The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-09

way. as the steerer has notified him by tele-
graph; The party is taken up stairs
s sna the door on wSiah eoseG
sCorkey" in the mean time slips on
peep hole in the door. Lyons, Peterson, and the
steerer are in the room with the victim; Good
and $50 are ofreGed for sale. When the Victim
has decided to buy the goods and ID has s named
%SaS Re thu as%
sS' fwa[Ss sf inches lons eight WIDE and
the mean time q duplicate box is prepared,
Into which are placed packages. Of green
Which have been purchaser. These packages
q paper are fla, faced on top by good o.. pills
have a drink: Peterson and Lyons, have
in the mean time been cautoning the vic
home, and by no means not to talk TO any one
about the deal. The box Is placed In the clothes
Tunes in full view OF the victim While the guy
Is drinking. however. the change Of boxes Is
hm the box Which Contains in ons pss Sn Of
green paper key, which does not MT the lock
r the boy is given him He is at once taken
s%1so Of % smbssr nHS nD y' makes
boy until almost train time. Sometimes the
victim is taken in the opposite direction
done. and only in the case OF man whom they
particularly fear. Little time is given to the
ar not: From the time he arrives at the house
until he leaves Is only from fifteen to twenty
family sat down to dinner. lie was taken up
stairs, heeced out of $500. and was ON his way
back to Perth Amboy before dessert was served.
THE PROFITS
None OF the prospective buyers Is allowed to
stop at the house. An agreement to this effect
Is one OF the bargains made with the proprietor
room is SIS a day. Besides this. they pay for for
one meal a day and all their drinks and cigars
was runner for steamship company. After
ward one day he met an old associate, to whom
weeks later his former companion visited him
with Lyons and an arrangement was entered
into by which the men could carry on green
g Ned Lyons. the chief Of the gang, is now So
years old. He was born in England and is mar.
build. and he weighs about 1870 pounds. His
hair is sandy and touched with gray: He has
bald. The most distinctive thing about him Is
his left ear. the top of which Is missing. He
formity. He is growing old and becomes garru-
lous when drunk. One night recently he was
ness in AN up town saloon in New York, that TO
use his own description. he gave the graft dead
Lyons gets sloa guy, whether he sells him
500 worth OF stun or $40, 900 worth. AS he had
saarS Was $40 r ss sp se night his
Times are hard with them, however, at pres
the Sub treasury department in Wall street has
been transferred 20 another department, IL Is
imR0ssible for McDermOtt 10 get new bills, and
What il workman without tools" growled
Lyons, Again broker In Wall street who buys
new bills for McDermott, has put up the price
30 high that MoDermott wishes 10 save money
been used before.
have put up their price. All this Lyons attrib-
utes TO the Lexow COMMITTEES. His opinion OF
ia blasphemy than the views OF a first mate on
a Mississippi River steamboat on the subject OF
Printers who once charged but one fourth OF
. cent sheet for the printing OF circulars. and
snd are re- o o T @ok AZ tha
price. As a result, little "wTiting' is done at
the Harlem store. the steerers are more eau;
over 10 Lyons 20 be teeced.
Telegraph operators, whether IL Is known by
the company or not, often charge Just three
times the usual rates when green goods men
wish 10 send "A message; Sixty cents is asked
for the statement that McDermOlt has men ia
his employ IN the Jersey City ferry houses OF
also in other departments OF the two roads. |
When steerers" bring guy" 20 Perth |
as says further that lie has men en- on the New
York EOlice force In his employ, Their task Is |
and Who coins 10 a police station To- complain
Lyons on saturday last wore gray sack coat |
HAVING a narrow blue STRIPE. he He hs on a
MAdrss shirt with string tis: In the bosom vas |
a. = Cluster Of diamonds n : cold ssttinS' x
wearing apparel He talks Wsl aud 100 much |
It times.
charley Peterson carries the ron Gnd pats the /
alleged money In the box His salATy u u; 900
yeAF, He wore . blue suit Of rough cloth, : /
black A4d red tic with gold pin In the form Of /
talon alligator skin bag u carried b. strap /
over his shoulder he never lays Il down, even /
whsn at the table, Peterson Is smooth fEoed, |
9Th large noss, thick lips. blue eyes. and dark
hair. He Il feet inches tall and well built Il
"CnEksT's" PAY Y % aday. His right naas u j