Show r WHEN TENDERLOIN j WIN W AS IN ITS PRIME Good Stories and Incidents of New Mew Yorks York's Famous Fatuous Lower District r COUP ON BIG GAMBLER i j fi R I Inner I Voi l f r Clr city it i taI al t ks It ks In III Which Police t ll Figure t I f r o I J f rIh y in days tJay ago ngo when tho old uld Tenderloin was wu open at it it I. I 4 lh the ItO knights of or fortune who glittered I 11 therein found an LU easy euy mark marl time pei- pei on of tilL the cashier of or a Pine Bt street ot firm of or hankers bankers and brokers broker I il One mol thin ca cashier woke up p r 0 to a Ifen sense that ho lie was short antI and thereupon lie he pl promptly sod ij led himself from Crom roni mor- mor i tal a lye eye leaving for COI om hiM hla employers n note nolo lo Lu the tho effect that If JC the they would l C B him Immunity from he ho would reappear ur and anti do what ho lie could to tu help thorn then recover cr the thew w money Their promise was vas given ghen Tl Time The Jo 4 bobbed up UI serenely an andr and r- r told his Jis sto story 01 Time The brokers put th the f mutter Into the hands of oC their lawyers lawyer und and managed lo to borrow sufficient money to lo enable them to their theIl business fOl for a time lime but If the they could not get the lost list monc money back hack backor or tir must most of or it H It they must fall fail In the time of oC time the law lawyer el the detal if of or time iho case waH waw va allotted to Wallace the tho junior partner who found 1 at ul once In Iii conflict with all the time lead lead- lug Ing gamblers In New ew York their thel swarms of satellites I o undo and Incidentally with time the police both plain clothes am and I uniformed of uC tho old ninth Twenty I precinct reel net 1 Random Was tits 1 King ho c old time gamblers nrc are not forgotten yet ct Charley Ransom Hansom was their theil acknowledged ell g-ell king He lie was tho the Richard of his hiM da day though having h higher II Ig-II 11 hl Ideals than his more practical successor lIe He promptly vindicated his title tillo to toi i royalty among sporting men II by drawing draw draw- lug ing his check for Cor e cl every dollar of oC the mOlle money that could b be proved ClI to have Jut been los lo lost t in jim his hou house He lie remarked an H he lie handed over 1 hl his check that in III his Ills business h he lie hud had found it was as never ne good gool jo to o have han stolen goods about lIe He was waH the only one who made his peace The rest of or them under tho time leadership o of genial old Mike e Murray on organized for fOI battle haUle rH cle J un r- r rutes J utes iS I t i Hourly u u. dozen n of t them v After Artel a u bitter r light fight R ne court held that although the cause of oC the action wa was good the facts did not justify sustaining or orders el of oC arrest an anthe and the defendants had their fl freedom edom which was all they cared about 0 No I lope Hope From McKeon hIJII There Deemed to be he no recourse but hut butto butto hutto to criminal proceedings it being helnA vital to the tho brokers that they should have hav mon money y at once ThE There r was however an obstacle to getting money criminal crim crim- inal Inah pr process In the person of the time district dis dis- filet That nn One hue old Roman Homan John McKeon was no man to allow his office omee to be used as a collection agency The gamblers would not pa pay unless Ule they could go free and once McKeon cIcon got his grip on them there would be no hope of or a compromise It was thought expedient to give giveout giveout giveout out a n rumor that criminal proceedings about to be he taken in the hope that such a rumor might develop something useful It did did- It developed develop elop ed crt Mr 11 Clemens Grover that Grover that is not noL his name but he ho is Js a famous gambler anti and nil all round sport and he is still sUII living U With monumental nerve he sought an Interview with Wallace allace and endeavored en- en to effect a n The amount he lie offered was Va l' l refused That flint didn't discourage c him a little bit lilt lIe He lived at ut the tho y hou house and Wallaces Wallace's wan wa on Twenty ninth ninth street almost directly opposite it was therefore CrOle convenient con for tor Grover t lo to 0 hound him Wallace Vallace could not leave leu hl his house without meeting omo ione r reminder of the thc case casc In hand It might be ht the blandishments blandishments blandish blandish- ments of If Grover Craver lovE r It H hl be the scowls of or the police pollee III He lie lived in an atmosphere of suspicion and intrigue which ultimately got onto hl his nerves almost l t tl to the ext extent ut or of making him hIn give 11 up his hit job In panic O CI helmed With I in I or At one time Wallace would be hl overwhelmed over over- whelmed with offers offer of courtesy and amI favor at another tried with ith Insinuations and lind threats People he lie did not him in