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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-03-22

His finish came quicker than that OF
many of his associates. for he vas
stabbed by George Russell, aIias
White Pine, bunko man. Russell ac-
quired his alias from the fact that he
came to Chicago from White Pine.
New. He was fighting man of the
western type, but was acquitted in his
trial for the stabbing of Sir James.
Jere Dunn in the Street.
But best known of all, not excepting
Mcdonald himself, was Jere Dunn,
slayer of Jimmy" Elliott, the heavy
weight prize fighter. Clark street dur
ing the reign of Mcdonald was the
Mecca of many crooks, gamblers. con-
fidence men, bad" men and other
classes of disreputables, but no figure
| ever appeared in the street who. by
| force of his all-around wickedness,
| commanded the attention that Jere
| Dunn got. Even Dunns friends did
not claim for him any degree of NOR
ais. Some of them say that he was
square" with his partners in crime,
but his history disproves even that
contention One of the men who knew
him best says that Dunn never knew
what physical fear was. If this was
true it is about all the good that can
be said of him, even after his death.
Dunn died in New Jersey last year
of malignant cancer. Wherever he
went he made criminal history and
some of it is worth re-telling in any
narrative of the Clark street crowd.
This notorious character made his
appearance in Clark street in the early
sos. The vicious atmosphere of the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-03-22

A SERIES of misfortunes involving
"A dismissals, designations and
deaths in the great executive depart
ments in Washington often develops
what is known as the "hoodoo desk"
A desk comes under suspicion after a
dismissal or two from the service or
after several transfers or resigna-
tions, and if there should occur sever
al deaths among the occupants of the
desk in the course of year or two
1t is designated as -the hoodooed desk
and no one in that room cares to do
clerical work at it. In room filled
with clerks, the hoodoo desk is easi
ly recognized, for it is most generally
occupied with the surplus books and
general litter of the daily routine
work.
The desk may remain unoccupied
sometimes for months, until some new
clerk comes into the room and is as.
signed to it, provided there is no
other vacant desk in the room. Blu.
reau officials generally avoid assign,
ing a new clerk to the hoodoo desk
if it can be done. In fact the desk
Is apt to remain without an occupant
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-03-22

ice of railroad employees than any 9TH
er pending legislation. Ship subsidy
died hard in the last hours. The other
two measures became laws as the ses-
sion closed.
The immigration bin, one of the
measures brought over from the long
session, was completed under the spur
of President Roosevelt that he might
meet the acknowledgements situation
by giving the administration control
of coolie Importation through pass
ports. The bill further restricts the
admission of aliens to the country.
A bill was passed for the establish
ment of an agricultural bank in the
Philippine islands. The free alco-
hol law of last session was modified
that farmers may distill the waste
products of the farm to be denatured
and used in the arts and sciences.
The right of appeal in criminal
cases was granted the government,
a measure intended to strengthen the
antitrust legislation by affording a
means whereby the supreme court
may pass on the constitutionality and
construction of such laws.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-03-22
SHORT SESSION SETS NEW
APPROPRIATION MARK
VIZ WASHTNGToN.-More money was

W WASHINGTON.-M money was
w appropriated during the short
session of the fifty-ninth congress,
which recently passed into history,
than during any previous session. The
amount approximates about $1,000
100000. Two big battleships were au-
thorized for the navy. The artillery
corps of the army was reorganized
and enlarged. A general service pen
sion was granted to veterans of the
Mexican and civil wars, and like pro-
visions were made for army nurses.
For river and harbor improvements
the appropriation aggregated $S3,000,-
900.
Increased salaries were given cab
met ministers, the vice president, SEN
ators, the speaker of the house of rep
resentatives and it's members, ambas-
sadors, minister's, and consuls, post
office clerks and letter carriers.
The public made more inquiries for
information from the document rooms
of congress regarding the ship sub
sidy bill, the currency measure, and
the bill regulating the hours of serv.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-03-22

