Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-20
MILLIONS IN BRIDES.
Sensational Disclosures Concerning
the Bleeding of New York
DiSreputabIes.

New York, June IA New York pa
per which has heretofore been regarded as
favorable to Tammany prints over a col
umn today under the head of Police
Revenue" 1t is sought to show in this
article the amount of illegitimate revenue
said to have been received by the police
Of New York annually, and this showing
IS based upon the testimony thus far
tak,l before the LeXoW investigation
c0E4nttCe.
The paper starts out with a statement
of the number Of employees on the police
force, which is 1900. The fact is cited
that the amount appropriated by the
board of estimates in the budget OF 1874
is SJ,139, Al This amount is entered up
as the legitimate sum received by the po-
lice force for its maintenance. The paper
says the testimony brought out by the
Lex0w investigating committee shows
that the police in addition to their $" aries
from the city have had az addition in
ec71s e os by eG f e aS-
merchants and pushcart peddlers. This
extra income is called paying for protec-
ton" by those who pay. By the public it
is sometimes called blackmail. The police
probably cal, it perquisites If the. testi-
mony is true, the police were very vlgllant
f E S1:Fi0ute to this extra fund Tor their
Whil2 an extra estimate of the income
of the police from these sources IS lmpos-
3ihlC at. this stage Of the investigation,
enough facts have been made pubic 10
show that it was enormous, ana approx
mately correct figures can be made. The
fact is cited that there are 7OOO saloons
in the city of New York, and the paper
rcckons that the alleged police charges
for protection for side doors open on Sun
day is $40 Il week for each saloon. Allow
ing that only One-half Of the saloons paid
tho e. 20, Tie al for one year IS
arrived at&S1,s $1,000
The paper quotes an ofncial of the po-
lice department who estimates the num-
Der of degraded women in the city to be
$4,000. Upon the basis of the last CEN
sus an estimate of five persons to house
is made. and upon this basis 1t stated
that the $4,000 immoral women III New
York are quartered in 5000 disorderly
houses. According to the alleged ponce
schedule Of prices for opening dlsorderly
houses the income to the police from TINS
one source is estimated by the paper to be
SO. 600, 600 After the opening OF these
houses, according to the evidence before
the Iexow committee, the keepers OF the
houses are required to pay from @oO 10
500 per month, and the paper making
these estimates reckons that from this
cree the police receive an annual in
come of So, 100, 600.
-Four hundred AID fifty thousand dol.
lars wear is estimated as the amount OF
the alleged extra charges for special IA
vors and protection from the police Inc
estimated income from gambling houses
and policy shops is $165,0 600 a 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 peddlers who
want to evade the city ordinance that
prohibits them from standing more than
five minutes in one place.
The paper which is quoted states that
200 new policemen are placed On the
force each year and estimates uIjen the
basis of the alleged rate or $500 to get on
the force that the income from this source
IS $50, 900 year.
The grand total made upon the basis
of the testimony presented before the
Lexow committee. including the iegiti-
mate appropriation made by the state to
maintain the police and other items above
referred to. aggregate $13.354, 141. The
following are the items which enter into
this total: From the city, 50. 139, 14l "a !;
fiisorderly houses. SS.120,000: saloons, ST.
$4,000; gambling houses, $165, 900; mer-
chants and peddlers. $50, 1000; new mem
bers of the force 100000; grand total in
come. S15.334. 147. GA.