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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
VACATION TIME.

My Wife's Gone TO the country.
Hooray, Hoorayr The success OF tha'
song was due to it's profound truth. h'
profound truth as TO marriage ana '"
human nature"
The speaker was DeWolf Hopper .n'
comedian. He continued moppins Dis
brow:
1t is an undoubted fact that on '"'
first day or two of his family's departure
for mountains or seaside the most hui"'
drum Of men-the latest. baldest sooe''
est of men-shout in their hearts u,
wifes gone TO the country hoofs''
Hooray,
And the wives realize this. And 'n''
realize the danger of II.
II was talking one August afternoO.
to a matron on a breezy Narrssanse"
piazza.
AHA. madam | said, here you
enjoying the salt air. while your hs's
working husband is chained 20 his desA
in the city
Chained to his desk. indeed saiu ".
matron. All II he only could be III nav
some peace of mind"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07

is in trouble the gang hustles TO help
him-they raise money for his defence.
frighten off the complainant and witnesses
and many a time look out for his wife or
girl If she needs IT, but more about that in
THE Gangster and His Girl" the next
article In this series.
one might truly say But the criminal
band has some one so around to scare
witnesses or buy them OF" Yes. but
that is i'm cases where the line OF crime
% the criminal arrested is somewhat or
ganized, then the attempts TO get the ac-
cused of are i'm the regular course OF
business. paid for by the receiver Of stolen
goods the syndicate head" for whom
the criminal worked or those in partner
ship with him: so in the case Of the Grim
iral band help is given almost entirely In
the interests Of the business which will
suffer by the loss OF valuable employe
OF associate. The gang may have moth
ing to gain financially by getting it's ar
rested member free, yet often does its
best out OF loyalty. Further. other gangs
sometimes help In raising defence funds
to clear a gangster or in bringing political
influence TO bear TO the same end.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
BLIND WITNESSES.

Louis Blumenthal was shot one Sunday
about noon in the office Of a stable in
Division street, opposite Ludlow. There
were nine in the place at the time. Most
of the nine are known but not one would
dare to testify. Little DaVy solomon
shot him. Blumenthal was reported TO be
a lobby guy Ga tooD, or STOOL pigeon
for 7th Precinct detectives, and there
was trouble over 500 that the gang
wanted from him. although he had al
ready paid the price agreed on IN the
bargain for a job he hired done; so there
can be little question that Blumentha'
reputation as a lobby guy and the fact
that he was tatte-taling 10 the ponce
about his own troubles with the gang
were the principal causes OF his beins
plugged" In the case Of Rosenthal'
there was more than hatred OF the
"squealer" TO prompt the murder, so that
is not fair example of gang vengeance
However. If you want more instances
look back through the list of murders
which have gone unpublished, and you'll
find lots OF examples. Don't blame the
police. 1t is usually impossible to con-
Wet a gangster who attacks another, be-
cause even the victim OF his bullets, IN
cases in which they are not fatal Will not
testify; the code Of the gangster re-
quires that he fight his own battles.
Jack Zelig, it will be recalled. would not
identify the man who shot him in front
of the courthouse. although so many
saw the shooting that the assassin was
convicted without Zelig's identification OF
him.
A criminal-that is. a mere criminal
will usually "squear' II he sees chance
to help himself OUT a gangster rarely.
This is largely because there is the fear
almost the certainty. Of swift revenge be-
ing taken on the "squealer." but that does
not explain IL all. When one of the gang
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07

