The evening world., 1894-08-28
'HOUNOEO BY POLICE.
Haughey's Men Try to starve
Out Newsman Weinberg.
Drove Him from His Stand for No
Apparent Reason.
PatroImen Put on Guard to See lie
Does Not Get Back.

A policeman stood to-day, Just as one
has stood for the past three months. at
the northwest corner of Sixth avenue
and Fortysecond street. for the sole
and only purpose OF preventing s. Vein
berg from placing n newsstand under
the Elevated stairs at that point.
As the newsdealing day covers two
details of police the city Is paying a fair
average of 500 n month to prevent g.
Weinberg from conducting his business.
There are two news-stands in the cor
responding spot on the opposite corner
across the avenue in front of Jimmy
Wakely's saloon. There is sCuudly
established fruit stand under the stairs
across the street on the southwest cor
ner
Stlll the people OF New York are pay
ing $500 year to keep a news stand
away from the north vest corLer under
the stairs.
Weinberg Is permitted to run "A small
stand of two tables against the mag-
mary stoop line OF the building on the
corner. and the only business of the po-
lIceman is to see that he does not move
under the stairs.
There must be, at least there should
be, some natural cause for this distinc-
ton drawn to the prejudice Of the north
west corner. Here Is a chance TO draw
conclusions as to the reason, for here
is the story, or a part of II. as the
whole Is so diversified. ramifed and
various that II would take a fair-sized
book to tell It,
There Is newspaper advertising office
In the area basement at that corner. 1t
In conducted In behalf Of the advertising
patrons Of al the newspapers. II was
formerly managed by man named Re
lnsco. II Is said that he had "A girl in
his employ who had a friend or relative
named John J. Walsh In t." Elmirt Re
formatory. She persuaded B.insc, to get
Walsh out of the Refurmatory which he
is said to have done, ana then given him
employment at 81 a week. Ia addition to
his advertising business. BclascU had II
newsstand under the Elevated stairs in
front OF his place. Walsh was put in
charge of IT.
II Is further said that during tempo
rnry absence of his employer about two
years ago. Walsh took possession in
his own name OF the newsstand, and
then defied Belasco to recover II He
Is alleged to have succeeded in his de-
fance. However that may be, Walsh
soon got control OF the newsstand and
the advertising business, and Belasco
vanished from the scene.
newsstand and sold out to man
named Levin for, sl.4oo. but he still re-
tanned the advertising business.
Just as soon as Levin bought the
stand he found himself In n peck OF
trouble. He was repeatedly arrested for
of despair when S. Weinberg. "a young
man who supports his mother and n
large family at I39 Sixth avenue, came
along and bought the stand from Levin
for 400. wholly unaware of the troubles
that attended Its maintenance.
A little while after complaint which
Is said TO have been traced u Walsh was
filed before the Bureau OF Encumbranco
and the stand was removed.
Weinberg attempted to re-establish II
and was arrested. Then he secured the
permission of the corner property-owner
to put up the present little stand; He
declares that the combined pursuit of
Walsh and the police has stll been az
his heels. He has been arrested and
fined dozen times in the past year He
says that his stock has been thrown into
the street by policemen. His papers have
been stolen. he has been followed at
night and bounded, as he says, by Walsh
manner.
Still he has doggedly held on. ami,
protected by the owners OF the builds. :.
runs his little stand. Fearful that
stairs, Capt Haughev. of that precinct.
placed a policeman on The lrner To pre-
vent It, and has k'I: up he watch
ever since.
A little while ago Walsh hnding TINT
the advertising busihesS was unproflt-
able without the stan1, gave that up.
Weinberg took the ibaid'ncd office and
now continues the al ertlslng business
along with his little stlnd-not under
the stairs.
Weinberg said this morning that his
I IN Va l,i,
5000, chiefly for legal fees and fines. n,
/ complains of being persgru;eC, and all
the neighbors say ;hit his trcatT,.'
Is an outrage