New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-25
EAST SIDE "FAGIN" PUT
ON GRILL BY SWAMI
RAIDER Tells Judge He Paid
Police Thousands for
"PrOteCtion."
A LIEUTENANT IS NAMED
Broadway Firm One of Largest
Distributing Agencies for
Stolen Goods-Pushcart
Pedlers Also Purchasers.

Isdore RAIDER. the confessed fence"
told Judge Swami. OF the Court OF Gen
eral Sessions. Yesterday he was peeved
because the police and detectives did not
give him all the protection he deserved
and therefore decided to expose N m
lie said he began business several wears
ago In Orchard street. As the "Fagiu"
OF the lower East side in those DAYS Ne
employed schooboys as his "Artful
Dodgers" Before his arrest and convic-
tion he had a dozen grown-up assistants.
and paid thousands OF dollars 20 police
men and detectives for protection.
Judge Swami Erilled RAIDER 10 discover
how high up the protection money went
IN the Police Department. RAIDER testified
Policeman Samuel Dr!bbens. brother
in-law Of Acting Lieutenant Samue!
Schulum Of the Clinton street police sta
ton, was a friend OF his brother. Moe
RAIDER Moe" was Dribbens's stool
pigeon, he said. and arranged FOR pool
room license for Moe in the name u
Noes" father. -Adolph RAIDER. No
higher officials OF the department were
implicated he declared.
Commissioner Waldo YESTERDAY ordered
a shake-up Of detectives ir the Clinton
street station for the good q the SER
vice" Abraham Srydecker. Julius Cohen
and Joseph Maher were reduced TO IN"
grade Of patrolman and transferred 20 re-
mote precincts In Brooklyn.
Judge Swami went over with RAIDER
list of fences" There were "Bobka.
who is under a suspended sentence for re-
ceivlng stolen goods. and Jacob Levine
and his partner. big Red" In Attorney
street Levine recently completed SEN
tence Of two and a half wears. Others
mentioned were "Izzy' Dennis and ''lzzy'
Stornbach. 4th street aucuoneers, and
Sd street auctioneer named Kaplan. Al
these. he said sold 10 an Eldridce street
firm of jobbers and one Licberfeld WAS
the eo-between. RAIDER said he shipped
goods to j. Harris. Of Rockaway. y. j.
who has since been indicted for receiving
stolen goods
Vast quantities Of the booty, he said.
were sold TO pushcart pedlers IN Rving-
ton and Delaney streets. through lower
Broadway firm which is one OF the
| largest distributing agencies ~ stolen
goods IN the country, he declared II
never was the custom 10 deal directly
with the fence" RAIDER said but
through the jobbers RAIDER said his
brother Moe" had access 10 the "squeal
book" IN the Clinton street station.
Assistant District Attorney MoskoWitz
talked with several Of Raiders pupils
Yesterday Mrs Lena RAIDER, who tainted
and made a scene when RAIDER was con-
victed. spent the entire afternoon IN Mr..
/ MoskoWitzs offices.
Icy made plenty OF money OF
course" said Mrs. RAIDER, but did not
know where II came from until the bitter
/ end. Now all is lost. Every time the
District Attorneys Office put out its net
/ 10 catch the fences my husband had 10
come across. What was left was nearly
swallowed UP by the police, the lawyers
and bondsmen.'
| The investigation Of RAIDERS confession
| y,u on on for the remainder OF the week
r, will not be completed In time for the
June grand jury. Meanwhile the trial OF
| Frank Zerillo for receiving stolen goods
will he taken up before Judge Grain. In
General Sessions. jury was secured
yesterday.
or this man Zerillo is convicted he viii
talk loud enough 20 be heard in San
| Francisco" said RAIDER He VIII reveal
the workings OF this system on scare
as great as I have disclosed
Many Of the fences" named by Rader
have signifed their anxiety about max
ing a clean breast Of their quit to the
District Attorneys office. They are
chary. however. about having theH
names mentioned in the newspapers