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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-30

theSe girls are used In q similar
way, particularly In the vicinity of
the hotel In which the gang makes
its headquarters.
The Schildknecht case is a typical
example Of the work Of this gang.
From an inside source information
mas been obtained which discloses
exactly how this boy was led to ruin
and how other men who handle con-
siderable sums OF money are being
constantly victimized in the same
way.
Schildknecht is twenty.three years
old. He comes from respectable
family Of Canarsie,s Long Island, his
father having been a respected en-
ploye In Brooklyn savings bank for
years.
Two years ago young Schlldknecht
obtained position as cashier with
the Washburn-Crosby Flour Com
: pany, a millionaire concern. His
salary was $40 a week, his hours
from 9 to 5, 1T was his duty to re-
ceive and deposit the daily collections
made by the salesmen OF the firm.
These sums aggregated between three
and four thousand dollars a day.
For year Schlldltnecht managed
TO get along very nicely on Rfs $50
week. None Of the thousands Of dol
lars he daily handled for his firm
ever stuck to his fingers.
Last Winter, In company with o
companion, he entered a well-known
resort on Fortieth street, one Of the
most notorious places In New York's
Tenderloin, He was always well
dressed and presented rather a dap
per appearance. He didn't. spend
much money, from the standpoint Of
the underworld, but his appearance
and self-posseSsed manner might very
we'll have indicated that he had
money Mt his command.
At any rate, he was unfortunate
enough to attract the attention Of q
young woman known In the resort as
Efie Taylor. but whose real name is
Effie McMinn.
This girl lived at the time in a
luxuriously furnished apartment In
Harlem, maintained for her by man
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The poker game was preceded by an
eln nborate wine supper. and then the
party adjourned to the card room for
the game. By means Of cold-decks
and other crooked gambling devices
young Schildknecht lost upward OF
$1,000 that night.
Now at last EfYle was doing some
real work Three thousand dollars
from Scblldknecht tonight and an
other $4,000 tomorrow night, and
again the next njght-that was worth
while. Effle was at last on the job. lf
Schildknecht protested. or had g!im-
merings OF suspicion. never mind;
that was the vampires end Of the
job TO attend to. The main thing ID
bear in mind was that this little
cashier had $1,000 passing through
his now guilty fingers every day. and
Effie must see that It reached tho
gang.
Frequent poker and crap games fol
lowed this experience. Almost IN
varably Schildknecht lost.
For the purpose OF securing more
definite information about him, and at
the same time maintaining closer
watch on all his movcmeDts-for Il
was. feared that his populations might
nt any time be discovered and result
in his flight-the gang resorted TO
very ingenious ruse.
Effie Induced him to buy her two
expensive bulldogs, A day or two
after the dogs arrived she explained
that IL would be necessary TO have
some one take care OF the animals, as
4
do so.
An advertisement was accordingly
inserted in a newspaper and Effie In
terviewed the applicants who re-
sponded The man she selected was
q member or the gang. His position
as a member Of the Schildknecht
household made the espionage more
complete.
During all this time young Schlld.
by the Star Company, Great Britaia
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hnecbt was running two automobiles
One OF them racer. which he ca
tered In the Vanderbilt Cup race. He
had q chauffeur whom he paid So II
week, although both he and Efies
could drive the cars themselves.
Every day he drove TO his place OF
business and al night his auto called
for him
Last August Schildknechts employ
ers asked him 20 select his vacation
date, His peculntions had now been
going on for seven months. AS long
as he kept to his desk be felt that he
might keep them on forever. Accord
ingly he told his employers that he
wanted no vacation. but would like 10
take half n dny OF every now and
then,
He bad began 10 gamble more heav-
fly. hoping thar he might possibly get
back the large sums he had Squan-
dered and sci himself right on his
firms books. but his gambling was
done solely with Eftle's friends, OF
whom he never entertained the
slightest suspicion, and he Invariably
lost.
Last August, through statement
unwittingly mailed TO the company's
head Office by n clerk who temporary
lily took Schildknecht's place on his
afternoon of. Schildknecht's defalca.
tions came to light. He was sum
moned before the board OF directors.
Excusing himself for moment, the
soung man left the office and at once
got into communication with his
friends"
Realizing that the cashier had at
last been sucked dry, the gang de-
termined for their own safety to get
him out of the country. They sent
him to Montevideo. supplying him
with funds and assuring him that
while 1t was unsafe for his wife" to
accompany him, she would surely fol-
! low.
Once In South America, the gang
Rht5 Reserved
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dreds perpetrated by the same gang
and similar gangs year In and year
out.
I'm a Harlem hotel, In which this
particular gang makes its headquar-
ters hardly a night goes by in which
some transient guest Is not robbed or
blackmalled by the gangs vampires
who infest the district
Not always does the victim land In
prison as In this case. Sometimes he
is fortunate enough 10 be able to raiss
enough 10 satisfy the gangs demands.
This may impoverlsh him, but 1t saves
him from disgrace. Sometimes the
victim Is driven to suicide.
Not lpfrequently when he has been
sucked dry or exposure threatens him
and may involve the gang, he'is quiet
~ done away with.
To the efforts OF the Burns detec-
tives are due the revelation OF such
facts as have been brought TO light
But the Burns detectives are not po.-
licemen; their work ended when the
door OF the Tombs Prison snapped
shut on the trembling form Of young
SChildknecht. Will the police author
tiles take up this case where Burns
has left il and break up the gang
Wln employed Effie the Vampire?
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VINO was known there as John Taylor.
Taylor, as a matter of fact, was
Nicholas Yaccarelli. brother OF the
notorious Paul Vaccarelli, otherwise
known as Paul Kelly, leader Of the
Paul Kelly gang, said TO have been
disbanded but which is, nevertheless,
still in existence and stronger and
more active than ever.
Effie Taylor is a soft-spoken South.
ern girl, rather pretty, neatly dressed.
decided blonde and with very fesci-
mating ways about her. She was
fitted in every way for the function
she was engaged to I'll In the resort
In which young Schildknecht hap
pened to enter on the night in ques
ton. In other words, she was there
to appralse the men who entered the
place and to select the most likely
Victims for the gang to which she be-
longed to blackmnil
On this particular night the most
promising victim in the place seemed
to be young Schildknecht He had
the appearance Of bank clerk, and
bank clerks make excellent material
for this sort Of work
Bank clerks and cashiers draw
small salaries, but they handle thou
sands Of dollars every day Some
times these clerks are deliberately
cultivated and iured into the clutches
OF the vampire women OF the gang.
More often the vampires who hutter
about the resorts OF the Tenderloin
select their own prey, and slowly but
skllfully enmesh them in n net of dis
grace and dishonesty and deliver
them over to the real leaders of the
gang.
Introductions are not absolutely es-
sential In resorts OF this character.
Within fifteen minutes after ,EGie had
first laid her. eyes on young Schild-
knecht and decided that he would be
and drinking his wine.
Very cleverly the girl toyed with
the young cashier, teasing him about
his stinglness, but cleverly conveying
the impression that she was very
much captivated with him. Flattered
by the girls attentions, which he was
more or less at loss to understand,
young Schildknecht asked for an op-
portunity TO meet the girl again. He
was accommodated. Night after night
he freQuented the resort or similar
places to meet the girl.
The acquaintanceship soon ripened
into a very close friendship, Schild-
knecht becoming more and more in
fatuated with the girl. Fooishly hO
had invited his own undoing bs rep
resenting from the first that he had
very responsible position with
millionaire concern. While his salary
was not very large at that time. he
explained, he hoped for early promo
ton.
Having satisfied herself that Schild-
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Are Professional Men Spendthrifts? ?

