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Show CMcco AIch3 la Wickedness. E-itlIasterson has declared Chicago to be the wickedest city In the world. "Bat" has been "some wicked" himself and ought to be able to speak as an expert. ! After careful study of most of the cities of the Union, big and little, Mr. Masterson has placed Chicago, Chi-cago, for general all-round badness in a class by itself. it-self. Denver, while falling-far behind Chicago, . stands second in the list, with St. Louis third and New York not "In the money." "Chicago does not play any favorites when it comes to crimes, says this amiable "bad man," who won glory with his ready revolver in the good old . .border days. "You can get. any kind you ever heard of, and some new brands that are distinctly Chicagoese. , - -. ... . , "If you are looking for viciousness and corruption corrup-tion in New York, probably yon can find it In Chicago Chi-cago it's, different Out there the crooks are thugs. They don't take the time to try. to 'con' you out of your money.. They simply step up and take it away -from you. "In Denver the viciousness is more sequestered, but it's all over the place and mighty hard to reach. The ostensibly respectable man out there is a crook. For its size it has them all beaten for downright wickedness, and it's getting tougher all the time. "San Francisco is another abuse community. I never saw anything' startling going on there. I don't say that you can't go out and dig up a little trouble, but yon can- go there and behave yourself rand come home with the right change, too." " All of which is more or less tough on Denver, but as for Chicdgbj that windy Wty.yants to be at the 5t6p in everything, even in crime and you can't make Jier blush by such an arraignment : |