tho the daytime daytime day day- know mow would l speak to time lime and amid C. C follow lIow him at night The Thc use or of r. r feminine Influence respectable and neglected otherwise was vas not Time went on and although Grover gradually Increased hits hit offer ho ha had figures required got OL nowhere near neal th tho it best Wallace's Wallaces firm film then thought that he should sec iee u H certain police 1 to lo whom 1 lh they were ibl en enlist enlist enlist en- en favorably known and If Ir possible JO list hJ his his influence In effecting a reasonable reasone reason- reason able received cd Wallace allace rho e hal P ed cord cordiality ity seemingly with wi th or ot the me mease at t time the facts on great creat requested lO that a case ase and ll and he be or of in writing ho ht In order that thul him handed tu tO before undertaking informed ho o well he which hl his aid uld to time matter to give hc Such a statement freely Coll promised That night he slept fallace of or hat having In well veil in lii time the work worl lone done an effective flay daYs daY's s s Hauled Out Omit I Is I Wallace know he lid not Dut It as lie he caine TIme The next Grover OrO that gentle gentle- ho tW w house ho e hit him of out side Hide C Co or of the coining out and man opposite hou house o 0 the Gilbor and nd a with a sPeed bi making lot COl contra contrast t to hl his usual temper In violent yoU dont don't See here yoUng youn man dealing with who youre you're a police po- po to to go teach YOU ou Ill cried time he be same t. t at th the lice with wilh mt talking a youre you're an about aboul police m do yoU ou hot wW said t commissioner ionel in h his surprise f the best he be could b by It Look at t I n What do In n S nl lle he In hl his own hand hand- mn face tile had left nl nt the which he h writing I i of th the police commissioner the Hie after afler- noun before j I j That wa was cheek heck fur for fair Calr Wallace i Wll dumb I U in b. b Grover GIo won went t o on em ii I Now o this IK Is tim 1119 m end O of or It between you OU and me about this case but it l Isn't ut going to stop slot here for 01 you Do you OU re remember le ie- member what happened to Dorhan U. U Ha Eaton ton in Iii this 01 very street Look out for yourself Wallace did remember that thai Eaton had hart been on his own door door- j I I tel A n few e lw years yearn before and general I report laid time the crime rime to tu revenge re tor for r Ills his professional acts in Erie railway I matters whereby b he hc had incurred the J enmity of III James Fisk Jr Tr I All negotiations having thu titus come cometo to lo an iLl end there thele wan t as nothing for Cor or f W- W lace but to do o what ho lie could b by beginning be be- ginning a a. criminal prosecution The evidence c was laid before beCore District At Attorney At- At torney McKeon who promptly impounded im Im- pounded It ft Attorney Hold I It Up lJJ The district attorney determined to keep the matter in hl his own hands and atil to lo proceed without th the Intervention of oC ofa ofa a n magistrate also to leave out the Twenty ninth precinct police POliN und avid bandie handl handle han ban dl die dle that hat part of It from headquarters headquarters' Accordingly Wallace was soon fa favored a- a ored with a visit from ruin Inspector Thomas Byrnes 8 who leisure leisurely sauntered sauntered ered Into his office one afternoon and took tool a chair Inspector Byrnes watt was at that time lime not lint far from being Ising the lIw known best man in New cw York Wallace allacc had seen him him mall many times and heard and read of him pretty much every C day of or hl ills his I life liCe but had never come into ner onal I contact with wILh him hini before 11 He lie hUH has this to Lo say l In confirmation of the general opinion as me to Byrne Byrnes' personal power and magnetism those qualities li In him which have ha led so man many criminals to tu to lo him their crimes without promise of ot Immunity or reward DurIng During Dur Dur- ing log a long Interview covering co a wide range of or topics he lie distinctly felt himself an Influence strongly urging him to communicate to Mr th lr Byrnes Dyrnes U CI every particular bit of or information he helal had lal IS TIme The Inspector asked for COI a few names name addresses which he did not write THe THelon down n relying apparently upon an aim ex extraordinary cx- cx memory and HIHI then talked discursively for or an aim hour or oi more marc He lie told in detail the story ton of his capture of the murderer and amid of time the Manhattan bank bani burglars lars more moro lull fully fulls' null mid interestingly than limn 11 lie subsequently subsequent subsequent- I ly gave av them to lo the public In his book bool and he lw discussed d police pollee and amI detective e methods of oC all nB countries I 1 Object in ill That there was some Home object in thus valuable time must be hE true hut but ut just JURt what