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New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

climax of luxury later on ny Garfield There
were soft carpets on the floors that felt like
velvet under foot, big mirrors and glass chan
deliers with as many facets as diamonds, all
glitterirg and twinkllng. I've heard men who
were feeced there say it was the most fasci-
mating house they were ever in. Stakes were
high and every sort of game was played from
roulette to fan-tan.
political cliques were bolder then than they
are now. l won't say politics isn't as crooked
it was then, because some deals pulled off
here iii the last few years make the boldest
efforts of that old gang resemble peanut
poker, but the old cid timers were more addict
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16


and 'Reddy the Blacksmith were side part
ners of Dog Sharkey, now doing long
term. I mention these people because they
were concerned in spectacular escape from
the Tombs of Sharkey, who was awaiting
trial. They accompanied Maggie Jordan, the
'Madcap Mag of whom Gerald Fortesque
later wrote a novel under that title.
She went to the Tombs, changed clothes with
Sharkey in his cell and sent him out past the
guards dressed in her own.
New Yorks big men appreciated police eff
fciency back in the '80s and '90s For in
stance, after Inspector Murray of the Sd Dis
trict rounded up the Astoria masked burglars
"a gang that robbed residences of the ultra
wealthy along Riverside Drive-the inspector
was invited to testimonial dinner by leading
bankers. J. P. Morgan-the elder, of course
Seligman, Schif, Loeb and other mllionaires
and -millionaires attended. They told
Murray what great copper he was and pre-
sented him with a diamond star said to have
cost $4,000.
'That Astoria gang was the worst we ever
had to contend with Jerry McAuley after
ward reformed, and for many years head Of
the McAuley Mission in lower town, was
leader of that outfit. His associates were
"Red" Leary, big JIM Casey, John and
Jimmy Hope, Bob Irving and Ed Casey. While
McAuley was active head of the band white
handed boy by the name of Frank Mccoy
you'd have thought butter wouldn't melt in
his mouth-was the master mind. All these
were criminals with long records, who ought
to have been in Jail. They had influential
friends.
"We knew plenty to have hanged the lot,
but it's one thing to know and another to
prove Mccoy was an odd character. One of
his favorite DISCUSSES was that of a preacher
with an all-round collar and Prince Albert
coat. I've seen ministers greet him in hotel
lobbies as reverend brother, his makeup
was that good
"Once in McCoy's career he came within hail
of reformation. After his arraignment one
day for conspiracy to rob, following the bur-
glary of residence on Fifth Avenue, the man
whose home had been looted visited Mccoy in
the Tombs and offered to befriend him if he
would go straight. The man was rich manu-
facturer He employed Frank, who seemed
to be headed for respectable career at
rapid gait.
"One day Mccoy walked into the Office Of
his benefactor and resigned. He said he
couldn't travel a straight road; that some peo-
pie were born to be crooks, and he was one OF
them. McCoy's business relations were all
straight and his employer told Inspector
Byrnes he would go to any pains and expense
to save the man, but Mccoy said he wanted
to travel.
mccoy later told the chief privately that
he couldn't stand being tagged all the time as
crook. The spice of life for man like him,
he said, was in being able at least part of the
time to associate with men and women who
did not know him for criminal and there
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

Captain Chapman, once "Czar of the
Tenderloin" and looking the part.
ed to direct action than are any present day
dictators.
newspapers still print stories about cleo
ton frauds every time there is an election. /
wonder where they would find type big enough
or black enough to feature such doings were
common when every stale beer dive in lower
town was full of repeaters, voting early and as
often as they could find polling places; when
gangs of crooks went the rounds, driving oppo-
sition voters away from the polls, slugging and
killing those who resisted. These operations
were directed by powerful ciques that couldn't
be reached by ordinary processes. Police duty
was lively in those days.
"There were some wise birds around Tam
many Hall when Croker was in his heyday
Croker was Fire Commissioner when l joined
the force. Whatever they may say Of him. he
aure haG the gift OF authority. The greateSt
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

