The New York herald., 1922-08-18
BROADWAY SPENDER
'GYPPED,' He SAYS
Diamond Marty Explains
Why He Stopped 5000
Check on Cafe.
TRIMMED BY WALTERS
They Stole Half the Cham
pagne He Bought, He
Declares.
DTAVEn DRINK AND SAW
PLAYED DRUNK AND SAW
Giver Of Parties and Backer of
Playwrights Spent $780,
900 Seeing Broadway.

John Martin Kline knows Broadway
He said yesterday that he knows every
little twist and turn in it's winding
course. and he added that it cost him
$150,000 to gain his profound knowl-
edge. There is something reminiscent
about his story. Others before John
Martin Kline have studied Broadway.
Moreover, they did 1t when there was
no constitutional barrier up against
them. They studied Broadway when
highballs came two for a quarter and
it cost them as much and more than
it has John Martin Kline.
Mr.. Kline is known on Broadway as
Diamond Marty" He is real estate
broker, a hacker of play producers
and he lived at the Hotel Hamilton,
143 West Seventy third street. He
had just returned to his hotel from
the West Side court yesterday when
he told NEW York HERALD reporter
what it cost him to make an extensive
survey OF the ins and outs Of Broad
way, doing most of it at night and in
doors, of course.
Gypped Him "With Abandon"
And while I haven't got time to
go into details" said Diamond Marty
take it from me that they, took me
fine. Gypped? Why. they gypped me
with all the abandon you relieve 4 pie
of its peaches"
iMr. Kline had been in the West Side
Court on a warrant procured by Harry
Reichbach. a captain of walters in
F1fty-eighth street establishment that
has long been favorite classroom for
those who have been pursuing the
learning that cost Mr.. Kline $150.0o0.
Mr.. Reichbach's complaint was that
Diamond Marty gave a party in the
Fifty-eighth street place and that he
paid therefor with a check for $780,
Mr.. Reichbach complained that Dia-
mond Marty had stopped payment on
the check and that 1t was his opinion
that Marty should do no less than go
to Jail unless the 500 in real money was
But Mr.. Reichbach did
not appear in court and Marty was not
held. With Diamond Marty in court
was his lawyer. Joseph B. Rosenbach.
and the latter was prepared to tell the
court a story that would have required
no end of explaining from Mr.. Reich
bach and his employer
And this Is the story that Mr.. Reich
bach would have had to explain. 1t
seems that Diamond Marty was Of that
class so beloved by Broadway known
as a spender. He enjoyed giving par
ties. Diamond Marty skimped nothing.
What his guests desired they got pro-
vided it was to be had. And when they
had had enough he called, motor cars
and took them on tours.
This went on for some time and in his
wake Diamond Marty had many of
those men and women who enjoy the
parasitic life.
"Bled by Everybody"
About three months ago 1 began
Dave Lamar. the far famed Wolf of
Wall Street. was my guest now and
then. / gave many parties. and pres
entity a few of my friends came to me
and told me what boob I was. They
told me that was being bled by nearly
everybody and especially the cafe where
| staged the parties
You see I'd buy wine-champagne /
think they call it in the upper circles
and while l might pay for dozen
bottles ! really got fewer than six of
them. So on the suggestion Of a friend
I played drunk and watched walters
fetch four quarts of wine to my table
and open one bottle and steal three.
saw them take 1t back to the kitchen.
| don't know how many times l bought
the same wine over and over again.
Well. / paid the 500 check, but then
next morning stopped payment on it."
Magistrate Simpson, realizing that this
was the third time that Diamond Marty
had been In court on the same warrant
and that in none of the instances had
appeared. gave summons
for the latter TO Detective Garrity and
said that unless the captain OF walters
appeared In court to-day to face Marty
a warrant for his arrest would be is
sued.