Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-10

NEW YORK, March 9.-lf the the ory of the New York police authorities is correct, Charles ("Red'O Adams, the notorious swindler, confidence man and all around crook, who is now un- der arrest on the charge of using the mails for swindling operations, has led for years double life The police authorities claim to have evidence to prove that "Red Adams is identical with James A. Currie, reputed man of wealth who lived a life of quiet re- spectability at his magnificent home within the aristOcratic precincts of Mid wood Manor, Sheepsbcad Bay. The evil denee, SO far, is said to be entirely cir cumstantial, but there are certain cir cumstances which lend color to the the ory of the police. The man who was known among his neighbOrs at Wildwood as James A. Curie is absent from the city and his wife asserts that she does not know where her husband may be found. as lie has not communicated with her for some time. Of course, she denies the identity of her husband with Red Adams. Currie was supposed to be very wealthy, but nobody seemed to know the source of his wealth or anything about his past life 1t is said that he was frequently absent from home, re- maining away for weeks at time, but nobody remembers having heard Currie give an explanation of his absence or an account of his travels. Concerning the criminal antecedents of "Red Adams the police authorities are much better informed and, considering the fact that Adams was known for many years as one of the most dangerous crooks, it seems strange that the detec- tives learned so little about his private life. Perhaps they never made an eff fort in that direction.
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 There wasn t d more disgusted man in town the other day than the' Greek peddlar, fined in the police court for selling flowers on the street on Wash. ington s birthday, without having Ii. cense. When he was informed in court that he had violated the law, the Greek became indignant and gave drastic ex- pression to his contempt for country called "free,' where it was unlawful to sell flowers on the birthday of the man who was called the "Father of his country"
 The publication of an alleged state ment attributed to Mrs. Alma Webster. Powell, one of the leading suffrage ad- vOcates, caused considerable cOmmOtiOn among the suffragists and suffragetteS of New York the other day. It was al legged that Mrs. Powell advised her sis ters in the cause of woman s suffrage to bribe the legislators in Albany with kisses into granting the women of the state the right to vote. In an open let ter addressed to one of the daily papers Mrs. Powell emphatically denied hay ing given this advice. Many of the suff ragettes, eager for new sensations and experiences, had welcomed the alleged suggestion and are disappointed ovel this denial. Of course, it was merely { joke. Anyone who has ever attended a suffrage meeting will know that sucl an attempt at bribery would be doomed to fail. Mrs. Powell probably meant the suffragettes and their less rabit sisters should go to Albany en masst and threaten the legislators with lisse, unless they granted the demanded sui rage.
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 Taxicabs have fallen into disreputC through the brazen and impudent hold up methods of many of the cab drivers The manner in which they overchargt their ' fares shows that they have les, conscience than trust presidents. The other day a man took taxicab to con vey him from his home on Hoope, street, Brooklyn, to Terrace Garden Manhattan, where he intended to at tend a ball. The distance is about five or six miles. When he arrived at Ter race Garden the "cabby" tried to col feet fare of $S.S0. The passenger re-