The chronicle=news., 1913-10-31
s11tY 1tllcS tlo1 ,uI1lt aD NEW luM

tel ietsvn9 OLD lao0mafk. the old AtAoe
Hcusc. IL rapidly disappearing. 1T
In now In The process Of dsnoiltsoa
an dtbe ~ark viu sssa - coapasaaA
Windows. doasA timhets. plpphiAG.
btick.. eeoee saa svefy otssr possible
saivase iFoih tAs bt9 Structure an
baiRx Aasted svay 70 I'll ,poists ol
the eompass TO begtn. . nsw exislencc
In sAodcsh structures, Even the
laths are saved Tor further me-. ~.
ond hand 6uildlSS matssSal Asalses
In the Rronx. fsrowasvills. opecas.
ana New Jersey arc cartlnR br,ek
and other PARTS os tho structure IA
their yards. TO seli them asajn 10
smsli huilders. The blue ouinkS
granite bboeks forming tho afeade ef
the bulidlns are sniAS - teuckloaAa
10 = brooklyn firM. which viii Coz
vsrt the hlccks into eoaam~nta and
tomholenes.
Tho company which bought tao
hotel from the city for e3.ss3 sold
the eraaits for es 900. and IL now
dispnsiag of the brick at the ratio
Of five aad six dollars . Ioad.. II
figures there ara between $40 and
see Iods. or approximately i.1oo.-
UOs brieka II the Old structure.
which II being removed ~ that the
issooklya Rapid transit subway can
bs carried under II. All Of this ma
tertal will doahtless eater Into tho
conseruetton OF huadreds OF small
buildings In the eity's outskirts. /.
II was . lucky haul when tho po-
iieo arrcsted q gaag Of ten men re-
csntly. al Of whom were members
of the must dangerous black haud
ossanisasioa In New York c!.y.
petsht Of the ten msn arrssac! cvn.
f~as~d Ia y Nag hst of crimes. In.
cludin9 blarkmaii. srsou. burglary.
robbery. countssesltln8. horse sesal.
Ing extostion. boub-exploding and
asssass. net 10 sssatioa naay minor
violasioaa Of tho laws. Hut after
all. the police authorities were .
triflc rrcmsturc whcs they consrst.
Vlatest thcn,selses upon having
broken ny this daAssroas saax, soe
On the following day . bosmh waa sx-
p,odcd IN front Of an. italian grocery
store In Noaroe street. complstcly
wrecking the phase and proving eoa-
cluaavely that either the po1iee fall
~ 70 arrest al Nenbsrs Of he black
assa saas q tAas tAsse d another
saae operating u thh city.
II has always been pasaaias 70 ths
police that u oasa casas wAees
ssu9ssers we're arraesed after oaa Il
their xun tsshts or murdces "a xuas
wrra found upos their parsoas. al
though there wss every rsasoa 70
believe that the n.ea arsestsd had
been active participanls IN che crime.
The mystery hes a last besa solved
by one Of the settlement wosksA 10
the Eans.infessed east side dialsiets.
He learned that the ganRseu we're
In the habit Of cmployiAg uaeatslly
detective hoys and sIfls 10 carry
their guns for them persnading them
that this was . great honor confer.
rcd uuon them. When starting ont
on one os their expeditiees the
sangxsess would station the youthful
hclpess near At hssd aad aftee The
fight or murder they woaId hand
their susa to thsir hslpsss aaa coa-
sstsstly subnit - arrest. knowias
lhst no telitale vsapoa coulA hs
tonne In their posssesioa.
An artist committed suicide IN
this city ths olAss cay hsoasse hs
found that his work vas snsAsisaae-
tory. Perhaps the man was over
sessitivs, perhaps hk work was real.
" poor and unsatisfactory. But II
all the "artisss.'' ACTORS" actresses
and "musiciaas" whose work y I'M.
satisfactory we're % eommit suicide.
the coflp factories weuld have to
work overtime 70 supply the demand
for their products. Another yashsr
unusual suicide Of the wsak was that
OF boy Of 16 who killed himesis
because hA uotaas snd his, sistars
ridicalcd him Tor hiA attsQtioAs 70
. woman much older tha1 himself.
That Albert Kent, a yopng mae.
ried maa in Wost orAaes. n. j.. Is
still among The Lying he owes -
the family Bible at hiA nothsr's
home, Not that by reading the
Bible he he'd bscono coAxiacss q
the sipfulnesa Of suicide Aod had