.yeraging s3,e07; expenses. S3,19o;
savings. S7l7.
Semiprofessional men come next
railroad officials with an income OF
S3.441; expenses, s2.S1S. and savings,
S62S Mill and manufacturing SUI
perintendents come next with an in.
come Of s3,262: expenses, S2,553. and
savings, 1929.
Clergymen come next. their yearly
Incomes averaging $3.50; expenses,
.s2.5S1. and savings. 1863. Professors
and tutor scome next with al income
of $2,S7S: expenses, $2,SS5, and saw.
ings, s545s
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A RECENT Government report
N gives the average earnings.
4 y expenses ana savings OF
various classes of professional men;
and states that thirty out OF every
one hundred OF them save nothing
Bankers and brokers head the list.
their average income being s7.726
per anuum with S5.SSS expenses.
Their average savings year are
$2,3S8. Lawyers come next, their
average income being S+.16s; ex-
penses. $2.6S5. and savings. sl,474.
Physicians come next. their income
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fatuated w 1 t b
her, she suddenly
began to ignore
him, She ma de ap-
pointments which
she didn't keep.
On one occasion,
having arranged
TO meet him at
Forty-secondStreet
and Broadway, she
waited until he
was within a few
yards Of her oand
then stepped into
u taxi, accompa-
uied by a we'll
dressed youn 6
man.
At their peXr
meeting Schild-
knecht protested.
Then Ehie declar-
ed that she could
hardly be expect
ed to waste her
time on a mere
clerk when there
were a lot OF Tive
spenders' simply
crazy about her.
In a dozen differ
ent ways she soon
forced home to the
young cashier the
fact that II he
wished TO COM
pete with EGie'S
other admirers he
would have to
make a plunge.
How could he take
her automobillng
and buy her wine
suppers on his
saia ry of $50 a
week? He. was so
capt!vated by the
girl that he soon
decided to go to
any lengths to re-
tn in her affec-
tions,
IL was then that
the cashier began
10 use his firms
funds. This was
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. ~ ~ -
hundred dollars q
day.
When Summer ar.
rived some Of the
men to whom Effie
introduced him sug-
gested that he hire a
suite at the fashion
able Garden City Ho-
tel, There Effie be-
came known as Mrs.
Schildknecht, and the
couple were soon
spending money Law
lshly.
All this time the
gang for which she
was rking was
keeping close watch
on 8 c h ] d knecht's
movements. Although
from the first Efie
succeeded In extract
ing liberal gifts from
the cashier in the
form Of jewels and
money, the gang was
not satisfied. They
knew that he had ac-
cess to large sums OF
money, and t they
hungered for 1t in
large quantities.
The money was not
coming fast enough,
Too much was being
wasted on luxuries-
Enie must make the
victim steal more and
more often; she must
find q way TO turn in
large sums TO the
leaders OF the gang.
They got him to
gamble. Having eI'
cited u passion for
big play In him, they
proceeded TO swindle
him on every posi-
bic occasion. AT Oys-
ter Bay, about TWEEN
ty miles from the
Garden City Hotel,
they fitted up a house
as d gambling house
for the express pur-
pose Of swindling the
cashier.
When all the
plans were laid he
was invited to at
tend a special poker
party there. Eff1e
accompanied h i'm,
as other ladies"
uora N no tbere
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Shocking Revelation Of How Young Cashier
Was Lured to Destruction by the Cunning
Wiles of Professional Vampire---
''But the Fool, He Called Her His Lady Fair''

