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A Rogues' Gallery
Photograph of
Edward Rice. the
Modern
New York "Fagin F"

During the evening "Fritsr pointed out other
victims for Dillon to practice on. In almost
every case they were intoxicated and very easy
to rob 1t was not very long before Dillon was
sufficiently advanced to pick out his VIC
inns, although for many months he confined his
attention to intoxicated men
Ihen Dillon was tried out in other branches OF
his profession. An East Side junk shop was se.
lected by Rice for "Angel.face's" Drst burelary
After a casual visit TO the place during the day
time, during which It was the boys function IN
familiarize himself as much possible with che
layout OF the shop, the boy was provided with
Jimmy and directed to force his way into the
store and rife the till. l
he WAS quite unaccompenied on this expedi.
tion Rice pointed out to him that II he wa.
caught It would be simple matter for him IN
escape punishment Of his youth and limo.
cent appearance and the fact that his reputation
at that time unsullied
Ihis New York Fagin knew whereof he spoke rba.
n,sht AngeEface" entered the junk shop and mazda
his way carefully the ill., The inside ~ tba .h,,
was absolutely dark and he had to feel every inch
VI ms way As he was about to put his hands on the
I'LL MIS- foot struck OF iron scrap that ,~ss
Daahceo against the counter and down It came with
crash Before the lad knew what had bapnenad
ne found himself in the hands of policeman II I'm.
an experience entirely novel to him then, but one
which he was destined to undergo many many t,,na.
within the next few years
Because OF his youth--he was only thirteen and
the Children'o Court ' 'Aen -
never IN the history Of the court had more fnno
LOOKING poy been arraigned there. He needed no
AVER. His looks pleaded for him. Although he was
redhanded the Magistrate suspended sentence
1908. fo' A"'o "aS III march,
=, H 49,, career from that time can perhaps be told
ny ms ponce record. copies Of which have been
''1 IN 9 3 a and the Magistrates and Judges
aesa IMAM month after the junk shop burglary
seaiace was caught with box of herrlngs In his
posse nossesson He could not explain how he came by
h ana was nailed to court. Whether he had stolen
Nc. i.om wagon or store did appear, and the
"o y, .stusea 10 explain He discharged
=, Wl,hln the next few months "Angel.face" did
Inc ,e view YORK end OF the Brooklyn Bridge one OF
varons Of pickpockets and thugs On
ROBBERY. Once he broke into showcase. Another
cnson ne his s'o eno an ne s9ctrc fan still another
Two n, sS'e loot a described in the complaint
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An Ola crukhank Drawing for oliver Oliver is Seen Rno
Captured in His First Burglary Being schooed bv Faon

erty On one occasion the police burst his rooms
and found no less than worth OF furs the pro-
ceeds OF West Hobohen burglary. in the place.
Not all OF Fagn's pupils entered his school youn.
tarily Many we're shared into It. Indeed Oliver
twist the hero of Dickenss novel, was conducted
into Fagins den as an innocent boy without the
slightest idea Of its character. There he was held a
prisoner for many days. aid after he finally escaped
he war kidnapped and became an unwilling pupil
again.
Rice's pupils were sometimes similarly obtained
Although many OF the bows to him voluntarily
attracted by the glamour Of his wellknown criminal
record others were undoubtedly corrupted In their
innocence through the OF and other drugs
Fasins den and sphere of activities was located IN
that squaliu section OF old London known as Saffron
Ill., Rices resort Is situated in New Yorks equally
squalid district known Cherry Hill .
Cherry Hill. New York City. is included in the
parish OF st. James In this parish Father Curry
known as the Priest Of Cherry HILL has worked for
the past thirteen Years. Between Father Curry and
RICE during all this period there has been constant
warfare for the souls OF the boys Of the parish In
fortunately, Rice has very frequently prevailed When
he was arrested few weeks ago. q little notebook was
found barring the roster OF his School" 1t contained
tue names OF twenty boys OF the neghborhood Twelve
OF them were Father Currys "boys"
IN Whatever manner FRITZ" Rice secured b,s bo,a
oVe MS pupils. certain 1t Is that his methods OF in
s.,uction Tor lie OF crime most compIee and
eHective His success with "AneeLfacer D,lion is
typical S'iNo i'hion Is
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Some OF "Angel-Face"
DfLIOn'S Criminal Exploits

