Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
MILLIONS IN BRIDES
Sensational Disclosures Concern,
the Bleeding of New York
DIsreputables.

|
New York, June IA New York n,
! Der which has heretofore been regarded .,
| favorable to Tammany prints over co
| unn today under the head of Polio
Revenue 1t is sought to show in fiji,
article the amount of illegitimate revems \
| said TO have been received by the polic,
| Of New York annually, and this shown,
| is based upon the testimony thus ia,
| t:,l,a before the LeNow investigation
| conxnittee.
| The paper starts out with q statement
| Of the number Of employees on the police
force. which is 5000. The fact is cited
that the amount appropriated by the
board of estimates in the budget of 1884
| is S.. 1870, A. This amount is entered Up
rs the legitimate sum received by the Do
lice force for its maintenance. The paper
saws the testimony brought out by The
I.exow investigating committee shows
that the police i'll addition to Their salaries
from the city have had an additional in,
come contributed by the Keepers OF dis,
orderly houses. saloons, gambling houses
merchants and push-cart peddlerS. This
extra income is called paying for protec
tom by those who pay. BY the public it
is sometimes called blackmall. The police
probably cal, it perqulsltes. Ii the test
mony is true, the police were very Vlgliant
in locating all persons VINO coulo De FORCED
to contribute to this extra 1und lor 'heF
benefit. .
While an extra estimate OF the income
of the nolice from these sources is lmp0S
sihln at this stage Of the investigation
enough facts have been made pubhc to
show that it was enormous, ana approx
mately correct figures can be mace. The
fact is cited that there are IoOO saloons
u Va Wiz
recEons that the alleged police charges
far protection Tor side doors open on Sun
doy is $40 Il week for each saloon. Allow
mo that only ona-half OF the saloons pad
these charges the total for one year is
arrived at-$1 .S20,O0O
The paper quotes an oftlclal or the po-
lice depaitnlent who estimates the num-
Der OF degraded women III 'n 1s el.s 10 oe
$4,000. Upon the basis OF the last CEN
sus an estimate. Of Eve persons to house
is made. and upen this basis 1t stated
thot the $4,000 immoral women III New
Yorl are chartered in 5000 diSOrderly
houses. According 20 the alleged ponce
schedule of prices for opening dlsorderiy
houses. the income to the ponce from tllS
one source is estimated ny .he papsrt t ~ W
So. GOO.O 900. After the opening OF these
houses, according to the evidence before
the TeyOw committee. the Keepers OF the
houses are required to pay from 80, 10
500 per month"; and the paper hEtknS
these estimates reckons that from this
source the police receive IN annual III
come Of IS, 100000
-Four hundred and fifty thousand dol.
lars y wear is estimated us the amount OF
The alleged extra charges for special Ia
y0rs and protection from the ponce. Inc
estimated income from gambling houses
and policy shops is $1G0,OOU 1t year: There
are reckoned to be, other special rates
levied upon merchants for the privilege
of putting boxes UPON their sidewalks,
merchants who want to- keep open ON
Sunday, and push-cart petEdlers VINO
want to evade the city ordinance that
prohibits them from standing more than
live minutes in one place.
The paper which is quoted states that
200 new policemen are placed on the
force each year and estimates upon the
basis of the alleged rate or $500 to get on
the force that the income from this source
IS 500, 900 Il year.
The grand total made upon the basis
of the testimony presented before the
LeXow committee including the legiti-
mate appropriation made by the state to
maintain the police and other items above
referred to, aggregate S15,354, LAT. The
following are the items which enter into
this total: From the city, So, 139, LAT ga;
eiisorderly houses, $500. 900: saloons, ST.
$4,000: gambling houses, S1G5, 900; mer-
chants and Deddlers. $4,000; new mem
bers of the force. 100000; grand total in
come, S11334 1864