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off with the mild sentence OF not less
than one year nor more than seven.
Jew Dora Ravens. woman OF the
tenderlon. who corroborated Lefty
Boyle when he told District Attorney Je-
rome how he and a policeman had robbed
an intoxicated farmer of $3.50. although
she did not suffer the penalty melted out
to Boyle, who. ! have already told.
was shot to death. lived TO regret her
rashness in attacking the system.
This unfortunate woman was never able
10 walk the streets again without being
arrested on one charge or another by her
enemies the police. Thanks to the fact
that the district attorneys office was
familiar with the .systems motive for
bounding the woman. she WAS never rail
roaded to Sing Sing. but her life WAS
made burden to her nevertheless
The underworld never forgets these
cases There are crooks who live i'm con-
slant fear of being framed.
There was a pickpocket known as ''Nal-
ier'' Ben. This boy had served a term in
Elmira, where life was made able
for him by his fellow prisoners because
on one occasion he had Switched" on a
fellow prisoner who had committed some
minor prison offense. Not only was he
beaten by the other prisoners whenever
they got the chance 20 slug him. bat his
personal belongings were stolen from him
As d result of this persecution Waller
completely lost his nerve. and when he
was released and got back to work" in
New York his yellow streak and the
constant fear he had of being sent back
to prison soon became known to the po-
lice. He was regarded as good pckings
for the grafters.
One central office man in particular
worked this knowledge to such good ad-
vantage that it was commonly reported
that ''Yaller' was giving up no less than
50 per cent of his loot" to the bull"
When "Yaller' started work he worked
on the usual fifty-fifty basis with the
cops. Then. when they learned OF his
fear of prison they demanded better
division and got GO per cent. Finally the
officer / have referred to demanded 81
per cent. and Waller" rebei,ed.
=
That night ''Yaller was pinched for
''jostling" On the way to the station
house he was given another chance to
come across. and as the vision of an
other term in prison doomed up before
him he capitulated. From that time en-
"Yaller'' got just ~ per cent of his
boosts. l shouldn't be surprised if he
is working for nothing by this time or
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'coughed up The chauffeur refused 10
give up"
Some weeks later he was arrested By
the two cops. He asked what the charge
was.
You're wanted in connection with the
taxi robbery. he was told
Thinking that the arrest was an honest
one, although mistaken the chauffeur ac-
companied the policemen. When they got
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perhaps he is paving the cops" 10 let
him work for them.
When the three central of'ice detectives
who. as | have told in a previous article.
were known i'm the underworld as ''r1c
Three tiuaTdSmen. because they stuck
together 50 we'll. were detailed To watch
the crOSS-tDwn street ears Tor pick poC krts
number of the dips left the city
rather than submit To- the eNtortion they
knew they would be subjected Ia by those
policemen.
They We're willing To submit 10 ii fair
division OF the spols hut these police
men We're not always satisfied with -
per cent ana threatened an kinds -
frame-ups If a larser share was not FORT
coming. The guns realized tie power
of these cops and know that one would
stand by the other IN support OF a4r
',frame-up' they might Engineer WITH
three policemen against a single. unSIrt-
l"rted piekDocket there was 80 doubt a.
To the outcome Of the ease. and il Wa
therefore ease Of give up or get
our, and many OF the wiser crooks de-
clded To get out
\
Just al this time THE system is under
fire again. Men AMI women from Wl.o,il
they have been eNtorting graft tithc-
forgetful or unmindf,l al the fate az
other ',spuealcrs. are boldly exposing
the crookedness of the police trusting IL
the protection the district attorney is ex-
tending to them
Although the system il working night
and day To intimidate these Witness il
has not as yet resorted To more Vinleut
measures To protect itself against thctr
attacks. There can hc no dorht 1 am
afraid. that. driven 10 deSperatiou th..
powerful SYSTEM, however. viii soon
begin to strike back. ami then let tn
squealers beware.
Public sentiment is. of COURSE in favor
of the 'sgaealer. hat public sentiment
did not save MeAuiffe. Jerome took
Lefty" Boyle under his protecting wing
but the power of the district attorney
office could not stop the assa ssin's bullet
that ended that unfortunate's life. No
one troubled himself about % Brien. the
eX-conyict. who sent Policeman Mallon to
prison. and he proved an easy victim for
the offended system And Herman Ro-
'senthal WAS shot down while practically
on his way to District Attorney Whit
man : office. -,...
do not wish to scare off any one who
has anything 10 say THAI may lead to the
betterment OF police conditions i'm New
York. but ii is perhaps just well Ia
sound the warning that the police syS-
tenn. when assaied has always proceed
ed upon the principle that dead men tell
10. tales. Eet the Squealer then, be-
ware,
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W lEI.NF. years ago
James McAuliffe.
whose testimony
against Edward +.
