The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-21
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way. The bars are crying for more Of
him. Not since the gambling machines
were pulled out and sent to junk has there
been such q nickel eater. The frtt Broad
way hotel to put one in the bar wasn't a
bit enthusiastic about II. The proprietor
vet II there to oblige friend. Pretty soon
wine buyer happened In.
What II this gamer" he wanted TO know
Just new Weighing machine, said the
bartender Drop In a nickel and 1t tells
And plays tuner" ASKED the man.
No, lust tells your weight"
Il can get that done. for cent on the
elevated station" said the wine buyer.
But what's the horn"
that's where the weight comes out, y
eHps ales t's Win ss't @S fortune on 2"
No, II tells your weight
I'm on finally" said the wine man,
But say, you re the poorest demonstration
! ever saw. You couldn't sell gold pieces
The man got on the machine. put in q
'One ninety-six.
The barroom woke up at the sound. 1t
was distinctly photograph voice, but the
suddenness and volume Of the answer
were catching. Men fought for a chance
to spend their nickels and the cigar counter
was made busy with the changing Of larger
coins.
When the nickel goes in and the wei Ching
apparatus Is set in motion the thing which
falls to the weight, Of the person on the
scales releases cylinder which drops into
photograph, The cylinder has the three
or four words OF the mans weight, the
photograph utters them and they are
carried by the horn right to the ear OF the
man on the scales.
The most sumptuous cigar store in the
city is on Broadway in the hotel district.
The place has been open for several months
and is really an advertisement for a Cuban
tobacco company, Only imported cigars
are sold, and the prices are high enough to
suit the extravagant. Tho store takes
in the whole ground floor OF an Office build
About the store are easy leather-cushioned
chairs, which customers are invited to USE
The managers Of the store say the cigars
they sell are kept in the same temperature
as they enjoy in Cuba This is done by
keeping the cigars In humidors built in the
store.
With the decision Of the Corporation
Counsel that police sergeants must not
lock men up who refuse to pay their cab
bills. one Of tho finest gratis ever en-
joyed in this city comes to an end. For
years the cabmen of New York have used
the police stations as clubs to force timid
patrons into paying excessive rates for cabs.
For some unexplained reason desk sergeants
have always been perfectly willing to abet
these frauds by locking men up on the COM
plants Of cabmen.
This has been especially noticeable in
the Tenderloin. where the blotters will
show hundreds OF men locked up every
n re 'T'hYoA
times out of We the Willingness OF the
to lock . man up on these fimsy
charges has resulted in the victim meeting
the demands Of the cabmen to keep out OF
trouble For years the best lawyers have
maintained that the collecting Of q ab bill
the Corporation Counsels office made
it's recent decision sergeants paid no alton
ton to these opinions
An old-timer in commenting on the
changes in the administration of the Detec-
tive Bureau said this the other day:
"A crook is treated like a gentleman
Under Byrnes and Mclaughlin
a man used to tell the truth or get it dubbed
out Of him. The third-degree room was
real torture chamber in those days. Byrnes
and Mclaughlin were not by any means
monste5., but they bad . theory thit there
hat was to make them peach on each
,ther and on themselves. There was just
one way TO achieve that result, and that way
they followed relentlessly In time this
method got out.
"Of course the doings in the third degree
room were very, much exaggerated The
and when the public makes a demand like
this, 1t is generally granted.
THE third degree OF the present day Is
child's play, 1t consists In either fright
ening man or trying to tangle him up
BY lot OF talk. Absolutely no violence
is obvious, McClusky does his best, but
big. crimes 60 .undetected. although their
authorship ie known to dozens of men
along the Bowery and in the haunts Of the
crooks. out Of whom Byrnes and McLaugh-
in would have dubbed II In short ORDER
People who are interested in the prob
EN- Of trying to determine who is the
neanest man in New York. will find an
candidate In a man who drove
Up to the Bridge entrance in an automo-
bile at about $50 o'clock the other night,
He stopped his machine In
he middle OF the roadway and shouted
o newsboy to give him baseball extra.
The boy handed up paper which the man
proceeded to read without paying Tor 1t,
lever needing the remarks from drivers
behind him. As soon as he had learned
he result Of the ball game he handed the
,aper back TO the waiting boy, pulled the
ever Of his machine and drove away. The
10Y chased him but the machine was too
peedy. Then the policeman on post on
he roadway, said he was sorry he hadn't
FROSTED the blanketty blank lobster for
docking the road.
For taking the starch out of men who
ave grown over-reckless from power
here is nothing that quite equals one night
n the Tombs Prison. Frequenters OF the
'rminal Courts Building have noticed
his in number of cases in the last few
ears.
AL Adams lodged the Tombs for long
ine He had been bold defer OF the law
Or years. His power was tremendous
nd he and his friends had laughed at the
lea that 1t could be ever broken to the
xtent that he, the man Of millions, could be
emit to jail. When Adams finally had to go
o the Tombs he had an appeal from his
on viction pending, and he staggered
lto the prison with q bold laugh on his |
ace and boast on his lips. He WAS scarcely |
the next morning. 80 haggard
nd he become during the night. His
pirit was completely gone, taken away. |
y one night in Tombs cell,
So II was with Parks, the labor agitator. |
he other tight. When his bondsmen |
allied him, he roared defances as he went |
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