New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10

''Nor is this league a mere accident or a Simple
exhibition on the part OF the Powers That Rule oe
total depravity: without the league the governing
body would be helpless 10 perform their Official
duties well they at present perform
them. II Is not true that the Powers That Rule
protect in part the Powers That Prey. in order
that on the whole they may keep the Powers That
Prey IN check; it is true that the conditions OF
their being able on the whole. to keep the Powers
That Prey IN check Is that they IN part protect
them A community wholly pOliced by men OF
perfect integrity would lie at the mercy Of It's
criminal contingent. A policeman or detective pro-
tects the spot he stands and much OF the
street as he can see and reach with bullet
from his revolver His actual presence at the COM
mission Of a crime Is accident against which
APART from his actual presence. ne is only less
helpless than another man 70 trace tne erllllsa&L
body Of well disposed citizens; the official deceive
or policeman is mainly serviceable in making tns
arrest-and even the vigilance Of the Whole BODY o.
the well disposed is TO an extreme degree lns1Ll-
with the well disposed they do not live in his
world: they are not familiar win L MS lace lace Ho5
means OF knowing when he is broke and when ne
49, tba4 rs makes his indiscreet condolences. The
only that know who has conlInltte0 = st. sS
really effective detectives in The great cities Of the
United States the unofficial deteeJivSs, the ,S
detective does not know where to lay MS naho
on such q SOY traitor and how 10 iay y on
heavily is practically useless except as WatcA-
rhs following tales are records Of incidents n
the working OF the league T-adet VINO t ,- -
them for monsters OF hate ana w. ~ t,siiSc-71ai
astuteness will be dsapDonted; 10 Will ma N ISIl
only the inner history OF certain ncohSpcOON'
The ten tales which make up the volume possess 15
OF those who curb their careers ~ !AS one o. the
eR6I.ca IN ' fSuS escri6ed IudsrcE MekloWd
product or the cIJy or w.! & 11sstirSsS
called f. and sometimes Chi His passion ZOE We
town only less pronounced tnan ms gsS S[1
FO- n nd II
birthplace has been Incorporated in his personal
tates and nobility in general: be was known TO
the initiated the Slick chi Sun.
Aim W Ifar his record there was bad; but there
wcre some things esotericaly TO his credit which
saif bs more Than once declared that ~ Rudsricz
had only had an s'etiucatOn'' he would have ranked
among the salubTiOus men OF history. u was the
a marx enviably high without taking his Doctors
degree: out Of course they tgdgsd him ny sSa5e-
was appreciated and respected. In the days when
the chief had been strEssnTs 6oT a0nSr ane R9
certain gentlemen Of fortune who protested VI e.
ist.' The Chief might never have come out OF the
scrimmase alive II RudeEiek hadn't ;happsnsd
be it said. never fOrgot this coincidence
Perhaps as characteristics an incident IN vhich
thieves slang is this in ron Sentence Day. when
Ruderick McClowd is telling one OF bis associates
boy criminal: We'll liked him just cause he
that. but You don't always IKE EN- Just as you
don't always like wise blokes: IL takes all kinds
make the good peoples world, an there's been
I've liked bettern anybody else y
didHt remember to give me the right one. anyhow
but Jus called i'm the kid I eaI him ths5 s.il.
pretty big stiff to-day an every body can't slap N
on the back sort oToISn N ~ w s91 $500
kis name.