strangers town, and told him a string
Of boyhood happenings that never hap
pened, but which the prospective VIC
tim could not dispute.
"By the way" steerer No. Q would
say, Il bought ticket in a lottery the
other day. Let's drop into the lottery
Office and see If / won anything"
There were a number of these of
fees" A prosperous looking man sat
at the desk, and The walls were COW
cred with fake lists and reports of lot
terry drawings. In front of the man at
the desk was big, glittering pile of
gold coin. The ticket was presented.
Batting the Sharp Trap.
you are lucky" said the man at
the desk to steerer No. 2. you have
won S2,500."
The cash was paid over to steerer
No. Q, while the eyes of the country
man bulged at the sight of so much
"easy" money. That was the begin
ming. The victim was told there were
drawings every day. Usually he
bought ticket, but no matter whether
he did or not, the steerer stuck close
to him and spent money on him, prin-
cipally for liquor They would re.
turn to the lottery Office" and after
some talk between the manager and
the steerer the latter would agree to
bet against card game. Always he
was lucky and sometimes he won
large amounts. 1t became compare
lively easy matter to draw the farmer
or country merchant into the betting
AS soon as he had lost all the bunko
man thought he had with him he was
steered out of the place and the lot.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-03-22
ART STRICTLY BARRED In
GOVERNMENT PRINTSHOP

I F there are those in the government
printing Office who are vain, or
those who have been leaning toward
the artistic, they must confine their
admiration of what their mirrors por-
tray to the sacred confines of their
homes-or the corner bar. Also no
more will they be permitted to cover
up patches of somberness ON the walls
of the government printing office with
decorative pictures or calendars.
Even the pictures of President
Roosevelt are not exempt from the
attacks of the art censor, although a
likeness of the executive stayed lone
somely on the walls of the bindery for
three days while the censor consid-
cred the propriety of including it with
in the category of pictures" or dec
orations."
Maj. Sylvester recently asked po-
lice regulation permitting him to pro.
hibit the display of all pictures on the
billboards in the district. Close in
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-03-22
NEW PALACES OF RICH
In FASHIONABLE CIRCLE

a great part of the present season.
and it has been known she was desir-
GUS of obtaining property upon which
to build a home here. Several brok-
ers have offered her various pieces or
property and the announcement that
she had about decided on the New
Hampshire avenue site occasioned lit
tie surprise in this city. Both she
and Mr.. Vanderbilt are reported to
have consulted architects on their
prospective residences.
1t is expected Mrs. Field will build
a mansion that will rival, If not
eclipse, the Letter, Walsh. Townsend,
Lars Anderson and other fine homes
that have been erected in recent
years, the Letter house on Dupont
circle being the first of the big resi-
Dental show places to go up.
Mr.. Vanderbilt is spending his first
winter in Washington, but is residing
in a rented house. 1t has been known
for some time that he intended build.
ing a fine residence In this city.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-03-22

terry headquarters were switched to
another room.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-03-22

Chicago. - The papers announce
that Mike" Mcdonald, millionaire re-
tired gambler, is on the verge of col
lapse from the effects of the trouble
that has come to him in hls old age.
His third wife is in jail for the muir
der of Webster Guerin, the lover
whose coldness drove her to insane
jealousy and desperation. His sec
.ond wife, according to the news dis
patches, is dying in New Jersey.
Travelling on the shady side of 60, Nc
Donald faces physical breakdown and
old age in which his ill-gotten dollars
must be his only comforter.
Not long ago "Al" Adams, million
;aire policy king" of New York, COM
mitted suicide after serving a term in
prison for robbing the poor through
his policy games. He still had for
tune, and his family, who suffered the
;social taint of the father. continued to
live in brownstone palace. But his
dollars gave "Al"--Adams cold COM
fort in his old age.
Twenty-Five years ago there -four
Hshed in Chicago the CLARK street
gambling gang" with Mcdonald at its
head. This crowd made a chapter of
history, but 1t is not the kind of his
tory that is written into books record.
Ing the citys growth. Instead, it is
to be found in the records of the po.
liice, and in the memories of men
whose business, legitimate or other.
wise, brought them into contact with
ythe members of the gang.
Misery in Polluted Cash.
Not only was Mcdonald the mem
Fber of this lot who retired from gamb
ling with the most money, but he was
the one whose career after he had
rquit gambling seemed to refute the ar
gument that money which is not only
tainted but thoroughly polluted can
not bring happiness. Now that the
tragic chapter of the murder of heI
lover by his wife has been added, even
the seeming refutation of McDonald's
career has been destroyed. The fate
of the rest of the crowd gives abund
ant evidence that the mills of the gods
grind just as fine in these days as OF
old.
John Deming, one of the well-knowr
Clark street figures in the days when
that street was known from coast tc
coast on account of it's vice, became g
Lpauper and died.
Bob" McCune, alias Keister Bob, is
now tramp in New York, plain va
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-03-22

