The evening world. Newspaper, August 9, 1913, Page 9

ay ‘wer... eo ; 9 eS 55) [eneSeses ‘Thin-Faced, Hollow- f Paris Look Like Ama- teurs, Now Being “Rounded Up” by the Police. BA big section of east side New York fm the grip of the gunmen, “Murders, shootings, holdups, gang te in which bystanders are shot gown by stray bullets, are happening 4 few days. % worldwide known Apaches of are timid amateurs compared to Quick-acting dope fiend gunmen of east side. Police thus far have fatled to MEE thelr hold. the Kehillah 1s going to try It, Kehillah, a great Jewish organi- of business men, backed by a B War fund, !s out to exterminate the an. they do !t? The gunmen laugh at suggestion, or they did until yester- » when It became suddenly known the name of every gun fighter in east wide was liste! by th 1 h under the heading “Who's Who s" and beside each name the ful and ri en of some through the gangater be tratled. yen the Word went out from all the whom mm holes and tortuous alleys of the! aide thal there was pgaitive mon- fn the campaign of the Kehillah, organization had inside informe- from, 80me source, and so to-day gneer {8 gone from the gangster’s ‘as he prepires to fight {t will be war to the death, rmore, War on (ie east side bloodshed and murder, wanton free. It only weeds the first move ing the climax, day yesterday victous gunmen fe trailing in under escort, si d on the “carpet” at Police Head- ters, while the sleuths endeavored n the cunning ones the of those who shot William Lustig M6 Humpty” Jackson's restaurant on rd avenue Monday night. n “Humpty” himself was taken to “see the boss” on a charge of ving stolen goods, which every east knows is @ che-ge concealing thing bigger. War Js on and, right here in New fangs were well supplied with y. Their form of levying toll on nseless merchants under pain @eath has netted them a big war feed Not content with plain hold-up mathods they have inaugurated the bus Bees Of collecting from push cart p & tribute of from fifty cents to a @ week. Streets are portioned off i Pimmtance, the “Little Archie’ gang, q ~ that each gang has its territory, For bers of which shot William Lustig, fe cheir business streets on Rivington, £*On the Ca n Inside Story of the F Chested, Flashy, Dope ‘Fiend Gangsters, Who «Make the ‘“‘Apaches”’ of we may see a chapter of civic! either continued after big mo-| of thrills, or concluded tn a burat to the echo of automatics, educating the merchants to resist th be done. Chdirman F. B. Goodman of the Wel of the Kehillah’s gunmen fighting or. stil alive although every Broome and Grand, and no other gang molests thelr legitimate prey. ‘There are gangs all over the city, but on the east side they are thickest. Fifty organized bands hold forth in that dis- trict. They have their own underworld code of conduct, Any day the east alde merchant lean- ing over his counter ts likely to be ap- proached by three or more villainous looking youths who bring a demand | for money. They do this under various | guises. There are fake raifies, balla and | benefits which the merchant knows will | never take place, Yet when he Is asked to buy @ hundred tickets he knows that ; refusal means a beating, probably his death, id resisting are many and terribie. The storekeeper who refuses is marked, It may take weeks, but he knows that sooner or later the heavy club will fall on him from behind, or mayhap if the gang thinks the lesson fs needed, a swift stad of flame in the night will spell death. ‘This Ja not va- poring; you read of Ike occurrences every few days, to put It on an ai age. In the old days the gangs fought with fist and club, and resulted from po.itl- cal aMiiations, With the coming of Monk" Eastman revolvers were intro- duced, and in succession leaders of brains held the gangs together. The The moment a gangster is arrested a| last of tho big leaders "Big" Jack benefit 1s arranged. Under some ample | Ze. He and his crowd on the Inside name lke “The Three Jolly Fellows" | of the organtzation never hothered with the band prepares tickets for a testi-{ Mall fry. His Ideas brought the fake montal ball