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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1905-12-14
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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1905-12-14

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17
fragrant EXAMPLES.

Some Of the discoveries made by detectives
working under the direction of Thomas L. Nc
CIintock. superintendent Of the society, explain
at once why it is so easy for criminals in this
city to hold up and rob citizens in the streets
or break into houses and loot them at their
leisure
On one occasion. for example the detectives
met two officers about o'clock at night at
Christopher and Hudson SITS. They had just
rung up Box 9O4 and separated. One of the two
went south in Hudson-st., and at 9:25 entered
a restaurant at No. 40 Hudson-st In telling
how closely they tracked him the detectives say
in their report: we also entered the restaurant
and saw the officer in the back room. talking
with the proprietor After We had remained
there twenty minutes the companion of the off,
Ger who had parted with him at o'clock re-
Joined him in the restaurant, and the two re-
NAMED together there till 1915 when the first
officer. VINO had been in the restaurant an hour
lacking ten minutes. came out His companion
followed him a quarter of hour later. The
second of the two officers was encountered an
hour later drinking sherry in thu saloon at Iud-
son and 10th-st."
In the 2Sth Precinct. which at the present
time is especially overrun with burglars. DR.
Parkhurst's sleuths ran across officers who
spent most Of their time in saloons and the
Easements of houses. one even taking a drink
house. and then drinking to her health The
2Sth Precinct extends from Central Park to the
East River. being bounded on the south by
79th-st. and on the north by 96th-st. The de-
tecttves tell of one experience in their report
as follows.
Five minutes after midnight twenty officers
were turned out on patrol At ten minutes past
twelve we met an officer coming out Of the
station house and we followed him to S8th-st-
and 3d-ave. and up 3d-ave- to 94th-st. He
remained there a few minutes and then went to
! 96th-st He came back to 95th-st. and then
vate dwelling house.
AT 1880 he came from there and went into
a side door of a saloon at the northeast corner
| of 95th-st. and 3d-ave.. came out in five min
utes, carrying two whlskey glasses with liquid
in them and returned with them in his hand
to No, - East 95th-st. Here he met woman
! in the basement. handed her one of the glasses
and, after they had touched glasses, they each
drank the liquid. The officer then returned to
the saloon with the glasses and. opening the
front door, placed them on the floor. Later he
met another officer and they both entered No
1 sos 3d-ave.. near 9Oth-st After a while they
came out and separated.
Officer No went down 3d-ave to SSth-st
and then returned to the saloon on the north
west corner Of 3d-ave. and 9Oth-st. and called
TO the bartender:
" Tom. bring ne some booze He then entered
the side door and went in. He came out with
the bartender. Both entered the hallway at
/ o'clock. Seven minutes later he came out
Of the hallway and went to the corner of 3D.
ave and 95th-st., went half way down the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17