Glennon, Chief Dew
ery's wardman. re-
suited in the con-
viction of that po-
liCeman for neglect
az duty. was found
dying ON 9TH ave
nue. near 10Th
street. He died
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Accuse a Policeman Of having extortcd
graft from u pushcart peddier at the. cor
ner of CE~ystic and Houston streets, for
instance and a dozen police officials WI
ho produced to swear that AT the time o.
the alleged eXtoftion the accused police
man was on reserve duty asleep IN the
station house.
tory in New York as | have done vii. in
stantly recall a dozen Migrant cases Of
this kind. showing how the system" pro-
tects its black sheep,
There was ii Brooklyn policeman named
George Dawkins. Six years ago a man
named Farley complained that he had
Teen held up by q policeman in uniform
and another man and robbed of SD. The
police Of the precinct We're lined up in
thu. station house and Farley picked cut
DaWkins as the policeman who had rob-
Eed him.
Before the police magistrate five police
men testified that Dawkins was not at
ley said ii had taken place, and Dawkins
was discharged
HaWkinS continued to patrol the same
pest y year later another policeman ar
rested two burglars, Scott Ryan and Har-
ry Boyd. with booty which they had OBJ
tanned from hardware store on DaW
kins' post. Boyd confessed having COM
spiracy which had existed between
RYAN. Dawkins and himself to rob citi-
Gems and burslarize houses and stores
1t appeared. Furthermore, that not only
had Dawkins acquiesccd in the plan to
rob the hardware store, but had eV>n
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and related the occurrence as given
above. and further Investigation revealed
the fact that the coat which ZeliG bad
worn ON the night of his arrest was
made with patch pockets, in none OF
which was il possible 10 have carried the
gun in question without il protruding
half way out of the pocket,
pom the strength of these disclosures
the officers who made the arrest Were in
dicted for perjury. but the death OF ZeliS
a; the hands of Red Phil Davidson
some weeks later removed the principal
witness against them, and they VII never
DE brought to trial.
: :
The ease with which crooked policemen
can frame up obnoxious gunner since
the Sullivan law came into existence has
made the way of the Sansster very hard.
The gunman is now absolutely at the
mercy of the system
This was we'll illustrated in the case OF
q gunman now in the Tombs awaiting an
appeal from Il conviction for carrying Il
gun.
This gunman was the leader OF q gang
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instantly he jumped up.

instantly he jumped UP.
Look here. everybody" he shouted
lifting his Coattais so as 20 expose his
hip pockets. i want you to see that |
am unaTned. These cops are going to
frame me-
Having taken this precaution ZeIig
went with his captOrs to the police sta
zion. There charge was made against
him of carrying n concealed weapon. and
pistol. claimed To have been found in
his rieht-hand coat pocket was pro-
duced.
Numerous witnesses of the arrest at the
cafe appeared before the district attorne y
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In the three cases / have mentioned
the police resorted 10 murder 10 protect
themselves against or 70 aVcnsc the at
Jacks OF iuformerS. Most frequently, how
EVER. il isn't necessary to go "a such
1engt-s In the great majority II cases
they can Protect themselves Sufficiently
'y sending tn" cause of their troubles
up IL river.
How the police sent an enemy up the
river i what ] intend to show IL thts
article
one 90 tho oldest rlses employed -
them was the one used in ths. Dufv cas-.
IN lHi' THIS boy. George T. D.ffy Was
arrested * a suspicious person tak.n IL
p"a"" aeadauartcr~ and photographed
10 Tire togues gallery. and the mex dav
taken before magistrate aad dis
Charged The BOYS f8tl.r tnen sought
L" have the picture removed from rhr
f"SueN gallery, without avail Judge.
Ha\n"l Was appealed To. and he made.
-.iilidi Efforts, bat the police commits
s,"itr refused To depart from tne rule.
ot the department.
TIRE" months later-th. boy in I'M,
meantime" having hecome obnoxious Ia
t-' i'"ii'r because of the fuss his case.
