The sun., 1901-07-15
|li1DER RUSSELL JAILED.



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4 ~ Rev. Frederick Russsr. organiser.
ysesldsus and chief slsuth Of society no
eaIls ~ State Law and Order League.
~ Whose purpose be declares 10 bs
- - that the law is obeyed. was prisoner
yssosrday In the Essex Market police court.
WDlA him AID IN the same plight was Henry
Smith. who described himsslf - ON agent
q ". nnsssli's sooisty and allowed badge
y prove II, Ths charge against both a.
orst vas disbrdsriy conduct. but ct the o'ose
81 Ne proceedings u was changed 70 ex-
tortiou against both. and on II both we're
eemmitted 10 Jail in default Of bail Tor
examination to-day.
Assinst Russell and his agent there sp-
psarsd o. complainants three saloonkeepsrs.
who swors that the two had demanded hush
neasy frQm them for keeping open In pro-
hlbitsd hours. and. In some csssa had eos
small sums. The Eldridgs street police
~ that Russell who didn't call himself
tks rsversnd yesterday. will have TO facs
q last dozen moro complainant saloon
ksspsrs and bartenders when his case oomes
% for examination to-day. Not for long
>lns have the ptlios seemed 10 flnd cause
- snoh sstisfaction b . capture - this
aGesdsd them. ff-s
Many complaints have bssn made 70 Capt.
WohA recsntly nom sajoonksspsrs in his
psecinct that somebody was going around
and dsmandins money II thsy didn't close
- aftr hours. The captain never got very
dsdpits information about the man or his
plaa Of action. bvt hs told bis men 70 b on
.the lockout for any such case and also had
hi detscttves warn saloontespsrs that who-
ever was going around trying any suoh ex-
togtion was doing IL In defiance Of the law.
The warning did not reach all the saloons
= ths precinct. however. II did not reach
Bernhard Nader. whose place u at s. Delan-
eey street. only one block from the police
glatjon. Nader. according 10 the story hs
toDd h the police court yesterday. was olsan-
tng up HE bar at o'clock yesterday morn
ins. when Russell and Smith entered. Rus
ssll b tall. sood-lookins young man. Smith
b small. understood and dark. They en-
tered at the side door because the front door
vas locked. Walking up 10 the bar. Russell.
Nader says. bought drinks for the little
man and himself. The y called for seltzer
Then they began asking questions about
the place. Nader said they asked II he
hept open on sunday and he said he didn't.
tnss ~ hs was only Slsn L Inen q ciean up iaen: :
and sald he would make note oi the num-
bar OF tho place. lnat made Nader sus-
pAcicus and ,n ne asked sasm a,s, wno saey werf
man replied. and bota puiied out their sus-
biins those worn by serseants, nader
took the men. he said. TO be policemen.
Nov look here. said Smith. according
20 Nadlcr. we'h let you keep open here II
iisAt up Nader said he hadn't expected
20 do S worth OF business all day. He only
had %. he told them
.eoUrSas sy' " tSs .h' oom
around for the rest tomorrow.
Nader says he gave them two one-dollar
biIIs and then tho men asked hin II he wanted
they ordered cigars Nader brought them
out and each man helped hi0lself 10 1stful
They went out without Offering TO pay and
went TO a saloon at Forsyth and Delancoy
When he saw the pair go there Nader do
cided that something was wrong He ran
70 .he police station told what had happened
two plain Clothes men to see IL they could
catoh the extortioners. hut by the time the
rSsfS TSs the sSa 3 s ss sss
that they had asked for sS :. allow him e
p se r. seg On rsn ser srn
sf;er that. so they went back to the
Capt Walsh ordered the policemen who
open and to try and catch the pair AZ all haz-
ards. According TO the police, the two turned
up later at saloSr s,, St IS BoSw,ery i was
Tor the Bowery outcasts. and tho room was
pretty full, The two men walked around
and into the barroom proper. where Owen
drinks and wasbtes up. According to the
,sy t1s sn In ia I'1 Pill % r:r R Ss
'h:fs: :.ssS sSS :tSP a9ss %n tss said Con-
nelly. Then the little feller leans over tho
bar an puts his Cold badge In my face, go
fs.s S TIE xsss SsHsr dsssetvs sss Ss Is
II you rive US hve, although you know you
oushta't TO run, this way Sunday mornln'.
s ' s.. ss sUn xtSG SGt h9ss done Sss Sss
AZ sssy Tefs sn'o e s bSs.y fo
xseT.1 sn 1nHy % .ef st sSD linen ns
doss without dom any shakin', Your games
crooked And Wit, dat | hauls of and lands
one on the little feilor ana ewung Hght ono
on the other gent. Dey dusted."
After leaving Is Bowery Russell and his
similar place. There they showed their
shields and said that the Raines law wasn't
being observed But this place had been
warned by ths police and the bartender or
dered . waiter to throw them out Russell
and the other man ran out throueh the narrow
psssageway with the walter after them. but
Sossm:n e sss :a'ss Hoess as put s' them under
AZ the station the pair were relieved Of
their money and badges. The badges do.
scribed them as inspectors OF the Law and
order League. Russelrs badge described
him na ss SSs sSsb bsa Kas h says ,gS
biifis. Russell gave his address as SIS West
Twenty-eighth street and Smith said he lived
on the same street Nt i2i. Russell gave his
occupation as editor Of the Sentinel at 81
PARK row. Th,t Is q weekly paper he has
been Issuing Smith said be wa, one Of the
socisty's agents. Both seemed TO take their
arrest cooly. They would make no state
IN court when Magistrate Flammer heard
the efories Of Saloonkeeper Nader and Con-
nelly, the bartender. he ordered that the
charge be changed to extortion. Russell
pleaded not guilty. but said he wanted to
ststemeat Smith kept silent too: BAH vas
were locked up In the court jail. from which
they vainIy stfove TO get out by sending mes
aees to friends Russell sent out word to
reporters that he had nothing TO say except
that tho charge against him was groundless
a that he wSad cone 9ns S Eisss bns 4, tse
RusseIl had a room there He was an exem-
nisvv Young man. the lanttady said She