Tho ab1e rArort that the largest fee ever PAID
- Scottish barrfster for one days services
ms that received the other day by 1honlas
c,7- 4 c. NJ. P of Edinburgh Of ot}o guIneas'
= % c.,5 for defending the two sons OF Henry
phinns against the charge OF shooting some u
Tord T,ovat,s employees who were poacHlng o'I
, ea1r7on pool that Mr. Phipps had leased Oh
lord Tnvst recalls the story OF bos"ell' 'lie
- ,,io.-sDrer Of Dr. Johnson Boswell
once remarked that his income as d 0-''''S'-
I,a-rtster amounted TO 10000 a year. and some
- - Iaes sarcastic friend, who heard the
- 81 1aoev-e1Ts income remarked that ne
,so-a7 what all the other Scottish lawyers
lived
az , :. &c scarcely probable that the cor
.rnorde,+ who made the assertion that 500
.:aaos was the largest fee ever paid 10 4
c-o++fs, barrister for one days services could
la7ra accurate information to absolutely support
his statement. It is an indication ho"e'el'
that large fees are not common in Scotland, and
irasn7uch as BosweIl's friend suggested that II
Boswell got $4,000 a year there would ne noun
ing left for any of the other Scottish lawyers II
seems 10 indicate that the same condition Of ar
fairs existed in Boswelrs time that eAlS's now
In this country accounts are frequently heard
If big fees. some Of them well authenticated ana
others brought out apparently by some Lewis
Jarvis " who took this method Of impressing the
rrb1{c with his Importance. There have been all
lyinds Of stories printed at various times ana
many Others circulated by word Of mouth that
,,a,-er were Put in type concerning the immense
eaa which A well known New-York lawyer re-
,e,,-ad for organizing the original Standard OH
1r,s+ While the trust was declared Illegal BY
- courts as an attempted evasion Of the cor
.-.tiop laws and as a unlawful combination,
:, ,,5oubtedly was the forerunner Of the big
- lions which followed and probably gave
= 80 trust" TO all ;he big corporations
-, have since been organized.
,ro4ber story Of big fee received by New
r--r,, LAWYER was that Of James b Dill, now
-. IN New-Jersey. for bringing about peace
-, Andrew Carnegie and Henry c Frtcl1
least compromising their difficulties If
&c are true the matters were adjusted
- short period Of time. and innumerabie
- are afoat concerning Nj Dii's fee, II
- - s+a.e- On numerous occasions that he re-
80 s1 oo0o00 for his services in this case.
- thts : trt,e the Zee Of the Scottish barrster
- refo-red 70 sinks into insigniEcanoe. as
J,,5ge Din is credited with having brought about
-. ,or,nrorr,ise after few days work
r,ore recent case of a large fee is that said
>, ,,azs been received BIZ William Nelson crorn-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17

either No 165 or No. 1871 East 114th-st. He
went to 3d-ave. and disappeared
Were it not for the private police employed by
burglar alarm companies or by house owners
the danger 10 life and property would be far
greater in some districts of the city than ii is
now. The following experience reported by the
detectives of the society illustrates just this fact
1t shows how man might have died if only the
city police had been the lookout In telling
of it, the detectives said:
walk in front of Nos $50 and 53S Broadway,
head cut and bleeding A Holmes policeman
came along and raped on the sidewalk with his
club for fifteen minutes without any officer re-
spending The Holmes man then went away
and in three minutes returned with two police
from the 18th Precinct. They called for a wagon
and took the man away.
In those precincts WHARF, a tour was made of
all the beats to how many patrOlmen were
actually covering their posts. only about one
third Of the men were found. The rest had
hidden themselves away. In the 10th Precinct.
for instance the station house of which is in
Mercer-st twenty-three officers were turned
out al midnight on the night the detectives made
their investigation. After CauvaSsing all the
posts the detectives discovered only seven pa
trolmen on their beats. OF fifteen men turned
out at midnight to cover the ID Precinct. only
TWO were found 4 tour of the TendeTlOin Pre-
cfnct showed like results. Thirty patrolmen
were turned out and yet the detectives could
find only eight men in the streets. Five of the
eight were standing in front of disorderly houses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17
A Million Dollars for One Case. but by No Means
High Water Mark

receive $4,000, and called his client III to carry
through the adjustment. The story goes that
when the client discovered that the money was
in sight he made a strenuous objection TO the
LAWYER getting so large q fee Whereupon the at
tOrnev replied that the papers were not YET
signed and could be Immediately returned 10 the
other party and the settlement could be de-
Clared off The client then thought better OF inc
matter and accepted $25oOo-
LAWYERS in the country districts. like editors
in small towns. are sometimes compelled 70 take
the amounts due them in something beside ieSal
lender currency. A case of this kind also nap
pened to an attorney in the city. who related MS
experience to the writer only short JlTne ago
The attorney said:
had done a small amount Of business, who told
me that he was hard UP. but he wanted me to
do some work for him. and suggested that
take small yacht which he owned IN payment
for my services 1t was of course. an unusual
nroposftiOn but I asSented. and after l had done
the work I went up to take possession OF the
Yacht Nv client went along and explained the
workings Of the machinery, il being fitted with q
steam engine the power of which was generated
nv a burner which first turned gasolene into gas
and then burned it under an ordinary tube
boiler I hired an engineer to run the BOAT
spaut several times the amount Of my Zee. ana
took two or three trips in the yacht But the
boiler and the engine We're of an antiquated
y1attern and were constantly getting out of or
der and finally one day the whole machinery
got on fire and We were compelled to jump into
ricked UP by some men in rowboats- The yacht
burned 10 the waters edge, and l suppose It
sa nix 7 have never seen heard anything or II
since and don't want to know anything about
il made up my mind that thereafter would
accept only cash fees for my services
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17
A FURRY IN FANS.

