Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12

particulars and reports to his boss. y
Then the grating detective looks up the
crook and gets what he is after
Come along, Butch" the detective will
say, the boss wants to see you at head
quarters
What fer?" asks the surprised crook.
For that ix-hundred-dollar roll you
pinched from the souse last night"
The crook has no means of knowing
that a complaint has not been filed by
the victim, and does not scent the detec-
tive'S scheme.
A walk around the corner, well word
ed hint, the passing of a couple Of hun
dred-dollar bills, perhaps, and the crook
is turned loose.
When Herman Rosenthal, the gambler
exposed the partnership existing between
himself and Lieut.. Becker and was about
to make further disclosures regarding
graft in the police department, he was
shot down in the public street The evil
dence showed that the murderers were
hired to do the deed by Lieut.. Becker.
The public was astounded. That the
police would go to the length Of murder
to cover up their grating operations was
regarded as unbelievable. The case was
looked upon as unprecedented.
And yet it is only half a dozen years
ago that another informer. who had COM
mitted numerous crimes in partnership
with policemen, and who, becoming dis
gruntled, exposed the whole business,
was similarly shot in the public street by
man whom he did not know and who
every inference indicated must have been
hired by the startled police.
In that case, however, the investigation
bore no fruit. the policemen accused by
the informer were never brought to trial.
the informer's murderer got off with
life sentence and nothing more was heard
of the case.
The informer in that case was James
Boyle, known as Lefty Boyle, a vet
eran pickpocket. Boyle declared that he
had free rein in three precincts, that Is to
say. he might pursue his calling without
molestation from the police as long as he
confined his operations to those three pre-
cincts-and divided the spells.
One night Lefty" who was living with
his wife and children at hotel at 18th
street and 9th avenue, was awakened by
a lou banging On his door.
Getting out Of bed, he found that his
visitor was one of the detectives of the
precinct with whom he was regularly d.
viding the proceeds of his crimes
Get on your things. Lefty" ordered
the policeman, land meet me at Todd's."
without announcer WOrQ LEFTY old as he
was bid He knew that summons of
this kind meant trick" Of importance.
At Todd's, 7th avenue saloon, he
met the detective. In few whispered
words the detective explained that at one
of the tables in the back room Jew
Dora" a woman Of the neighborhood,
was entertaining an Alabama farmer
who carried $4.1OO on his person-$1 600
in cash in one stocking and $500 in
cash in the other.
'.II get the rube away from the wom-
an, Lefty. and send him on his way"
suggested the detective, and you can
do the rest.
Lefty went down the block. The de-
tective sat down at the table with the
farmer and the woman. What occurred
then was subsequently told to District
Attorney Jerome by the woman herself.
The detective asked the farmer whether
he had his money safe. The farmer
reached down and felt his two bank
rolls in place.
you'd better see if it's all there"
counseled the policeman; ''you know
you've been travelling in pretty fast CON-
pany tonight.
The farmer, man named Pritchett, at
this friendly hint. decided that he had
better go. The policeman told him not
to be alarmed More drinks were pur-