Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-07
Attempt of Daniel Sullivan to
Take Alleged Woman Lead
er of White Slave Gang to
Jail Unsuccessful,
PRISONER Is RESCUED
AND SPIRITED AWAY
Officer Openly Charges Police
With Refusing TO Come TO
His Aid Until Fight is Over
He Is Badly Beaten
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Denver. May G.-Sheriff Daniel NJ.
sullivan was hrutally assaulted here
tonight when he attempted to arrest
Rose Hart. alleged loader of white
slave gang, operating between New
York and san Francisco. The assault
took place on one Of the most prom
inent corners in the city. and the po-
lice department delayed forty-seNen
minutes in answering his call for the
patrol wagon. A crowd Of zoo per-
sons was involved in a general iight
which ensued when the attempt 10
rescue the woman from the officer
was made. Alexander Rossi, accused
iv sheriff sullivan Of being the leader
of Denycr's black hand gang, WAS ar
rested as leader OF the assault.
on orders from the grand jury.
which is investigating alleged police
department graft and vice in Denver
county Sheriff sullivan arrested the
Hart woman. Immediately she resist
ed and quickly a huge crowd gath
cred, though the street was practical
Is deserted half an hour before MD
night Hands caught hold OF the
woman and attempted TO rescue her.
sheriff sullivan fought Off the men,
and the call for the police was given
Meanwhile the crowd became riotous
and the sheriff fought amoPg the men
with his fists, succeeding. meanwhile.
in holding the prisoner.
The woman became loudly insist
ent that. s'-Tceular eits police officer
be called. and vaunted the statement
to the sheriff that she had paid them
sufficiently. but did not have enough
money to pay him. Two plain
clothes policemen are known to have
been in the crowd, hut neither offered
any aid to the sheriff.
After the sheriff had waged his
fight against those who would re-
lease the woman. for forty-fiNe min
utcs. a man stepped up and struck the
sheriff over the left eye with q pair Of
knucks. Sheriff sullivan staggered
back. releasing his hold on the Hart
woman, and turned upon his latest as
sailant Instantly he was caaght
from behind. and a mans arm encir-
eled his neck. The crowd was quick
iy forced aside and the Hart woman
and the man who welded the lnucks
disappeared.
Two minutes later. the policeman
who regularly walks his beat, ap-
peared The sheriff accused him Of
purposely having absented himself,
and the officer made no reply. At the
same time the police patrol arrived
Sheriff Sullivan then asked the po-
lice to 10 with him to a nearby hotel,
where Rossi was arrested As Ross
was placed in the wagon, the sheriff
with a bad cut profusely bleeding
said Gentlemen. there goes the
leader Of the white slave gang and
black handlers in this city. I've got
him. and I've forced the police 10
make the arrest, let he goes to the
county Jail where kind policemen
can't release him not to the city
JAIL
Two weeks ago sheriff sullivan
made the charge before the grand
jury that the police of the city were
accepting tribute from women of the
underworld. Since that time. one po-
hceman has been indicted By the
grand jury on the charge. a woman
named Merrill. a week ago, was hailed
before the grand jury. She confessed,
according to the sheriff. to being a
member of the gang Of which the
Hart woman is the head but declared
she did not know the Hart womans
whereabouts.
Sheriff sullivan had suspicious
against Rossi and watched his ST.
loon steadily until tonight when the
Hart woman appeared there. r
After the arrest the 4art woman
declared, in the midst Of the crowd,
that She or her fellows would kill
Sheriff sullivan within the week.
Later, a similar threat was hurled al
him from the crowd
So dense was the crowd on the
street that street car traffic was
blocked. Yet, for forty-seven min
utes no person offered the sheriff as
sistance, and all permitted the es-
cape of the woman whom he had ar
rested.