The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-17
M'CLUSKY TO CROOKS: GO WEST
HE ROUNDS UP BROADWAY GRAF
TIERS IN A BUNCH.

Forty Prisoners Last Might From All
Parts OF tn, Clty-To Rearrcst
Them ~ Fast - the Courts Let Them
Go. Until They start for Chicago.
Police Inspector McClusky, who has
just been put in charge Of the Detective
Bureau. made the biggest raid Of crooks
last night that has been made in q long
time. About 0 o'clock he sent some OF his
best men to the most garish part Of Broad
way, between Thirty-fifth and Forty-fifth
streets, and under his supervision they
rounded up twenty men. some Of whom
the police say are In the Rogues Gallery
and some Of whom are not.
At A. NJ. the detectives, who were work.
ing by that time all over the city. had landed
about forty prisoners.
They were oil locked up as suspicious
persons. As to his plans McClusky said:
We have now rounded up lot Of the
swell guns who have been making them
selves nuisances in this town. This is no
game to round up crooks for the safety OF
the St. Patrick's day parade. II is no
spasmodic attempt. II any Of these guys
are turned out in court III arrest 'em the
next day.
ITO tho West for theirs is what we
are doing. They all belong in the West.
At any rate. they don't belong here.
why, kicks have been coming In thick
and fast about these people. They hang
around in front Of some Of the hotels In q
most brazen manner, spit tobacco juice
and ogie women. The cops on post can't
but have enough men to clear the town
OF all these sure-thing men and gold.brick
sellers. When my men got through to-
night you could shoot Calling gun down
Broadway from Forty-fifth street and
never hit q crook. III keep Broadway a
McClusky's act threw the biggest scare
into the Tenderloin's disreputable ele-
ment that it has had In a long time. 1t
also surprised other people.
Detectives from other cities who have
been sent here and Diet ectives OF private
agencies like Pinkertons have often said
that they didn't see how the New York
police could allow 20 many crooks to con-
gregate on Broadway corners: Com
plant after complaint OF Jobs that we're
sturned Of right under the white electric
lights in the Tenderloin have been made
to the police.
The policemen on post in the district
were told to do the best they could and
they probably did, but they had other
things to do, too. The Detective Bureau
never made move of this sort before.
McClusky sent ten detectives to the Ten
derloin. Among them were Valley, Strip
and Duggan and other men who have the
reputation OF knowing pretty nearly all
the crooks by face and name. Capt. Lam
gan OF the Detective Bureau went with
them.
Several Of the prisoners were nabbed
in front Of Considine's Metropole, others
near the Rossmore, others in the neighbor,,
hood Of Tom O'Rourke's Delavan, and
still others In the shade Of Kid NcCoy's
saloon.
Most Of the crowd knew better than TO
make any trouble with the front Office
men, and gave UP peaceably. But the
word was soon paseed along that some
thing was doing, and the detectives didn't
oatoh some men they were after.
They did catch one. Benjamin o. Smith.
Of Kidnapping; John J. Mcyey. better
Corbett's sparing partner: Chicago Kid.
Rugglee, Odd Martin Kealey. Big Dan
Cherry, Baker Tom.- 'Sheeney Max
sBig Frank Cleary and others less known.
Smith ives in the Delavan. He saw
the detectives coming In one door and
made a break for another. but his high
hat got mi xed up with a swinging door
and he was nabbed. He made a feeble
fight.
squad OF men TO the Bowery and China
complish much because the word must
have been passed along.
Prisoners came Ia az the rate OF one
every five minutes after o'clock this
morning. Chappie Moran. the King OF
the Wiretappers,s was one late arrival.