Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-08

~, Tho corner Spiiic I, 5i,i,,,4 HE
Mahotltuss money and n5revolver. Whens
founa , LILY nj tho station the saloon
they a. I'M 'hls wife had Just entered 70
h ,,aRs' d complaint. ~ ,,,,aine
hlahe ,,tstrnte Corrigan. after lolalllS
Mas fo, general sessions. receivea
Maiio,nnv,no,ls letter from u resiuetit q
an Halls Kitchen district, urging mn.
me .,aal severely with Ma Ma. aiie
~ ,riter said that Mahone9. my ,,t,t,,-
VIII ibc ncighborlloodf for months WIFI
~ ~ fc,,,, OF punishment. -,
OUT a., ~ sort oftthins does not pass IN
iiid oither by the gt,nsster or ;thc
E noiiccu and it is a record such as
poilce .i,st ma kcs the policeman realize
ms w.. ~ l,,,st punish ut the FISK OF MS
that I'D 10 buck and punish asalii-.
tl' IN. gang gets aim, OF nc s 'e'a IS
The gancsler. -, Us
CHECKING THE GANG f i.A.Il
,m 1c,,d in the ne;ghborhood Of One,
ins ana Fourth street Is ono OF
iiuh's ,nndlng. and many policeman
IONS ,oa, bruten within ali inch oil ms
mas I>ast NAV Patrolmcn RoWley ana
ne. fall afo,,l OF the scnr-barn gang
Gpl ..'a' ,ttcnIpt to check q raid on a
III ~ candy shop. -Four men promptly
s''hl RoWley to the floor. hui me Two o
pniis.nen. who We're accustomed "
p. methods in that Quarter. s ,lr.'
nssIed in arrcsting their assaiianls
~. y }harJ fight. On the same ,l'iSHl
e,.a.,,.,n,' tried to break UP Il gathering
tof l,aan,d avenue and NinetS-seventh
az one OF the men was armed WIN
sttg ~, cii,nlin.. and with this he beat
.'l ,,e,,tccm;,n over the head until as
M t',,,se arrived in the share OF u res;
s,,,, marty from the police station. 1or-
u I'm Mad to go to the hospital as ~
smlt of the enconiitcr, but, iro!n Wy !.
rniice point of view, II was sWo 'ni,, ~ -,
for his fellow olNcers 49, ~
h'ahe shnrt lime before that three Of the
,,rsto,s we're arrested for q ropberyt
20 INC hundred and Tenth street.
y, o,'e won, told the district attorney
~ ,bny had been beaten IN the pich
no. We, oT ito station house by Patroincn
Howley. Hauscr, Hogan ana eui.aNn,'
,rbs three policemen were eSo ..i,,,s
md the ganssters sent 70 S.ls ,na.,t
Soon after this occurrence III III! ,'....
~, aoJ In,ters began to pour into the po-
ne ,me station. and tho gang went Oh ,!s
i,, ~ in the hope Of avenGing tne
,,,a,,,bors who had been so uncxpcctco.
~, u. 49,, nc formcd into convicts. ABOUT
y, y same time the gang posted
, w dead line, notice, which lorna 90
noiiccmen crossing the line mar IKE, py
ihc Nucty-siXth street side OF .ne "a.
harm in Second avenue. o .ha ,,ns,
D o,n.sed I, twice, and went to the nos
sius zach time, although the Eanssters
Wa, Wa ~ ,topplc over ~ brick chimney, W
let, him. and one of their hull.pel
&c caught by II Dalmatian lioui'u
W. ,,hicl, the policemen have maue
net nj the station house. laws
rddlv enough, the car-parH sunb
,oucs ~ specialty Of robbing canuy
stores. not only of what may " Ao wi,
IN Inc till but Of swectmcats 10 w M.
n is a gang with n sweet tootHt.. ~, ~
sweet tooth, however. dld liot i .,.a ers
nolicc, and as Il result wy - 10 MI
we're none too gently ha''utGu. a,iaa
r,nrstcrs sworc revenge on ING lo,.ss.
snI thc whole activity OF the preciiict
1a,,tcrod around a personal Isht pc
Y,een the two forces. The ponce knew
tbat the mon they were hunting uia
not stop Mt candy stores. but even 5tnen'
nc IN recent instances. proof OF wrong
dn,nr was hard to get, and only AZ me
cast OF broken patcs, me "hole re
s,,.,o force of the station house mas
Wen oui at one time to fight the ganS.
ami the victory has rested with Cor
coran's men only after memoTapic
battle.
KNOWN AS cop FIGHTERS"
II is, methods of this sort that hayn
earned for the gang the name OF cop
,ir,tcrs." n tile once proudly held by
.tSrwburc George" and his Gopher
Gang. iFi Thc'snolicc say that In the
,eourso. of time there will be Internal
disscnsions in tho car-barn gang, JUST
as there has been in the Gopher gang,
and that the shootings sure to ensue
will give them u handle. in their iight
for evidence.
Bottles, bricks and stones-al these
arc fayoritc gang weapons. Pistols
are reserved rs Il rule for internal dis
sensiorls. Tho fighters" as n rule
are afraid to make a serious attempt TO
kill u policeman. Such move does
not serve their purpose. But, as III
the case of Cummins. If they arc sutfi-
GENTLY strong numerically when they
encounter II policeman, they arc willing
10 come as near killing him as pos.
siblc. Their purposes are best served
by sending Il policeman to the hospital
for as long n period rs possible. Yet
ii is not part of their philosophy to on
pcct the policeman on his discharge to
ask to be assigned to the same post. Il
1t is the everlasting persistency OF
the battered policeman more than any
thing else that is feared by the gang
stcrs. Away down in their hearts they
know their masters, and they do not
like to hear Of one of their victims
calmly coming back to the same post
he patrollcd when he was beaten up"
Tho man who comes back for more
knows too much about, them and their
methods, and it Is only q question Of
time when his observation or their ac-
tivities will crystalline into evidence
good enough to send thcm up the river.
The plans of the gang are carefully
laid with the idea of avoiding any
thing that might he construed as ovi-
dence against its members, and the
fact that the policeman Is always con-
ing back for more can have but ono
mcaning--hc wants to get something
on somebody" that will make 1t i'm
possible for the gangster to get off
with a suspended sentence. or otherwise
escape the punishment that in most
cases has been hanging over his head
for years, II
The feud lasts for years, for gang
sters are forthcoming as fast as polico-
men, but the real bravery is all on one
side, and in the long run the policeman
viii get the evidence he Is fighting for.