Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-12

and the crowd made UP a hatful Of money
for him In the twinkling Of an eye. A few
days afterward he was up again on q
fresh charge of street begging. before an
other judge. The Iowa racket was worked
again. but this time the magistrate had his
doubts of the genuineness of the prisoners
laurels, and now holds him until Captain
Evans can be heard FROM
you used the word .panhandler.' What
does it mean?"
Zone of the order Of tramps who beat
their way every fall on the railways into
New York as the warmest place for then,
In the whole country during the winter.
They use every opportunity that presents
itself. Sometimes they hold up every pass
food on the plea of being hungry, and ac-
cept money If there Is no food left. If a
house is i'll secured if the people are
fncautious, the beggars will put their hands
on what they can get and make on with
it. / remember a case in which a tramp
got in that way s., 900 worth of diamonds
Another favorite game is to cultivate the
acquaintance Of drunken men and to go
through them at the opportune time, using
such violence as may be needed for the
purpose.
Il do not mean to say that hungry
tramp should not be fed although instead
of cold victuals 1 should rather give him
one Of the cheap meal tickets which can be
bought at cents apiece. but ! have seen
two tramps working together, one collect
ing the food at the doors, and the other
following him with a huge bag into which
the supplies were emptied from time to
time. Finally. when the bag was full, the
the East Side. which supplied the Italian
aqueduct laborers with cheap food and
booze. Here the beggars converted their
victuals into money or drink, or both, and
were then ready to begin once more. 1t is
the most difficult thing in the world though,
to keep people from helping a man who
claims that he is hungry.
.Why. L know a man named Seloei,
good IoOkino ana-lepppd fal1nw f7ne
address, who has established cripple
trust. When anything extraordinary is CO.
ing on in the city he brings over from
Brooklyn. or wherever he keeps them. as
many six or a dozen cripples, or what
ever number he can use, stations them in
good places and sets them to work beg
hires lawyer for them and otherwise pro-
tects them. He once had the effrontery.
while acknowledging this scheme to offer
me s25 per month for keeping away from
difficulties of his position he must be we'll
off. Some time ago I was standing in front
of the Metropolitan Opera House on an
opera night. swell carriage drove up.
Out Of 1t a man emerged whose face
could not see at first, in faultless evening
dress, crush hat and all the other agony
of a great dude, with apparently a slight
halt in his walk. who handed out in grand
style a beautifully gowned lady and told
the coachman when to call for them. As
the pair entered the opera house l saw
bis face. 1t was Seibel with an artincial
leg.
IAN italian beggar whom I know is re-
puted to be the owner of two valuable
houses not far from Park Row, and an
other is said to have a large sum of money
at interest in number of savings banks"
AT the city magistrates court in the
Criminal Court building. in Center street.
Officers Andrew Ferretti and Alexander
Patton are detailed for this work. and $50
arrests have been made since February 1.
1897 It is beloved al the court that near
y all street beggars have been driven from
the district.
At Jefferson Market station, eth avenue
and 9th street. $50 arrests We're made.
At No. 90 Essex street James H Brennan
is the only officer now detailed for the
work Al first the arrests were from eight
to ten weekly: now they do not exceed
four as a weekly average The total ar
rests were 612.