The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-15

q Gambling House at 155 Second Ave.
II was raided by Lieut. Becker and his
Strong Arm Squad. The next morning
At Essex Market Court at LIST st. and
"a Ave. l met Lieut. Becker. and went
up to him and asked him II II was
fact that he still had two unserved
warrents against the place he admitted
that he had. I then promised to pro-
duce the missing men that were named
in the warrants which / did. and the
warrants were served on the street In
front of the court. my reason for this
was that I was anxious to get back
and start operations at the same place.
and could not do this with the war
rants out against the place, as We all
knew II was a trick of men In charge
of raiding squads to always hold out
one or more warrants OF a raided place
to be used as a means of again raiding
a place IL they resumed operations.
without going through the same pro-
cess of securing evidence over again.
CASE Thrown OUT" FOR 5000,
ROSE ASSERTS.
While these negotiations were going
on between Lieut.. Becker and me. We
grew quite chummy, and soon l asked
him what disposition would be made
OF the case and he said. well for
$500 oo-loo I will guarantee you to
have the case thrown out, but he said
you must instruct your attorney to
waive examination and will take care
o. II down town, which did. paid
him the two Hundred Dollars In the
2nd Ave & LIST st.
He then said he would like to meet
me again and we arranged for a meet
ing on the following Sunday at 14i or
145ti st. & Bway as Becker then lived
in that vicinity. / made him that eve
ming in Taxi Cab and we rode over
to the Arrow Head Inn where we sat
and drank and talked he told me that
he was about to start out on long
Line Of raiding and he also intended to
get some money for himself, he said
hrst and then start in to get some
money for taking care Of some places
ana he thought that would make htsa
Q good man to collect for him.
i agreed to the proposition and the
terms agreed upon was that l was to
ret 251 of all my collections. At that
conversation he told me that he had
then In his possession evidence against
a pool room on Sd Ave & 10th st. con-
Quoted by two men Hoch Gan ex Police
mani and Armburster. he said on the
following day he would have the affi-
davitt ready upon which to apply for
warrants but he said you can see these
people and II You can get $500 from
them, will destroy the snadavttt and
70 no further. told him ! would see
them and report to him.
han I'm, fa
he told me to prepare to get busy, az
he said he was going to make couple
of Big Raids and that would force all
the gamblers to sit up and take notice
he then raided a place on i4th st. anu
q place on 3sth st. after these raids No
told me to start out and bsgtn to get
keepers Of Gambling Houses to pay ms
money for protection against being
rsided by the "strong Arm Squad"
didn't have much standing In the
Gambling Business and never was
known as a collector or . man who
stood In with the police. so ! called on
Bridgey Weber to help me out he
talked with Becker and Becker told
him to help me. and he started out
with me. The amount OF the tar1n
agreed upon was to b $500 month
those who made payment that night
were Bstx--st. MoDougsll--6t. Coe--
St. Ludlum- 3. Mccullough on ST
Dlumsnthal D Tobdn on st. made
their payments direct TO Becker but
secured my rs per cent. as l had spoken
to them about It but as l said before
they never knew OF me holding such a
position before so they made II . point
downtown. (Note; Each OF the places
named here as paying blackmail to
Becker also paid protection to police
inspectors)
GAVE THE CASH TO BECKER,
INFoRMER SAYS.
at 900 Jimmie Bsattie at 400 curisy on
l0sh st d 9Th Ave at e2oo.
! used TO meet him at different place.
to turn over what money l had to him
/ used to meet him at my house morn
ings. or az the corner OF 10th st
Bway In ths-Lion Palace Cafe. or in tn,
subway station, n place we met ofteneI
than at any other was the Union Square
Hotel 18th st and 4th Ave. where we
always sat in the rear dining room anC
passed what money ! collected o.
talked over matters with him
He BEGGED NOT TO RAiC
ROSENTHAL'S PLACE.
Matters went along but Becker kept
telling me almost every day after thai
that Waldo was after him TO rad
Rosenthal. he said he was doing the
best he could but things were getting
very warm ii Police Headquarters ant
finally Becker told me one day At UnioI
nquare Hotel that his mind was mad
UP ne would raid the place begged