Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

raid on the Hesper Club. The raid was
made. Rosenthal. his pride hurt. was
furious. He .swore he would have ven
geance upon everybody who had hand
in the raid. He heard that Sam Paul
and Louie Kaufman, who ran poolroon
on 18th street could furnish him evil
dence that Cody and Murphy We're graft
ers Rosenthal went to Paul and kauff-
man and asked them to accompany him
a trip to the city hall to "squeal to
Mayor Gaynor and thus get even with
the detectives who had raided his place
Paul and Kaufman said there was
nothing in the rumOr and refused to help
Rosenthal This brought about quarrel
between them. and Rosenthal decided to
put both of them out of the way. Paul
was to go first He hired Spanish Louie
to do the job.
Two nights later Spanish Louie" acct
IDENTITY encountered Sam Paul. For the
sake of conversation the gunman men
toned to Sam Paul that he was up
against it''-broke
Paul dove down in his pocket and pro-
duced fifty-dollar bill
Any time you're up against it. Louie. :
he said. Just come to me. You know |
am always ready to help a friend.
so YOU think I'm your friend. eh?'
asked Spanish Louie supposedly.
well. amt you?''
1NeacIlTS down MS trouSer reg. Spdh-
ish Louie" drew forth the biggest. ugliest
looking gun Paul ever laid eyes on.
To prove it, Sam said Spanish
Louie putting up his gun. Il am
going to tell you something For three
days I've been trailing YOU to get good
chance to croak you. Finally. when ] run
into YOU ! get staked to fifty bucks by
you. ard YOU tell me to come and get
Wall hat
queers me on this job" and then he told
Paul the whole plan Rosenthal lad out
lined. Spanish Louie" went back and
told Rosenthal to get somebody else to do
the job. as Paul was too good fellow
to croak. Rosenthal did get some one
else but not for Paul He got Bloody
Nike to croak Spanish Louie.
The job was done in the public street.
Spanish Louie was sitting in a cafe on
I'd avenue near 18th street when he re-
ceived word that one of his girls needed
him on 18th street. Without suspicion
in the world he started out of the place.
AS he turned the corner Bloody Mike
sent bullet through his brain. Thus
ended the career of the man | believe
was the worst bad man in New York.
His murderer soon followed him. In d
gang fight in a return trip from Coney
Island one night that summer Bloody
Nike was shot in the groin. His pals
rushed him away before the arrival OF
the police and he died In the furnished
room to which they took him.
big Jack Zelig's reputation a
gunman was fairly earned. The gang of
which he was the head was perhaps one
of the most daring New York has ever
known, The Monk Eastman" gang, the
kid Twist gang, the Gopher gang,
and one or two others acquired more
publicity perhaps. because they We're con.
stantly engaged in gang feuds. but II II
came to an actual count of crimes com
mitted. Big Jacks" would probably head
the list.
When things are dull. in the smuggling
and croaking line because men in the
higher walks of life seem to have for
gotten that for reasonable sum their
enemies can easily be put out of the
way without risk, the gangster has stu
got to live.
1t is then that he has to resort to
"stick-ups." Stickng-up pedestrian Is
usually the last resort. There is another
to "stick-up'' one of the many stuss
games that the East Side abounds in.
Selecting the place. the gangsters with
pointed guns back the men in the place
against the wall and relieve them of their
money. The gangsters then order them
to turn about and face the wall and
remain in that position for ten minutes
until the gangsters make their getaway.
This form of graft grew SO popular