Aftd stirred tp-hc was arrested on a
GhafS" OF assault ana highway robbery.
f".tu Hdteiy FOR the boy, tre complain
am insisted IN The Rolict coIrt that he
mad been robbed bv Il man and mi u,
boy. and that Duffy was no. mis- a.
sdllant.
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the coppeTs
Accordingly the unfortunate DIP Is
identified vi, tra ,.ce,,es' saue~v route
va
pN some complainant "Ho"H He ihiH
never even have seen, and when IN
court he is identified IL person by the
Iar,.or,. or hi,b,.,,. ~ohho,.,, ,,4 ee,t tn
st,+s ...o,,
ut. ,.,c1 vol. te
dftficuit ne,hans in the case of a man
who had always led a clean life. but eel
tainly no nenber OF the cHcec"olia *
P,Dpt "salilSt q, g., ,.;,,., -, ..r..,-,,r..
for Giafe~x-t ,.-79= II rri1,7rals +, :; bur-
sla-. c9r .rs.gr-- D-fecGs The police they
do not go; - ne Method ! nave gust
HesctiH5o. "'- e. ~I, 10y CO
nicioTe, ~. "a ny, he y-9y 10 the sta
tion hni-s.. = hui, - skeleton, l<evs is
dronne1 80 f7ie -...--et :, ~ e1,-nd later
on " I,a - 60 - -, r.,orae ae
cntn~15 -, ~, rI~+.er f= ther conve-tcd
49,; - -. = -. - .----,,..-e. 41oI-
Tbo :-1-,9-..7-l, = go I,a gilt Ind
If :f-s-,e-,-n-, -, :. .--,-c9 o4se vas veil
ilIrSt~ate6 ~f-~7.-.. ,-Tcn :, cunt detec-
i've cn era nm ~, ef,, mon, , M,
o. - -, 80 ~, ,,C,-ne NV had
Tnt+cn ITO ~, 7e+.c+ive,s nnr;so I1y mis-
tai. s-eere soI1ovved ara tho detec-
go r,o-i,- rr~,c.a4 hi. o~tauo-,-st and
cbarpeI lin, Vii, ,t+c1rr+ee hII3rI.r, lie
,,roGs,Ce., - :ir,1--,, and :, hunch of sleIc-
ION 20 v-51:,.h he rIa:.f1ed Nc mad found
~ - I.nI;,. ,,-no,., k IA fc,f,5 tb..
u ,,r;s IN. ''''''''7 ''
Al the 'rlal tAe ;,.isSheH POSSESSION o.
the Jimmy and skeleton ESrs was princi-
paIlv relied mon n ectabI,eh The case
-. =. ,...e,,7 1,,...,
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Thousands of men besides q BrieH,
Bowie and Rosenthal have paid the PEN
atty for their rashness in defying the po-
lice system. although not all have sIf
fercd death. In Sing Sing at the present
time there are hundreds of men innocent
of the crimes of which they were con-
victed-the victims Of police ''frame-ups.
Some IF these men no doubt Were really
criminals, and although convicted as the
,esuIt of periured testimony were getting
TO more than their just deserts. Others
there are. however whose only crime was
that they had offended The police sys-
TEN.
Each Of the three eases | have referred
To II the time made more or less of "A
stir. but the facts We're soon forgotten. II
is necessary to consider many of these
really signify.
During my life i'm the underworld. Gov
erinS It period of some twenty years. |
have naturally been = close student of
police conditions. / know that i'm the
underworld the police system Is feared
not because IF its lawful powers. but be-
cause Cf the Illegal powers it exercises
when il i offended. 1t iS NOT the law
full arrest, but tie Illegal ''framc-up. that
-" crcok fears and he gives Up more
graft to escape these frame-upS than he
would ever bc called upon to pay - cs-
ape lawful arrest
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as far as 18th street one of them suggest
ed that the case could be dropped fer
$50
We'll stand for IA stake of $50 apiece,
the policemen generously offered The
chauffeur refused to Listen to them. ON
the way to the station house a gun was
planted in the chauffeur's pocket. and
when he arrived at the station house not
4 word was said by the policeman about
Il taxi robbery. On the contrary, the
charge against him was carrying con-
ccaled weapon.
The chauffeur was held for trial. and
the Indictment is still pending. He is out
OF bail.
