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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-31
TEAM AVERAGES.
Grand av
Negro Athlete. to Meet.

Negro athletes will hold a special meet At the
Psstime grounds this afternoon. the occasion
being The mrs, field day 70 be held. under the
auspices OF the Iawtou Athletic Club. Besides
several independent clubs. teams will compete
from schools Of this citN Nashville and jefferson
CITY.
The erdeavor was to bring together the best
athletes from the various negro institutions Of
general. One school at Louisville will send
several contestants.
Coach Martin Delaney Of ST. Louis University
will, serve as clerk OF the course. and F. A;
Herb<rs will be assistant clerk. J. Mooney and
J.. Lydon will be Judges OF the finish. and w.
Johnson and ". Dillon will be field Judges w.
Kelley will serve as timer and n. Shaw as as
s.stant timer. Billy O'Fiync. the well known
local spr.nter. will be stsrtec. Billy Murphy
will serve as announcer ard Dan Dillon as scorer.
Five points Will be credited to- each victory. and
three for each second mace. Events will include
loo. 40 and $50 ward dasne<. mile runs. hammer
throw and shot put. i.o-yard hurdle. pole vault
and a speciai hals-milc Invitation race.
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YALE DEFEATS rRIxcErox.


Old Eli Wins sensational Game b.
score Of . to I.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New Haven. Conn. May N-Yaie defeated
Princeton to-day In a sensational game by
: to l. 1t was the nrst game of their .
naai Championship series. and was wit
messed by nearly 5000 spectators
II singing and cheering could hav won
the game. the Tiger nine would have been
victorious, The din had an apprecsAble In
naenee upon Bowman. With y catcher less
scol than Captain Winston he might have
lost the game He gave bases on balls at
critical times. and Was so nervous that he
was unusually weak at bat. failing to Get
q hit,
Luck. such - sometimes comes In hase-
h2h. favored Yale repeatedly. Princeton
was weak at bat In the nrst three innings.
Anet alone securing = hit. Yale's bats
rsn bit Stevens safely four times in the
anne inning.
= nrse run vas made by Yale IN ths
third fnntnG OsRf1en went out on q ground
q, Rarnwen hit safely. Az BArnWsll
reandsd third hass q lii hit Purnell
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grabbed the Yale baserunner and STOPPED
him. Barnwell boxed PurnelIs ear for the
Interference and the crowd indicated ds-
approval. Bowman flied out to Cossrave
and Barnwetl scored on the throw-in.
Pr!nceton's run came in the fourth N
ming. Pearson hit safe to OBrien and stole
second. Purnell was thrown out by ObI.tn
at first. and Underhili went out on a foul
TO THOMPSON. Wells hit to Barnes, bring
ing in Pearson and tying the score. 49,.
Yale's second run was scored IN the
sixth. Metcalf got TO first by Purne.fs err
ror O'Rrien was thrown out at first anu
Barnv;elI hit out to Plerson: Chittenden
sent a hard liner into deep left. which IN
derhil fleided poorly and Metcalf ran hcme.
score: p. q. E.
yrihoet'h .S Q Q Q 0 Of 3 .
batteries: stevens and Reid: bowman ana
Winslow.
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to 5. won: San Marine. ioi tpaui). 5 TO l.. Sec
ond; Princess Lucille, ll (S, Bonnef>. s to !.
third, Time. lOIA, silver Thistle, Danube, RI
cena. Good Cheer also ran.
Fourth race, Decoration Handicap, mile and
a stNteenth-R Reservation, % Rcmanellh. ! 10 g
won; Funsoluca. VI tSeuily), y to 10. second. Jack
Ratiln. lis LANDRY. 3 to j. third, Time. i:SiS.
Sinner Simon. sink Cord. woodlake also ran.
Fifth race. Ave furionEs-S cipio. l@ tBeaa-
chanap>. 4 TO I, won: Walter Dufry, 10 from
ner), IL 10 /. second. ST, Paris. ZOE (RomaneilD.
Is to l.. third, Time. l;@ FL ponoso, Hueklc-
berry Finn. Cohassett. Felix Martin ALTO ran,
sixth race, mile ami seventy yards-Goia Hell.
ii tteed). . to 10. won; Binehsilo, l& Is Rom
nerl. 8 to /. second; Tom Hall. los (lslis,. 20
TO I. third, Time, i;S. Senior, LaiEars. Altoona
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ST. LoVls rolf TEAM WINS.
pefeass kansns city Country Club he
fare large Gallery.

