The evening world., 1912-11-08
BOWERY NOW UPTOWN.
Thugs and Gunner Now Own
Dear Old Broadway, Says
Veteran Bunco Man.

coot ana trousers, boiled shirt, stand
40 collar and narrow black string Ito.
~ II he were likely to rise at any mo-
ment and announce the next hymn.
A. he regarded Tho Evening World
reporter who had asked him n question
there was a queer. quixzical worldly
glsam in the old gentleman's eye. such
- even q clergyman sometimes may
manifest
II ion't know that care 20 talk for
solicitation. my boy" he said. IN .
highly london favored accent. and
sven II Cd care TO do not believe II
would be best until the courts have
passed on my present difficulties. And.
a course. sven II every one has beer
Aying Cor a score Of years that I an,
ne inventor of what you call the gold
brick and overlapping swindies-yes air.
shameful swindies they are-ft would
never. never DO for mo to admit It my
~"
That was the way he PARTED a request
for an interview that would have been
ioser TO . confes don Of past adventures
with the money of others than any
statements hundred third degrees
lave wrong from tho plausible. deter.
mined Lips Of Joseph Krakowski. whose
aliases start with a grandfloquent and
Rofitable "Sir John Gray" and descend
10 the underworld soubriQust of Paper
Collar Joe.'
'VAPER COLLAR JOE" 10 NOW
OUT ON BAIL.
paper Cosfar Joe" which = the
mms broadway like bsst to call him,
70 ont on baA. following he arrest yes
tGdav With the 0ondorf brothers a.
90 Of the wireless wlre-tsppsrs who
~ e8ooo from DR.. J. II. Powell, Q dem
iswysr. WHO oams up from wiiinin gton,
n. c.. TO beat those crooked New York
gamblers a. rhctr own game. II was
a1dkury's description OF tho benevolent,
gvNy-haircd cashier who wished him an
Fangsish- accented 'Nottc~ luck next
tina" that brought Paper Collar joe
inAp M tots. And Paper Collar Joe,
dssp1te hls outward caAm. was exceed
iaqS N1gry when ne faced the reporter
10 fail my experience and with all
I've bees accused Of. they never have
tekee hnne for anything so low a. a
nmbifn6 house door tender or what
ever thSy now charge ! am. 1t II a
disgsape and an outrage and I feel It
most shamsfuliy. Now II Il had been
scmsthing In connection with a card
same they arrested mo forever II
they. acoesed mo Of playing dishonesty
II should not have minded no much!
But this II frazne-up. I'll give 81, 900
10 charity " any one can show I ever
he'd even . bowsnG acquaintance with
these 0ondorf people I simply dom,
know them and don't care to-"
At this point Mrs. "Paper-Coiiar
zoe" entered the ROOM handsome,
dark French woman. soberly clad like
her husband.
I'VE can 90 on talking" aaid ths
erStwhue Sir John Gray who used
that title exclusively while selling q
made to-ordsr stock OF old masters &
wealthy Americans abroad. THANK
0od my wife does not speak or under
stand English. shall never let hei
learn the Language
DUvS AND SELLS OBJECTS on
ART, he SAYS.
Ny hobbies are racing and cards
and my business IL the buying and sell
Ing Of objects OF art. have had man,
most profitable transactions witt
wealthy and representative Americans
and there certainly would have been n,
necessity for me to pose as q door
keeper or bookkeepcr--they're reaii
quite the same-in q wiretappers' plot.
"Papcr Collar Joes" eyes twinkled a
he recalled. perhaps. the heyday Of hi
career ~ an art dealer.
"Yss." he ~aid. earnestly. ct reall
Al IN art connoiseur--regardle O
WHIST the police have said of my trans
actions. I am fond OF art and bject
Of virtue IN a different way than lik
race horses and cards. With cards
ON do anything. There 10 nothing an
one can teach me about them. And It.
pretty much the same with horses.
II had my own stable In France to
years ago. There was lots Of racint
and since I would rather to this da
Astend a race than eat, l enjoyed mysel
Immensely. My business In art sur
ported my stable. or would have ha
the stable not been a money-maker froi
the 4Bst
BIT then. apparently, ! incurred IN
dlspleasure OF some one connected wit
the Government and I was expelle
from France. II was charged that
had been operating dishonesty at IN
race tracks, which was. OF course. al
surd. ! stayed out OF France for som
time and finally arranged a treaty wit
the Government. ] can go back theT
to-day, II l wish. 80 'ong as do nc
70 near a race track. They are beastl
suspicious. the French.
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