Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-07

the inducement strong enough. These are the chief
gangster society On his own account
white SLAYER. merchant of cocaine or opium,
often petty and makes both business and
pleasure "rackets' balls. which are the rneaG
typical phase of gang life. racket is usually given
by one or one gang leader Tickets are sold to
small shOpkeepers and other persons who are afraid to
refuse buy them. Also the. members of other
friendly gangs come as a tribute to the leader and
the members of hostile attend on errands of
vengeance At the rackets gangland congregates.
fights duels loves incidentally adds
few dollars to its income
Such is gangland's way living. Contrary to pop
ular opinion. most of lis members are not thieves in
the usual unless they unable to get enough
money by these easier, safer, and as it Were more
conventional methods Most of the gangs to be sure,
include some pickpockets and, when needy, a gang
leader will "stick up" gambling hall. other
place of doubtful repute the proprietor Of which dare
not squeal. But the gangster prefers his regular
professional way Of making living.
Sergeant Finn estimates there 1000 gang
in and about New York. mostly about, not in
At the present time it is probable that thousand
in confinement, large number Of others
rusticating in nearby states and quite few
working for living. The rest the subject of
incessant attentions from the gang squad.
Since the gangster primarily professional thug
and murderer the methods of campaigning against him
primarily two. In the first place effort is
made to take his from him. and Jail him
for carrying them In the place. every
police detective method ingenuity brought
to bear the solution of murder Not few OF
New Yorks "unsolved murder mysteries" we'll
planned gangster killings To make murder more
hazardous business is of the ways Of
ing the gangs
The regular work of the gang squad consists in
visiting halls and restaurants where
gangland gathers and in searching inmates, one
and all. for weapons The revolver is course the
gangsters chief reliance and most of his killings
perpetrated with it. He is generally a poor and
tries get within five feet of his victim and
shoot him in the back. Usually he turns his
away as he pulls the trigger In word his method
is that of dub and a Always there are half
dozen who shoot, that difncuIt to
which did the killing. aggressor
or anything else ABOUT the fracas After the shooting
which takes place very quickly. the gangster nearly
always throws away his gun hat he is wearing
puts another that has been concealed about his
person, makes short run through alleys or over
housetops, and reappears a respectable citizen.
II would seem an easy matter to disarm gangIand
by continual search and undoubtedly great progress
has been made this way The increased number of
pen-knfe cuttings the police bloters show that the
gangster losing his But again his cunning
comes fore. A leader nearly always has
subordinate to carry his that the man who is
most wanted is hard Often the subordinate is
woman when it comes to concealing things about
her person woman we-known advantages
example when Tavaachi, the italian gangster
racket express purpose of killing rival, he
took with him a girl named Dolan who was very
pretty and deliberately dressed The detectives had
word that there was to be killing at this racket
They the door and searched gangster
he went in. Not a gun found. They did not
search the women, but they noted that Mary Dolan
carried a large muf.
Now there are stairways leading up to the hall
When Tavalachi and his girl had passed in detective
the opposite stairway and down the other.
nterceptng the gunman. The girl just handing
him a large revolver OF her mun. Tavalachi got
years and nine months.
such is the routine of getting the gunman's
gun Catching him work is another matter, and how
it is done will be forth in the next article.