The Washington herald., 1919-08-23
NEW YORK CITY
Day-By-Day
By O. O. MCINTYRE


ington Herald)
New York. Aug. %. They got
Johnny Spanish. the gangster over on
Second avenue the other day. He had
stepped out of a taxi with his wife
in front of cinema palace. Three
men came along. shot him to death
and walked lelsurely around the cor
ner.
Johnny Spanish turned straight
three years ago after he did stretch
up the river" Twelve years ago this
frail young boy. just over from Spain.
ruled East Side gangs and held stuss
house keepers in constant terror. He
was or Jewish and Spanish birth.
which accounts for his name.
His first downfall was due to a
Bowery girl-Beatrice Kostand-known
as Big Alma. To buy her Jewels he
horned in on the graft OF another
gangster named "Jigger." The latter
Was great stuss house robber.
The two met in gang fight and an
innocent little girl playing in the
streets was killed. The police blamed
Spanish. Spanish 'ducked" the town
and while he was gone his girl took
up with Kid Dropper. Dropper was
huge fellow and earned his nick
name because of his ability to drop
his enemies with a blackjack.
Kid Dropper and Big Alma went to
racket one night on the East Side.
During the evening someone told Big
Alma that Johnny Spanish was out
side behind a tree waiting for her.
The girl went, knowing she would
probably be killed. And he did try
to kill her.
He fired three shots when she came
near him, shooting her through the
body. She was taken to a hospital
and a few days later when a child
was born the baby had two or three
of its fingers shot off. Kid Dropper
then went out looking for Spanish.
But Spanish was also looking for him
and shot Dropper> in the neck in East
Broadway. He was sent to Sing Sing
for II.
And so 1t is that Johnny Spanish
died as he had lived-by the gun.
She wore high white shoes and a red
tam and was chewing gum. In her
subway seat she was obllvious to
the world while pouring over the latest
WI n VI lLt IIuCk
horse of Aphrodite cosmopolitanea-
who writes the red blooded. clean
limbed-the press agent is talking
the crimson flush stained her, cheeks,
she takes a bath daily, observe my
curving limbs but kiss me on the
forehead kind of novel. Suddenly the
train came to a downtown station
with lurching halt. The book flew
nllt nf hnr hand
into the lap OF a benign old patriarch
with sidewheel whiskers. As he
passed it back, he remarked: I'm
glad to see you saved your chewing
gum. These two go so well together,
The craze for getting all tanned
up is strictly Manhattanese. In other
centers they wear straw hats. carry
parasols and sometimes wear sun
bonnets. But to get tanned-up in
New York gives one a certain metro
politan CaChet. 1t means you have
been disporting on the sands at some
beach and that you might have
money. And one is certainly nothing
in New York without the good old
Jack. Some Sunday reporters found
that a few open air roof gardens in
New York where the sun streams
down all day had become popular for
young ladies who lolled about in bath
ing suits. A group of Eenuses We're
found summing themselves in the Ritz
and Majestic roof and investigation
showed that they were doing it on
other roof tops. OF course these folk
have money-but they haven't had
time to get away to the country yet
So they are starting their summer
tan early.
The little side street beaneries on
Broadway have attained great opu-
lence of late. People used to sneak
in but now they go in openly and
unashamed, and come out as non
chalantly as though leaving old
Sherry's or Dear Old Ders