The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-02

Myers "mus1 raise vOlr hit too
Gets Closcr TO the Plot.
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Myers agreed 'o 40 what ne couin
There was further talk but not enough
TO satisfy the detective as 10 what the
proposod fund ,vas TO be uaed for And
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meet the next afternoon az saloon III
Seventh avenue not far above the one
in which thoy were. the crowd left
Tho de,oc,,ve vas a, tho saloon deaio
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, au 'a' ~ Wv Nv a,' 'snoon euu "s",,, nn
and making handbook bets In fact
Myers and disorderly house promoter
named schwartz entered the place
They vcre ioirod in n few minu,ea
b,, ,p,,har ,,o,s,i,,,or n.r o., tho do
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.ec.iNe' & ms 'nleSt 1 arnisa, ~ how knoM w u u
70 oe Sa'oo'l h'eler wnose Place oI, me
r' r,asI size a'so was nelng "aucheu ny
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u uu ~ ~, m''tFt Tas & ui,u II" 10, ~ Man
ne soon l"'rn"h nil n'S iacN OF ue'slleu
nupNI'us' :" .i' 'n'l,"' ol ~" ton-
rPhafE "'S ",,'S't' ''' ,N'uS'oI'' ne
Inucn az up I" inns I"ne 'he conspiralors
pans i,hu gone y" ,"l'ner ran I"Ise
os ,,unh 'n s'arl nack''re o. to',p
niIu, Wy, 't'uN "l'N "ud., oIais. wv
.usIaueo' o' S'''' n'N'S,lRd'ors WHO "eie
threatening 'hein WIN rum.
me Srnnp' lnrluulne me ue,ec,lT~'
ts.n'' eu ~ " n,te' ''u " W. oai 10 Idlh.
myers, eN'o'n'N Iie"Seo WIN nis euo.'S
nnHhVl"r' Whispereu nitecIionS 70.
tne DINERS 10 STAND around MN SO tha'
80 tneF $1,000 IN u CLOS" circle WIN polu-
ner9 IN IN" cehf"' IKE Ioo,oall PlaNers
Iorlnlns circl' aro,hp 4 pla.er VINO 's
chanSinS Torn Jersey LOT ne" one
.. c,,,..,.a wo,
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rMv.rs n,,led from pock.. a yellow roll
ofbiIjs, he raricilv fingered over num-
ber Of sioo and $500 bills until he had
counted of 50 400 Goldberg Expressed
pICpt' dplu a @ ,ol ~, sl. ~
a word Of warning about his carelessness
in displaying his roll" took the rubber
bands off the yellow bills which he had
brought 10 add to the pot. He counted
of ak 81 .uOn bills and twelve $500 bills.
which added to Nyers's roll made u
total OF si5,pn that had been collected
overnight
Myers had collected his contribution
Of $500 hy levving tax Of 5000 on each
Of tha women proprietors Of fifteen dis
orderly hous 8 for which he is collector.
Goldberg had worked most OF The p-evf-
Gus night and n par o. that dav col ecting
$500 from zach ~ sixty proprietors OF
diaorderlv houses.
For some reason not vet known. between
the time of the breaking up or this meet :
ing nnd sunset word was sent around
to the vice trust houses closed by Al
t6vney Smith 10 open up again. Ihe
police wi not adm't hat in" houses did
In 1H-fr a.F
made an irvestisa' on which convinced
the county othc!ais fhat hehouses opened
again that saturday night.
But they had 'c2rCeiH ol'ne when tne
District Attorney admitted 70 newspaper
men that he kr'w twelv" houses OF the
opened. The Isiblcitv VIII ch his an-
nonncement 60, caused IN" wee trust
70 eiose up es"H
Cor.pir,t,r, Again Bu,,.
While these evenings ana closing
were happening 'ns conspiIators wers
planning an linrNTdnt meeting during
wh'ch a pan oi campaign agalhst the
graft Investigators was To he deterinlned
The Burns detective was finally told 70
he on hand IN certain motel near Broad
way and lwenty-Seven street, ne
meeting; he was tnld, would be held at
the hotel on the following saturday night.
which was Week a 60 las saturday nlght
The det"cuve was tho iirst one 10 arrive
at the hotci har ana during this meeting
the plan "i the conspiracy was outlined
The inspect NJ stan man who was present
had with hin anoth"r policeman IN plaln
clothes who formerly was wardman ana
now IS on tr same inspector stan
lhe police captain wasn't present but
the former iammahv leader was ana 80
were the eS- S-hssemblyman. Myers. Ereen
and Goldberg There was an argument
early in IN" meeting as TO the hest way
70 stop me Rraft invest gators Gold :
perG ufnloiy aGViseu 'nat everybody
iay low ana nor 90 anything Tor couple
OF weeks or month; And then the ex-
Aseemblyman, ar the brains ot the organ
ization- made "A httle speech
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: With the $50 already in the pot
and more TO come. he said. the crowd
was in a position 10 select three men 20
swear to false affidavts against at lea st
one county official. and more if necessary
His idea was 10 give s.. 900 to ca ch of three
men willngl to sign such an affidavit
He said that the moment the young county
officials he had in mind learned that they
were being accused in sworn affidavits
OF certain things which he had worked
out in detail. their hearts would come
neIt door tn stopping and they would be
Green was chosen hv the az, ,Assemh,v-
man TO sign one of the affidavits, Every