The 81, @ Country Club goif team de-
featea the Kansas City Country Club team
IN a match game On tho Country 4 tiaks
yesterday, II was the hrst intercity game
VI the season. ~ attracted a large gallery,
Twents-eisst PLAYERS started in the game
ami zach couple had q large gallery. The
ktsens were IN good condition and seme
excellent modal scores were made
C ". ScuadVr and Arthur Stickney won
the h0nVfs ier the Country Gu team. each
esfeathsg his ePpeAent eight up Scudder
Was matched against Young and Sttckney
,.sainst Bragg. OF the visitors Rowe made
the best score, defeating Joy. i've up
ihe scoFex follow:
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Nationals Defeat simpson stars.

The Simpson Stars OF Belleviile were defeated
BY a score OF : TO 5 yesterday by the EaS; ST.
Louis Nationals. The game brought cut a big
crowd. The Stars could Nave made a much bet
ter score had their PITCHER. Eostetter, been given
better support. HoStstter struck out thirteen
men. while Conrey. the East St. Louis pitcher.
struck out only one up to the eighth inning. when
Terry was placed in the box.
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1o.pAY's NEWS IN BRIEF.


The alleged 80. roH,-Ofice de-
,artment. .Macnen. vii. declare in his de-
Tense that ne IL In partnership with the
men accused a. .lning him.
Memorial Day ~aeryicea .trs elaborate.
Charles Emory Smith II Phil ldoiphih Is tho
or,icr Of the lay at Arlington Cemetery.
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-ArrERNOoN GAME

Minneapolis. Nina. May se-Minneapo,,s won
teen-inning game by the score OF 5 10 :. in ono
Of the STRONGEST batting rallies ever seen ut
IN the ninth inning on nve clean singles, tying
the score. Smith was hit by a pitched bail IN
the thirteenth and scored on singles by Yeaxer
and Mcintyre. Durham was relieved by kellum
In the nrst inning. Attendance. son. Score:
Minneapolis - 0 l D l 0 0 IS
Indianapolis - . l l eee0 D ~
Hits-Minneapolis Is. Indianapolis 3 Errors
Minneapolis 3, Indianapolis J. Batteries: raomas
and YeaSer. Durham. kellum and Woodruff.
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THE REPUBLIC FORM CHART.

ST. LOUIS FAIR GROUNDS SPRING. EETING-May &c, rwenynfth day
Judge. /. A Brady. Starter !. b Dade. Weather cloudy; track slow md inn
10y First ace. for 3yearoMs and up purse so six urongs:
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sI.uEhter Of bird. Stopped.

Helena. Mont. May 3o.-Because CT the ag;ta-
ton against the slaughter of birds. by the HUI
name Society. the State S~portsmen's Association.
which Is having its annual tournament. has de-
oided to do away with tho live-oi:d shoot. the
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The 1sn'swill play the White Wings TIL, ait
ernoon. The former team would IKE TO arrange
a game for next Sunday with the Victor Browns-
For particulars address Bernard Murphy. No.
3S4 Division street.
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Missouri Valley League Game.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Kansas City. Mo. May M.-M!.>ourt Valley
League game to-day al Fort Scott. Score:
Fort Scott .,,...--.....e : 0 J 10 . e..-ts
Nevada ,,.,............S Q 0 Q . 0 ! g-i5
batteries: Fort Scott-Craig. Woodbury. and
Cheek. Nevsda-ISons, White and Vanderbilt.
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The Hunts would like 10 hear from all team
In the l5-year-old class. Address Eu"aru III
No. sIs5 South Broadway.
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The G,eSes will play the Saaldings this AFTER
nSSa a. kaiase,s psst Lee and Nssstsad aye
Stases Mepeyrest and Hetningers SpAldtnIa.
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NJ Hazel Hill. The batteries will be-: Plants.
Walsh and Walsh: Hazel Hiiis-Jackson and
Glover.
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The Tylers would like to hear from all stron
teams. Address Ii. pougherty. Nc. sl-A tiehf
eta street.
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sApnrentlee allowance claimed.
ssNM be coupled In the betting,
THE %RErunLlcs SELECT

IL ~REfuBLIcS sEI.ECTIONs.
Cut-a Dash.
II ~
rhitd Raee-crime, Frisco Zen, Ed Eishop.
Weatker. "'
Filth Raee-Jaek Young, Pirateer, Deutschland,
sixth Raee-rourauu Pas. Alice Turner, JS-
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Miune.po,i. Ia, lnd...poii. TT.

