The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16

Chicagos tSTnouS oSI-CNiES' VITO RET
dered the people of the United States
: lasting service by traPcing and ex-
( Terminating "wI5oat Insurance com-
, pan-cs.
! Clifton L. Woodbridge. Chi
cago'S famous detective. who :,
known throughout the cutirc
length and breadth Il in. Unite
. States a"d wi,r-c reputation aS
. I trapp.r a. d ~atyhcr Of tilirvc-.
ani 'ccn men" LAS extended L.
7 he ri:crmnSt p2rts Of the ctrtl,.
! | As been a liv' member o. the
! Chicago Police DtHartm"nt iIr
} lie past fifteen wears. an nj
these wears hc ha. rcndcrc
good account II himself.
/ Without fear o. favor. through
rain and sunshine. he has worked
IA, and night through all Jlfe,c
/ iiccting wears for H." suppression
OF gambling at paris and other
laccs Of amusement the .nspcc-
ticn ard supervision OF picture
exhibitions in penny arcadcs ard
museums. and H. in~rccf;on and
supervision of illustrated postal
cards sold throughout the city.
for the purpose of preventing the
exhibition. sale and circulation of
vulgar and obscene pictures; the
work OF gathering evidence
against and the Suppression of
dealers in ''Surc-thing" gambling
devices. viz. loaded dice. marked
] cards. roulette wheels. spindle
faro layoutS. card holdoutS. nicIlc
slot machines and many otter
devices.
AS result of his laborS in Il Is
direction lately five OF the leading
manufacturers ii the above .ie-
scribed devices in Chicago have
bren arrested an indicted and
now await trial. P1raphcrnalia
valued at $4,000. seized bv him
i held a. evidence.
Detective Woodbridge has
within the past wear investigated
ard made reports To Chief John
Nj. Collins. concerning the follow
ing questionable businesses:
Brokers, Wildcat Insurance.
Fake Mines and Oil Wells. Turf
Swindlcs. Home Buying Swim
dies. Fake Bond and Investment
Companies. Bucket Shops. Blind
Pools in Grains and Stocks. Pool
Rooms. Hand Books. Fake Mail
Order Houses. Ordinary Gamb-
ling Concerns. Matrimonial Blu
reauS. Fake Book Concerns. Fake
Underwriting. Fake Banks. Col
Letting Agencies. Fake Medicine
Companies. Clairvoyants. Fortune
Tellers. PalmiSts. Bogus Char
titles, Wire Tappcrs. Fraudulent
Employment Agencies. Fake
Doctors, Air Line Railroads and
Land SwindlerS.
1t is freely conceded that De
tective Woodbridge has accom-
plished a wonderful work along
these lines. but it is our candid
opinion that his fame as a wide
awake detective will rest on his
more than successful effort in
trapping and discriminating the
numerous wildcat insurance COM
panies which flourished in this
CITY for MANY years.
He successfully prosecuted
and sent to the penitentiary at
Joliet. and to the Chicago House
of Correction: DR.. s. w. Jacobs.
Charles ]. Van Anden, E. A.
Shanklin. Charles ]. Russell and
Deacon" Wallace A. Lowell.
who were the head and the front
of the "Wildcatters" and who
were making more than sixty
million dollars a year by writing
worthless fire insurance prem
iums, and at the time this motor
ious gang was engaged in raking
in money by the millions. it had
a string of suckers extending all
over this country and in driving
the wildcat insurance companies
and many other fraudulent con-
Germs out of business Detective
| Woodbridge has rendered a last
ing benefit to the people of the