4 1aV-var in Nassau-st whose ONCE is across
the vyav from where Russell Sage makes and re-
makes his millions started early for his Lacta-
wanna train one day last summer, II was IN the
hot spell in July. and he took his time When he
reached Broadway and Cortlandt-s; he found. 50
he savs that Resell Sage was Just ahead Of him.
making his way with his usual nervous speed
down toward the Sixth-ave Il Mr. Sage who
usualI, looks as though no amount Of heat or
,,,,Iatv could affect him. seemed, nevertheless. 10
faeI The ternpera rure. and Just he reached the
Elevated railroad stairs the lawyer passed him.
oT-rCieS Russell Just about addressing a ven
der OF palmleaf fans
Il want fan sand Mr. Sage How muchs
lie thrust his hand into his pocket and waited for
the reply
Five cents apiece returned the Vcudcr-
Il ncIe' Russell hastily withdrew his hand from
mis- trousers pocket. but there coin in IL.
He held no two fingers Two for nvee he said.
The vendeT shook his head
'-Fi cents he reiterated But Mr.. SAGE
adanlnnt. He departed. climbed the stairs. and
he went he said. over in Nassau-st they'rs two
for Ave.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17

well for bringing about the transfer of the in
terests Of the French Panama Canal Company
10 the United States government Many &C
counts have been printed about the size of Mr..
CronwelIs fee in this matter. some of them
making it as high as $1000o00o This fee was
not earned in a day. however. but only after
long and tfresome negotiations
Since lawyers fees have become the subject
of contract between the lawyer and the client,
and are no longer considered as d hOnOrarium
as they were originally. many stories are fire.
quently heard about disputes between lawyers
and clients concerning fees. In a certain class
Of cases contingent fees appear to be the
rule, while among the better class of attorneys
case is rarely ever taken contingent
basis With the advent Of the electric railroads,
the numerous accidents due 10 the changed con-
dtions of public traffic opened the door to
thriving business for that class OF lawyers com
monty known as ambulance ChaSerS' As the
clients in these cases are. In nine cases out OF
ten probably irresponsible ana unable 10 re-
spond for the costs of the suit if they are de-
feated. the lawyers Of the class mentioned take
tbair "a SOS and bring actions the gamble
that they will be able to squeeze something out
of the railroad company. They hgure that they
have everything TO gain and nothing 10 lose,
and as their agreements with their clients
usually nrovide that they have half Of what
ever i recovered they can afford to and do
take long chances many times When tney KNOW
that their clients were injured. II AT All py Ted-
son of their own negligence. The very minute
an action is begun the defendant cannot settle
Win the nIafntff without being responsible for
the LAWYERS fees and therefore the attorney mas
a strong inducernent to bring these cases with
Iitt1a or no danger to himself in case OF defeat
II is said that Guteau. the ASSASSIN OF Presi-
dent Garfield, who ar one lme was pfacuslhg
attorrav in New-YOrk city, once took case on
contingent Zee. the agreement being that he
should have half Of what he collected He col
1ac+a5 one-balf Of the original claim and in
formed his client of the fact telling his client
~ The haIf he had already collected his.
the LAWYERS. half and when he succeeded in col
iacrine the other half he would turn it over to
the client ,,,
frequently depends on me ic h OF MS
II ard when he accomplshes important results
- - cIja1r and does it within a day two, or
-,a~l,a1z in an hour or TWO. 1t Is hard to make
the client believe that the services are worth as
177,,rb &c the lawyer thinks they ought TO be
= rtor,s Is told OF one OF the most prominent
LAWYERS in the city who had an important litga-
,Ior; rcT5frr and II agreed between his
client and himself that if he could secure $4,000
he LAWYER could have nat that amount The
ttle2 ana1I,- after some negotiations sa-
od q settlement by which the client was to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17
PART V.
EIGHT PAGES.