Twelve years ago McAuliffe nur
dered by the system Nine years ago
William O'Brien was murdered by the
system. Seven Years ago Lefty
BOYLE was murdered by the system,
and less than six months ago Herman
R0Serthal was murdered by the system
In addition To these fearful cases of
police vengeance, hundreds probably
thousands Of other men have learned
what Il dangerous til ng'it IS To attack
the system Many OF these men are
now in Sing sing, where they have ample
opportunity to regret their indiScretion.
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During the past year. III fact ever
s nee the passing of the sullivan anti
pistol law, the police have been more
active than ever before in sending away
those WHO offended them.
All these facts Indicate that conditions
in the police department are worse now
than they have ever been. y McAulf fe
case. 4 Lefty Boyle case, a Herman
Roseuthal case may develop tomorrow.
IN Inspc ctor Byrnes' tire the frame
up was ? "ecoSniZed piece of police ma
ch.nery. but il was used in a legitimate
wa. il Il trumped-up charge can ever be
lest mate. ! mean by this that men
were not framed up simply because.
they had offended the system. ,ByrneS
confined his attent .cns TO crooks who
were known 10 have committed particular
crimes. but against whom sufficient legal
evidence could not be obtained to CON
Y ct them. Then they were ''jobbed.''
BNrnes excused this procedure on the
ground that the end justified the means,
and perhaps ii id.
Such an excise does not hold with the
kind of 'fTarlc-urs resorted to by the
police al the present time.
police ~ stem which is just as eresif an
written law of the Department. which
makes of every member of the force a
prriurer when a feilow-member is in
trouble. This unWritten law is more
strictly OBSERVED today than it ever was,
and accounts for the difficulty expert
onced by those who are trying to reform
The department.
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again brought to trial. The district attor-
ney realized that with only policemen to
testify Cor the prosecution the chances OF
convcting a policeman werefvery slim.
The same plan was tried in the trial OF
Policeman Arthur ]. Malfon for the muir
der of Robert Brennan. Mallon claimed
that the murder was in self-defense. 1t
was shown that Brennanswas shot in the
back Several policemen called as wit
,nesses on various phases of the case
and were warned by Recorder Goff.
\ big fund was collected Cor Mallon's
defense. 1t was said aat the time that
every policeman in thu department was
assessed 81.
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Nine Years ago William - Brien, an eX-
convict testified in open court that Ar
thu Nallon. a policeman. had shot and
killed Robert brennan. ON O'Briens tes-
tmuny Nal.on was convicted Of man
slaughter and sent 10 Sing Sing co.
twenty years. Within eight months
% Brien was found i'm the Bowery dying
from a shoe fred by an unknown as
SailaEt.
y couple of Yeas later Lefty" Boyle.
q ,,ickpocket. confessed that he had COM
mitted many crimes in partnership with
policemen. with whom he had divided the
proceeds As a result of this confession
several policemen We're indicted. y few
DAYS before their trial was to conre up
Lefty BOYLE. an indispensable witness
against the accused policemen. was found
in the Tenderioin dying from a Tistol
shot
only a few months ago Herman Rosen-
thaI Il gambler. informed the district at
tUrncy that he was i'm partnership with
Lieut.. Becker of the strong arm squad.
Before RoSenthal could tell more. as he
threatened 10 do, he was murdered by
thugs hired by Becker.
These cases do not stand alone. They
arr. mentioned here simply because they
stand out most prominently i'm the list of
similar outrages perpetrated by the dice
system whenever its safety has been en-
langeTed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-11
4 Mem Library Paste Recipe.

T have read what you say of making
library paste. Your plan seems to me an
endless job compared with my way of pre-
pairing the same. This am sending that
you may Judge for YOURSELF
Library Paste.-One ounce of wheat
flour, half an ounce OF powdered alum, eight
ounces of water. four ounces of oil of cloves
or wintergreen.
" Rub flour and alum together with the
water until you have a paste of the con-
sistency of cream; stir this over moderate
fire until the paste drops from the wooden
paddle in ter1yl:ke flakes and looks like
starch.
While the mass Is still hot add the es-
sential oil and pour the paste into an
earthenware pot OF open jar. In the course
OF any hour a crust will form upon the
top. Pour gently upon this an inch of water
more or less. When more paste is needed
deeant the water. take out as much paste as
you require for present use, and pour the
same water back upon the remainder, re-
peating the process whenever paste is
needed.