1t wasn't considered good form to
rush a clubhouse full of millionaires.
The idea vas to tip somebody off that
this or that feature of their program
was attracting too much attention.
as her leading man. Going into Niblo's cne
day she encountered Mrs. Mcdowell and in
formed the lady she intended taking Mcdowell
away from her.
Mrs. Mcdowell whose stage name was Da-
Wis, was singing with the William T. Carleton
Opera Company. She became excited and for
awhile it looked like riot. Fannie made good
her word. Very soon after that Mcdowell
was playing Antony, to her Cleopatra. The
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

Nellie sometimes posed as Spaninrd.
Again she'd be the Countess of Sonae-
thing; speaking French fuently.
in large circle. He was known from one
end Of the country to the other. The Marsh
field woman had record that folks who had
made her acquaintance through Stokes would
not credit. Word was passed us that gunmen
were on Stokess trail so we picked up few
leaders, read them chapter from the head
quarters Rubaiyat and headed off another
killing.
One Of Stokes's peculiarities was keeping a
bodyguard always with him. Billy Edwards,
one-time lightweight champion who defeated
the original Jack Dempsey, retained by
Stokes on salary. Edwards accompanied him
at all times. Stokes used to say that when
God made the world and said Let there be
light the words expressed his full intention.
He said the Lord never meant to have any
night, but something went wrong with the
plans. Stokes never would sleep anywhere
unless lights were blazing. In his room at the
hotel he slept under two lighted chandeliers
"No. 818" Broadway figured prominently
about this time It was gambling resort fre-
quented by wealthy and influential personages
one Of those gilded palaces brought to
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

ba%ATs " dHG
treat 'em rough"
school of police .uork.
turned to him and said some.
thing. He shook his head
lmpatiently, it seemed to me
but she kept at him until
he bowed, too. They were
treated just like royalty.
Zone big scandal that
came up while Byrnes was
in office was the killing of
Jim Fiske by Edward Stokes,
proprietor of the old Hoff-
man House. Fiske was a
fashionable rounder - what
you'd call the "glass of fash
ion and the mould of form"
"a man of the Ward Nc
Allister type, only he hadn't
quite so much class as Nc
Allister. Stokes was said to
have been devoted to a wo-
man named Minnie Marsh
field. Fiske was supposed
to have crossed his path in
an affair that could only be
settled as between gentle
men, Stokes was the sur
vivor.
That killing caused more
talk than the killing of Stan
ford White by Thaw later
on. Fiske had been popular
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
Inspector Byrnes,
lDhose name has
not been forgotten,
at headquarters.

night of the fracas they had
sent for Augustin DAILY to
pour oil on troubled waters.
owe had some wild wo-
men to deal with. There
was Nellie Dunn, who oper-
ated with a confidence man
named Arthur T. Slavin,
one of the smoothest of
them all, now dead. Mike
Lyons, of the Lyons res
taurant in Broadway, was
an admirer of hers. I re-
member that Alec Williams,
police inspector of the 4th
District, sent for Lyons and
told him that the Dunn wo-
man was a criminal with a
record, but you can't DO
anything with 'em when
they're that way. Nellie
'nicked' Lyons for a hun
dred thousand and that
closed him. He died soon
after.
Dunn and Slavin were
members of a bad gang.
1t included such characr
ters as Broken Nose Burke,
alias 'Deafy,' whose real
narna was Mike Cullen He
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
OLD POLICE TRAILS IN THE TOWN IT

w UST retired bull bred to the pave
B ments, keen for active service and
8 mighty lonesome for the old gang
ave. even the old offenders. A pen
New-York tribune., 1922-07-16


