The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-10-18

Vice not only has lost some impor-
tant intrenchments in Superior, but
promises soon to be on the run. The
advocates of Law and order are increas-
ing, becoming very aggressive, and
the Hindenburg line between decency
and indecency, morality and immoral
ity, law observance and lawlessness,
has been penetrated and soon will be-
come untenable along its entire length.
In the past few weeks warrants have
been issued in something over $50
cases. Some outlaws have escaped by
fleeing from the city; others have
jumped bail; still others have paid
fines or received jail sentences; some,
of course, failed of conviction.
John A. Cadigan, favorite lawyer
and official mouthpiece for the hosts
of sin and lawlessness, is fairly get
ting rich through fees from the under
world folks who fall into the clutches
Of the law. If the flood-tide of pros
perity continues, Cadigan either will
have prostration from overwork or else
be compelled to hire a corps of assist
ants.
Cadigan not only is making hay
while the sun shines, but he is putting
up a great play to the galleries. He
roasts the prosecution and it's wit.
nesses. He bawls like little bull of
Bashan and makes his clients feel that
they are getting their moneys worth
He also INDUCES in uncouth, coarse
and almost obscene language, so that
his clients can understand and the pub.
lie be made to sit up and take notice
of the premier underworld lawyer Of
Superior.
Some days ago, Cadigan termed the
detectives who testified for the prose.
cution as GLARS" Ace Chandler. the
"hiel representative at the head of the
lakes, Informed the advocate Of the un.
7erworld folk that if he called him
Chandler, liar, he would knock him
flat.
Cadigan then made a great play by
'nplving for a license to carry a gun.
He also smote his breast and declared
that no one could intimidate him in
his efforts to serve his clients. He
also spouted lot Of gush about his
worn duty as member of the Wis
consin bar.
As an experiment in damming some
Vt the Cadigan flood of billingsgate in
the courtroom, cultured women of high
social standing in the citv have been
attending sessions of court and their
presence has been quite affective in
+onine down the Cadigan flow of YER
bal sewage.
There has been a wonderful chance
n sentiment since the fizzle Of the At
tempt to recall Mavor Baxter. That
decisive victory of the man who makes
100 per cent Of an effort to keep hi
oath of office plainly told how public
sentiment stood. Naturally, there was
rush for the band wagon.
Aside from those who may have
'laved policy, thousands who believe
IN law, order and control of outlawry
were encouraged to rally around 8
"avor who espoused decency ani
wished to make Sunerior a clean, safe
md fit city in which to live, do bus
mess and rear families.
For nearly eighteen months the Rip
saw has been telling the story of vic.
and outlawry RAMPANT in Superior. II
was not nice story to hear, but il
vas true. For the first time in thirt,
ears. the underworld bunch were Civ
IN pitiless publicity. The Rip-saw'
spotlight was as unwelcome to then
as it was enlightening to the public.
Then Miss Emma Tyler, Superior ,.
policewoman, started her crusade. Sht
"npeored before the Trades and Labor
assembly, the Tnterchurch council. tn
Masons, the Y. M. G. A., the Rotary
club and even offered to tell the stor,
If her experiences to the Knights Of
} Columbus and other organizations.
Miss Tyler's stories were most start
ling and convincing. She read affida
Wits, in many instances. to back u,
her alterations. Her information cam,
from girls who had been through he'll
in the Bad Lands and who knew wha
they were talking about. Referring tt
the Rip-saw's story on the Greek cot
- y" i""""Ss "lSo 1flcT SdlO CDdC TIT
onlv trouble was that it was not strons
enough.
The fearless policewoman charged
that there has been omen traffic il
Young girls; that gambling halls ani
other lawless dumps had been used a.
houses of illfame; that the influenc,
of certain "interests" has been DOW
erful enough to reach high places am
head off effective prosecution; tha
bribery of witnesses and detective,
has been attempted; that impending
raids by the police have been s'tippei
off" to the law-breakers. Miss Tyle,
, also alleged that collection of huss
money has been common in times gon,
by.
Speaking of Max Rosenberg, Mis-.
Tyler plainly said:
! "He is a despoiler of homes, a pan