Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-09-20
ACTIVE PROBING
Of VICE TRUST
Investigation by District
Attorney in New York
Making Progress

NeN York. Sept 10 The Vice
Trust Investigation conducted in
New York city by the district attor-
neg is slowly progressing and. al
though the trust and ~ cOnfederates
In the police department are making
the most desperate efforts TO obstruct
The work Of the Investigators. a tre-
mendous amount OF the most often
siyely malodOrous evidence has been
dug up by the detesctiyes employed
| by the district attorney. one thing
has become clearly apparent. that the
Vice Trust u well organized and that
the ramliications OF IT, Influence
j reach far beyond the police depart
ment The situation Is appalling In
the extreme and the citizens are
awaiting the result OF the invcstiga-
/ ton with intense Interest
For the second time within few
weeks prisoner confined In the
Tombs made ms escape from that
place OF confinement A few weeks
ago George Wilson. dangerous
house-breaker. made his escape after
he had Knocked down a guard and
taken away the mans gun The man
who escaped the other day Was Rey-
nOlds FOsbrcy murderer. who
awaited himself OF convenient yenti-
lator shaft 10 gain freedom After
/ rs ilsOn escape an Investigation was
made and the experts entrusted with
/ the investigation stated that the
changes ordered by them would make
/ any further escapes impossible. a. an
weak spots had been eliminated Evi-
IDENTIFY they overlooked one weak
spot while Fosbrey. with more aCu-
men. did nor overlook Now another
Investigation Is being made and there
seems 20 Doe evidence that the weak
esq spot BOO the TombF is the neglect
ot duty hy certain OF thc officials and
employees Formal charges have al
ready been made against several OF
fhc employees and q general shake-up
.s expected iu the near future
The new directory for Manhattan
and the Bronx has bc,u issued. II
contains Dos, Sl5 names and address
IS. an increase over last year of AZ
$50 names The increase would in
dictate that the Boroughs OF Manhat-
tan aud the Bronx contain a resIden-
tial and business population Of ap-
IproNimatcly 100000 people These
I figures do not include the population
I Of the other horoughs which. together
with Manhattan and the Bronx con,
sututc Greater New York
An odd angle OF the Jersey en-
rIoyors liability law came out In the
recent filing OF suit In the New
York Supreme Court by Hugh Wilson
formerly The chauffeur of clinton S.
Martin wealthy resident ~ Ridge
wood. y ln his complaint Wilson
asserted that while cleaning his en-
pIoyers machine be- caught his right
hand loo 'hc motor and laccrated sew
.ral uf bis fingers On learning Of
DDS mIshap Mr. Martin. according 20
IA' STORY brought has chauffeur some
preparation 'o apply 70 hIs wound. As
result OFF 'hc Application wilson 81
"'Hd became worse, permanently
'II'.'.N. tud deiormnR DIS hand
WILSON demands damat'@ Io the
amour. %. HI",'o'. Zoe th' complaint
.'"''''' copy OFT Ne" Jersey iaN
...' .s .I"..an.c 'o' i'' plaintiffs
stand 100 h"Idiua pos employer liable
Ton 'H' %. 'Iirr' of th' medicine of
''I' In spirit OF Kindness
I' decision handed down Che
other day a1rro.a', Fowler 'stao-
Ilsh'd Is % precedent That O. p,rsp.
who disappeared forty years leo aud
has newer been seen OF heard of since
should not necessarily be- deemed
LEGALLY dead. The decision was made
boz q case iu which the accounting Tor
an estate was involved lu 1868 TWO
sisters. Bridget and Ann shannon
came fo this country from ireland
The year following her arrival Bird