overheard in midocean. Did you ever
chance to try to find a policeman on the
lower East Side? You probably won't
be able 10 find one-you may find TWO.
There's little need OF them as far as crime
IS concerned. And imagine what the
Gopher gang could do If ii started in
the regular practice OF holding up inno-
cent people! They wouldn't do 1t; even
respectable" criminal wouldn't. There
is truth In the lines:
when the burglars not engaged in his EN-
ploymcnt.
or maturing his felonous little plan.
His capacity for innocent enjoyment
Is a. great as that OF any other man.
IL should be borne I'm mind that sepa-
rating the sheep from the goats is a much
simpler job when It's up TO a herdsman
than when it's a problem In Judging hu-
man character. There's some milk OF hui
man kindness In about everybody and
there's some cream of goodness that will
rise I'm each II the milk isn't spilled or
spoiled before II has chance: but when
II comes 10 making butter ii is sure to
be found that the ethically pure butter
fat won't separate from the bitter butter
milk: you can't get human virtue apart.
unmixed. so II can be made into pats and
weighed.
Love OF adventure has much to do with
making gangsters That's another indica-
ton of idealism. The commonplace, un-
interesting. honest ways Of making a liv-
Ing cannot hold him As "A youth he
wanted life with spice I'm ii and sought
II In the way the street teaches IL looked
like an easier way. too. but IL would not
look like an easier way to a boy suf-
fciently scared of licking from father,
or to a youth afraid Of pummellng in
the ring, or to a young man who tainted at
the sight Of an enemy with a shooter,
or to lawbreaker who trembled at brass
buttons Hunger for the heroic is strong
Ell In him than fear.
Gangsters are never taught to respect
honesty or TO love their fellow men. In
the city streets they are crowded and
brushed aside AT their boys games, cursed
out by drivers OF trucks that nearly run
over the youngsters. given a licking by
the newsboys or bootblacks upon whose
corner they intrude and made to feel they
are worth little when at fourteen they go
TO work. In spite of this, something of
loyalty and a remnant OF the sense Of
fairness survives In the gangsters' rela-
lions with each other and their friends.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
IN PEACE AMID WoRLDLINEss.

All around these Franciscans while they
toll TO redeem the sins OF the world is the
hum Of worldly activity. To their ears
as they pray come the sounds Of the Il
trains and the roar OF street traffic. From
all around come the raucous songs or the
street and the hum Of thousands OF voices :
but they live on in peace
The Franciscans date back 700 years
Giovanni. or John. Bernardone, later can
onized and called Francis OF Assist. or
ganized the order. which is one Of the
strongest in the Roman Catholic Church
He was brought up in affiuence and lux
ury and trained for business pursuits. out
nc used his money to relieve the poor.
Cast out by his father he gave himself
up to a life of piety. and finally found
himself in charge OF the little chapel OF
our Lady OF the Angels in Porziuncols'
Italy. near which he dwelt in hut con-
structed by his own hands. He organ
lied the order Of Friars Minor, now the
Franciscans. on August Is. 1903.
The brown habit of the Franciscans IS
closely identified with the early history OF
America. The cross OF Christ was nrst
planted on our shores by a missionary
clothed in the coarse brown hsbi; OF the
Franciscsns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07

member Of the kid Twist gang, for
merly notorious on the East Side but
now broken up. was a professional stool
pigeon. Fitzpatrick practised' his profess
sion successfully for eight years. and
lived in comfort in good section of the
West side with his wife and three chil-
dren. He was seen by a member OF the
gang talking with a detective an hour
before that detective arrested young
member of the gang for burglary. A week
after the young burglar was sentenced to
Elmira Fitzpatrick was shot. There was
never an arrest for the murder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
THE NEW STRUCTURE.

Father Beck decided a new church was
necessary on the site Of the old one.
which had become unsafe. and he CON
suited Archbishop Corrigan. The Arch
bishon gave orders FOR the building OF a
new church. and work was started on
Nav q. 1891. on July L. 1892. the new
building was dedicated. In 1902 the Rev.
Father Koch became pastor Of the
church and guardian OF the monastery.
lie was succeeded by the Rev. Father
Eusebius. who has been pastor ever since
save for the three years from 1907 10 1910.
when he went TO Denver to work with
Father Leo. another monk. who was shot
at the altar. The new monastery now in
connection with the church was built by
the Rev. Father John Stork. In the abb
sence Of Father Eusebius.
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the rattle Of twentieth century
X IL" trains and the clatter OF Dig
Il trucks to the deep silence OF