Minneapolis MIMI. May. 1.-Minneapolis and
indianapolis broke even to-day. In the hrst game
Ford, q Minneapolis boy. was In the box for
indianapolis. and was invincible. allowing but
seven hits and striking out eleven men. Attend
Ance, loco. ecore:
n. II. e.
Minneapolis .......l ei :
Indianapolis .....,,o J o . l l y l 90 Is :
Heydon-
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DonrlAn Mn. CAAnnianaAin.

Deal. n, j., May M-FiadtAy q peaSaas et
tbs. Nassau County Club won the metropolitan
golf championship IN The anal round fr that
title to-day, esattnE john Mollee. lr., " The
cesStry Gah Of Lakewood hS y W and .
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sKILIFUL SIMPLY ROMPEn.
GreEOr h. Second and High Chancel~
Tor Third In Handtcnp,

Chicago. May @-Thres American Derby
colts SSillfal. Gresor X n High Chan
cellor. finished "a named In the Fitch
Stakes al Hawthorne to-day. Skillful won
IN a ronip by four lengths. making the pace
ana running the six r~urlongs over a heavy
track IN llS, j, Reiff. when ne saw that
Sresur N; could not win. eased him up. al
iensth OF him. Golden Rule was almost
lott at The post, The stake was worth Sc
$50 10 the winner,
The Prairie States. two miles. worth e.
Wv 10 the winner. proved an easy victory
ler iohn McGurk, Only three started. Bar
,lvh anu ROLLING Boer finishing as named.
John ,n MeGark trailed behind the other two
I'll the stretch was reached. forging to the
front when called upon. and Whining nv
nearly four lengths,
Weather cold and showery: track heavy.
summary,
First race. four rarienxs-s,. Paula. los &c.
Sisyi; 70 won: Katie Powers, lbs CHsnry),
70 K T. T. ! shi sss0nai General stewart is Askins.
Ivy, Determination. Foresight and IAndy Eoaso
ssse.d race. short course. s,eepieesass-puse Of
aSrs II ii tMarphyl. . 10 : weni 0~sI. rs
MMssesS. u to- 70 :, is,1 sss'n rims HELM sssstsn' 10
rel and ktngaienk ran cut.
s. IS,,d , ss siS tar,saEs the rlishs stakes
! y M i; sss's's Y % l sh, sss'n ssm siss, ch,%S:Sins.
Frs, Chip and The Lady siS ran, easa ia's
JOHN ssSsI Mea SsSs' ~ sSs ,a %1lss the sFs'rss s,.asssr
nSsS: is GGissss,. ! to :. ISaisa, 't Tf@s, s asSt ny
~ FIN ssss; me e~arlens. aana.sas-rws BOY.
K ksin Ssaslk ,s ! e i wen; ssssias " 4,
70 1 third Time, f@ Ia At,eiis. orsfas and
'es Martin slse ran,
.s sssss ss Is ! sn ss %''sa as slsiaS 10 sssss!as = e5s',
ssssssai AZ, hinsss e sAassnss e l. third
Iisssh. Prairie Ivy and cOSsWel also isn,
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cENrRALs LEAD IN CoCKED-HAr.
81. Louis and Juniors Are Well Up In
the Race.

The Centrals lead in the Cockeo-Hat
tournament and are closely followed oy tne
81. Louis and juniors. The pace has been
a swift one. as q grand average or near.y
81 indicates. The records compiled os a.
L. Seaman are as follows:
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The Rawlings will play a double-header with
the Citizens this afternoon. The batteries VIII pc.
RawIings-Suther!and and Karney. Citizens
Rehner and Rehner.
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St. Paul. MINI. May o-S,. Paul took both
Kanes nom the Colorels to-day. In the nrst
game the locals punched hits OF Bohannon. while
Chech kept the visitors hits well scattered. At
tendance. 500. Score:
Il. II. &
St Paul ......: 0 90 ..-s 10 /
Louisville ..........e . / . Q . % 3 o
Batteries Czech and sullivan; Bohannon and
Schrtver,
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MICHIGAN TAKES TROPHY cur.
AtasNNri Scored Once Ia I~ntercelleGt,
ate Athletic lee at CAteANe,