to the unfortunate one, Taffle game. “He could see the Inrger| ‘The gangster in prison Is probably there enterprises of the gang, but left the! waiting trial for assaulting a merchant |*Maller things to the bull-necked, flat- who courage enongh to refuse his footed, slow-golng members of the gang. demand. Now occurs the great grim; They were the “Mawkies,” ao called | Joke of the gangs. Other merchants | from the Yiddish word which designated are forced to buy-the benefit tickets, the thelr dunder-headed, money-mad, slow- money from which will go to freeing /MoVvIne brains. They were the ner- the very man who is preying on them, | V8nts of the quick and the active. They ‘These are the prosperous days of the | Walked errande gor such men an Zelig, ganas Bale Faller, “Kid” Twist and the reat Along Delancey street, for example, | Of the daring gunmen, are hundreds of peddlers with push’, Then suddenly came the death of Corts lined up at the street curbs, Once | 7eHs, shot by Red Phil Davidson in at & week the gang on whose particular [Street car. The organization held to- Street the push cart men are makes 9 ether by Zellg split into twenty fac- thorough tour. The push cart man sees | Hone with as many grievances, David- on, a ‘“mawkle,” had killed a gang and knows the gangater, who ts gener- | * ally a thin-faced, hollow-chested user Pied ad marked the rise of the of cocaine, coming. He can appeal to gunmon’s demands. They say it can fare Committee is the man at the head Sanization, and he has declared his con- tempt for the gangster on many occa- fons. He points to the fact that he im gangster knows he is working for his arrest. This fact, he contends, should teach the merchant that the proper thing to do Is te But the visible consequences of « Vv BENNW* Tne “Dopey B Wve ve ry ings. “Dopey” abouts hereaft j the stool pigeon. have been mistaken. of the ‘boob’ org which they derid: Was accomplished, parade after the hearne, dead, taking thelr names them for the fall. was not a “mawk! Ro Usts in his time, present. ready for the war. They continue to shoot, route, ‘The greater number of gunmen on the east side today are “mawkies.” It took them to conceive the Idea of hold- ing up push-cart peddlers for 60 cents ! the corner policeman or he can obey the | threat whispered in his ear. For a mat- ter of fifty cents and to avold a beat- Ing, or perhaps death, he pays up. And tren leet wee @ week. If there existed a ten-cent ' Tf you don’t believe it go right up to Gratl CAnyy ners ee maya’ te & peddler and say, “Gimme four bits on jer iat lee 4 mean, cunning, low, but they spend esha ae hacpenn money freely. Stuas games get thelr coin, They know the game is crooked, If your man happens to be the ®ame tor they are cappers for a crooked cami celery vendor who had his stand near| elsewhere themselves, still, they stack | Suffolk street last night he will reach |Up against # nightly. The remnants into a purse made of bedticking and) of the old type gunmen, some fifty in hand you @ half-dollar without com-| number, are those who go to Coney nent. And this too with @ policemaniby the automobile route They « {standing a hundred feet away and a! make the “mawi:ies contribute. The ‘police station diagonally across the: mawkies are white savers, done street. ‘flendy und degenerates Thelr a Of course you had better give back | are still lod by individuals of the ot! the money, although when you throw It/type and the district. boundarles are | on the cart and start away you leave! Kept | sbohind a bewildered Jewish peddier,| That is one thing which protects cltl staring after you with baffled eyes and! zens in Harlem from the arm of tie pulling his long beard. ‘east side wang. Harlem has its own. These are truly the fat days for the|A short time avo the “Hear Cat Levy gankater, leang fr amst crossed ove | Every evening you can see him leave! ana shot Levy, % Ing in an automobile for the gangsters’ hed encroached in 0 playground, Coney Island. (“Nate Levy fs still i. ‘The true gangster seorng to walk. He neys on the k can afford to ride in state, and #0 could) ‘Triguer the leader is