The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-08
THE HOLD-UP SOCIETY.
Formal Organization Was Effected
Last Evening.
Provisional Rates Put Society's Services
Within Reach Of All.

The Providence Hold-Up Society was
organized last evening and is now ready
for business The session was long one
and there are no less than forty charter
members. This large attepdanco accounts
for the fact that no one was out last even
ing actively engaged in the work which
the society is intended TO perfect and de-
yelop.
The motive Of the organization is of
beneficiary character and 1t has been
established to fill long felt want of de-
linquent bill payers.
A central office Is To be established down
town, as near TO the police headquarters
as possible, and in addition there will be
branch in each ward, In charge of a
or seven men, as the size of the ward and
amount of business may demand.
The greater part of last nights meeting
was devoted to determining schedule of
rates. The object to be attained in this
was double one-the society must he
self-supporting and at the same time its
benefits must be within the means of the
as provisional schedule, subject to such
changes as the business shows to be advis-
able:
1. Plain hold-up between sunset and
IL p. m.--37 cents.
2. Plain hold-up at any hour between
IL p m. and 8 a. MO- cents.
3. Hold-up with hue and cry to attract
attention of POLICIES cents.
4-Hold-up with real pistols, blank
cartridges-75 cents.
5. Hold up and preparation of plum
bags to spread upon eye to indicate assault
81 cents.
g. Hold-up with knock down, war
ranted not to injure the patron-sl.
For the above six styles the services of
only one man will bc allowed and the
patron must come to some convenient
point designated by the ward deputy to
whom he makes application for his hold
up.
For the services of two men, one to
grasp the patron gently by the throat
while the other makes passes at his
pockets, an extra charge of 25 cents will
be necessary.
In an extreme case patron may have
his hold-up on Saturday night in front of
his boarding house and the hue and cry
for landladies will be used This how
ever, costs $l.63 and patron must have
previously had at least three OF the hold
ups as provided for between one and six
OF the schedule
An additional tax of 80 cents will be
imposed for all work done outside of the
city and the same extra will be charged
for holding up n team, whether within the
city lines or not. The society will fur
nish wads Of money containing $40 each,
to show In court whenever necessary.
There was long and heated debate
on the proposition to enrich the society
by having series of real hold-ups for
keeps and the advocates Of this system
argued that it would be merely an as
sessment on the rich in order that busi-
ness might be done for the poor on more
reasonable terms. This was opposed.
however, on the ground that society
organized for benefccnt purposes should
not resort to anything which might APP
pear questionable in the opinion of the
public.
The meeting adjourned after the APP
pointment of the following committee on
relations with the detective department
at city hall: Crawford Bridges, chair
man; Artic Tolliver and Paul Potts.
The officers of the society are: Presi-
dent, David Foolyer; vice president, Ar
chic Mudgett; secretary, Amos Scriyner;
treasurer Peter G.. Elton; manager of
central Office, George Eckerwid ward dep
uties, first, William Korker; second,
Slick Pete; third, Algernon Dubertus;
fourth, Hezekiah Blomoth fifth, Tristram
Casket; sixth, A. Skelton seventh,
Erasmus Y. Sorrow; eighth, Archibald
Grave; ninth, Ichabod Stone; tenth, Will
liam Wurms.