Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-09-08

tuOUs Duhiuceb in NtW lufk was tnbstl4
IN the hands of James Mentally and Fred
erick Hadlick. These two men managed
rival concerns and were known a. the
sbackers." Both had police protection.
Circulars were sent out ti5. 900 dayl and
arrangements made TO meet the victims
and swindle them. The hackers had
agents In the telegraph Offices and In the
postoffice, who were paid TO see that circu
lars and messages were properly delivered.
Men called "stecrcrs" were employed to
escort the victims TO the "ofilce." These
steorers were well known 20 the police
Apo himself was well known TO them.
They escorted their victims under the eyes
Of the police with impunity. The hackers
guaranteed protection In this city to those
In their employ and held back percentags
Of each mans pay for the purpose Of pay
ing the police. Apo said that McNally
had been In the green goods business In
New York for eight years and had never
been arrested. The other men who were
employed In various capacities In running
tho business were known as TURNER'S"
stailers," '.ringers'i and ''old gentle
men," each one performing his allotted
task.
Men who tried to run the business on
their own account In this city, Apo said,
were driven out OF the precincts, even muir
der being attempted TO get rid Of them,
Jobs being put up for that purpose. There
could be no doubt, the witness said, that
the regular men In the business were pro-
tected by the police, and as proof OF that
he added with the utmost nonchalance
that II he attempted to pick pocket he
was Immediately arrested, but that not
withstanding his picture was In the rogues'
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known to tho police he was allowed TO
steer ,guys''--that IL, victims of the green
| goods men-through the street and under
the very noses of the police, who often rec
| ognized him while doing 30, with impu-
nifty
According to his own statement, George
Apo was born In New Haven 3S years
ago. His father was Quimbo Appo, no
torious Chinese despcrAdo, who died In
Sing Sing prison, where he was serving q
| life sentence for murder. His mother was
n low white woman. Young Appo was
taken to New York while child and
reared In the slnms.
| The first fruitful result of his bringing
| up was the propensity, which developed nj
| the early ago OF IA, that he had for picking
| pockets. He first came to grief ON May
| 81, 1879, when a policeman nabbed him al
the corner Of Broadway and Fulton street
/ while he was In the act of extracting 1
| purse from a woman's pocket. Recorder
Hsckett sent him TO the penitentiary fol-
| two years and six months. He served his
| term and three times sincs then has beer
sent to prison for similar offenses.
| For a number OF years Apo has en-
gagged, evidently with success, in the greer
goods trade. IL was In an effort TO steel
two guys" In the person Of Ira Hogs
head and his father in law, Ephraim Cas-
sell OF Greenyille. 8. c., on Feb. i2, is93
that ho lost one eye and nearly his life.
On that date he met tho two southern
ers by agreement at the New York hote
in Poughkcepsie. His intention was b
steer them to this city, where the exchang
was to he made. The men, however, be
came suspicious, and Hogshead shot hin
while In row ut the hotel. All partie
were arrested The sontherners claime
that Apo threatened them, and that
was done In self defense. They wero dis
charged. Apo served II months.
Seven years ago Apo was shot In th
stomach. Since then he has been cut an
slashed In various places while handlin
green paper.