pered financially except Mcdonald
himself, was Patrick Casey, who had
charge of the bar. Casey saved his
money and died few years ago fair
ly well off.
others Pursued by Fate.
James Papes, who was thief as
well as gambler, broke into the treas
fleeing to Canada to escape the pen
atty of his crime.
Jimmy" Carroll, another of the
crowd that alternated gambling with
stealing and who made the police
world of trouble, continued his outlaw
career until he died, seven years ago.
in abject poverty.
Joseph Lewis, alias Hungry Joe,"
| is said to have renounced his former
| is doing better from the material
standpoint than most of the men he
| formerly associated with.
Jimmy" Hoey, one of the most no.
| torious denizens of Clark street in the
''wide-open" days and gambler who
stole, got into fight with Al Walters,
barkeeper in the saloon of Count"
Riley in Clark street, and shot and
killed him. He was tried and acquit-
ted.
Most of the gambling men who COM
mitted murder in Clark street in those
days were acquitted, in fact, owing to
the strength of the pull of the entire
gang with the police and the courts.
Hoey afterward married Mollie Hol.
brook, the widow of Buck" Holbrook,
burglar, who wasskilled at Hennepin,
| Ill. Hoey and his wife went to Eu'
rope and have not been heard of in
Chicago since.
Reign of the Bunko Men.
Clark street became as infamous for
the bunko game in the days of the Nc
Donald crowd as for gambling. The
bunlo steerers were gamblers, and the
gamblers, or many of them, were bun
ko steerers. Harry Lawrence was one
of the best known of the bunko men,
Before Mcdonald became known as
the gambler king of the city he was
strongly interested in the bunko game
In brief, the bunko game was oper-
ated in this way: The steerers, we'll
dressed and suave, sought their prey
in the hotels principally. Steerer No
/ accosted the stranger, called him by
any name that happened to occur to
him. The prospective victim eyed the
stranger with suspicion and told him
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-03-22

terry" headquarters were switched to
another room.
Tragic Finish of the Hankins.
JEFF and AL Hankins opened gamb-
ling house at 125 Clark street. Al
afterward bought a stock farm in In
get away from the life he had led. Not
long afterward he was found suffo-
Gated to death in a folding bed. An
investigation was made, but it was
stopped when it was found that to
pursue it would destroy at least one
reputation. jeff HankinS dropped
dead of heart disease about ten years
ago. No name was better known in
Clark street in the "wide-open" days
than that of Hankins. George was the
prey of all the boodling politicians in
the county-and there were more of
them then than now-and was inti-
mately associated with the Doodle
ring in the county board. He is said
to have furnished the largest part of
the fund of 100000 which was futilely
spent in trying to have passed state
law legalizing pool selling on race
tracks.
earritys Were Fighting Men.
Then there were the Garrity broth
ers, John, Hugh and Mike. They were
an especially tough trio and known as
| fighting men. They were guilty of nu.
merous assaults, some of them of the
most serious character. 1t was John
| Garrity who bit an ear off of Alderman
James Peavey, who was also gamb
Ter. The men had engaged in a fight
and in the absence of more deadly
weapons Garrity used his teeth on the
part of the aldermans anatomy that
was most convenient. Hugh and Mike
Garrity are dead, having fallen into
poverty, and the same i'll fortune that
pursued most of their fellows. On one
occasion, also, the Garrity brothers
| in the course of a gamblers feud with
John Bowling, who ran rival estab
| lishment proceeded to beat Bowling
up in frightful fashion. Bowling was
one of the characters of the old Clarl
street that was at once one of the
best and one of the worst. He was
brutal and often beat men with the
butt of the big revolver he carried, fol-
no stronger apparent reason than de
sire to see them fall. At the same
time he was generous to the unfor
tunate, and as result had many o
the most bitter enemies and grea
many staunch friends. Bowling los
his money after Clark street wai
closed to the big gamblers and died o
paresis five years ago.
One of the picturesque characters o
the street was James Watson, ALA
| Sir James, alias the Big Englishman
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-03-22