you, if you had simply made the rounds Hapsent at headquarters jor fled nts and taken $5)! ye more § to-day, noon for your hour of robbery. | gtood the greater part of the "Ldttle So they go to Coney evenings, like the| Archie’ and “Young Terry” gangs kings of Wail street, and spend aimost| "Young Terry" is noted as missing as freely, The gangster on an outing! and wanted” at Centre street 4% Coney le another story, which may} Johhny span "ao! some time be told on this page, the ‘The Kehillah is trying a campaign of ing. @ang he organized is still operat- “Humpty” Jackson is trying to be oy verbial doorna'l, He entered a restaurant, ata table and frowned “Bring me a chicken,’ “Sorr we ha “Then Ti have a ol But for vy sake ar sharp and bring it along.’ “I'm afraid, and 4. the walter “Well 4 bring me a palilff.’* | = = \ AN AMERICAN & 1 AL bre supe 1d ing (Pa, Iron company, | ored by Ue King of Swe oration of knig his wrk In atre tional friendship » that we 1d, but doesn't seem to be able to away from the vicinity of shoot- Benny was called to Headquarters yesterday and the police were able to run lightly over t! of his gang, which amazed Benny. In fact, the gunmen learned that their names are known and that their where- when shootings are Dulled off will be inquired first they thought it was the work of They now sew they It was the work tion, the Kehillah And th into, At is how it When Zelig's funeral took place the gunmen thought dt a splendid idea to ‘They came In humbers and showed respect for the|es about New York. Down at Manhats And all along the route were POnS Me Matbn members of the Kehillan and detectives | attor nd looking them up at leisure. While they showed of |&nd® begin to play any one of hitty- their strength the wise huatere marked | S¥en varietion of half-timé, beach bath. The gunmen were honoring a dead leader who would never] est partner and begin to trot or to! have permitted such a parade. Zellz| boston or to castlewalk. and there were All of which brings us down to the and ride to Coney over the rubber ure | Island this summer Can the Kehillah wipe them out? ‘The show down {s coming! onstincdiitsieaaae Could Eat Anything. De Wolf Hopper is telling this on Business had been dead as the pro- Consequently, Bagster was not in an amiable frame of mind pated himaeif erociously, e wrowled, w dressing the weary-looking walter, sir,” replied che are ou you got wany in ain” repliot & and a 40,000 CANDLE POWER, A new Ughtahi has been placed at Me: Liverpool, England, with a forty thousand candle power Ment (the largest 4 bit,” but) world) and an tmproved foghorn device, In the y bar, near , THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, AUGUS WVew York’s Sinister East Side Gunmen Tt 9 New York’s Latest--The Water Tango; “: \Just a Noon-Day and Moon-Light Glimpse of What’s What on the This Half Holiday and Every Other Day and Evening of the Dance Summer of Nineteen-One-Three. City’ Beaches names By Nixola Greeley-Smith. The water-tango has struck the beach- tan, Brighton and Coney Island any noon these days, when the hotel or and sca bathers alike seize the near- titul, The Kehillah has the goods and ts|from undor rubber caps do not. suggest ‘Meantime the gunmen make merry.|We know that 1 Venus were to rise rT w with @ trot. all. There a: } the | takes a rest. | with a Krace and ab . But the water-tango is the newest of No one ts too old and No one |g too young, You |Uttle girls of eight and ten dancing atinctively just when to dip and when to | ce of self-con-| grapevine and w e charming accom, you are a turkey trotter. about keeping the step an you never jhave worrled about keeping the Com- ze with admiring ) the rare and creatures who know in- awe at mandments. hed ani expert tro! MRotched From Life :} Manhattan Beach by Will B. Johustons. ance on the piassa after breakfast, and for the first time and) inquired wonder: some day soon it will be considered the ing! ly of the man who took him, “Why correct thing to warm up for breakfast don’ t they make the servants do it?” And then in the very midst of your {Superior thoughts, some one