The New York herald., 1920-12-27

he Identified Monk Eastman and one OF
the Monks bosom friends. Joe Brown,
~ two or TIE strong arms who beat him.
The Monk. Brown AVID Lamar were
charged with assault The whole case,
taken 20 court. exp.oded ard rverg body
was DISCHARGED
In December 1898. lhe famous Eai-
'em-up-Jaek McManus Nas kAicd. and
there was a great tn 20 about tt Tor
McManuf ens one of Tammauy Nails
greatest election as-eta and his place
on the East Side the rendezvous for
useful men In election seasons You
can ind any number "a oid timers who
will say that ihe Monk killed Eat-'em-
zap as sure az the Monk himself was
killed Certainly there Was no love lost
between Eastman and McManus fog po-
ltical reasons. ana bccause of social
rivalry anu, So say the wise huyH be-
cause OF the existence 90 charming
young thing who was knawn 90 East
Side fame az "The Plush Pearl
Three times that month the Monk was
arrested. twice a. q suspicious person
and finally on suspicion of having caused
the demise OF Eat em-up-Jack but the
evidence was insufficient and ailbis were
many. The Monk was turned loose
BY that time the Monk was the boss
Of the slugging business south OF -FOUR
teenth street and enst Of the Bowery
''Dopey Benny" Feln. kid twist" who
later was 70 meet sudden death az Coney
Island. Jack Sirooco. Johnny spanish.
Humpty Jackson. who was busy getting
married TO Kate Schwartz about thar
time Louis the Lump" Jack Seiig and
the rest of the boys seemed glad enough
TO be known as the Monks lieutcnsnts.
The Monk came nearer to consolidating
all the East Side gangs than any other
leader.
But in April. 1904. the Monk was ar
rested on a charge OF felonious assault
and was sent to Sing Sing for ten years
by Recorder Goff II happened IN the
Flea Bag" near Chatham square. The
Flea Bag" was a place calculated TO
contain almost any sort Of rough work
II the occasion demanded 10. The Humble
Dutchman was one of the patrons or the
Flea Bag" although Il could never be
said that the Humble one engaged in
any of the rough work staged there.
The Dutchman was not a gangster
merely a burglar. II was here that the
Monk met up with n lad named Wallace
who, the story had H. was the son OF
nice parents, but trifle wild. Win
Wallace the Monk adjourned to Forty
second street. where a man supposed TO
have been Pinkerton detective. grabbed
Wallace, who promptly appealed 10 the
Monk for protection.
The Monk rendered the desired aid
When he had finished shooting the street
was clear. Nobody had been injured
but the detective was considerably
bruised by fists and feet all the prop
srty. the testimony had it, of the Monk
The Monk served little more than
seven years for this bit of frolicking
and Il almost broke his spirit. 1t hurt
his pride II hinted TO I'm that his use
fulness to the POLITICIANS had waned;
that his influential friends were desert
ing him. At any rate the Monk took a
turn for the worse when he returned to
the East Side. He found that "Humpty'
Jackson had started IN business for
himself and was master of the Car
barns Gang; that "Dopey Benny Fein
had recruited another independent mob;
that Selig was dead like Johnny Span
ish and kid Twist" that since Charlie
Becker. "Gyp the Blood Whitley
Louis, ''Dago Frank" and Lefty Louis"
had gone to the chair the spirit of the
gangs had suffered a relapse and that
the only business left for strong arm
was strike breaking and doing rough
work for merchants who wanted to see
rivals put out of the way.