The sun., 1900-12-09
GREEN GOODS GANGS BUSY.
iUf, a,,r WfH WOIS ~ rBg rOsr
OTgIfI INsrU rams
D,tettrinra rnoo ~ the Government ~ stop
the svlra's toi"nterr Dsist"'" WITH
Nerve Other W.ho1..', IN the Walls Tho
HIM Mnfk ~ Momr" tflrk.


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tore "i 10" I'r'", u hll The Ci~"-' IN f"sltd 70
Nhnh evidence II handed m. were folloUrd
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I"I'n'hl lr'urr- =" "h'' PROPORTIONS ms
swihdling Lp-in"-- has grown. and certainly
,Le uns,,I ,u,lori,t.s ,r, tho ,plv ,c,snpa
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iHaIlhH d"t'rliiih"h iisli acalnNl the 'Nll
This ..re"n good ociopus l. really ColpssI.'
said thief In.r..ior King in a SIX reporter.
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ton save rom H. lNi~h thi, cam p8ign HVair"s
v,ce ,ould extend to the ,wndljnv business.
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the mHI, -Windled isn't above r.Iroach hinl-
,clf. and the pubic hasn't any sympathy with
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'"O 'h'h' j '"''r'Ulh2 ~ 'h'' Wv" ~ NO
Question. bat ~ n rn,ttrr "f fact. very larss
nutuh,r oI tho bty.r.d victims arc ,innla-
minded and igrornn, rather tha,i n tusliv di-
Enr".t h ri" worked ~ ON cI"yerly' ",,d ,hev
lrc ia -rra,,s i"r money. inG hoy arc ioid thIt
tho Da~siug of 'duullr1tc-' never 'cointcr.
f,it,' Won Know. cfu,lo, hur, their family ar
npigl,E,r' ~ frlend,. The bills cai, be- pas., 4
anvvhsrp they are told and mo- one /. ,Le
Wnrse i,r tb,,n .yc,ut tic Wovor,n,,,t ouT
ANYWAY. mo whole hing T. no wof ~ tlau ;La
grroulnIck, or silver ~ohemr, which toli,iral
parties want 20 establish hy laW Iha,'s ths
way IA, greed goods n, on talk tn the old duf.r
unni iher persuade him 'hat blncl. il White.
ana he actual, doesn't realize thai he il going
mo sriGdnug gene pis can't hoip feeliug
orr, fer some ut the victims O,her- A., lnio
the tIins m dnl,nrrnta di.houo.iv '''''
About ~ per cent Of tho men who receive
the green so0i> lrttrr- either Iut them I'm the
tire 0r urn thcm over TO the pG,,aI authoritieS,
uoucliu OF such literature ron Washington
II j. >rnt to the po,'ma ter, ,cnrfal and then
forwarded 20 Ms The ltlers ar" mailed from
kuoa, that all tho big green goods deals are
orfoi from New YORK The city Is n Jer-
i"c' not bed for the business Men with big
money ARE honlnG Ire gangs. and ihc amount
ol cIaVerhe-,, money and work put into ths
Dg'Ie,, Is ,G%sn42ps ", T cor,r
more shrcadly We know the headquarters
of various gangs and are hot upon the tracks
patience TO get evidence against them OF
course. we can attack only a small number Of
the workers cover their tracks so skilfuiy that
IL T. wonderfully dinicult TO run them down.
Then. unless they are caught red handed. whero
is the evidence To- convict them?
Wiling 10 an ear because il il euuivalent 10
con'os.ing himself fool or q rascal II he does
appear the opposing attorney has a fine oppor.
tuUity to protest against his competency as n
witness. because on his own testimony. he is q
We thought We had the, worst gang. few
months ago. when that Pelham case came NJ.
Victim didn't comTiain. Won Know bn, a surd,
nervy friend Of his came down 10 get that money
bqck He was inmcnIe-,a great big fellow
had been feeced believed ;ha, he could rcmeui.
Der exactly the course over which he had hoan
taScn 10 meet the retired Treasury orhciar wbn
burr ID the government plates ard acted ns
banker. He drew the diagram, starting irtm
the Astor House. aud We figured out that lie
meet ng / ace " as road house in New Rochelle
There was a possibility of It's being Mount V{r
non SO we divided up forces and vent TO lhe
green goods steererS and allowed himself I'd be
taken to the bankers There he met the find old
gentleman. There we're onl, two other m}n in
tho critical point came Then there Shs n
scrap. That man Of ours was great. lie Gould
If he had begun shooting right awav, but ia
grabbed the money and lost time Two Other
green goods men burst in through the shell
I 0 help him ont, but we were fooling around over
AZ New Rochelle. and he was at Pelham SO he
YOU We Were sore about thai failure | don's
know when We viii. get another such chanc
There aren't many men with that chaps ner :.
"Still wa have sent n number of green voods
men to the pnnltentiary, and we will send "a
great many more The Government l. In dead
earnest II can't stand for n party to whole
sale swindlng but the municipal officials do
not bother their heads about IT, A sucker
goes TO Polio" Headquarters and tells his story,
leads the police to the place where he met the
gang, and there's no gang there, no tables.
no money That : the end Of il All the same
the town Is full of green goods gangs carving
on immense operations and we will clean them
out before we are through. I'm not popular
with the fraternity myself They really say
most irnpolire things about me and make I'm.
lon,derdte threats. but il doesn't bother me
We can give all our time IN the green cooda
business There il good deal of petty THEY.
ng always gong on IN the postal service Somt-
lines II - inc clerk or carrier who steals; and
when complaints come In, IL IL "A comparatively
Easy matter 10 place the thief We give eilt
'dgcd opportunities 10 the suspects. and they
ire likely to take them There isn't much
'hance ol postal thefts in a city like this every.
hing IL 40 sysieinatzed and work ia so thor.
,ughly subdiviied: but in smaller places postai
Jerks have more leeway Money order steal.
ng is Tor instance. really impossible in this