Telegram-herald., 1889-11-18
CRIME IN NEW YORK.
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can n0t f4ll ~ strike sven sa1erfclaI
Observer lhE things have changed
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j. aot more than a decade NsN 0rk
IS Ia proved ln mor4-s Mheu V0u
Ea1 MAJ " tas gpe ~ Rev h0Eard
Arosby paying con pllnsut G. the
fuperln tenlsnG of Police. there 10
surely something IA the situation ~ be
thankful for
Cf course. Ike every other great city
A s1s soFid. Asa York has It's vices
but bEsy ara the faults that are inseD-
srable from large mixed communities
" lsreVeT people are gathered together
By Lirs nllll9a, Yog may expect - End
prscll1es and pursuits. for both pleas
are and psoGt, that would Do con
demned snyR here else. IL would os
Idle - say lbat. because New York has
gambling houses within her 1Orters.
So lon4 - m41ed society always de-
mands varied anu usements. 50 long
as tns swell gam ling clHbs OF Lon
don are patronlzrd by the nobility. and
while the Parlslan Jockey Club allows
baccarat 90 DO played, ls can hardly be
considered a deadly 0Ienss 70 permit
such gamcs as we ind In vogue here.
But shere Is avery general i'm preston
that such gambling houses as 90 exist
sre q tefl oratlon set % catch the un-
wary yicEm. AOW. speaking from a
vide experience as a criminal lawyer,
have % hesl .ation in saying that, IN
almost every case, the gam bling houses
ender the ban OF the r0lice are places
which none but professional gamblers
are permitted 20 enter and SIT at play.
Clerks and merchants and trusted en-
ployes are not % DC found there, no
matter how much the romancists may
harp upon this iavOrIte string. and for
very good reasons We're such persons
e. be sntrapped into a gambling house
and 20 lose their money or the funds Of
their employers. discovery would GER
taiuly f0lioS anu the closing OF the
gambling house would be the inevitable
result
Bus there are other and abundant
evidences of The growth IN grace OF the
metropolis which l. As a criminal law
yer. Am specially cognzant 81. Within
hve years tho class OF professional
theire formerly existing here, and
which was recruited from England,
France and different sections OF tho
United States. has almost totally dis
appeared. The severe and very posi-
tive manner In which they have been
treated has resulted in exiling the
majority. and now they all give the
city A wide berth. Then. too, the
gangs which were FOR twenty years or
moro the terror OF New York are
bsoksn up and dispersed. I. IL impos-
sibie now for any one % point out even a
remnant Of the disoanded and scattered
gangs that we're the authors Of most OF
the murders and many OF the other
crimes II she last quarter Of a century,
Rnteoedent 90 is34. The WhyOs, some
OF whose Young mon bers-au typical
toaghs- have gracec ths gallOws; the
McSlOtn gang, tie Tenth avenue gang,
OF whom TIE notorious Dutch Har-
mon" was the leader and who lived by
robbing the freight cars; the "BOwery
Boys" famous alike At fires and free
fights. and caring nothing for a broken
head whether 10 vas their own or some
body elso's; the Dead Rabbits" the
Wild and murdeEous 'MackerelvillC
gang" tho riotous Gas House District
gang. and last, but not least, the He'll s
Kiochen gang. with its foul record OI
murder and outrage Al have vanished
and their old haunts are taken by ar
orderly and peaceable population.