The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28
EASTMAN VICTIM
Of GANG FEUD
NEW YORK POLICE
ON SLAYER'S TRAIL
Stern Measures 7 a k en- to
Check Crime Wave In
the Metropolis

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! New York. Tec 27-Plac!ng uc every
| railroad. street car. ferry and highway
entrance into the city under spec'a.
; police guard and tn. calling ont OF $50
, embryonic policemen for clnal training
were announced by rol!Co Commission
or Enr!ght tonight. ~ tho latest meas
ures TO check New NVrk's I'd" OF out
/ lawry.
/ Police previously had bc"n ordered to
8 halt. and search f necessary al
J suspicious charn" rrs. and to seek 'er-
, plantations from al persons found IN
. unfreQuented I oroughtarHs between
, the hours of midnight and dawn.
, Instructors OF tho police rookie" or
g;,nizar ION were directed 70 speed up
! the training OF the $50 men 80 that the
! force might he augmented as soon as
possible.
Meanwhile. The department. efar'na
another gang feud as 4 result OF the
murder of Monk Eastman. former
! notorious gang leader. and war hero.
! yesterday exerted themselves IN an at
! tempt to establish the td"nt.ty Of his
; slayer
Gangsters In Quarrel.
: A theory that Eastman ~ IN" head OF
! 4 "whlskey ring" mot death us n result
: Of 4 quarrel with associates over d!rt-
, sion Of profits was belng investigated.
! In this connection the polio. instituted
SeavcI. for 4 woman known as Lot
: to" said to be one "f the Monks In
, Inmates.
, Charles Jones with whom Eastman
! was associated in an automobile bus!-
, ness after the war said today. ne was
; eudeavoring To locate the gangsters
: sister He added that he would ''see 10
! It that Eastman has good funeral and
that there viii he a lot OF good men there
70 show their triendltnesS toward him.
Jones asserted Ea stman had gone
. straight since he left prison ten years
ago and he knew OF no reason why he
! should have been killed.
! othsr Victims.
Eastman was the seventh noted gang
, leader 10 he slain Ia recent yearA
Big Jack" Zelg was Killed b.
another EanEste" known as Boston
. I;ed" Dawson. who shot him in an opsu
! Third avenue trolley In 1912.
! 'Ea, EN- Up Jack" McManus was
: found IN 1905 near a. elevated station
on the Bowery. his head smashed by
piece of lead pipe.
Kid Twist was lured outside a
Coney Island dance hall In the summer
oggi. mere youngster among gang
sters.
Tanner" Smith was shot by a ganG
while seated At u West Side poker table
u in 1910.
Rubber" Shaw. believed TO have in
stigated Ia dner's" death, WAS shot
down in Hoboken TWO days later.
Johnny Spanish" noted Two gun"
man of former days. was shot down in
broad daylight shortly after Tanners
death.
Get Long Terms.
Four men. the youSest IS and the
eldest "a years old. were given maxi
mum sentences OF from ten 20 twenty
years imprisonment when found guilty
! OF robbery today In the court OF gea-
e.aI sessions. Judge Rosalsky IN pro-
. nouncing sentence. said pleas for lon
! .ency would b. q: l!ttlc avail In his
! court and that law breakers hailed be-
fore him should expect the Limit" Il
convicted.
The four men convicted were. William
. Karstein. IS. charged with the hold-up
and robbery or n laundryman: John
I Bataglin. -. charged with the ho!I-up
and robbery Of wine dealer: Joseph
/ Port, 80. and Asa Gan:n. 20. charged
, with the hold-up Of lower East Side
resident.
Four Suspects Arrested.
! Four men. believed by police 70 be
members OF band that perretrateu
! many holdupS and robberies throughout
, Bergen county. y. j.. early in the
. month. were arrested mere tonight
charged with robbery.
/ In confessions. which the police say
they obtained from two OF the men.
they told or entering clubs, butcher
shops. bakeries. groceries. garages and
private residences In Bergen county.
and. while holding their victims at bay,
Of having escaped with many thousand
+ dollars worth OF loot
! The entire gang, the police said. car
ried firearms equipped with sllrncers
wore black masks and used al! manner
OF Conveyances in their 'depcedations.
John huther. 80. Of Hawthorne. y. J,
and Charles Larsen, Il, Of Manhattan.
the men alleged to have confessed. ~
lated, the police said. the transfer OF
their operations to Manhattan on De-
cember Il. when they held up and
robbed a milk wagon driver of $500
. Charles Carluush Of RldgewOud. ~
j., who was held UP several weeks ago
and robbed Of d watch and money.
called at the police station today anc
identified Larsen a. one OF the ROB-
berS.
Larsen and Huthrr were taken az
suspects and their confessions came
later, the police declared. Tho other
men. Daniel Naushton and Joseph
Hughes, 23, OF this C!lE, were arrtS'cu
on information Furnished by Lar"c'1.
atlas Zig Sw"dc." who was accused or
, being the leader OF the band
Valuable Helrlooms Stolen.
. Valuable hctrlOoms. amon| inHm
. gold medallion believed 10 have bean
! originally the property OF MARY. queen
80 Scots. wcrc stolen Sunday night IRON
the West End avenue APARTMENT &C. l..
. e. Kuvanagh a conuoisseur.
; The medallion. similar in design I"
! the medallion OF the Queens rosary
. which Is held BY one or haNanaEh
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