M YHBS klpilnB wrote OF the
NV woman he characterized as
wv "A rag, a bone and a hank
u hair he might we'll have had In
mind Miss Effie Taylor Of New
7ork, for she is a vampire.
Young John Schildknecht Is in
A, Tumbs Prison awaiting trial. He
ras a twenty -dollar-a-w week cashier
br a large New York firm. Through
LIZ wiles and Establishments and in
.suious devices Of Miss Effie Taylor
ne young cashier was induced to
|eal $4,000 or more from his en-
|oyers In less than q year
But It is q curious fact that the
rnmpIre did not get this money. The
|lartling truth is that Eff1e Taylor
80 the hired employe Of q gang Of
|nman vultures who make 1t their
ndness to pray upon the weakness
young men who hald positions Of
|ust throughout New York City. Eff1e
sylor was the bait upon the hook
|hich caught young Schildknecht
4 11e money he stole was passed over
her to he)r wretched employers
be story behind the scenes OF how
hung Schrdknecht was deliberately
mapped and driven to ruin by the
( tmpire and the Vaccinations of the
Nng who employed her casts light
10 one OF the darkest corners OF
w York's underworld.
This newspaper has frequently re-
lied. how the underworld lays It's
hpB to catch honest bank clerks,
hiers, treasurers and unsuspecting
mess men and lure them to ruin
suicide.
here are several gangs in New
ks underworld engaged in this
<htable Industry. They use good
ling, clever-spoken girls as decoys
entrap men who handle large sums
money, Having selected their vic
n. these girls, like the human YAM
rs they arc, proceed to bleed him
~ his only escape lies In suicide or
le prison.
be youthful cashier, Schildknecht,
tlrcadG stated. is now In the
nos Prlson awaiting trial. The
g responsible for his plight is
at large VIII the people make a
pug effort to break up the gang7
n's particular gang consists of an
4 circle of ten and an outer circle
tepty or thirty gorillas. Only the
comprising the inner circle are
Into the confidence Of the
r Of the gang and know just
enterprises the gang is en-
a q In.
e twenty or more gorilla who
up The outer circle are simply
r. yes who do just what they are
g DO 1t may be a robbery or
ssult or murder. It may be
ordinary gang fight. 1t may
N E|cDflOn work
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last December. At first twenty or
thirty dollars day answered his
purposes. The more he spent on Effie,
however, the more she seemed to like
him, and he began to steal larger
sums. His system OF defnlcatIons
was so cleverly devised that he knew
that he could cover 1t up for months
without being discovered.
Soon he was allowed to share the
girls apartment in Harlem. Then
he bought her an automobile for
S2.25O. Within month after he stole
his first dollar from his employer hs
was taking several
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eating and IL
registrntion.
|ever 1t is the
3 does 1t in a
nanllke man.
receives his
md keeps his
y shut He Is
told why or
bose behalf
Job" Is to be
or how much
gang is re-
g for 1t. His
on is merely
The work and
e the Gus
Try pric ce,
his interest
ends.
the illegal
on work and
murders and
ITS In which
thugs are
rs I a n t | Y
much has
y been writ
A less famil-
nase OF the
Of these
however,
| Rs1SID ol
smpire wom-
nected with
. good look
1B who first
Afe their VIC
nd then do.
\ 'hen1.
Particular
question
less than
these hu.
"a mptr res.
o them are
cover" the
M or MT
4 Sc ctton n.
! after night
eek new VIC
develop
lot laid for
Exalrea e a dy
E,ed for the
Hhfer. VAC
In Harlem,
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Magazine Section
"7he Vampire -Rudyard KILLINGS Poeticol {

