The evening world., 1894-04-07

of the Abe Meyers Assoc iallon Ih,I"
a flood OF light was let IN upon the
frauds and charges were ind4o lhAt I'M
plicated Patrick Diver.
SprinpinR the Trnp.
The Abe Meyers Association, composed
almost exclusively o: Hebrews. Is an off
shoot OF the Garfield cub Tn" latter
was at one time a strong Republican, or
ganization, the mcmncrs oi "hich were
Scattered over three Assembly Districts
Including the Second. 1t was growing
with such rapi1ity that Patrick DIVER
became alarmed, and 1t was decided to
capture 1t If possible; II not then to
break IL up.
, His henchmen were soon at work upon
the task of underminlnH the iatM'll
Club. Some II the officers. who were
considered the most rlablc. were seen
Most alluring promises Of reward wtr"
made, and tney weakened. Fully one
third OF the Garfield club members
could not be bought over, but the remain
der followed the officers.
A meeting Of the club was called and
the trap sprung Wcll-kncwn men had
been impressed into the service, and they
made speeches glorifying Tammany In
vain the honest Republican members
protested. The plot was carried out sue
cessfully. The Garfield CUB went TO-
pieces, and on the ruins Of that Republi-
can organization the Abe Meyers ASso-
citation was founded
Meyers Is n Tombs Police Court lawyer.
Paddy Diver, Police Justice, frequently
sits In judgment In the Tombs Police
Court. BY direction Of DIVERS hench-
men, a deputation from the new orSnnl-
what had been done The spokesman OF
the party was Morris Levy, of q Cathar-
rine street Among the Others were Sol
nernstein OF osth7rne M street ana
The Judge" was surprised and de-
lighted at the information which Levy
had to convey. lie shook each of his
the back. and smilingly insnuated that
they would lose hothing by their change
OF political faith
he added. "By-the-way. how many
members have you got in your organiza-
tion?" . ,,,,..,. o. a.,
ssns. SiHi 0f ~n0'" ABOUT 0"e-"a'' arc ''"-
- Naturalization Easy.
According TO the story which Levy
tells and the others corroborate, the
question of naturalzing the alien mem
bers Of the. Club was then discussed,
and at its close Diver said:
Weil, you Know you can get al the
ehe1s nty ser1 W s save the You nyer I
fees in court"
A stack OF tickets was then handed
over to the members OF the deputation.
Each ticket was worth 80 cents. and
was practically "A draft on the Superior
or Common Pleas Court against n fund
which Tammany Hall had deposited for
tom OF Tammany to deposit money In
the courts and get tickets which are
good for the fees In naturalization cases.
Tammany fears that some of it's Canli-
dates for citizenship would decamp II
given fifty cents instead of n ticket
representing that amount.
for Pyyer TIVE saeaess nsssS Of 5f he 9 wSyk R ha
and bring out all the votes possible.
At the conclusion of the interview. he
said. according to the statements OF the
"co ,h.,, ,.v. .,, u..
that Sou cr"no, .",fe. "n INV mrmWVcp ,smx
have the majority. The IudS"s Hr" Msy; M, WS oS
MIf anybody !. arrested and a. good
set i.,sa,I is.a Tf Will furnish better lawyer
mnny aiWnYs ,nkr. rars ~ r.. y%x, ",x, mn
"' "'""'' '""'' '"'e VI "S """'
II Patrick Diver, Police Court JUS
tice. made that statement, he certainly
Is responsible for the wholesas natur-
alization OF aliens which followed.
Diver was considered all powerful
The deputation knew that men guilty
OF every conceivable crime had gone
unpunished and that criminals of all
grades We're working for the Judge"
They knew he had promised offices to
n,
"""hS hecord'
The members of that deputation.
armed with n pocketfui OF 50.rrnt
checks for naturalization purnoses Ieft
the Diver cIuh-rooms fu,iv determinci
to make n record
That Diver believed thev yyere doiny
their work faithfully ia eviIent from
the fact that in n little while the men
We're promised the following positions:
troet-I',eanins, bnnnrtn,nnt H. IL , ~"
also asked To- take thn rantaincv q, ""p nr
election dIstrict h,t IscIirnI ' '''
Sol Rernstein n rIoce an tho ,,o,,o
force " ' " VIC ''"''
Morris Rernstein n docx Insrectorsbir
From Divver Inc J.nmtntiIln b, T. H.
advice Went 70 Soc Ricbarh E,roLs ",'
Tammanv UoiI m, rmamhars 49, a., ~
troduced 70 he "i2nes nmJ o,,, wtr ,,,i,, ~,
acted as snok.smnn ;rLnir rsSca,3 L.,
WAS az cordioI aa that civan la, IN ip. p,,'.'
On tho mart o@ Tann,pS5n, Sc" Ny rr W.
said thew wo,ild nnt nv. .' c.,,,,, noN,a =,
reDret th.ir allan '"'' N'""e ~
The Ahe Mevers Association had ham,
o,iartera In uonry atroat n,,d ~ ,h, n'.i- ~
mamhers nf tbn darnta;,i"n "N iI ,n,ao ii'I
with ths Ho-cent cbacka w'hi I,t4
Divver had ,Jver tn NJ IN, "'',' i nuS,tur
ouse.to-hnusSe cor,,ass 'v,,,' u,a ~, ~ ''Suin'
M aiu nussIahs ana foles were invited tn
~ The men b,a hasn ra .,u"i" i"W
others only "a short tirna L,ou, 90 49,,
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