| Show 1 r f 1 t v t t 1 I r. r it 1 V o b Ii j cf f d l' l t r f j. j f 1 J i 5 f a t CLEANING CLEANING uP UP NEW YORKS YORK'S DESPERATE c I ff 4 1 q x LEAN tip the toughs of the thet the y f f f side elde 4 m west Rest t t. t t t I Ie e f 1 This was the order that perL percolated per per- r s. s L J- J i from the sanctum of 1 the Police Commissioner to the Detective Bureau to the t chief inspector and thence through every 11 V i police precinct of the west sid side of New NewYork York fork until every man of oC the uniformed forc force was made to realize that lawless lawless- y zif Jf n near nes on oa the we west t side nide was WAil at nt last to be beNS NS checked i Go get et these f fellows lIam was RS the lees v tion el each b man maD who had been ten especially j picked for for his nis stron strong arm arm tactics reg re re- g J sewed and with Wit a 3 do or die di determination fi this his squad qun started started out to do its chiefs chief if 1 bidding j I I 1 l' l Shoot S 'S boot up the lut j o lut and ami stick steel up Ul the L- L their lito slogan an and aud they thoy iu iu- barkeep was form It was Vas variably war worked ked close clohe to ta Ift I not II not nota n case case o of a single jn lc a ht when of or their maraud maraud- marauding r they forth on one ID ing exploits ls Keep c going ins na as long an as the ij i going in rs good GOd was their motto II and nd tl u dosen places within a at l' l ladius 1 t 1 ol of f u a mile wo would lJ lie l e shot b hot t. t tup up an and looted I i V before or they suspended operations fur for the night and aud retired to the back room ofa of sera borao a Cn favorite saloon where the nights night's C lout loot t was equally divided These were tho the men that had spread terror along along the water front nud each knew that sooner sooner- or later ho would he be collared and and sent a 1 w way way- ay lie He knew that I toils there would o once cc he lie fell into police be beao e no clemency for him fur for his bis brand of r crime stamped him a 0 and 1 that meant from fram ten to twenty years C in iu ni Sin Sing Perhaps they thoy were fatalists fatalist 1 just jast that fate befell the 1 und their boon baon companions compani ns Patrick Bol liol- I I. I Clark the tho latter ger and Charles C C. C known as Yellow the First Cach ree re- re r e iced C his ten teu to twenty year jear car term at nt the I hands of Judge Foster and each is is hard hardat i at at work in Sin Sing Sin Sing to today 0 The work of rounding ro up these toughs j did id not look difficult at first Ih Their i very ery r daring darini bad marked them from frow one oue nc- nc end 0 of the b water r front to the other sad and c ft man maD who Tho had quaked before beCore their ir belch belch- 1 ld 4 l l 5 funs uns gave ne a minute minute description on of oC the 0 bandits D Despite this when the time lime came to get ct them they proved as elusive c r r as 5 a. a will o o 0 the wisp wilp Lash Kach night new ne X crimes rl m were reported barkeeper reported bark c-bark barkeeper shot n tr b tau r ort v with a 11 looted and the place wrecked These Thes reports reo re ports never varied and they thoy trickled into Police Headquarters with monotonous r regularity T The e strong arm squad was spending sleepless nights ni Harried by br their superiors superiors su suo vho s were feverishly demanding action they were becoming almost des des- desperate from rom their failure to show results Arrest plenty a-plenty had bad been made but somehow when these suspects were baled to police potice courts courts the cases CASci against them didn't stand up and they were turned out I More rore arrests followed and still dill th the squad i knew that hat the thc men they the really wanted anted were still at large larce for their depredations continued and loom loomed more daring each day j- j or r t E tI f 10 tI 4 t. t ii ti 1 J. J 4 N tr Y n J 1 1 Dot Detective Lieutenant J F. F J. J OConnell r Readily l d th they y r that their work ork I was as cu cut out for them Rounding up n a u ait 4 t tes West it side band of rowdies makes the pres present tnt ent crusade n against ng the thc gun un carriers of or the 1 j cast least side took loon like a pink ink te tea lea in iu compari- compari I I I I kons on 4 I 1 The he cast east side slayer lurks in the protesting pro pro- I IQ Ft Q t testing shadows of the ni night ht nl l and from rom 1 X p shoots down tn o hi his s victim null and f flees fleesE c I E his idol at the head of or s Ji his is ft tossing I prey Sheltering rint s 4 of or Chinatown n 16 swallow llo him and he is free CICo to emerge cj passage into n t. t h some subterranean JT I back ack t and aud at bi his leisure his hiR c comrades oDd nad report progress Chances Cb I arc had rehe nd been bec to ct ck t sr- sr i RJ w and and he his IC is is 15 eager to lo tell his lender leader of his r ti success u CS C'S and ancl theu buy another 1 package of or lOca cocaine nc and sit and dream and j prate of f his big mighty prowess I I The lIe west side rowdies among whom f the brothers hers Bob Bob Bob and George George- Ii IJ were 1 prime factors were nere of 1 different cal cal- II r ihre ibre In ln th the dazzling glare blare Iare of saloon 1 J. J l lights that sent their piercing rays fur 1 Into uto the inky lilac bloc I o of ot