A fool there was and he made his prayer
Gwen as you and y.
To a rag and bone and hank of hair
eve called her the woman who did no,
care)-
But the fool, he called her his lady fair
Gwen as you and u.
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terization of the Heartless Woman

The fool was stripped to his foolish hide
Gwen as you and y.
Which she might have seen when she threw
him aside
(But II isn't on record the lady tried)-
So some of him lived, but the most of him
died
Gwen as you and y.
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fool there was and his goods he spent
Gwen as you and y.
Honor and faith and a sure intent
(And 1t wasn't the least what the lady
meanD- =
But fool must follow his natural bent
Gwen as you and D.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-20

IS due 90 reach here at s O'Clock this
morning. en- route TO Pittsburgh. and
The Ohio Is scheduled TO pass down
at o'clock tonight. for Cincinnati.
Tomorrow's schedule includes the
following boats: Lorena. for Pitts
burgh. a. m: Kanawhs. Pittsburgh.
S a. m: Steel City. Cincinnati. noon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-20
CHRISTMAS AT
PENITENTIARY
PRISONERS WILL BE GIVEN BIG
DINNER THURSDAY.
Interesting Program Of Musical Mum
bers Will Be Rendered-Presents
to Be Distributed

Arrangements are rapidly being
completed for the annual Christmas
entertainment TO be given at the State
prison at Moundsville. Warden NJ. l..
Brown stated yesterday that an ex-
tensive program will be rendered in
the chapel during the morning. and
will be in charge OF Mrs. Emma Moore
Scott.
Several talented persons OF Mounds
Vile have been engaged 10 render
musical selections during the rendi-
ton or the program. and music will
be furnished by the prison band OF
twenty-four pieces. One hundred and
forty-five gallons OF oysters have been
engaged for the annual Xmas dinner.
10 be served TO the HOO inmates.
Many other side dishes will be pre-
pared, and the men will be served
one OF the finest dinners in the his
tory OF the institution.
The inmates will be granted special
freedom on this day, and all OF the
shops will suspend operations during
the entire day.
Many baskets filed with special
foodstuffs will begin To arrive at the
institution Monday from friends OF the
convicts confined within the walls
They are all inspected by the officials
before they are handed over TO the
inmates. Each year the warden or
some individual gives each convict OF
the institution a calendar or some
small present, and these will be found
hanging on the walls OF each prisoner S
cell.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-20
CITIZENS NATIONAL
BANK OPENS TODAY
WILL OCCUPY PART OF CON-
SENTATIVE LIFE BUILDING.
Organized Recently With Capital o.
S1OO0oo.-PronnIne Mt Business
Men On Directorate