-ROM the rattle Of twentieth century
~ "L" trains and the clatter OF big
Il trucks to the deep silence OF
Franciscan monastery seems a far cry
To conceive of such a holy place in the
heart of New York City's old Tenderloin
seems impossible. Yet there is real
monastery. conducted by real monks. in
noisy. everyday 31st street, near sixth
avenue.
Thousands of persons pass this modern
reminder of medieval days without CIV
ing a thought to what might be within
To them it is only church, with a clergy
house and perhaps a school auacheu'
The priests inside do great work IN the
section the passerby permits himself 10
remark as ne hurries along. But the
thought that busy New York could have
an institution in which prayer Is the
davis work and silence the rule never
comes to him.
One day not long ago a laborer was run
down by Sixth avenue surface car and'
as is usual a crowd gathered. A police
man called an ambulance. and while that
vehicle Of mercy was on the way to the
scene the crowd got bigger.
Suddenly one man in the crowd started
to run. telling the policeman ne would
get a priest. He had run dozen steps
when a tall, powerful man, clad in
coarse brown habit, girded at the waist
with a knotted white cord and his feet
incased in sandals, made his appearance
hurrying east in 3lst street. The man
saw him and stopped
Then the monk quietly worked his way
through the crush TO the side of the acci-
dent victim He administered the last
rites Of the Church and then quietly went
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07

We'll. wellr I said enviously. wen
we'll! what a clever chap you are.
Yes" he admitted ITS not bad loes'
is il? And now, when you look over 'n'
magazines and see articles BY old JonA
Dee. and Andy See. and Charlie Remorss
and all that lot-you'u know. in future
who did them. won't your
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
DEDICATED SIXTY YEARS AGO.

Overcoming many obstacles placed In
his way by enemies Of the Church In the
neighborhood. h" finally raised funds
enough to enlarge the front Of the church.
deciding TO let the old structure stand
until funds for the erection Of a new one
should be Forthcoming. The church, thus
enlarged and converted into an edlfice
quite commodious. was dedicated by
Archbishop Hughes on Monday, March 2S.
1858.
Father Martin retired in 1855, and the
Archbishop designated the Rev. G. Fred
erick Rudolph. a German monk, 10 take
his place. Father Rudolph died on June
-. 1861, and the entire ncighborhood
turned ont TO attend his funeral
Archbishop McCloskey ordered the Rev.
Father Pampito de Magliano provincial
Of the Franciscans in Western New York,
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Continued from first page.

charges-just for the good of the ser
vice"
The demands upon the detectives time,
therefore, make ii impossible for him sue
cessfully TO play the role Of crony with
the gang or criminal band, so he employs
a professional stool pigeon. There is a
provision made by the department for
payment of these men, who are really
private detectives and form an auxiliary
force which can be drafted by the city for
its use, but which is free from the formal
tiles and red tape which the organization
Of the police imposes.
Probably il is more expedient TO allow
a detective to employ his own stool
pigeons than II would be to have them in
the department and assigned TO work An
old and experienced detective will have as
many as five or six professional stool
pigeons working for him more or less
regularly; one will be with truck thieves,
one with pickpockets, one with safe men
and burglars and so on. Thus the detec-
tive is In position 10 get quick action on
any kind Of a case TO which he may be
assigned. and, Furthermore, the detective
can in this way handle, as he usually
must do, several cases simultaneously.
The plan works well. although the pro-
fessional stool" finds the way TO the
most profitable solution" Of the case and
may encourage a detective into making
money ION the side
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
UNSUSPECTED lDEALiSM.

UNSUSPECTED lDEALlSM.
The gangster represents better material
wasted than does the criminal because
the gangster has idealism. Gangster
courage isn't all bravado Johnny Span
ish. the most terrifying splitter
ever compressed into 10 pounds. who
nearly killed a man who refused TO loan
him So. took stifi slap over the mouth
and a rapid fire blast Of epithets from n
decent woman on Clinton. near Madison
street. after she had heard him use foul
language, he accepted the punishment
and walked away without murmur.
The CANISTER is generous with money,
careless II he has plenty. to be sure. but
usually good to hiy wife or his woman.
and especially so 10 his mother. Isn't
that another indication OF idealism. or
something akin to It? If it could be
measured. ! would be willing to wager
that the average OF the love between
gangsters and their mothers Is as deep
and rs real as the average OF the love
between merchants and their mothers.
kid Dropper' Kaplan got permission to
see his mother in her coffin where she
had been laid, broken-hearted by her
sons conviction Nathan Kaplan's oath,
sworn there by his dead mother. that he
would live honestly when he got out OF
prison. | believe was as sacredly given
as an oath could be.
Wouldn't 1t have been better II he
could have had a fair chance then with
out being put for seven years in prison
where even healthy soul would grow
as male and as weak as grass under a
stone7 II he has courage to try when
he comes out to keep that oath-and he
will have--isn't gangster courage some
times the real thing?
Fairness can be traced too. In much OF
the gangster's practice and code. An in
nocent stranger or decent woman Is safe
IN the midst of the average gang. Gang
sters that have not fallen below the re-
spect of their fellows will not stoop TO
highway robbery or assault of decent, de-
fenseless people. II they, did. there are
gangsters and gunner enough I'm New
York to make the present police force as
Inadequate as an umbrella for a man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07