grant, glad to be able to beg the price
of a bed in the cheapest lodging
house.
Cliff Dehority. another of the old
time faro dealers, Is living In New
York. but is said to have managed to
keep his head above water since he
left Chicago About the only man who
was intimately associated with the
Mcdonald gambling house who pros
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-03-22

he had made mistake. He was not
John Smith of Conrad, Ia. but William
Jones of Pekin, Ill. The steerer apol-
ogized and the prey congratulated him
self on the cold reception he had given
one "of them there bunko men,"
Steerer No. then impaired the
right name and address of the farmer
to steerer No. 2. The latter did his
work well. He formerly lived in the
Arizona republican., 1907-08-30
ARE PREPARING FOR
 LARGER OPERATIONS
A. F. Jones, a Recent Arrival From Oklahoma, Unites His Capital and Energy With Gerard Bros. in a New Incorporation.

A new dry goods company has been corporated in Phoenix for the purpose Of continuing on a larger scale the business conducted by Gerard Bros on Washington street The name of the corporation is the Gerard-Jones Dry Goods O.. capital stock. s30.O00. R. D. Gerard, J. H. Gerard, Mary L. Gerard and A. F. Jones are the names of the incorporators. Gerard Bros. are we'll known and have been conducting a successful business fin the city for over year. but on account of the great prosperity in sight have decided to take in partner and make a general expansion in stock.
 A F. Jones. the new member. has been in the city about two weeks but was here last winter for several months and was much impressed with the prospects for making money in the valley and so decided to engage in some kind of business. The Opportun- | ity to join with Gerard Bros. in an es- ] tablished business came and was ac- cepted. He was formerly engaged in business in Oklahoma for about four teen years. He started in Ardmore, l. T.. with $40 and one suit of clothes, ' first in the grocery business on a cap ital of s7OO, then went into the hard ware trade and was so successful that in ten years he had accumulated over s40.000. He invested in the lumber business and still owns some property in Ardmore, Indian Territory, though he has closed out his commercial in- terests Shere.
 l MT. Jones and wife are here to make their permanent home and are looking around for a suitable residence. They like Phoenix very much and are glad to get settled comfortably here in bus mess. The new firm is figuring on moving to larger and more commodi- ous quarters as soon as they can be secured and expect then to greatly ex- pand and branch out with a much larger stock
Arizona republican., 1907-08-30
HEADQUARTERS FOR
 ARIZONA TOURISTS
When ia Los Angeles They Will Find The HoIlenbeck Hotel Just Like Home.

The Hollenbeck hotel of Los Ange- les probably enjoys a greater patron age b. the Arizona people than any other similar institution on the coast. IL is not the largest nor the most eX- pensive hotel, but it is a good one. and offers all the comforts and .conven- fences of life, with luXuries for those who can afford them. The secret of its Arizona patronage lies largely in the fact that Manager Mitchell is something of ar AriZonian himself and fully appreciates his Arizona friends. striving to give each patron his per sonal attention and look after his comfort.
 In this connection it is learned that MT. Mitchell has fitted up one of the finest suites in the hotel for the es- pecial use of AriZonians and their friends. All of the Arizona papers will be kept on file and a register will be kept O. all guests and visitors. both in Los Angeles and at the beaches so that Arizona people can keep track of each other. There will be chairs, writing tables etc. and a thoroughly equipped Arizona headquarters will be main- tained.
Arizona republican., 1907-08-30
JESUS VEGA ESCAPED
 A FELONY CHARGE
By Lack of Sufficient Evidence That a
 Felony Was Ever Committed by Him

Jesus Vega was arraigned before Justice Johnstone yesterday charged with assault and was assessed s20. Vega had row with his partner. Pitto Lorenzo. a few days ago and it was alleged that Vega drew a revolver and pointed it at the Italian. The two are rroprietOrs of a cheap restaurant at the corner of Second and Jackson.
 Yesterday from the testimony ad- duced it appeared that the case of the prosecution was weak for lack of cor r1borative evidence. And Vega more over testified that he never owned deadly weapon and that he had not leveled one at the Italian. He could not account for the revolver in the bushes That was a mystery to him. His memory was weak on many other points He added that he was not afraid of his partner though he was the larger man. A felony charge could not have been sustained against him.
 Orin Butts was raising a rough house at the owl saloon Wednesday night and taken in tow by Deputy Sheriff Wayne Davis. Yesterday he vas separated from S7. Thomas Bold rn for a similar offense at the Santa Fe depot was charged $7. Doraciano Graxiola was making times lively at seventh and Cleveland streets and got even days.
Arizona republican., 1907-08-30
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
 OPENS SEPTEMBER B
The School Faculty Will be Larger Than Ever, Several New and Tal anted Musicians Being Added.