IN this respect. the boys activities resemble very
'ose'y nose OF the "Artful Dodger' and the other
tho only booty they secured WAS a bandkercb,e,-.
wipe as they called it-and even when they brought
"a"e's 70 Fesn. their contents we're often meagre
70 eve .ne age OF seventeen Angeface" was known
skfnI nicSn I o.iceT IN the Cherry Hill district as
oetter known as thug ~ ~
victim itn "saa, method entioe his intended
then with th ".iway on some pretext another and
following A. tn H. aid OF others OF the gang who were
man and rn ms heels to set upon the unsuspectins
nnoeent oe Of this type but almost every case hi,
OF secnrn LOOKS and plausible tongue were the means
happened TO him for long time was probation tsa mat
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RtCe and His Associates Just
Like Fagin and His Bows

ihe olo fagins peculiar pet and protege" wa,
'ack hawkins, alias The Artful Dodger" Rices mar.
uou'ar PRIDE was Elmer Dillon. alias "Angel.face'
D1"o". nov H'ce took Elmer Dillon in hand at the
age OF thirteen and developed HIM into one =, tho
most dangerous criminals OF the present generation 20
q complete story In itself But first let us pursue the
comparison between Fagins circle of choice chr r.c
tiers and Rcos ' 0n''Se'
. Fasins principal woman disciple and comfor. wa.
wa asG ih sizes pTtzs was Nellie srey Nancy Skies
n,, 'e uompahioh OF BIZ Skies, desperate burglar
,ehe Shhey is sister OF Mcky Sliney who mur
oe re Lar, an East Side butcher few years ago
rasin pets were Jack Dawkins. Charley Bates
Barney" " '''"ihai hafhed
Fritzis pets are Jack Gasl,lns, Elmer Dillon p,,v
Usof and Barney" WALTON A' i''''
:, atnoush Fagin had many criminals working Tor
nm na exclusively. he also acted as fence or re-
worked independently ~ 'i''nina's VINO
nice or "Frzi'' too, is receiver Of stolen pror
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Fagn il the Condemned Cell Illustration of the
Moments Of Dokens's Repusye and Famous Charaotsr

On Election Night 1912, "Angeltace" had q narrow
escape From the crowds watching tho returns in
CITY Hall Park, no singled out marine sergeant who
carried vallse and considerably under the eeoa
OF liquor In his prepossessing way "Angeface vol.
unteered to carry the vase pilot the sergeant TO
hotel The sergeant acquiesced. Before they had
gone block the sergeant missed pilot and vallse
TOO In the course Of the evening the sergeant found
MS way to the police station There he explained how
fine looking boy" who was carrying his ya,,se %,
separated from him. When the police told him that
ne had been neatly robbed he grew obstreperous He
wouldn't believe that this fine looking boy was
criminal and he roundy berated the police for Bug.
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U7EU HOW HCS
Academy of
Crime Graduated
Hundreds of
Young Pick
pockets, Burglars
and EUen
MUrderers

r u
J tiers was Fagin. Fagin. II will be remembered
the repusive looking criminal OF "Olver
Twist, whose squaltd den the haunt of thieves
ana murderers, and. at the same time. school Of
crime where innocent boys and girls initiated in
al the ways Of the underworld
New York has Fagin. as will be presently or
planned.
In practical and systematic manner FagIn's pupI,
were thoroughly fitted for the life OF crime upon
which they were to embark. II not a case OF
picking up the intrlcaces Of the profession piece.
meal There was no long apprenticeship Right from
the start the boys worked hard with the idea of
developing them Into competent workmeu with as III.
tie delay possible the benefit OF all concerned
Fagn himself was the principal Of the school His
long criminal career not only fitted him for the post
but was calculated to inspire the necessary In
the minds Of his disciples He was ably assisted In
the work of instruction by boys he had trained Their
youth made them more nimble and adept In their
various specialties than Fagin himself
In Fagins school, boys taught how TO pok
pocRetsi now TO elude pursuers how to assault vic.
inns where to dispose OF stolen property. how to
break into houses and lofts steal from wagons and
trucks. how to conduct them selves In police court, ~
caught and in short. how to pursue criminal voca
ton with the best prospects success and the least
chance OF danger
Precisely the same sort OF school as this has ac.
thaiy been operated in New York City for the mast
thirteen years more! 1t has been conducted nv
exact counterpart OF Fagn. His name IL Edward
rice He Is most generally known as FRITZ" Rice
"A re-" weeks ago Judge hcInerney In sentencing
NFrzi 10 the penitentary. characterized him as .the
worst man ever arTaigned in my court" He has lone
been 20 regarded by the police.
Dickens did not give In detail the various crimes
which comprised Fagins past Is doubtful whether
even snat master OF Action could have conceived a
more numerous varied list than Rice the
modern New York Fagin, has actually committed
Rtce Is one OF the most accomplished and versatile
criminals known to the police. Unlike most criminais
VINO devote themselves to particular branch OF
crime this man has proved himself adept in many
He Ia an expert pckpocket. He is a clever "seeond
story man. He Is scientlHc safe-craoker He Ia /,
resourcefu sneak.thief He is a dangerous thug,
gunman. He Is most plausible swindler He ia a
vicious oorrupter Of youth.
Rice Is younger man than Fagn. He is thirty
seven years old His criminal career started when ne
WAS thirteen. when he sent to Elmira Retorma
tory Since then he has served time In MANY prison,
and committed scores OF crimes for which hs has
escaped punishment.
MS activity aB Fagin presents the most in.eres,
ing phaee OF his criminal career. His methods waro
not unlike those OF his counterpart in fiction Iudr
ihs ny the number OF desperate criminals he ba,
rah , and developed, they were even more sue
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Hoe Rit
Terms, L