please.
:" Madam l said, Captain Chapman Is
afraid you may catch cold. He REQUESTS shat
you put on wraps
Egypt laughed and accompanied me from
the floor. She took my arm, too. I felt like a
harem robber. The young woman was fined
IN magistrates court, and The incident might
have ended there without publicity, but be-
cause there was so much criticism of his
course Chapman went to Police Commissioner
Roosevelt and laid the matter before him. I
don't know what the Commissioner said to
chapman, but anyway the latter wasn't sat-
isfed. He told his story to Andrew Parker.
VINO was always at odds with Roosevelt.
Parker told Chapman to take his case to the
Police Board and demand trial. This he did
and it brought the deluge. Every detail of the
Seely dinner came out. The divorce mill was
busy for long time afterward. Il must
nave made great pickipgs for the lawyers.
In those days you were liable any minute
to bump into men and women on the street
who were supposed to be doing time UP the
river, and it was the business of good no.
liceman to know who was who at Headouar~
ters. Many New~York coppers were blind in
one eye, as you might put it, and some couldn't
see at all after dusk. used TO have oo.
desional attacks Of myopia myself
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14
TROOPS ON GUARD
IN STRIKE Zone
Half a Dozen States Assemble
Soldiers; Courts Intervene
to Stop Picketing.

Chicago The calling out Of troops
In Illinois, the assembling of soldiers
in half a dozen states and the inter.
yention of the federal courts in the
nationwide strike Of railway shop
men marked the opening of the sec
ond week of the struggle.
The Chicago. Burlington G. Quincy
railroad obtained a federal injunction
here restraining picketing at the hu'
rora shops, while an injunction was
issued at New Orleans restraining
strikers from interfering with trains
on the Southern Pacific and at Coun'
Gil Bluffs, Iowa, the Burlington OBJ.
tanned temporary restraining order
directed against striking shopmen in
southern Iowa.
With the federal courts already in
torvenng in number of places to
prevent picketing by the strikers, the
week was expected to reveal to a
large extent the attitude or the de-
partment of justice toward the strike.
From Washington came the an
nouncement that the department was
investigating reports that strike dis
orders were interfering with the mails
and Charles Clyne, United States dis.
trict attorney here, said he had re-
ceived instructions from Attorney
General Daugherty to use force if
necessary to keep the mails and inter-
state commerce moving.
At Clinton, Illinois, where troops
we're sent after boy had been killed
and two men, one striker, had been
wounded in a CLASH between strike
sympathizers and Illinois Central
guards, all was reported quiet
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14
CROP CONDITIONS
REPORTED BETTER

Washington, D. c. General i'm
provement in crop conditions along
the Atlantic and gulf coasts and in
the northwest, east of the Rocky
mountains, was noted by the agricu-
ture department in its crop summary
for the last half of June, made public
Saturday.
Throughout the corn belt" the de.
partment:s observers found, small
grains were more or less injured by
the unusual hot and dry weather, as
were also some crops in parts of the
mountain and Pacific coast regions.
Irrigated crops we're not so much af-
fected."
The corn crop generally made prog
ress, except in the southwest, where
It was neglected for cotton. Wheat
is being harvested in New York,
Michigan, Wisconsin, northern Iowa,
eastern Colorado and California while
threshing is going on in the southwest
and some of the southeastern states,
Oats are reported generally poor TO
fair and cotton had fairly good
growth.
The Irish potato crop is reported to
be fair to good" and a large acreage
OF beans and cabbage has been plant.
cd, and other vegetables are said to
be in good condition.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14
A Family e-Union

Last week Mr.. and Mrs. r. M.
Chavis of Burton were happily
surprised by having all their
children return home for a family
reunion, the first time in four
cen years that all had been to-
gether. The following were at
he homecoming:
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Chavis and
Two children of Concrete, Wash.
Mrs. Essie Gregg of Othello
sam Chavis of Council; John
Hhavis of National; Bert Chavis
If Seattle; Mrs. M. Lindeman and
laughter, Annett Louise Of St
Louis, Mo-; Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Chavis and daughter of Seattle
Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. Chavis and
on Dewey of Burton.
Mrs. Lindeman will spend the
mmmer in Burton, escaping the
rot weather of the east.
After several days celebration
he different families returned to
heir various homes.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14
BANK OR BAY

B. w. Tillcry, a salesman for
the West Coast Grocery company
was called upon to decide very
important question Thursday and
he had only two seconds to make
his decision. While driving a
Ford coupe on the Dockton road
he was confronted with choice
Of going into the bay or running
her into a bank. Not being a
Baptist he chose the bank and as
a result his car was pretty badly
smashed up. In the seat with
him was a Mr.. Hitch who sustain
ed number of cuts, one which
was quite severe on the arm, cut
ting ugly gashcs over his elbow
DR.. Reed says he'll soon be as
good as new, and a few repairs
will put the coupe in the same
condition.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14
Concrete Houses.