f night they would I Ii i pi ply ureic their trade with profit Leaping doors of or the lie f 5 through h the swinging I f J marked d for Car plucking they would battle t II it r their way to the bar Lar brandish revolvers I to the cry o of up er c od andi and aud i of shots that then lieu send forth a volley o I r would deafen n the terror terrel stricken bar bar- 1 keeper l' l and his bis coer cowering u customers It 1 S 1 mattered not how many men there h hap hap j p. p i r. r opened to tobe Le be l loafing in the lure place at nt the thc i e. e Numbers meant nothing to this thi 1 There was followers pair and their money in sight and they were thirsty s Whiskey Whiskey Whisker was their god go and aDd without 1 moc money n parched throats could could not be wet wet- 1 i ted I Suddenly ud tb these e saloon holdups ceased I i The h detectives were ero beginning b to believe I that their constant presence on the rest cst aide sido hail had acted as ns a deterrent and as carefully as 18 they ther had ought Bought to disguise t themselves 11 em these had been disguises pene pene- Police Headquarters was somewhat some some- whit what t appeased anti aud the orders to clean dean cleanup up tip the toughs became me less s insistent In tone tont But after a n hiatus s of or a few Cew days daIs anew a 3 anew new lIe brand of crime rime appeared Highwaymen Highway men were at t work work- in th very Cr heart of tb the city robbing robbin any and cYer every cry body who looked like ready money lUan r. r and then malting making their getaway war In m a waiting awaiting taxi ca cab cali- SUn Straightaway 1 they ther ere Were branded a as taxi b bandits and new and frenzied orders ls l's were i issued i cd to Inspector l I head Dead of or the Detective o Hur Bureau lu to press available l detective into inlo service every ere nu and aud round up lip these bandits Tho rho streets were w re s scoured from rom cud end to end and every suspicious u person was picked licke up a and d dI I taken to Police P Headquarters quarters for exam exam- But lint as numerous as al arrests ar arrests ar Jr rests there was no letup letup- in iu these highway 1 vay 11 robberies I Inspector Faurot s spent restless nights I following every e possible lead lead- never nc failing fail fail- failing uil I ing to run ruu down each clew that t his men brought in to him Detective John J. J one of the Inspectors Inspector's most moot i valuable le allies was wat doing duing yeoman service ser ser- vice ice and aud the system of or taking tak ing iu teno the questions put puti putt i and IId thu replies luchs in iu the course cours i of f these e c sweating sessions at head head- I Thuie e reports leports be Le would then piece together aud and when something cone com crete appeared OC would sally I forth and aud run ruu down his clews I OConnell O'Connell learned that the had been implicated in in the saloon aloon hold hold- I ups He lle knew where both had Ji lived ed with their respective wi es wires little little girls girls but but but after tracing them from rom abode bodo to abode this the trail trait was waa finally lot lost and search gas he Le lUi might bt he could not pick it up again One or two of the ups bold br by the ta taxicab taxicab taxi taxi- i. i cab hand baud savored ored of the tactics employed bj by the bandits and OConnell O'Connell felt confident l that t if he lie could locate either cither I of the he would ba have ha e either principal or accessory sory to many o of the crimes so o long IonS unsolved Cd k Getting Gettin- a description of the brothers he made nude out a report which was as l left Ct at Headquarters Viand and this report presented such Mich a n nhi vivid hi id pen pen picture of his hia quarry that JUnn many of the detectives who scanned d it declared the they believed belie that through this agency y they would sooner sooner or liter later pick up the thc men mcp wanted I But nut despite thc these c assurances 8 new DeW holdups holdups hold hold- ups were occurring each da day All smacked of the th same pr procedure messenger men er or depositor lepo emerging from a u bank struck down rn and flied upon by two or 01 more men meu null and left loft w in the tLe street as us bis his assailants leaped into u a taxicab or big motor car ll and aud JU fled le with their loot Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times the slims sums thus obtained were trifling At other times time large amounts were procured and always a sum sufficient suf- suf I to k keep ep the bandits in funds for a afew afew i few days Inn anyhow By laying low awhile sallying rallying forth to operate in iu a x I it of the thc city remote from the scene I of the previous hold up they ther ran less risk of capture I After ACter all chance played an In important part in ill the tile final up of cf the band and George Geore one nc of or i its its' rin ringleaders ring ring- leaders was i the Hie map mau who through a a. fit of sullen nod and brUtal temper tills this I possible While sauntering through Thir first ty-first street near Ninth avenue Me- Me c cP John McGinnis Vetty P was as stopped by bJ thirteen r years year old old who rho asked for a t match Without a word landed a crushing blow on the boys boy's s mouth 11 him Mut H ibl t to h. t the strict t t. t i ri