While the police have been taking their vaca-
lions this year the burglars, footpads and pick
-arbets have reaped q harvest unparalleled in
The criminal history Of New-York. In the last
month there have been one hundred houses and
apartments robbed in Harlem alone. The muir
5e-e-. TOO. has been unusually active. In the
last thirty days there have been twice that num-
her Of killings and attempts TO kill, And in the
e-ea- majority of cases the police have shown
,rrer inability TO apprehend the perpetrators
Those who know the ways of the under world
hest blame William McAdoo the Tammany
Police Commissioner, for such disgraceful con-
ditio1s While this wave of crime at its
height he was enjoying a vacation in the quiet
q Massachusetts. When at last he returned to
his most the answer he made to the long list Of
crimes committed in his absence was:
The same kind Of robberies occur every year
IN the summer time. This year is no excep-
ton They were expected.
II as Nj NcAdoo admits, criminals are fully
expected 70 be more aggressive in the summer.
my l. Is asked. does he take his vacation at
that very time? Why has he stayed away six
whole weeks and put in charge Of the depart
Tnsnt 6 man who retired from the police force
ten years ago under cloud, 4 man who was
CHARGED by witnesses in the Lexow investiga-
linn with sharing in protection money? And
why does Commissioner McAdoo permit the
other members Of the Sorce TO take their vaca-
lions when their services are most needed by
the people Of this city? Why are streets left
1Ingua-ded 81 season when empty houses par
tcularly invite burglars, in order that patrolmen
nav BE Off for ten days each? These are
some Of the questions which Mr.. McAdoo's va
cation has prompted and which he has not
answered
In the last month. in which criminals have
been most active. the number Of patrolTen in
some precincts has been cut down one-thtrd in
order that men may take vacations or be trans
ferred 10 shore resorts. In this time inspectors
and captains have been taking twenty days off.
sergeants and detectives fifteen days, rounds
men twelve days and patrolnen ten days Such
vacations are provided for in the regulations Of
the department, which are authorized by the
city. but they may he taken not only in the sum
1ner when the police are especially needed, but
IN other months as well
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17
TWO SHOTS. TWO TIGERS.
Ry J. $. Edye. Major R a. VI. c.

II was the last day Of three glorious hot
weather months had spent in the jungles OF the
Central Province. India, and something we'll over
one hundred miles from railways and civilization,
that a great piece of luck-to bag two full grown
tigresses with right and left shot-attended me
had been after another tigress for about a week
at A camp some eight miles off this spot. and had
Just shot her. and was about 10 start 70 mafch
rapidly 10 the railway, when 1 heard that the Two
forest officers who had been hunting these TWO
tigresses for some ten days had given them UP as
phantonls and moved their camp
had one or two days 10 spare, and the jungle
the tigresses frequented was not much out OF my
direct lire OF route the railway so I sent on
four men with twelve buf1aloes, with orders for
them TO tie them out In n semclrcle over soma
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17
HUNDREDS AWAY TOGETHER.

