The sun., 1919-10-23

OOIODER 20, 1919
lous whisking away Of all evidential bot
ties and glasses. Flynn personally
checked up this process by sending his
own men around to places that had re-
ceived warning tip. In such cases his
men were refused drinks, but an hour
later when another set Of Flynn's men
visited the same place and asked for
drinks they got them. In one instance
a Flynn sleuth said:
Funny couldn't get a drink an hour
ago while was here You fellows must
know where you're at. DO you get
tipped off7"
Costs Him ~, 900 a Week.
Tipped Off? You can bet your boots
we're tipped or" said the boss conf
IDENTIFY. "It costs $4,000 week. but it's
worth It."
By the scale Of prices charged in that
place and in many others 1t certainly
was worth Il Big Bill opines.
Tho third method was frameup plus
evidence quashing. Liquor sellers who
at first declined to enter into an arrange.
ntent with the grafters we're raided to
teach them a lesson. They were then
told that II they would listen to reason
the cases would come to nothing; that
identlfcations would not be made and
that other familiar tricks to kill the
case would be used. Ordinarily the vic
tins listened to this reasoning.
It took weeks for Flynn and Minton
to acquire all of this information and to
assure themselves at the same time that
present official. two former officials
and Republican politician were show
Ing themselves in a queerish light. In
these weeks they made long list of the
restaurants and big saloons that were
paying graft. In the indictment or
which the arrests were made Arthur Nc.
Lean, proprietor OF the Hunters Island
Inn; Timothy Shine, proprietor Of
Shines Cafe, and wallick's are named
as having dealt with the accused agent,
and their associates. but the investiga.
tors have many other names on theiI
list, names Of liquor dealers who will bt
asked 20 appear before the Fedora
Grand Jury and tell whst they know.
Last Monday night Chief Flynr
was lounging in the lobby Of the Hote
Commodore, hhving heard by tapped
phone that the proprietor Of one of tn,
largest restaurants in New York. ar
active member of the Restaurant Men,
Association. was on his way to visi
ldICty anu AliCh Ia tio thib hchuquhi
ters at the Commodore. Presently tn,
restaurant man entered and ascended e
Yancey's room. Flynn. out of the cor
ner of an eye, noted that he himself wa
under espionage.
Flynn spotted Spoilers.
When the restaurant man descended
an hour Flynn arose easily from ar
| armchair, stepped up to the man. WHIT
no has known for years. anc said yer,
soto voce.
"You make time for the Hotel Asto
and walt for me there I know all abou
you. l know why you came here and
know what was said to you and by yol
| upstairs. You know memo monke,
doodle business !"
Thereupon Flynn resumed his seat ant
| his newspaper, and after a little whil
| the spoilers for the ring, assuming tina
there was nothing to be worried about
| left the hotel Bill promptly backtraoke'
| through the Commodore kitchen. taxiet
| to the Astor, picked up the distressed
restaurant man, and In ten minutes hat
| complete story OF the conversation II
Yancey's room. 1t Tailed exactly will
| what Flynn knew was going on. He lie
| the restaurant man go with a warning {,
| watch his step and to come before tn
| Grand Jury when needed.
Late on Tuesday night the time hav
4 ing come to act, Flynn and Minton ar
rested Yancey and Allen in the Commo
dore. The complete unexpectedness o.
their stroke was proved by Mr.
Yancey's rapid rending of let
ter which had just been writ
ten to the very restaurant mar
Flynn had sent to the Astor. a letter
which assured the restaurant man thai
very satisfactory dealings could be ar
ranged with Mr.. Allen. In Aliens room
that night n young man not yet under
arrest did succeed in shreddlng in ant
introducing to the sewers OF New Yorl
some documents which Flynn think,
might have been interesting.
Yancey and Allen were kept in the
| Commodore under guard all Monday
night and were brought to the Fedora
| Building yesterday morning. In tht
Federal Building Polling and Pignuola
were arrested. McCarver was not tC
be found. having gone to Nashville. Il
was said, to serve a warrant. He /:
now being sought
| The four prisoners were taken before
Judge Learned Hand for arraignmen'
on the conspiracy charge. Having nC
lawyer to speak for them. Yancey un
dertook the task. He said that the bal
of $4,000 demanded by Minton in hi:
case and In Aliens was excessive ant
asked for a reduction. Judge HAND
pondered briefly and then said that sine,
| nobody realized more thoroughly thar
Yancey the impossibility of getting ava,
from the long arm OF the Federal Gov
| ernment, he would consent to 5000
bail in Yancey's case and to S2,5o0 II
the cases OF Polling. Pignuola and Nc
Carver.
The Grand Jury will resume to-da,
its investigation OF the booze graft.