Ia J 3 d. u near rats aw w I the Wu at at- 2 rr 4 t. t I 4 T A AI 1 I I ii V 1 1 va e. e tt Y 1 N. N I d rl r- r l' l t. t 1 t Robert Patrick Bolger and cowardly ns assault aull leaped upon Me- Me c. c Z etty and by the thc time timo their cries of rage ragean an and the roar of combat had subsided five hundred red frenzied mi ro men n and women were pursuing the fleeing lIa bandit dit who at nt c every cry ery few paces would turn urn and fire lire upon his bit pursuers Three men were cre shot down inthe in inthe inthe the running funning fight and md each was vas seriously wound wounded cd Policemen came running from Irom every Cry direction and joined in the chase Me- Me lc Yett VeRy Vetty sped on and md upon reaching Ninth avenue he was accosted by br Joseph J Lynch who had just emerged emer cd from a saloon to ascertain the cause of the uproar As s Lynch s seized the fugitive c fired at him Mm and Lynch fell cU with his thigh shattered by a n bullet The crowd then closed in on and but for the clubs and pistols of the police they would have lynched hi him n tn then and there A furious furious furi uri ous fight ensued between the police and amt their prisoner before he hc was finally sub sub- Georae dued and lull taken to the police station The next day OConnell O'Connell looked the prisoner prisoner pris oner over As soon as he be clapped eyes on he lie knew he hc was ono of the themen themen themen men he be had bad fro so o eagerly sought ought The prisoner prisoner pris pris- oner was taken before Inspector tor Faurot and put through h a n Ti vigorous orous exam cross Contrary to the thc customary sul- sul leu attitude assumed by b. b men of his calibre call cali bre when cornered grew low lo- Charles harfes C. C C Clark amt ami before the Inspector tor Captai Captain Cap Cap- tain tai Tunny and Detective OCo OConnell O'Connell lnell were through with him they had a fair idea iuca of all the crimes with which the bandit bandit ban ban- dit had been connected Better still they learned tho the identity of his accomplices and their haunts Here is where Detective Dete O'Connell's stenographic notes came into play Later Laler events showed that the loo loose c en ends s he had pieced together from rom scraps of information tion ion he be had bad gleaned when other band men were being sweated were of T vast st aid In Ia Inthe Inthe the first place be he was able ablo to pin a n crime that that of the hold up of or a n saloon on saloon on Mc Mc- Ic- Ic Vetty at the outset This placed the prisoner pris oner on the defensive e and be he soon believed he- he that the detectives knew far tar more morel about him than they ther really reany did Hoping to 1 to clear his own skirt skirts he revealed the tho thoI I names of or his brother Robert Bolser Bolger and Yellow the First h lIe He also told where they hey could be found squealed 0 led and his sQ squeal ueal proved pro the one ono link Jink in inthe inthe I the chain the thc detectives had been striving I I wJ so earnestly to forge It was only Ir a question ques ques- Ion Hon of or a It few hours before beCore the other three were at It Headquarters being put through that had bad the same sweating ting proc process ss befallen George Robert proved both a valuable and voluble prisoner The more ho he talked tho the d deeper pcr he be sank into the lie meshes of the law and bis his contradictions ans of salient points were so weak aud and far Ctr fetched that when ho was returned to his cell he had bad hadt t i all aU the police wished to know kno and furthermore had established thi th guilt of all nit four Cour beyond a n question of or doubt These extracts extract from the frank and voluminous confession of or Robert Hobert when commanded by In Inspector Faurot t tc tc- tc start at the beginning of the crimes you IOU were implicated in will fill bear this out out out- The Thc first up hold T was concerned iu b i iwas was a at t the corner of Twelfth 1 avenue enne and fifth Twenty street 1 I was drunk I expect cx ex There bix toi pert and needed d money was o of us in this thi job job me me Jerry I dont don't know his last name Pat Tat Joe Joc Reilly Yellow First and George Gcorge Mc Mc- Vetty my brother Wo We had been drink drink- lug ing pretty hard and were just walking walkin I last jast ast the place when the bunch left me and entered the saloon J I was on the outside There were cre about bout n six men in the t be r ion r on when tho the bunch Lunch entered Pretty J soon the side door burst bUlt open and the five of them ran out George e hid hd the gun bun in ii his hand hantl and an it had just been fired 1 I didn't know anybody unit had been becu hit bit bu buwe but we wc all beat it away WU and hustled to a 11 saloon nn and split up the he money moner Reilly had the coin for he wan the man maD that Mint went Trent went behind behin the tile bar to the cash register r when what v t T brother made the barkeeper I throw up Ills his hands ul ds I lion How much did you rOll get lt e asked Ninety four dollars Were ere cre the cu customers iu in the place held up too Sure We frisked them too My y brother b went through the thc bunch while beI he be I covered them with hi his gun bUll always keeping keeping keep keep- keepIn In ing Ills his e eye ou on the nn and making him stand sUnd with his |
