New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07
TO DRIVE Out CROOKS.
Douqhertylnforms Alleged Wire
Tappers He Will Do So.
INTENDS TO CLEAN CITY
Name of Man Who Set Trap Tor
Game Fictitious-Federai
Officers Take Clew.

The thirteen alleged wire tappers VINO
we're arrested on Friday passed So','o "o"'
...oraa,. that made the most hardened of
,rem wish ne were away somewhere '
vond The reach Of the New forS Po''''
t,,or, the cells az Police Hesdquar'e'S'
ohs,, they Lad spent night the 'h'r'een
~, t.ken before the morning aSS''""''
20 1.,,ctiycs e. make the "n'-S'ue" ~
o,,.irtan,c that viii make them KNOW" ~
the polce for long time
,,.4.,,.a into a bunch. looking quite Sne'P-
I'D. .,o,,oh still self-possessed they i"' INV"
enc centre around which circled score
ae.oc,i,ee whose faces were covered WIN
hi,cL masks Tho silent scrutiny o'@'" w.
s,,s,o ,ho neryiest NJ the thirteen anu
whom finally. George :. DougherN'
ond peputv Commissioner. VINO was ~"
masked. told them how the ponce """'"
trost them in the future. tho hraNado E'''
esy Ia an expression II fear.
i've cot YOU fellows now. he Sa''' "''
am going To get every one "i your h"'"'
vor can't stay i'm New York CITY -" w"
,,derstand? have instructed lhSP'V'''
prsseU L. "a as far nc elikes ana ~
-,~ AZ no can 90 get a case on YOU that
ain hold YOU And / have further to'u
,,,o to pick Won up whenever You are seen
Al, thc streets Of New York. You nave /
either to get ont or 90 To prison
Secret Service man. masked hk" the
detectives. scanned each face in search oi
,1enders AGAINST the federal laws. lie !
found one. and this one was separated
from the Others because the governments
es,e against him formed a prior lien on
his person. The Secret Service man called
him Walter Nolan. though he had gwen /
the name of William Mann.
This broke up the hoodOo number thir- /
teen and only twelve were crowded into
,st-ol wagons and taken to the West side
court FOR arraignment before Magistrate
Mummy They were put under bail OF
500 each. and. despite the obJecuoh VI
,..tr o.ur.sl Mr.. Wlmot Assistant Dis /
,rict Attorney. received permission to take |
tv,eutv-four hours in which to examine the /
prospective uondsmen.
rh. man who seemed 10 enjoy the court /
scere most Of all present was the man /
who trapped the gang. Il was said at hrst
Gina. he was Charles Mcdonald, rich con- /
,~..,,r - Philadelphia. but Inspector Rus
SOL admitted he was not The Inspector /
s4w IN A that the papers in the case were
handled most carefully and that no IN
ogfsti,. eye could discern the name at
t.hed to tho complaining affidavit The /
exclamation was given that if his name
we're made public his family and ms
friends would be diSpleased, and he wouid
refuse 90 appear IN court at the trial oil
90, alleged wire tappers.
..NcDenald" took the witness stand but
10 Was not examined. and the case was
adjourned until tomorrow afternoon. He
anuesr- % boz forty years old is tall and
hroad-shouldered. wears a short cropped
white m.,tache and looks a picture OF
strength and health.
The man called Walter Nolan. who was
wicked on. bv a secret Service man during
tho scrutiny at Police Headquarters. has
h,en sought by federal authorities since
September 1907. a reward of $500 was set
for his capture lie has used large va
r'eiy Of aliases TO cover his trail. among
them W 3D. Hamilton, W. II. Martin, w
= Thornton and William Mann until finally
he was seized by the police in the trap that
vas set for his associates.
The alleged crime for which Nolan is
wanted by the government was committed
in the Wes- lie is one Of the eighty-three
men who were indicted on September IS,
1903 by the federal grand jury at Council
Bluffs Iowa on q charge Of having used
The mails in a scheme To- defraud.
The band OF which Nolan is said TO have
been member was known "a the Maybray .
gang from It's leader. W p. Maybray. Ac- .
,ording 20 Secret Service men. the gang .
cleaned up more than S10O0.0OO by solicit
ing bets through the mails on horse races.
prize fights. wrestling matches and other
sporting events that never took place. Small
winnings" were often paid by the gang
10 lead on the bettor to risk a larger sum
that went directly into the pockets Of the
gang members.
Since the indictment Of the sang forty
three # the men have been rounded up.
tried and sent 10 prison some were dis
charged because of the lack of evidence
arsinst them. while Secret Service men are
OIL constant lookout for those who decided
b disappear from Iowa
Nolan was arraigned before John A.
Shields. United States Commissioner and
remanded TO Police Headquarters until to-
morrow. when ne will again be brought
before the commissioner for examination