and created an appetite ap-petite for gamblingl:hat could not be appeased, notwithstanding not-withstanding theHosses of the victims. As years went on" he so grew in influence and so fortified himself behind his enormous wealth that he came to believe himself impregnable in his fortress of ill-gotten ill-gotten gain, 'and, he assumed an attitude of contempt con-tempt and bravado toward the law. His fortune increased so rapidly that he had to find investment for it. He bought real estate, making his purchases with great shrewdness. Today these holdings in Kew York are estimated to be. worth more than $2,000,000. 1 He became' a heavy stockholder in a number. of banks, and was elected a director in sev-eralof sev-eralof these institutions." He bought a brewery and a string of race Jiorses. He became bolder 'in ex tending his gambling schemes until finally the law tripped him up." Like Boss Butler of St. Louis, Adams now realizes that thelaw is sopreme. ; .5 |