Tho formal opening of the Citizens
National bank will be observed to-
day. the doors of the institution open
ing TO the public for the first time
this morning. The bank will occupy
part OF the around floor of the Con-
seryatiye Life building (old custom
house). corner OF Sixteenth and Mar
ket streets. Splendidly appointed
banking rooms have been fitted up.
The business was organized with
a capital of 100000 and a cash sur
plus of S25.o0O. II starts of with a
roll of 1s4 stockholders. made up
largely OF professional and business
men OF this city.
II is distinctly a Wheeling institu-
ton. managed and owned by Wheel
ing people. and glance at the FIRST
board OF directors guarantees its
soundness. They are: Alex Glass.
G. c. Reppeto. George NJ Ford. DR..
VIM. +. Mckinley. John L. Ellis The
officers are: President. q. c. Rep
peto: vice president. George NJ. Ford !;
cashier. r. r. Barrett.
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River Marks.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. Dec. 19.-River
stages:
DAVIS ISLAND DAM-s.6 feet. sta
tionary: cloudy.
STEUBENvILLE-9.6 feet. station
airy; clear.
PARKERSBURG-5 feet. falling:
clear.
MORGANTOwN-7 feet. station.
airy: clear.
WARREN-l4 feet, stationary
clear
OIL C1TY-1.9 feet. stationary
clear
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bus oil & Fuel Companys Nos I AMI .
ON the y. @. Allison farm are holding W
az l2o barrels a day. In the Ncw
~iralts'ille district. coal township. Per-
~ county the Motz OIL Company has at
last drilled its test on the Archibald lot
INTO the sand and az A. feet in the hole
has filled up BOO feet with fluid
Near Haydcuvllle IN the Mon Fur
mace district iu Green TOWNSHIP. Hockinr
county. the Natiouai Fircproofing Com
pany f. drilling at $50 feet az its NJ
3 on Its own property. a Is expected
20 get the sand to-day. In the same
district the Logan Natural Gas com
pany g. due ia the sand at its 40 8 ON
the Eeinscheld farm. SO 4 on the same
farm r. drilling al 1900 feet. There are
~ wells drilling in the Union Furnace
Gore and New Straightsyille fields
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RIVER NEWS

The river is stationary at this
pont. With a full pool. the stages at
the NcNcchen dam at midnight were
l5.e feet In the pool and feet below
the wickets.
4 number OF towboats are return
ing 20 Pittsburgh with tows OF emp
ties. The Charles Brown passed up
yesterday morning with a tow OF IA
barges and two aats, while the Rival
passed Mp during the afternoon with
10 barges and one Hat. Last nigh Z
the VI. ID. Wayman passed up for
Pittsburgh, light
The Ohio cleared the local wharf
AZ noon yesterday. for Pittsburgh.
The Lorsna go away at 4:30 o'clock.
bound for Petersburg.
The Liberty arriveG last night and
will get away at IL o'clock this morn
ing. for Matamoras. The Steel City
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their everyday life. which were ably
discussed
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-20
ISLAND CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

At the morning services in the
Island Christian church tomorrow.
DR.. Dahlwanie. OF India Hindu. grad.
uate Of the University OF Bombay.
whO- Is to speak az the Y. W. G. A
during the afternoon. will occupy the
pulpit Rev. Charles =. Hutslar. the
pastor. Will preach his annual Christ.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-20

Prof. w. Brooks Taylor. dean of the
Biblical department OF Bethany Col
lege, gave an Interesting address be-
fore the Mems Bible class OF the Y.
NJ. &. A. last evening. His subject
was The Dispensstion OF the Holy
Spirit" These lectures are OF most
interesting nature. Prof. Taylor Is
taking up the series The Early Days
OF Christianity" and OF following the
development OF the early church and
the progress f. has made. The men
OF the city are invited to attend.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-20
BILLY SUNDAY
TO SPEAK HERE
AT ANNIVERSARY OF Y. M. c. a.
IN JANUARY.
Mammoth Meeting 20 Be Held In Audi
toriur-cornmittee Completing
Arrangements.

Rev. W. A. Sunday has given his
consent to come to Wheeling TO speak
ut the twenty-ninth anniversary OF the
Young Mems Christian Association on
January 18th. The Marke; Auditorium
has been secured for the event. and
arrangements will be announced later.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-20

DIR. 5. l.. Jepson gave a talk before
tne regular gymnasium class at he
Young Mons Christian Association
Isst evening on Personal Hygiene"
Quite large number % the senior
members OF the association were in
attendance. and Or .Jepson gave an in.
teresting address. Ho took uD the
problems the men are confronting in
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-20

taking FOR his text. His Name Shall
he Called Wonderful"
The Christmas entertainment OF the
mas sermon at the evening service.
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Island Christian church will be given
Thursday evening. the program beng
rendered entirely by the primary de-
partment