ChicaxN May M-rhe University Of Mich
xan track team carried away the western
championship in the annuai meet Of the
Mtsrceilestate CNnference Athletic .Asso-
citation to-day.
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The G. Il. C.,'s will play the Lemps at the Col
leee Campus this afternoon at 5 2. m Ihe oat-
tertes will be: c. u. C's-Htggins and Schoii'
Iemps-Foley and AuSS!ns.
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Tho Sand Prairies defeated the canteeus sun
day by the score OF Il to L.
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cornen Win. Bo.t Race.
Cornell Defeat, Penna.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Ithaca, n. Y. May .@-rhe Junior feur-cared
race Today was won by Cornell by nve lengths
with Penra second and Harvard third.
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The Mo,uls will play q picked team At Secon
and Presiden. streets this morning, Ihey w'ui
like to hear from all out-of-town teams.
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los Snecisls will meet this morning on. the
High School grounds In Forest Park. with schaeI,
as follows: ]. weiner. left field: a.. Wiener
catcher; Tierhor. short: Rithssi S ,,,1n ,,ssssr:
Coxy riSht field: Norde. first. Max hanfiSh anu
B. Kern will furnish battery work Tor the op-
posing nine.
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ASSOCIATION.
Milwaukee 20, Toledo is,

Milwaukee, Wis, May so.-Milwaukee took
both Eames from Toledo to-day, In the morn
ing performance the home team won through
tho inability Of Toledo TO locate McGills curves.
Attendance. $50. Score:
Milwaukee .........o Q Q Q ots 5 D
Toledo .,.......-.,o . o OIL I J
Rattertes-McGin and speer: Garrick and But
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AFTERNOON GAME
ST. Paul took the afternoon game from Louis
willie. MeCord's wildness materially assisted. At
tendance ALA Score:
r. Il. f.
q. Paul .........s o13 80 )
Louisville ....,....e 0 / 0 81 4
Rstsertes-stewart and Sullivan: Mecord. Coons
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Toronto. Ontario, May erowas saw
req racing at weedsine this afternoon Weather
ceels track fast, Resultx;
First race six farienss-Aisaway wen; En-
claire, second; George Perry. third, Time, tlsE,
Seecnd race. i've tuflong-ferinAKanS, won:
shert Cake, second; Sky Blue, third, Time, t;AsS,
Fourth ssee. two and eHe-haf niteA ssespte-
third, Time. ssAL
won; James r, seeonds Nareesiian. third, Time,
sixth race, six fusielse-IAtrce> won. HAvel-
ment. second; Earl Of Norfolk. third, Time. IlS
seventh lace. six farienxs-pestttute wSMs:
fttsnk Love. second, Rio hAmse. third Tine
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Dallas 3, Paris 1.

Dallas 3, Paris L.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Dallas. Tex. May 3o.-Dallas made z batting
rally in the eighth .rrrg and changed a pro-
spectiye shut-out into a victory. MCKEE nome
run and Johnson's two-bssser won the game
Inc ssofe. r. r. E.
Dallas ..o o 0 o o o 0 8 oS
Psrt. ......l o 0 o 0 0 0 ci s )
Batteries: ~as-Re and Berry. Paris
Mckay and Wolfe.
Amateur Baseball Notes.
VI. -. .,u MAY .ha Merchants E1-
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AFTERNOON GAME.

AFTERNOON GAME.
Milwaukee. Wis. May @.-MeGil repeated the
performance OF this morning by again puzKling
The visitors In the afternoon. The field work OF
the team was also = feature. Attendance. 1880.
Score:
R.H.E.
milwaukee, .......i o $4,000 ..-s 3 /
Toledo ..."."....o 0 0 800 0l 5 )
Ra,teries-MeaM and speer: German and But
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C0rnetl Defeats Penna.
REPUBIic SPECIAL.
Ithaca. y. Y, May A-Corneli defeated pears
az eaSeeall today by q score Of 1 70
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Tho c. A.. c.'s will play the Merchants a
change team this morning at PastiHe PARK
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Keok.k Defeats White Seals.

REFCRllc SPECIAL
keesak. Ia, May N-rhs Decoration pay
Seals resulted In favor O. che former sy a score
OF I to & Score.
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p.s s@r w. s sN ws s s.sSas s. s.s T sS ss, T Mm la s.s SSs ss a ss three : s Sasss:v S s%A rsa
in 4m ,e ssAn G w S. a %@ sS Sn ID. riMs. 'h s&s S| ssT.SSF PLAYED; ran a dull rae"
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Erema wen the Memorial Stakes at the
Fair Grounds yesterday, Other winners
were Peaches, Pierce j.. Kunja. Pathos,
Doctor Seharf and Imboden.
kirksvtlle athletes swept the card at the
state meet yesterday.
The Reliance again ouisails the Constitu.
tion and the Columbia,
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rne Sta. S% m M" the s Mii ''% %m a anne her T T%n aes Mmk T f.mn, eshdmnsi Deed S ' %as1 uS T Sani
=" "rm"a Il" ID" %a@a Ia. le @,
24O Second race. for yenr-o dds purse ,o nvea md oneh half, urons:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18