After graf
in Sing SIM
almost immt
attempted 81
from Jail on
sent to Stint
Sirocco, the
ten years ae
It was al
Fagin becapI
spent about
and from tht|
how to do I'll
ran little ris|
In 1907, sf|
Michael Linz
by detectivel
pocket. He /
detectives " !
uel Karner
years old. csj
three boys Vi
lack OF evide3
Rice had al
and spent aul
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was held for
Jury. but t
10 indict, o
once again /,
Scores of
held up in
way along I
and other
Thoroughbred
though the
"Angel-face'
ognized In {;
sionally tina,
he never sc
the Tombs
the Grand j
Last Febi
fuence was
Bowery, nea
a man nam
gnye the ma
nized at OF
time. the
thoroughly I
his associat
referred TO,
the New Yo
where he v
thorities car
Incidental,
two brother
promise TO
fourteen, is
fifteen. has J
"Fritzi" HI
ent time. J
lions, and h
than his you
Fair play., 1915-02-27
THEIR PAY TOO LOW
University of Missouri Loses
Many of Its Best Men Be-
cause of This.
OTHER SCHOOLS WANT THEM
Several Professors Have Standing
Offers Of Positions at Increased
Salaries in Other States.

Former members of the University
of Missouri faculty, men who left the
institution for better salaries else
where. may now be found in universi-
ties and colleges from New York to
California, from Minnesota to Louisi-
ana. Many of them are native Mis-
sourians, educated at their university,
and some, at least. would have pre-
ferred to stay here had the university
been able to pay salaries even approx
imating those offered by other schools.
Not every teacher, however. who
has been offered an advance in salary
elsewhere has accepted. Notable
among a number of nationally known
educators who have elected to remain
here despite fiattering offers from 9TH
er schools, is the president of the uni
versity His example has had much
to do with keeping others here. Presi-
dent A. Ross Hill four years ago re-
jected an offer of $4,000 a year from
the University of Minnesota and re-
mained here for less.
Some have remained in Columbia
for sentimental reasons; some be-
cause they had built homes and dis
liked the idea OF selling out at posi-
BILE sacrifice. Whatever their reason
for casting their lot with Missouri. the
university now has on it's staff of
teachers at least half a dozen men
with standing offers of larger salaries
from other institutions.
But 1t isn't in human nature, unless
there are special circumstances. for a
man with large family-and there is
assuredly no race suicide among uni
versity professors-to reject an offer
that will allow him to lay up CON-
petence against old age. With the
funds available, the university has
done and is doing all that it can. But
the men who can afford to stay here
for comparatively small pay when a
larger opportunity beckons elsewhere
continue to be the exceptions.
Fair play., 1915-02-27
THEIR BANQUET WAS DRY
Missouri Society in Washington Holds
Its Fifth Annual Celebration
Prominent Men Attend.