his charge and the duties were taken up
by the Rev. Alexander Martin. who came
to America from the Church OF the Holy
Sepulchre. in Jerusalem where he be-
came the idol Of every Christian and
Hebrew alike through his heroic work In
taking care Of victims Of the cholera. at
the time prevalent in the Holy Land
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
SCORE ONE FOR oPTlMIsM

Secretary Bryan is an ineuia.
optimist. and he put down pesS'""''
superbly at a recent diplomatic dih"e.
The pessimist. after pointing out 'a..
food had gone up two-thirds III p,
since 1899. that leather was 10 per 80
adulteration and that all the good "'' "a
and actors were dead and gone-.A'
pessimst. after this TRADE. groaneu
mally and said:
us life worth living?" "A
Thereupon Mr. Bryan's eye oea ,s,.s
with optimism. and with an OPIUM"
indomitable smile he cried hearuiy'
Life is worth living-better ina"
live it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07

10 take the church I'm the name OF the
Franciscan order DR. De Magliano did
So and named the Rev Father Pfelffer
O S r. to assume charge OF the church.
Heavy debts cncumbered the church up
to the administration OF the Rev. Father
Beck. who became guardian In charge OF
the monks and pastor OF the church In
1855 lie cleared all debts up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
AnsnzAgTsC AZ tie
Esz1CZCCI/7 (S/7z H7I/zIIu

brated at > 80 O'Clock every Sunday MORN
ing for the benefit Of newspaper men and
other night toilers. Hundreds attend the
services every sunday, especially in thu
winter, when the church is crowded not
only with those for whom the service was
originally planned, but with men and
women from the theatres and restaurants
in the White Light district.
DR. PelZer plays the organ at each
carly Sunday service, and has done so
since the custom of having early Sunday
mass for the night workers started, ten
years ago.
The choir at the early mass is made up
entirely of newspaper workers and thu
altar boy is an old newspaper man
more than seventy years old. who has
been serving the monks for many years.
At other services eleven boys and nine
men sing in the choir
Little willie" F'lesch was one OF the
singers up TO a short time ago when he
went into an icebox in a butcher shop
where he worked and let the big door
close behind him. When they took him
out he had a cold and soon afterward
died Of pneumonia. The monks celebrated
a solemn high requiem mass for the re-
pose Of his soul and his fellow boy
chorsters sang for hiLI and the old news
paper man helped serve mass.
Every member OF the community has TO
get up at 80 o'clock every morning. and
after reciting long prayers eats a frugal
breakfast. The rest Of the day he passes
in work assigned 10 him about the mon
astery and in prayer. Little. very little
time is passed in eating.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
WHOM THE eANesTERs HATE.

Gangsters reserve the deepest niche In
their natures for hatred Of stool pigeons.
Detectives the gangster may scorn, fear
or even hate. but there is in the gang
ster's attitude toward the policeman. uni
formed or In plain clothes. certain re-
spect for a man who is an OPEN avowed
enemy and making business OF getting
them IL he can. The sangster will not do
serious injury to a detective unless In
desperate fight to escape; the stool pigeon
the gangster will shoot in the back with
regret that there isn't worse fate for
SO despicable an enemy. This Is most
emphatically true OF the stool pigeon
who Is himself crook and pal OF those
he betrays. but the professional stool Is
hated almost as ardently II he has played
TOO well his game Of hypocritical friend
ship toward the gangster
Fitzpatrick, who vas shot dead py
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
LAYING THE CORNERSTONE.

