Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24

the same section, and all OF them Viii prey on
the merchants. And out of this grows curl
ols development. To lessen this evil, the shop-
keepers will employ one gang for The sole put.
pose of guarding them against the attacks OF
the other combinations, and through TINS pollcy
OF setting ono gang against the other thcre -
developed strong gang rivalrics and frequent
clashes between the two factions are the usual
outcome. Most OF these boys come from fairly
respectable families, and il they had been taken
in hand in time and kept of the street corners
they would undoubtedly have grown up TO be
decent citizens.
young hoy who gets in with these gangsters
soon gets the Idea that he can live without
working. lie sees the gang leaders we'll dress
Cd and always supplied with spending money.
they do not work. and seem 10 have good
lime. SO he reasons that if they can make
Il pay so should he. The corner ruffian there
lore soon grows into n more desperate char
actcr. These boys who join the street corner
crowd do not have any regular work. Most
oil them are idle loafers nearly all the time.
II was common sight some years ago to
see gang fights, where the members would pclt
cach other with stones; often they would get
closer TO each other and use their fists, and
even knives From this stage OF fighting where
the strongest members would stand most chance
OF winning, they went into the gun stage where
the weak, sickly boy with the gun might 10
moro damage than any OF the big, strong arm
fighters.
This brought out now type OF sangstor. the
boy with the nerve 10 pull Il gun and use il.
ana h" soon usurpcd the leadership. No man
Understood these gunmcn we'll as the late
Timothy u. sullivan, and the knowledge he
gained among the East Side gun-toters induced
MN TO work for the passage OF the law which
pFohlnltS the carrying OF weapons 1t has often
O'"n SAID that sullivan was himself more or
less inimat ely connected with the gunmen and
often employed them but | have never seen
any proof to substantiate this charge against
him.
The East Side sangsters worked out a more
scientific way OF collecting graft and blackmail
heN TOOK UP the profession of gambling and
IlFihG on the proceeds of the women OF the
streets. some Of these men got their nick.
names from their method OF doing business
bridgey' Weber, II is said. got his title
rom me name OIL a woman named bridget"
me principal meeting place for these higher
tApeS OF gunmcn No. 76 Second avenue
inns was cafe owned by ,le president OF
the New York Independent Benevolent Society
which received prominent mention in the Rock.
cieller report on the white slave traffic The
gunner who killed RoSenthal started from this
cafe on their murder trip
III mas often been asked willy the authorjtias
cannot uproot this cangstcr evil The case OF
KID Twist will illustrate the difficulties ths
ponce encounter in trying to handle this class
ma snow ROW hard 1t is to secure convictions
wen when the guilty party is caught red.
handed. Kid Twist was palc.faced weak.
iooKlhs, innocent appearing chap who seemed
incapable of harming any one. lie became nc.
Hiaintcd with some men who wanted TO get
possession or printing plant where they could
make some forged passes Of the New York
Central Railroad They knew that Iiid Twiet
WIN MS crowd, could get them almost ANYTHING
they wanted. so he was taken into their con.
ldence ''e''
The Case Of "kid Twist"