The Arizona School of Music will open Monday, Sept. 23rd. one week later than the city schools. The school will be open for registration of stu dents after Sept 17th. It is understood that the directoress, Mrs. Shirley Christy. has had many requests for catalogues from over the territory, and from other states. and that every thing points to a successful year.
 The faculty is an extremely strong one. Mir. J. Homer Grunn. director of piano. comes to the school from the Chicago Musical College where he has been one of the principal piano teach CTS for the past four years, being en- gagged in Berlin, Germany. The first assistant piano teacher Miss Gertrude
 Caroline Trump, is spending the sum-
 mer in Missouri. She is a pupil of Cuthbert Clarkson. Liverpool. Eng | and of Xavier Scharwenka. court pi- anist to the emperor in Vienna. MT Frank Lloyd Stuchal. who will have charge of the violin department is d pupil of Theodore Lindberg now of Wichita, but formerly of the BrusseIls Conservatory in Belgium. MT. John Rayburn Green of Indianapolis, will teach cornet and other band instru- ments. Of the other members of the faculty, MT. Thomas Francis Hughes,
 head of the vocal department is at
 Catalina: Mrs. Hughes in Valparaiso. Ind; Miss Pearl Beware. mandolin
 teacher, is in New York City: MT.
 Frederic Beware is Prescott; Miss Grace Abbie Andrews in Los Angeles. visiting her brother and Mrs May
 French Cooley in Boston.
Arizona republican., 1907-08-30
1M FUNERAL OF
 COL. B. W. LtAVFLL
The Flag at the Capitol Now at Half Mast and the Militia Will Wear the Insignia of Mourning.

! The funeral of Col. Beniamin w Leavell will be held today at am, the services taking place at the home of the family in Tempe and interment will occur at the Double Butte ceme- tery The Masonic fraternity, of which he became a member in Delaware Ohio. will have charge of the funeral. which will be conducted according to that orders customs with full military escort of Companies B. and D in uniform under the command of Col. James H. McClintock.
 , It had been planned by number who wished to attend the funeral to go to Temoe in different conveyances but on account of the rise in the river so it can not be safely iorded. arrange ments have been made to go by train. at 1:10 am, Phoenix time. Those who wish to attend the funeral but do not care to go to the cemetery can return To Phoenix on the incoming Kelvin train which will be held today until lO:3 am. Others who may remain longer will find accommodations on the Kelvin freight later in the day, to which will be attached special coach This train is scheduled to leave Tempe at 1: 50 Phoenix time.
 A feeling of sorrow overhangs the community with the death of the loved soldier for whom the last sad rites will be said today. In keeping with this feeling of sadness and as an express sion of the same. the flag at the Cap itol is now at half mast. All members of the National guard of Arizona will h.. mourning and the armories will be ap- propriately draped.
 Following are the orders issued to the companies B. C and D by order of Colonel McClintock.
 l. In announcing the death, this date, of Colonel Benjamin Ward Leav- ell, adjutant general. the regimental commander would express the deep sorrow felt within the regiment over the loss of one who has been the friend of officers and men alike. a valued of ficer. whose life has been devoted to the service of his country and who has fallen at last by disease incurred in the line of duty.
 ?. Companies E, C and D. First In- fantry. are designated as escort at the funeral. which will be held from the family residence at Tempe at g am. Friday. August 30. Companies. in service uniform, will be reported to the regimental commander at that time and place.
 3. Customary mourning will be worn by all officers of the regiment and attached troop for the period of thirty days.
 By order of Colonel McClintock
 GEORGE A. ALKIRE. Captain and Quartermaster. Acting
 Adjutant