The important part Missourians are
taking in official Washington was
demonstrated the other night at the
fifth annual banquet of the Missouri
Society there. The affair was both
dry" and smokeless.
William B. Wilson, secretary of the
Department of Labor, and Representa-
tive s. F. Prouty of Iowa were the
guests Of honor.
Others at the speakers table were
Speaker Clark and Mrs. Clark: for
mer Governor Dockery, third assistant
postmaster general; former Senator
Francis NJ. Cockrell, Representative
Russell and Mrs. Russell and DR.. s. S.
Law. former president of the Univer-
sity OF Missouri.
Scattered among the 125 other din
ers were Joe P. Johnston, chief post
office inspector; James l.. Baity, au-
ditor OF the War Department; E. C.
Tieman. deputy commissioner of pen.
sions, and Captain John j. Knapp, U.
S. N, and members of the house dele
cation.
The Democratic senate caucus pre-
vented the attendance of Senator
Stone and Senator Reed. Former
Governor Folk, chief counsel of the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
also was kept away by official busi-
ness
Fair play., 1915-02-27
CUT OUT FOR A FINANCIER
Small Maiden Was by No Means az
Free From Guile as She Ap-
peared to Travellers.

Two great tears shone in her hazel
eyes as she stood by the slot machine
outside the wayside inn-two tears SO
large that young man passing on his
motorcycle saw them clearly.
Excuse me-" he said gently, but if
you tell me all about it perhaps | can
help YOU"
The girl shook her pretty head.
1--WE put penny in the slot machine"
she answered, land nothing will come
out"
"Ah," said the young man, that's
soon remedied."
Drawing a penny from his pocket.
he inserted it in the machine. Six
times he tried with six different PEN
nies, but absolutely nothing happened.
Then he rode away, poorer but hap
pier.
AS he rounded the corner the girls
mother appeared in the doorway
We'll, Kate. she asked. how are
things going7"
AL" came the reply. He's the
tenth. Altogether I've netted three
dollars this morning"
Fair play., 1915-02-27
UTE INDIANS TRAP
POSSE; SLAY FOUR
SURROUND AND BURN TOWN OF
BLUFF, UTAH-FEAR FOR
MARSHAL's FORCE.
NEW BANDS TO THE RESCUE
Surprised by Larger Force Than Ex-
pected Officers Fall Back Into
Another and Larger
Hostile Band.

Grayson, Utah.-Following a battle
between renegade Ute Indians and a
posse of United States marshals near
Bluff. Utah, in which one marshal was
killed and two wounded and two In.
dians killed, the posse was surrounded
by hostile forces and the greatest ap-
prehension for their safety is felt.
report of a second battle, in
which three more marshals were
killed, has reached here. This report
added that the Indians were burning
and looting the town of Bluff.
Surprised by a force of warriors
much greater to what they expected
the white men were forced back and
found another band of Indians in their
rear
The telephone wires we're cut Just
after United States Marshal Auuila
Nebeker sent an urgent call for aid
Posses. hastily organized through
out Southeastern Utah and Southwest
ern Colorado. started out in one of
the worst snowstorms known in this
region to the relief of the marhals.
Because of the terrible conditions of
the roads they may be too late.
The last message said that the town
of Bluff was then surrounded by In
dians on the warpath and that a mas
sacre there is feared.
Fair play., 1915-02-27
SOON TO Be NORMAL
Business Conditions Are Showing
Steady Improvement.
Progress Being Made In Almost All
Directions Is Notieeable-Better
Times May Well Be Looked
for Week by Week

The improved business situation.
and especially Improvement in the
steel industry as compared with con-
ditions a few weeks ago. is cheering
to the whole country.
A few prophets of good times were
expecting the new era of prosperity
to come with rush, remarks the Bir-
mingham (Ala.) Age-Herald. The more
conservative and farseeing leaders of
the business world, however, have
been saying that there would be an
improvement with the beginning of
this year 1915, but that it was not rea-
sonable to think there would be COM
plete business recovery before the
middle or the latter part of the year.
Yet the steady progress that is now
being made in many directions makes
1t safe to assume that in the industrial
field. at least, conditions will become
normal by spring. Here in the Bir-
mingham district industrial operations
are probably 20 to 25 per cent nearer
capacity than was the case two
months ago.
In the speculative markets much de-
pends on the government crop reports
during the next few months. Last
years wheat crop was the largest ever
produced in this country, but the acre
age of winter wheat has been still fur
ther increased, and the probability is
that new high record will be reached
in the next harvest The South, wealth
er conditions permitting, will raise
larger crops of food products than
ever before, and the limited cotton
production will insure good prices for
several million bales of the old crop
left over The grain market has been
soaring. The stock market and the
cotton market are upward in tendency
and will continue upward until old
time levels are approached.
This year has started out well. In
deed, and as there is every promise
that the business, situation will i'm
prove week by week throughout the
twelvemonth, the optimist may we'll
revel in his roseate representations.
Fair play., 1915-02-27
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK "CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.

Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi.
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fernenting food In the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines, instead of being cast out
of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dull. throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour. undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear. stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
Fair play., 1915-02-27

MY Republican friends are looking
hopefully to 1916, but think It safe
bet that the Democratic party will be
continued in power" said Maurice
Heckel. manufacturer, OF Rochester,
N. Y.
"The Republicans are trying to lay
some Of the blame for bad business
last fall on the Democratic party, but
that is not fair, and it will not work.
This country was headed for pros
perity when the European war broke
out and gave the entire business
world an awful shock. There was a
sharp recession in American busi-
ness, but we are gradually recovering
from it, and by the spring prosperity
will be felt in all parts of the coun-
try, as 1t is now in the West.
I'VE will have great deal OF pros
perity between now and 1916, and the
Republican calamity howler will then
be making himself ridiculous II he
tries to howl for party purposes"
Fair play., 1915-02-27
WILL PUSH A NEW HIGHWAY
Road to Run From Kansas City TO
Chicago Through Hannbal-ls
Named for Mark Twain.

Mark Twain Highway will be the
name Of a new road extending from
Kansas City to Hannibal and then to
Chicago to be pushed by a newly
formed organization known as the
Chicago-Kansas City Highway Asso-
citation, which has just been formed
by Missouri good road enthusiasts.
Mark Twain Highway will connect
with the trail leading from Kansas
City to California and will be a part
of the ocean-to-ocean highway. The
new route, for the most part, follows
the Cannon Ball route and the Hanni-
bal-St. Joseph Cross-State Highway.
The road runs within 100 feet of
Mark Tw2ins home in Hannibal where
the great humorist spent his boyhood
days. His boyhood home recently
was bought by Mr.. and Mrs. George A.
Mahan and given to the city of Han
nibal. A picture of the humorist
standing in front of his home on his
last visit to Hannibal in 1907, will be
used on printed matter to advertise
the road.
Hannibal will be a central point of
the highway. 1t will follow the Can
non Ball trail from Chicago to Quincy,
then down the east side of the river
crossing the Wabash bridge here.
From Hannibal the highway is fol-
lowed to Cameron, branching off there
to Kansas City.
Officers of the new association are.
Harvey Riggs, Quincy, ILL.,, president;
DR.. F. Heain of Kewanee, ILL.,, first
vice president; r. n. Brownlee, Brook
field, Mo, second vice president;
George Bailey, Brookfield. Mo-, secre.
tary; NJ. B. Proctor, Monroe City, Mo-,
traasttrar
Fair play., 1915-02-27
NEAR-BEER MAKER ENJOINED
Bond Fixed at $4,000 After Brewery
Alleges He Perfected Formula
at Its Expense.

Chattanooga, Tennessee. - Doctor
Hermann Heuser, the only chemist
who has succeeded in perfectlng a for
mula for near-beer, which can be
sold In Tennessee under the state pro
hibition laws, was enjoined by local
brewery from leaving the city or dis
posing of his formula. His bond was
fixed at $4,000 by Chancellor Garvin.
The plaintiff asserted that Heuser
perfected his valuable formula at its
expense and in its laboratories while
under a salary.
Fair play., 1915-02-27

DR.. r. 3. Love, deputy state veteri-
marian for the Springfield district, ad-
mitted that the foot and mouth dis
ease has made its appearance in
southwestern Missouri and that he is
treating twelve cases. Six of the in
fected cattle belong to Green county
farmers. DR.. Love said that the ami
mails are suffering only from the
mouth disease, which is infectious,
but not contagious. This is the first
outbreak Of the disease to be reported
In Missouri. DR.. Love said 1t had not
been necessary to slaughter any of
the cattle, the attacks being extreme
ly mild. He said that so long as far
mers continue to show a willingness
to cooperate in preventing an epi-
demic none Of the counties will be
quarantined. DR.. Luckey later issued
statement declaring the sickness
not foot and mouth disease,
Fair play., 1915-02-27
Is Any lax "Popular2n

In a recent editorial the Washing.
ton Post says that "the most unpopu.
lar and therefore the most unsatisfac.
tory tax imposed by the government
is that levied upon personal incomes. F."
We should like to have the Post name
one single tax that is popular" I'm
less it can do so, we must conclude
that the fact that the income tax
is unpopular" is no proof whatever
that it is unsatisfactory. Long ago
Napoleon Bonaparte, statesman of
some slight intellectual capacity, said
that the income tax was the best tax
imaginable, since all people grumbled
about it, which was the best possible
proof that they paid it.