ing the thieves ont OF New York, has
served to bring more prominently be-
fore the public the fact that this city
is overrun with the worst types Of GRIM
inals in the United States, and it il
natural that they should all flock to
the metropolis. OF course, when the
front office" Gas the thieves call police
headquarters) begins to agitate the
question of cleaning up the city, it is
policy on their part to remain quiet for
q time, but they only do SO for few
weeks and then the burglaries and rob
berries are as fragrant as ever.
Inspector McClusky, while recently
appointed to his position, is an old
time thief catcher, aud knows many Of
the criminals well. In talking with
me he expressed the belief that the
"crook" Of to-day was rapidly degener-
atfng and that the profits in criminal
career were reduced to such small fg-
ures that it hardly paid men with,
brains to remain in the profession"
The revolution, he said, was caused by
the advancement of modern police
methods. The very individualities Of
specialties to which attention has
already been called, like one man being
an expert pickpocket, another sand
Dagger, another housebreaker, and
SO on, leads 10 the detection of crime.
The inspector explains it in this wise:
IF clever piece of forgery has been
done we know pickpocket didn't do it;
80 the first thing We inquire is: Who
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18

who deals with him) as an example.
That is q type that has almost entirely
disappeared. He has developed into the
man who pretends to havethe inside on
Wall street, and. gets money from out
of town. The bank burglar in, the cit-
les has disappeared altogether for tho
reason that it is useless to fight against
the safes they make nowadays; but
the gcldebrick man 10 simply the old
type Of the present tget-rich-quick' in-
dividual who sells bogus mining stock
and worthless securities to the confid.
ing and greedy. ,5s
"They saysthere is no graft among
the policemen Of New York ct present.
/ am not in the business now and know
nothing about. it, but in the old days I
know it was not an unusual thing to
see the safe-blower and the policeman
taking q social glass together ct the
denly be q lot Of pickpockets who
were not working under the friend
ship Of 2 wise guy tpolitician). But
I don't know how it Is worked now.
am out OF the business"
In the meantime, inspectors Nc
Clusky's order has given us an oppor-
tunity to look a little into that in
teresting sociological study, the Or
der OF Thieves. n
FREDERICK BOYD srryENs0pe
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-18

ARE the expert forgers out Of the PEN
tentiaries?' There are only few o.
them in the country, and we easily 10.
cate those that were near tie scene o.
the crime at the time it was committed
Then we fit in the clues. So it is with
other kinds of crime. You see police
methods have become a science and we
are now in such close touch with the
police forces of other cities that all tho
rogues are known, and it ispretty hard
for them to escape. For Instance, every
counterfeiter has his own peculiar
style Of execution, just as an artist
has, and the moment q bogus note gets
into circulation the experts know who
made it.
IF you will look over the criminal
records you will find not only every
crooks picture, but you will see afull
report of his speciality and his methods
Of work. We know them all ike books.
and generally can put our hands on
them when we wantthem. So,you see,
under the circums tances II does not
pay for good men TO remain in the busi-
ness. The kinds of crooks, however,
who have not degenerated, are the
wire taPpers--that is, the men who tap
the wires and get race information, 50
as to beat the poolrooms-andt the
steerer' to the brace faro games.
Thls crook is Of a high er type than tho
old style confidence man. He must
dress well and hang about the hotels SO
as to- create the impression that he is
gentleman of leisure in order to en-
snare the real gentlemen into little
private game But even he fnds it.
necessary to keep. ON the move, for
every large hotel keeps its own detec-
tive who soon knows all about the al
legged gentleman. vs. II
: 7 will tell you Of one class Of swim
dler, though, that's on the increase and
who is very difficult to dislodge, and
that is the 'get-rich-quick' man. He es-
tablishes himself in fine Offices in tho
business part Of the city, either on
lower Broadway or Wall street, and
does land-ofice business. His meth
DDS are SO apparently business-liks
that the police are practically power
less. This class Of criminals is more
to be feared than. the burglar or pick.
pocket because OF his security"
One of the Oldest crooks in New York |
The is an "ex-gun" now-that is re-
tired thief was reached by me through |
the man in Pell street. This man for
merly earned his living As a strong
arm" (highwayman or, hold-up many /
and did not agree with Inspector Nc
clusky that the criminal types were de-
generating.
..Of course, the business is changing"
said he. take the green-goods
man Zone who pretends to deal in coun-
terfeit money and gives sawdust in ex-
change for the real money to the dups