Paste may be kept in this way for
flies. MRS B. G. ""
An easy and if, as you say, it is also
safe way Of making paste. you have earned
our thanks by contributing it for the general
benefit. The water keeps the contents of
the jar moist and prevents the caking to
which most varieties of library paste are
subject. Are four drops of preservative oils
enough to prevent the water from souring?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-11

uously submitted. I learn now, for the first
time, that trading stamps have much to
do with short weights and unjust measures.
Nor am I willing to believe that sensible
house mothers, suspecting this, would ac-
cept bits of paper as equivalents for the
shortage.
We have hundreds OF intelligent business
men among our daily readers. We number
tens of thousands of good managers of
households who try to purchase to the
best advantage both staples and fancy
foods. Will these let me have a succinct
statement of the trading stamp system, its
practical workings and the respective ben
efits of the same to seller and buyer?
Nothing that tends to injure the interests
of the American house mother is too petty
for our consideration. I hold a permanent
brief for her. and would acquaint myself
with the documents in the case before de-
clining or accepting the conduct of the pro-
posed " crusade"
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filled with writhing, kicking, biting rodents
of assorted sizes. There were seventeen in
all. If the trap had been large enough,
there probably would have been seventy.
An inspiration was born in my brain o.
the disgust of the moment.
There was plenty of liquid tar on the
premises. Two of the biggest rats were
spared from the massacre of their brethren.
The pair were soused in the tar barrel and
liberated. They made straight for their &C.
custorned runways and disappeared in them.
Next the entrances to all rat holes We're
sneared thiclxly with tar, and it was
poured down drain pipes and into cracks
offering egress and ingress Finally the
floors of stables and the outer stills of doors
and windows were covered with unslaked
lime Inside of week not a rat could be
found upon the place. If there be one thing
more irritating to the tender skin of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-11
Contaminated hu Flies.

Pending the reply of the kind reader. will
you listen to something learned for myself
fifty years ago, when I kept house in the
country for half the year?
Our new barn was so near the old one
built years before by q farming neighbor,
that an overflow meeting of rodents from
his premises colonized upon OUT premises.
They had the place to themselves all winter
long and late into the spring, and made the
most Of their privileges. Floors and doors
and roofs were riddled, and the cellar floors,
cemented though they were, were under
mined They actually gnawed through
leaden water pipes, and built nests in the
registers OF the furnace We hired man
to bring ferrets from the city, which
cleared out the wretches-until the ferrets
and their operator had time to get back to
town. fortnight later the coachnan
brought in from the stable a huge wire trap
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-11
Facts About Boxers Bread.

Does It seem harsh to describe bakers
bread AIS an unclean product? grant that
there are some honorable exceptdonsto this
statement. but other facts loom UP which
lead mo to feel that it Is difficult to put
the case too strongly.
Let us look for a moment at these facts
we'll authenticated, all OF them. some the
outcome Of investigations into bakeries
made by committees retained by those
seeking to secure pure food for the people
First, the conditions in which the bread Is
made. In various large bakeries the dough
is MIXED and kneaded by half naked men,
reeking with sweat, in unventdiated cellar
bakeries, in the midst of unclean surround
ings where dogs and cats are allowed to
make their beds in the kneading watts and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-11
AGAINST Coupon Idea.

believe that a majority OF thinking
housekeepers detest as heartily as I do
this premium, coupon. and trading stamp
system that seems to have taken such hold
OF the American people
How many business men would stand
for china or nickel being received Gas
presents, forsooth!) in goods purchased
by them? Why shouldn't we women insist
mpon getting full value of the article de-
sired?
When buying soap. or salt, or yeast, or
S@tm@al. or any other staple, why shouldn t
manufacturers be compelled to give full
weight instead of premium papers?
:. This would simplify housekeeping and
also help to keep down the high cost of Hv-
ing.
. WA you not take UP the crusade?
&C. B.. D.
A Witty Judge once waived aside bit of
evidence offered by a lawyer known to be a
confirmed and blatant infidel who prefaced
the new proofs with. Your honor, We are
told in holy writ. ETC.
AT this point the Judge interrupted him:
The court declines to accept evidence In
Documentary form which has not already
been read by the counsel presenting the
samet
The true anecdote recurs to me in copying
the foregoing protest. But in the present in
stance 1t Is the court and not the counsel
who is In dense ignorance as to the nature
OF the evidence. and, indeed. OF the matter
ut issue.
Having never, to myrecollection. SO much
as seen a trading stamp or q coupon en-
fitting the holder to a premium, am at a
seas Go get at the merits of the case so siren