The use of concrete houses is be-
coming common in various sections Of
the country. In connection with the
general program for the investigation
and Improvement of housing condi-
lions now being carried out by the
bureau of standards, several trips of
inspection have been made by MEM
bers of the staff Of that bureau to
study improvements in the building of
concrete houses. The trip recently
made included many projects in the
vicinity of Pittsburgh, Cleveland Chi
cago and Minneapolis Great improve
ments, both in the ordinary uses of
the concrete and in the architectural
and ornamental effects obtained, were
noted on this trip. 1t seems certain
that some style of concrete house will
become very common in the near fu-
ture.-SCientiiic American.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14

d. Il. Ferguson, County Audi
tor, in announcing his candidacy
for reelection, states that he
promised the tax payers a saving
of $4,000, but instead has so con-
Quoted the office that the total
aggregate saving of his term
amounts to $4,000, or $4,000
more than his prediction promise
Mr. Ferguson record as
County Auditor is an enviable
one for efficiency and service. He
has systematized the automobile
division so that the expense of
that department has been cut to
a minimum, and the issuance of
10000 licenses yearly now costs
less than the 10000 issued under
his predecessor. He installed the
"sticker" system, which in place
of the old card board numbers
means am annual saving to King
County OF nearly SlU,OU0. and TO
the various counties of the state
of nearly 100000.
The Accounting and Auditing
Departments have combined and
standardized their system of ac
counts, thereby saving hundreds
of dollars by the installation of
modern methods.
The work of receiving applica-
tions for the soldiers bonus was
also handled by this office, 49,
496 applications being received
and not one cent charged for that
service to the applicant.
The personnel of Mr., Fergu-
sons office is second to none, and
all in all, his office has been con
Quoted in most able and cap
able manner always ready to
serve the people with courtesy
and economy.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14
FREE SCHOLARSHIPS
Union Pacific System Announces FIJI
teen In 1922 and Eighteen In 1928.

Pullman, Wash A free agricultural
scholarship, II has Just been announc'
cd will DO awarded by the Union Pa
cific System to the highest ranking
club boy In each OF fifteen Washington
counties this year, and In eighteen
counties In 1923. The scholarship will
be in the College Of Agriculture. State
College at Washington, or the short
winter course OF the School of Agri.
culture. Pullman, Washington, and will
be worth $500, plus transportation.
The counties in which this scholar.
ships will be given this year are {;
Adams. Benton. Clarke. Columbia,
Cowlitz, Franklin. Grays Harbor.
King, Lewis, Pierce, Spokane, Thurs,
ton. Walla Walla. Whitman and Yaki.
ma.
The counties in which scholarships
will be given next year are: Adams
Benton. Clarke, Columbia. Cowlitz
Franklin, Garfield, Gray's Harbor
King. Lewis, Lincoln, Pacific, Pierce
Whitman and Yakima.
For the 1928 requirements 1t Is pro
posed that five acres Of corn, ten acres
OF wheat, or one acre of potatoes
snail be grown by each person enter.
Ing the competition. The require
ments for 1922 are similar to those Of
1928, except that the competition shall
be upon projects now in effect, such
az calf clubs, pig clubs, potato and
corn clubs, etc.
The winner in each county will be
chosen from among the ten boys rank
ing highest in the county club pro
jects, on the following basis: rs per
cent on rank in club work; % PEI
cent on activities OF the boy in com
munity affairs.
The rank of these boys in community
affairs, and the county winner, will
be determined by a committee OF three
consisting of the County Superintend
ent, one person appointed by the Di
rector of Extension in the State Col
lege Of Washington, and third person
to be chosen by these two members
The scholarship must be used with
In year of the date Of award, ex
cept where boy is regular attend
ant at school In this case, it may BIZ
used the year following, or at the
next session following the time the
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14
PIONEER VISITS ISLAND

