Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-16

themselves helpless TO secure WORKERS., ana
have appealed to the police department in
vain. 1t Is said now that they are about to
surrender Internationally to the striking
young women In order to avoid heavy losses
on contract orders. Verify, this modern
idea, IF we don't get everything we de-
mand nobody else can work." is making
swift progress when 1t can be successfully
maintained in the heart Of the largest city
in the western hemisphere, with the aid
and, apparently, the connivance of the con-
stituted authorities.
Young Escapes Death Chair.
AS forecasted in this correspondence at
the time of the apprehension of the muir
derer. William Hooper Young, the grandson
Of Brigham Young. convicted Of the afro
cious murder Of the Pulitzer woman, does
not go to the electric chair. His simula-
ton Of insanity cor something" got him off
with life sentence and the rapidity with
which he appeared to regain command of
his senses when this sentence was meted
out to him startled the old-time attaches
of the criminal court as we'll as the Keep
ers in the Tombs
There are some unpalatable stories pass
Ing from mouth to mouth in New York in
connection with the use Of money in this
trial. There Is, of course, absolutely no
way of verifying such current stories, but,
all the same, they are peculiarly significa mt
when the outspoken declarations of certain
famous Mormons at the time Young was
CdPluTtu " the eIeCL tndt no OiOOU-kln
of Brigham Young would ever go to the
chair. are recalled.
The unspeakable ruffian who a few
months ago cut a mans head off with an
ak made an extremely clever stab at feign-
ing insanity, too, when he was Drought to
trial. But he was an outcast. with no con-
nections and he never had a cnance to
impress the judge and jury with the belief
that he was out Of his head.
There is no city in the United States
where the man on the street. has less
respect for the criminal courts than In
New York. and when 1t Is remembered how
very rarely criminals with backing are
properly punished in New York the per-
petual sneering of New Workers when they
allude to their criminal courts would GER
tainly appear to have ample justification.
Now they are talking Of sending Young
to an asylum for the criminal insane In
stead of to Sing Sing. That is an old
dodge. and it has often been worked over
here In the cases Of convicted criminals
with 'hOoence and wealthy family con-
nections. The criminals go to the asylum
for the criminal insane. where they remain
for varying periods Of timelong enough
for the public to forget all about them
and then they are quietly turned loose"
An investigator took the pains a year
or so ago to look into this matter and he
found that literally scores Of notorious
criminals who had so successfully sham
med insanity as to win their way to the
asylum for the criminal insane Instead of
counted for at the latter institution at
the time Of the investigation.
Horse Tipsters Are Nuisances
Concurrently with the news of the failure
Of that western turf investment syndi-
cate," in which, by the way, a great num-
Der Of New Workers who hungered for 10
per cent a week. on their savings, have
been stung, comes the information that a
lpQdS1afiyo 10 in 1bo
to handle the ttpsters, horse and Wall
street, who are rapidly turning this town
into a bedlam.
The horse tipsters are the greatest nui-
sance. because their operations are carried
on vociferously at the gates of all of the
race tracks, as we'll as in the advertising
pages Of the New York newspapers that
will consent to accept and print their ad-
200 firms Of horse tipsters in New York.
all Of which profess to give, infalllbly, the
names Of all Of the winners of all Of the
races on all of the tracks three hours be-
fore the racing begins.
They do not scruple to- declare in their
advertisements that certain races of which
they have Inside Information have been
fixed" and these brazen statements of the
tipsters have decidedly injurious effect
upon the horse-racfng sport. 1t is almost
impossible for race track visitors to make
their way through the motley and shabby
crowd of tip sellers who hang around the
in the faces of all hands, and hustling and
crowdtng small men and defenseless wo-
men in their efforts to literally force them
to give up" for the information
And yet, strange as 1t may seem, there
are thousands of persons with receding
chins and no foreheads worth mentioning
who are idiotic enough to surrender their
50 or their IS notes every day of the rae
of the professional advertising tipsters.
The success of the horse tipsters depends
upon their varying success in picking
EN- pete Jones. the only original
four or five winners in row. just as the
veriest tyro and holiday visitor at race
track occasionally does, and on the follow
ing day he and his track agents dispose of
his tips, contained in a shabby colored en-
velope, literally by the thousands. Then
the only original Pete slumps by reason Of
making few days succession Of unprof1t-
able guesses. Dan Johnson, the boy who
times 'em at dawn" then contrives to light
upon a few winners in rotation, whereupon
he comes out in screaming. braggadocio
ads. in the New York papers, and on the
next day the crowds fall over each other in
their efforts to purchase Mr.. Johns tips.
Great Bulk Not Purchasers.
But the great bulk Of persons who go to
the race tracks to enjoy the sport are not
purchasers Of tips. and they are almost har-
ried out of their senses by the impudent
solicitations Of the tip sellers. The head
Of one of these Housekeeping outfits. who
started In just three years ago with what
is known to the gambling fraternity as
''shoestring,' is now worth something like
100000. and he Is still making money at
tremendous rate.
He married, after. starting his ball of for
tune arolling, weil-known woman Of the
stage, who has proven herself to be bust
ness woman of consummate ability. She
has complete charge OF the New York Office
of her husbands .frm'-he Is the '.arm,"
with his wife the silent partner-and she
writes all of the screeching ads. with her
own graceful hand. She firmly declines to
permit her husband to play the horses
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