The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-06-15

st.s-stuser n tsis city OF n"a - go,
s. 90 'T,ts ; about the vets WIZ
T.r.&.r. end date for register POI,
.....~ .bs i-ss was wearing saitNN
..,e,a~ T-s...y stand together IN ss'as''a,
a.a out az sassn. III every e.'''''lSe
,,,.s-r al eos,,.igsa ns. they have ."
u.rl Tor ruhhc opinion ttni.'A' -. -;
/ ,.,9s. m no WAY interfere Win ti''as '4'>'
riCu& ,,,r
r., -.y-r,rfiur az government Ia our
.,rset tili,s i rapialy assuming -
r,-fin-,s tat. unless cheTAsu' No."
+ son threaten ;he life Of lie n1'i'''' ~
s.is Tine dehasuchery OF the ci'1
necessity must affect the li'e 81 '1ie 'i''
+ ,;~-, hecau., If the oyershaao"'ils ia.
( q. -..,,... If the modern city. We {" iio'
s.,.- -. Ia - MSS this point, whlch VIC
I,sr. ,r.-.n;..i asss,in aud aG..in during
rh,. ..ftl,s We observe the fact;
E5rs,-in the supremacy Of the s4n'is
; -, ,,t ,-,.x Bv the slunis do nos mean
+ the o1lr iii money. By the sihhIs :
p,.-1 the vicious and the degraded, the
,.r;, ,i,,.;I aud the evil minded. IL IL
fac, that the lowest and vllest clements
of ne c;t~'s life practically dominate ~
. Taia New York as an Illustration. ~
-, j.!u-t,-,tion of what Is true III an
the .--..,tar cities III lesser degree we
find the center of government IN cor
RIM. society answering TO nobody save
;ts ,.-s nd the elements OF corruption
-, ,.,ii..h il lives and out of which IL WAS
lurL
ORGANIZED CRIMINALS.
Tam,nanv Hall is the most powerful
co+erie Of organized criminals that ever
dominated The hfe Of any people. IL
makes and unmakes judges and Jurles,
feeds and breeds Oh vice and crime.
With iron heel 1t brushes the weak. IN
ti,,,dates the half hearted and defies the
strong. Il is a whitening curse TO the
citys life, damning with hot breath OF
corruption every ramiEcatlon OF the
boly pohtic. Like cancer, it literally
eats the heart out of the honor OF the
Young manhood Of or day. And
though it is such an organization IL
lives and t,lrives and continues It's reign
wit, supreme impudence. | have SAID
many emphatic things about this gang
IN tie past. have never had occasion
to resrct one utterance, to take back one
!
the LONGER have lived among them, the
better know them. the mere utterly
impossible it becomes TO find language
sufficiently emphatic TO give any Gde-
uuate notion of the actual facts.
Glance for moment today ut our gov
eratnent and test it. character. We be-
hold on the judges bench a man who Is
about to be arrested for rascality and
who had become drunken lOafer, who
now receives salary of &S,CO0 Il year.
We have the great and only Paddy
Diver on the judges bench with his
noted companion. A biographical sketch
of the Hon. Patrick Diver, commonly
, called Paddy" leader of the Tamrnany
hosts in the Second assembly district, le
, lateS that "he is the keeper of a sailors
boarding house and is the proprietor OF
has interests in several liquor saloons
, He is an ex-member of the board OF
aldermen. a race track frequenter and
the friend and confdant of gamblers
: He is on terms of intimacy with Johnny
Matthews and Jake Shipsey, two mem
. bers of the sporting and gambling fra
+ ternity, whose particular methods OF
! frequenters of Paddy DIVERS and othel
t rlmshops on Park row. where they are
! generally to be found"
g We have also ON the judges bench the
y distinguished ex-ehairman of the boar(
D Of excise. a man whom | denounced
r from this pulpit in unmeasured terms-a
the time of his reappointment on thu
= board. ard who carries the brand oftha
@ arraignnlent as originally uttered
though he invoked all the machinery O
the courts under the influence of Tam
g many to protect him from its force. Thi
J. man, during the tendency of indictment
It for renitentiary olfenses, was elevated b,
f the present mayor Of the city to the pc
8 sition of judge. He has shown since hi
}. elevation to the judseship that he i
q about as thoroughly fitted for tho posi-
) ton as would be any criminal VIII
It would be taken from the stockades q
q Sing Sing and placed upon the bench
l. EIe pleads for the fact that he was grad
It uated from Columbia law school. an
It yet he laid aside his judicial duties
% few days ago and appeared as the attol
Is ney for saloon that desired to open
s, rum hole within less than 200 feet of
~ church.
If AN INTERESTING BIOGRAPHY.
n We have among the recent batch c
s, appointments by Mayor Gilroy, elevate
y TO position Of high responsibility.
% man who Is a common convict for theft
70 who was convicted for stealing as an
s. other ordinary thief. We have ais
d among these appointments the notoriou
,r JOHN J. Scannell. Nr. Scannell has bee
ID made chairman of the board of fire CON
4, missioners at salary of 5000 a veal
e. The biography Of Mr. Scanncll has bee
2" recorded briefly as follows:
=. ''1e is Tammany's leader in the Ele-
1t enth district, was saloon keeper an
N professional gambler. For many yea
to he kept the Compton House. the i'll r
Is pate OF which extended ever the who
4. city. His reputation as professions
d. gambler is thai of one of the best know
to men ii the profession. He began his D
id htical life by committing a murder in
I'd gam bling house at Twenty eighth sire,
al and Broadway, where pools Were beir
40 sold On an election. While Donohu
at his victim, was passing through TIVE
a. ty-tnird Street. at the corner of Thii
ID avenue, one night he was approached /
We Q nun believed to be John Scannell. Z
IN was tall. thin man. precisely like Sea-
nell IN appearance, and was disguised
D. a wig and SLOUGH hat. AS Donohue ar
o. his friends approached the man he Dire
10 revolver and fired. The bullet stru,
Oh Donohue in the body, passing through
It. RIB end lodging in the back without d
81 ing him any serious injury.
De John Scannell disappeared the san
o. night. and nothing was seen of him f
ty nearly year About two years lat
rs Sca1nen met Tom Donohue in a DO,
Sc room in the basement at the northwe
IL corner of Twenty-eighth street a,
se Bro 'iway and killed him by firing fl
a | lll IlAfG llfA hit A