Mrs. Blanche Hedman of Fouls
20, Wash, was on the islands over
Sunday visiting old friends and
neighbors. Mrs. Holman, who
was formerly Miss Livesly, was
a real island pioneer and lived on
a homestead where the bank and
newspaper office are located. She
'ocated many old childhood land
marks which seemed to do her
oul good. She has recently lost
ler husband by death, and ex-
pects to eventually make Vashon
'sland her permanent home. This
rffice acknowledges a brief but
pleasant call.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14
Improved Ranae Finder.

The largest range finder in the
world is more than twice the size of
any used during the war. and has
been constructed in England for use
in coastal defense, says Popular Me.
chanics Magazine. 1t was designed by
the two original inventors of the range
finder that has been in use in the Brit
Ish navy for many years, and that
consists of horizontal tube carried
on central frame, which rotates with
the tube on pedestal.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14
Germany Asks For More Time.

Paris.-A proposal providing for the
payments of all the remaining cash
installments due this year provided
Germany is granted moratorium of
at least two years was brought to
Paris by German representatives, &C.
co.dlng to unofficial information
which reached the PREPARATIONS com,
mission.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14
New Powerful Machine Gun,

Remarkable possibilities are con.
ceivuble in connection with power
driven machine gun, said to have
originated in Germany, but which is
now being developed in this country,
says Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Besides having several advantages
over other machine guns, II is. or
rather will he when 1t is fully devel
cped driven entirely by external pow.
or, such as an electric motor or gus.
Oline engine.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14
Key chaIn That Stretches.

There are times when the user of
key ring and chain wishes the chain
were longer with one such us this,
those wishes viii come true. for the
chain is mndc of coIIed plano wire and
VIII stretch d considerable distance.
NJ. NJ Hunting in Scientific American.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14
SHEAR WIT

"out of Frying pan into the fre"
When our house burned we eX-
pected to be able to sleep o. morn
ings, without the racket OF a
neighbours lawn mower. We
moved next door to the auto
freight yard, and now we get no
sleep night or morning,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14
Was this the cause?

Last summer it raincd most OF
the time. Six weeks ago we got
half dozen goslings shipped in
from the east to enjoy our vet
climate. Since they arrived not
a drop of rain has fallen, and
even the dew has failed to func.
ton. If we kill the goslings, will
it rain2
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14

Mrs. Van Vert Of Roy spent
several days this week beneath the
parental w. ID. Garvin roof, and
mys she is still glad she got mar
ricd.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14

FOR SALE-good reliable horse,
cheap, about 1900 lbs, works
single or double, would trade for
young heifers. G. Hutchinson,
Dilworth PIT, Vashon P. 0. 3t
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14

One of the most hopeful signs
Of the times we have seen is a
sale of swivel chairs by the Gov
ernment.-Ameican Lumberman
(Chicago)
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14

English bankers are said to be
ready to lend China 5000 100000.
Why not lend it to England to
pay us?-American Lumberman.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14

With Beveridge booked for the
Senate. there is no particular
reason why Glass should not as
pirc to the White House.-Du-
luth Herald.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14

Certainly Tennyson must have
had Mr.. Lasker in mind when he
wrote the lines; "And may there
be no more moaning of the bar
when | put out to sea. New
Orleans Times Picayune.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14

Man gets thirty days for steal
ing 80 cents worth of groceries,
We Americans have our faults,
but we do hate a piker.-Lansing
Capital News.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14

Conan Doyle says he can matr-
ialize the spirits of dead animals.
Maybe he was the one who stirred
mp the old Bull Moose recently.
New York American.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14

Note the aguc in The Hague.
Washington Post.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14

The first leg of any Shipping
Board cruise is the bootleg-Dal-
las News.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14

The Iowa corn crop this year
has been estimated at Is gallons
per acre-Los Banos Enterprise,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-14

Here's to the girls, God bless
'em, no. matter how they dress
'em.-Boston Shoe and Leather
Reporter.