The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-17

PUT MS arms around me ana Kissed
me. Twas surprised at his action, but
ne waved his hands to the crowd and
said:
Anything in the world for you.
Herman. I'll get up at 3 o'clock in the
morning to do you . favor. You can
have anything I've got
Then he called over his three men,
James White. Chalres Foy and Charles
Steinhart and he introduced me to
them, saying:
This Is my best pal and DO any.
thing he wants you to do
THOUGHT ! COULD TRUST
BECKER"
FINALLY II got 30 that thought I
could trust Becker. as he seemed to
really like me and I was thinkin 4
about opening up my place again.
needed some money to make a start
and so I went to tho best friend I've
got. Big Tim Sullivan. and asked him
to loan me $4,000. Big Tim didn't
have the cash. so ne signed a note for
$4,000 for me and got the money. The
loan was out Of pure friendship.
But that was not enough TO start
me. I needed some more mopey. A. my
, troubles with the police had cost me
lot OF cash and I was practically
broke. 30 l said to Becker.
"T want to borrow $500 from you
| You're on. ne rfpl.ed. on condition
| that you'll give me % per cent. of your
Place when you are OPEN"
Following Ii the account OF how ne
got the money on q dummy mortgage:
II had enough, for tn. bank roll and
to open up. and so early in March ]
started IN business. Becker had told
me to put Jack Rose In. and 7 knew
what that meant. for Rose would repre-
sent Becker as his collector and would
see that he got his 20 per cent. out of
all that the house won. I had no OBJ
lection to tho arrangement
"f'he house was going along all right.
but there was q rap put in down at
Headquarters. and think somebody
must have put Waldo wise to the fact
that Becker and l were friendly. for
Becker sent for me. and when met
him by appoir tment told me he was
having a hard Job staffing Waldo. He
said that Waldo wanted to get m. and
that he was stalling him OF by saying
that he had not been able 70 get evil
dence. H.s told me he was in a hole.
didn't want him to risk his Job on my
account ana 80 told him
Charlie, YOU are a policeman, and
II Is w to you TO do your duty ~ you
~
any evidence against me 90 ahead and
do It.
Three nights later ] met him again.
ne 81 would have to give him a
rald. he said II was up TO me to TX II
up any old way liked. He aaid I
could get an old roulette wheel ana he
would make . blum and smash the win
dows." '"'
An account Of the raid here follows:
The next time I met Becker was a
rev night later. ! hired a taxicab at
rra"leys. Forty-sixth street and Sixth
avenue. We got In together and rode
slowly down town. we talked over a
lot OF different things and finally had
an argument. When we parted com
pany that night we were not on very
1000 terms ! don't care to say what
the argument was about. but II was
over the raid.
THEN BECKER PUT A COP IN
HIS HOUSE.
That settled It between us, but the
policeman VINO had been stationed In
my house since the night OF the raid,
VINO Becker said would be removed the
next day. remained there. and I heard
that Becker had boosted that he would
Keep man there as long as he was
In the Police Department He neysr
turned In the four other warrants that
he held but had not served en- the nigh,
OF the raid.
You can take any other case OF a
gambling raid and the unserved war
rants are usually turned In the next
day and destroyed, and the cop placed
on duty at the raided place usually rs
taken away within twenty-four hours
after the raid. These facts coupled with
the statements I had heard Becker had
made. convinced me that Becker had
turned squarely against me. and instead
OF being my friend had become my
bitter enemy and was prosecuting rle. 7
had had too many dealings with coppers
to stand for persecution and oppression
by the police-oppression which plainly
violates the law. and though Il was a
hard step to take and l was warned
against II. ! determined to fight the
police
Becker was able TO work as he
/ wished because he was satisfied that
the newspapers were liked. He be-
lieved that this had cen done by Win
ME Sheeehan. the private secretary to
Commissioner Waldo. who was a news
paper reporter before he received his
appointment In the Police Department
''Sheehan often boosted OF his pull
with the newspapers and OF his friend
ship with men high in editorial positions
on the daily press. He frequently men,
TONED their names as among his friends
and men who would do anything for him
and would suppress or print news ct his