Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-02

Ripples on the Current Of Life In Il
Metronolla

day. 1901. and was quite a social event.
the bride belonging TO a fine family, and
the bridegroom supposed to be Of good
character and family. During the wedding
reception at the home Of the brides par
ents, an uncle OF the bridegroom, acci-
dentally learning OF the marriage. APP
peared at the Joyous festivities and de-
nounced his nephew as an impostor and
criminal. unit to associate with decent
people.
The bridegroom admitted all the charges
made by his uncle and, hurriedly putting
on his hat and coat. fed from the house.
Jumping into the carriage that had been
awaiting him and his bride, he disap-
peared. On the same night he took flight
from the city, and ever since his where
abouts have been unknown. II was some
time before the proceedings for the annul-
ment of the marriage we've instituted. and
II was only a few months ago that the
plaintiff received permission to have the
complaint served by publication, so that
the secret Of the brides unhappy marriage
has been confined for such a long period
to very small number OF her friends
There are two carpenter mechanics on
the east side of Manhattan who make a
speciality of constructing heavy doors and
secret exits for pool rooms and gambling
houses. "Old Jack" Woods of the Bowery
has been in that line of work for twenty
years and his only recognized rival. Sing
Cow, does most of his building for the
Chinatown gambling dens.
The police find themselves up against
tough proposition when they start to smash
down doors built by "old Jack for a pool
room These doors are usually from ten to
fifteen inches thick OF sheet iron and solid
wood. This year the cunning Jack has
added fouT-inch thickness OF solid rubber
and when the police axes and sledge ham
mers strike the door they will rebound.
II was knocked clean OF my feet the
first time I struck one of the rubber
DOORS" said Detective MCGEE of the ten
derloin." THE force Of my blow striking
the sheet iron, wood and rubber drove me
back Ave feet at least"
Woods charges from S25 to 800 for his
doors and the poolroom owners say that
they save money even II they hold back
the police raiders for fve minutes. 1t
gives them time to destroy racing sheets
and other dangerous evidence. The sheet
iron and wood doors are stout enough to
keep the police sledge hammers at work
for Ave or eight minutes and the rubber
| doors are counted upon to make a delay
OF twelve to fifteen minutes.
in Chinatown the most puEzling secret
exits from gaming places are found. The
underground passages, the pie gov re-
| sorts, dark tunnels and the getaways"
OF the fantan resorts are a source of con-
slant annoyance to the police, and when
they raid they usually find the places de-
serted save for lone Waterman or an
innocent-eyed celestial
Captain John w. OConnor car of the
Chinatown district, has discovered a piece
of remarkable carpenter work done by
| Sing Cow at al Pell street. There are two
long tunnels with sliding doors, rope lad
ders through shafts leading to the roof
and basement, secret rooms and false
walls and floor.
Sing Cow came to New York City from
San Francisco two years ago with the
reputation of being the most expert Chi
! nese carpenter in Chinatown of that city.
The celestial gamblers have kept him busy
| ever since.
| An instrument intended to record the
exact distance travelled by a carriage or
| automobile and the exact fare which the
| passenger is required to pay, will shortly
| be seen in New York City. The device
was introduced in Paris over a year ago,
and has since been adopted in the other
leading European cities, more than 200
being in use in the French capital The
machine not only protects the patrons OF
cabs from extortion, but is also a check
on the driver for the owner. While driv-
ing the instrument is worked by one OF
the wheels, and while the vehicle is stand
ing the time is recorded by clockwork
thereby reckoning the fare for the journey
according to the distance, and the fare
for the waiting according to the time
Already an electric cab company here has
arranged for 400 machines.
An Irishman who fears that the fame
of his fellow countrymen had suffered by
the account OF the Scotchman's experience
at Ellis Island, brought this story fresh
from Panama: There's an Irish boss
named Clancy in charge Of lot OF native
laborers employed on the big ditch. He's
struggling with Spanish and is very proud
of knowing a form language. One morn
ing not laborer showed up. Clancy
fretted and fumed all day. Next morning
they appeared as usual, explaining sheep
ishly that II had been Fiesta of Neustrs
Sonora de la Chandelabra and they
couldn't possibly work on a holy day
Well, it's all right, said Clancy, but
when We savvy in the noches that We car
trabajar on the manana, why the he'll
don't ye habla7'"
Greater New York presents many inter.
| estinR extremes in the way of urban prog.