say: those who do not leave /on now, just try it. I'll teach you, the ocean to dance, but jig up and down|in one of those weak moments when in the water, The more enterprising. | your guardian angel Jn off his beat you however, rush to the firmer footing of succumb, And the next thing you know ind beach and trot ty! their bath- ing suits are dry or till the orchestra ose feet behave under “Come and You worry ha w rpet’’ To-Day to See ‘‘The Boss’’| They Dance It in the Surf and on the Beach ; sand in all the dripping dishevelmen¢ of clifging bathing euits. know whether trotting ts right or ‘wrong, You don't care. All you know is that you've just got to dance when the band etarta playing or when somebody pute on @ new record. You may not be doing it now, course, Some constitutions resiet ‘m tor « long time, Mine did. May not be among those who pastime in (ts latest phase of : § : ieze i fi abe the show ts over and been pouring reckleseneas do Urroats all evening, If you are quiet wife and mother, @ dignified, tm» portant father of a family, semem>er Rot to Be puffed up adeut it, nor leok upon the trotters and rejoice that you ‘are not even as they, For gour hour will come. An@ whether {t ls on @ roof garden or @ beach er fa @ country home, past expertence will count you nethini you nothii At @ given moment ‘will arise and trot. “Why? Nobody knows, With all.cther let clousners that few grown women pos- the most trying conditions, You reoail|4ances the Erek svbet ewe seme 9f 8 You seo old jadien with white hair that a fow nights ago you were altting|POPularity to the fact that & enattes The steht Is curlous if scarcely beau- | postoning with the best of them and peacefully at n Nbrary table reading | People to be together @ long time with- | n out finding each other out. Also it gives Young women in dripping bath-| until you do it yourself you don't un- dry old book by somo sawdust soctol “5 teeny tsth cnbeen tee ing nuts with wiepa of hair atreaking | deratand it. You look at it and you ask: /xist who never even heard of the turkey perch up hth moe on Is Mt posaibia that an immoral soul can trot. And you marvel how you man-/ incor ita tnfuence men ia kent Venus rising from the sea even though amuse itself by Inventing crazy ways of aged to live in those dim days. when while some little schoolroom Guff bell getting about a room when It's so much you were only a ¥ ble with the rea "| teaches them @ new etep and women ere ab, hold up] anywhere from the Battery to Coney | pleasanter and cooler to sit right where ing habit and didn't know a boston from | by the intrioscied of the tango © would fall au-| you are and let the waiter do the tur- a minuet. ioe untle a prodlem of caleues tomatically into the Hes tation Glide, key-trotting?” | Meantime, in @ thousand Iaboratorion | a, casily Aa if were a danctng slipper. For weeks the guests at country and You think, too, of the Chinese An | len tial @ searching for tl germ of Old or young, aage or silly, take ware- shore hvtela have counted no day|bassador who saw the bt uty and every known and unknown disease save ing. Call on the mountains bide you, spent whiten did not begin with alehivalry of England dancing together this _dovasting epdemic of the tret. or the fool-killer to come and get you, x - te foypl yl somewhere, the turkey ine eel On Fifth Avenue, New York, Friday, August 8 |"»™7"e = : : rou ‘ : » ie ig US sree A ae) ul wan on. pide lao In Literary Circles. The COLLECTED WRITINGS OF WILLIAM RAYMOND SILL were re- | ceived yesterday at the New York Pub- |Ne Library, The Jonor was Mr. Andrew | Carnegie | +1 don't eure wh Shakers wrote good etuft," Joo Weber yesterday at the Aw | Lub, | perfectly phospholorous te be ‘ remarks Mise Julia return to the @ra- of Broadway an@ Werty- | onwnreutinseersiians METHOD IN IT, q you think, dear. began Guan, vor neighbors, the are putting on @ great @ealteo muon atyle, considering the feet @at they never know trom day to day where the next moal ts coming trem? Well," replied Mre. Comfy, "yeu seq the more ptyle they put on she mere Ukely they are to Be tmvited ous ‘tp dinnes.” RE ee