In the last month $50 policemen on an aver
age were always of on vacation. This cur
tailment together with the reduction Of the
force by the three platoon system. which has
in itself made the poIiceman's lot far easier
one, and the transfer of men to shore resorts
and recreation piers, where summer crowds need
watching, have reduced the number Of patrol
men II residence districts lower than at any
time since Tammany came back into power.
Bat why should not noble police have
vacations in the heated term like other folk
may be asked. Let the answer come from a
man whose house was robbed one summer while
Re was away in The country. If" said he.
these patrolmen who think they can't live all
summer in the city without a vacation were not
on the police force most Of them would he
teamsters or notornen. Now our teamsters and
notornen endure the heat Of the summer with
out any vacations At all, and New-York does
not grow sentimental over their fate. Let our
well paid police patrolrnen take their vacations
in winter. say I Al that time the householder
viii be al home 10 protect his property. But TO
lei three or four hundred patrolmen at q time
leave their beats for ten days in summer, when
the average householder is not here TO protect
his property. is the height Of bad mana cement
q, --sr-=r-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17
AMAZING BOLDNESs.

Some of the crimes committed in this city
in the last month exhibit a boldness rarely
seen except in some Western mining camp Here
is an instance:
A gang in 2Sth-st., the other night. fell on
two men who were walking from 7th-ave. TO
6th-ave The two were Alexa nder Conrie. of
No. 001 Oakland-ave., Greenpoint, and a dem
fist. who was his friend. AS soon as the ruffians
began their attack Comrie said TO his compan-
ion:
Let's for 6th-ave.. where Wen be sure OF
finding policeman
Pulling themselves away from the gang Com
RE and the dentist shouting down the street
and, reaching the avenue and seeing no blue
coat in sight they darted up the stairs Of the
elevated station.
Well be safe now" gasped the dentist as
they rushed out on the platform where stood
the ticket chopper and dozen or more people
waiting for a train.
The words were hardly out of his mouth before
the thieves came Gathering up the steps and,
seeing their quarry on the platform. renewed
the fight. COmrie prepared for a battle and
struck the first man who came UP terrific
blow, but the gang closed in on the two men and
tumbled them over on their backs. Meanwhile
some one on the platform kept screaming for the
police. but none came. The robbers were in the
act of stripping COnrie's pockets when train
rolled in, and. taking in the situation at glance.
the motorman whistled for several minutes Al
last the Tenderloin reserves heard the blast and
trOtted out They reached the L station in
the nick of time for had they been moment
later COnTie might have been beaten 10 deat tn
The principal members of the gang. in spite OF
the chance the police had of blocking the stair
ways and thus entrapptng them. escaped. Inc
two that We're caught protested that they were
aiding Comrie.
Another instance of how criminals have come
to lack all fear of the police is afforded by the
cracking of safe right in the street not so
many nights ago Although policeman was
supposed to pass by every half hour in covering
his beat thieves took q safe out of a store IN
Madison-ave.. blew it up in side street and
looted it. Not until next morning was the burg
Iarv discovered. when the safe was found lying
on the pavement in East 15th-st with all Of its
contents that were of no value strewn about
In a house in East 54th-st burglars were SO
uncOncerned about police interference that not
only do they break in Undecided, but they
camped inside for nearly week. Even then
their presence was noted not by a policeman,
but by the caretaker Of a neighboring house.
who reported her suspicious to private watch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17
THEY WARN ONE ANOTHER.

An example of the way one officer will warn
another of the approach of a roundsman is
shown by this extract from report made by the
detectives after tour of the 18th Precinct AT
1913 the roundsman came along and spoke to
Officer -, who left him and came over to one
of US saying:
Run into the cigar store at No. 3 Columbus
ave and tell the copper to get out, as the rounds
man is here
4 sent the message to the officer. who tmmedi-
ately came out"
The roundsman then took car uptown
Another glimpse into the social and convivial
lives Of some policemen is afforded by Officer
-3-3. who was Swallowed in the 29th Precinct
one night by Parkhurst sleuths AT $50 p m. -
they said in their report. we met Officer
-3-3 at the northwest corner of 111th-st- and 3D.
ave. The officer was talking to two young men
for two minutes. He left them and walked up
3d-ave. TO 116th-st- in company with boy
He then went 10 the northwest corner of 115th-
st. and 9d-ave and entered the side door of the
saloon there at 9 IS p. m. He came out of the
side door half hour later. At 1:20 D he
was seen coming out of an apartment house,