the object was Wallace could not fathom Perhaps the time Inspector in inspector Jim Jim- was trying lo to satisfy himself as is to the good faith of oC Wallace and lila his clients It Is pretty prell certain that thal If f there the had lJ been en bad faith he would hove have ered Iel its it s As h he lie r rose e to go Byrnes Dyrnes said said- aid Well I T shall shah visit those places to- to and take lake those IlU g-IlU gentlemen rnell In In Dont you OU think it possible a tip UI ma nay may get et out and you ou lOa may find hid the louses houses cs closed and the men gone on There Theme will be no tip out une unless you ou ouI gIve I Ive It out yourself said n Byrnes When hen I 1 undertake e a Job It generally gets ets done It proved pro so That Thai night s 11 us d If mM lUW JUl JU l T l S1 ih the thc precinct an and all nil tho pro- pro and spent that night In n cell cells Much luch to Wallaces Wallace's regret old harley Chancy Hansom Ransom had to tu go with the rest est Neither lI did Grover Gro escape It is characteristic of or the police methods l of those hose days that as Wallace allace who had watched the raid on Mike Murrays Murray's 1 from rom across the r street was soothing his excitement with a rabbit an und and a 3 mug nug of oC ale at George Browns Brown's chop chophouse louse house in hi Twenty eighth street Grover Groel should come comae in JIl with his captor antI and take tak a s seat at at the next table He Ito was bound to have hare supper on his way to Jail Wallace was wa glad to have the tho policeman po po- po- po there thele for tor Grover Glover was mad and arid almost pulled his whiskers out when he recognized his neighbor tl on omi The next day the arrested men employed employed em em- cx Recorder Smyth as their counsel and were released on ball balland balland and things down for COl a while Then- Then overtures for fOT a a. settlement were made by the ex recorder Being asked what he was going going- to todo do 10 if it a 0 settlement were ere made and b being be be- ing big informed that District Attorney McKeon l would not consent conent under any circumstances to stop the prosecution he said he would attend to that part of or it He lie did not name an a adequate equate I figure and amI his proposition was re re- re jc d. d me ne complication to DC oc closed Tho The brokers lint hull made mad up UI their minds they must fall fail and Wallace Wallace Wal Wal- lace luce had almost drowned dro d in other othet business his regrets for tor lila his failure when he received a 0 request st from Grover Grovel for tor a n last Interview He lie consented consented con con- with reluctance for he had no hope of or accomplishing anything The rho two met in the tho evening in th the house office and went up tu to tuG G rovers rover's little single room whore whole by bythe bythe bythe the light of or a single Mingle gas sas jet th the they It out for hours The rhe whole ground was gone over again and antI Grover Glover was full first of promises promise of ot future advantage to Wallace If h he would ouid take the sum offered and quit and then of threats of personal trouble and ond business disaster No agreement could b be reached and Wallace broke off lIT the meeting at nt about 1 a. a m. m am and wont went across the he street to his lila house bouse where he sought his room and his bedIn bed bei in tn discouragement Grover GiCs Up He lIt had lain reading and amid smoking to compose himself as his habit was for tor fora a few minutes when he lie heard a ring at the doorbell The jhc servant who ha had waited up for tor him had not retired and quickly appeared saying that Mr 11 Grover Grovel was vas below and wished to see sec Mr 1 Wallace Tell him Im I'm sick of of him and wll not SC see him said Wallace Vallace turning his eyes cye back to his hla book Presently lh the servant sel reappeared with a card on which was waa written You lou had bettor better see me I 1 have come como cometo comoto to your terms Show him up said sald Wallace Grover Gro came in and without a word took from flom the tIme inside pocket of ot hi his waistcoat a sizeable bankroll from which ho h peeled off and amid dealt out upon upon upon up up- on the covers of or Wallaces Wallace's bed 60 OliO OHO in iii bills of large denominations right isn't it h he le right said Wallace And Amid Gro Grover r went vent out It was characteristIC char char- of ot tho the breed not to tu ask fo fon for fora or ora a n promise or 01 a scratch of or a u pen That was wn the end of ot it all Wallaces Wallace's clients were saved ed How ex ox-Hecor or managed ld to lo stop slop tho never r developed eloped but nothing them more was heard of Wallace's Wallaces reputation pervaded th the Tenderloin anti and had he lie chosen to take tak It he lie could have ha had crooked law la enough at high fees feos to hav hll h bu lne- lne 1 Km kept him busy from flom that da day to tits this I NOW New York Sun SUIl |