Cardinal McCloskey, then coadjutor
bishop of the diocese, offciated at the
laying of the stone. on September 16,
1S47. a huge bell was hung in the loft
Of the church after it had been blessed
by Archbishop Hughes. Since that date
residents of the section, which in turn has
undergone changes from exclusive resi-
Dental to tenement district, and from that
t. business locality, have heard the
Angelus rung out each night.
The bell was the third TO be hung in a
Roman Catholic Church in the city The
day after the bell was hung one hundred
children received first communion and
were confirmed The church had come TO
stay.
In 1S4S Father Kunz gave up the office
of guardian of the group of friars under
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
CzurSk a. IL Es1gCzC AocCo1
Few New Workers Realize That in Busy,
Noisy Thirty-6rst Street There Is Real
Franciscan Retreat, Which Has
Sheltered Disciples Of St.Francis
Of Assist for Sixty Years.

-. the way he had comeback to the mon
aStery in which he is serving his life as
disciple OF St Francis Of Assist.
Appearance of the solemn faced monk
shocked those who had gathered around
the injured workman. They had never
thought to see a peaceful man OF the
Church appear in the street dressed like
the monks they had seen in their picture
books The monk is one Of seven who
have charge Of the MONASTERY.
In 1874 the Rev. Zachary Kunz. high in
the councils of the Church in Hungary,
locked about New York for a spot where
he could build a church and monastery
t. house his brothers Of the order who
desired TO do missionary work in the city.
The site was found in 3lst street. and on
May 9. 1874, the cornerstone Of the
Church Of ST. Francis of Assist was laid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07

Is it more to be wondered at that gang
sters are so bad or that they are no
worse?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07

have a child OF yours brought up on the
lower East Side. even though the death
rate is lower than in some other parts OF
the city, and even though University Set
tlement did find d dozen perfect babies in
it's neighborhood?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
HELPING FELLOW HUMANS.

Every visitor gets courteous consider
alton. whether he or she comes merely
10 look around or to ask for help. The
fathers do much missionary work in the
neghborhood, and their charity is unlim'
tied.
They are often called upon TO help their
friends the police Of the West S0th street
station. Captain william II. Ward. COM
mander OF the precinct. the other day
said the fathers could not be praised too
highly for what they are doing in a Sec
ton where vice and crime still are ele-
ments which priests and police alike must
fight
In the Church Of st. Francis Of Assist
known 10 many as the Night Workers
Church Around the Corner" mass is cele-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07

simplicity and cleanliness are the key
notes OF the monastery. and their influ-
ence strikes the attention Of the visitor
the instant the threshold Of the solemn
place is crossed. The door is opened for
the outsider by lay brother. who ushers
him into severely plain room, lacking In
any furniture save one or two chairs and
a table No woman can get further within
the monastery limits than that reception
room,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07

Muffs we're first used by doctors 10 A'''
their fingers soft.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-21
JURY STAYS OUT
ONLY 20 MINUTES
Robert j. Rubin, Member of
New York Arson Trust. "
Quickly Found Guilty.

NEW YORK. Feb, eo,-'Iz2y the
Painter s. confession that ne hnd
li-ed 800 houses at the behest OF 10.
cal larson trust bore first fruit to-.
day in the conviction OF Robert j.
Rubin, an insurance adiustcr. The Jury
returned a verdict of guilty OF second
degree arson after twenty minutes de.
liberation. Rubin faces term OF i'm
prisonment up to twenty-five years
Half dozen other alleged members
OF the carson trust are TO be tried
later. The case OF one OF them, George
G, G.utZ, was called at once by Justice
Goff. jury having been drawn yes
terday. Samuel Gold the first witness,
testified that with Grutz's knowledge
IzSy the Painter set fire TO the Gold
home after the witness and Grutz Ind
written an insurance policy. The spoils
OF the scheme, Gold said, amounted TO
s525 in insurance, of which Grut2 go.
$50 and "lz@y' $40, the witness re-
the balance. The cashinp OF
the insurance company's check and the
division Of the money took place in
saloon, Gold testified. after Grutz had
described "Izzy's' incendiary work
rs a remarkably good job
The trial will be resumed tomorrow.