Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-09
\HE master minds Of the prosper
ing group behind Primo Camera
are members of q syndicate that,

Nae AtthSyct fhA4lub VI GtlC ptunpcI-
ing group behind Primo Camera
are members of syndicate that,
more than any other single fac
tor, except politics, imperils the future
Of boxing here.
Two of the grand lanlas OF the or
ganization have between them been
sentenced to as many years In prison
as Camera is old-and Camera is %.
These men have influence and I'M
bounded nerve. One Of them Is VIII
Duffy, until recently q licensed boxing
manager in New York State. The other
is Owney Madden, since his release
from Sing Sing one of the prosperous
harons of Broadway. Madden's boxing
activities are anenymeus-Son etimes
his name Is served In whispers.
Numerous Broadway figures are men
tened as having business associations
with Duffy and Madden. One OF them
is Walter Friedman, an enthusiastic ana
inspired promoter, known colloquially
to his friends and admirers as 'GSod
Time Charlie"
Another, George Jean Demange, is
said at interludes to be one OF the hrst,
second or third vice presidents OF the
syndicate. Demange Is the "Frenehy"
who partnered with Madden in the
shea Rosenberg fight, referred to earlier
In this series.
We have looked already, in the series
of articles Of which this Is the fourth.
at the features of the transforming tour
Of Carnera-features of which Camera
may or may not have had cegnizanee.
This y Big Business.
DUT the syndicate also has many
I'D associated subsidiaries, and Officer
ing these subsidiaries are q dozen
or so managers prominent In what Is
laughingly described IS legitimate box
ing. It IS through some of these sub
salaries that the syndicate has become
most dangerous, for it Is difficult 10
saw. In the absence of written contracts,
lust how close is the relationship oe-
tween Duffy and Madden, and men
with no police records against them.
That deals are constantly made no
one can doubt. That the syndicate mas
''pieces'' OF q regiment OF boxers y
certainty. But to trace in detail the
branches Of the arterial system through
their intricate maze would take large
fat and annotated book. 100000
their managerial activities in devious
ways. Each is listed on the Boxing
Gomnission,s books Is gambler" and,
as such, Is ineligible to receive IL
cense as manager, promoter or second.
This has required them to use 'front.'
men who would be recognized ~ the
Boxing Commission as managers. You
will find the names Of MADDEN ana
"Frenchy' listed on no ofhelai RECORDS
as etrepreneurs OF sport. Tneir ananym-
ity has thrown about them sinister
perfume, and the average boxing IN
itiate Is likely to peer about several times
before he hushedly speaks Their names.
Duffy Seeks Ne Anonymity,
DUT, in contrast to Madden and
ID "Frenchy," WIN Dufiy has been re-
ceiyed In the past into the police
and oficial society Of the Boxing COM
mission. he courted no anonymity, ne
openly svowed himself Q manager ana
obtairled q license. Today, though GUST
ed Ia New York and California boxing,
he parades about the country and into
the newspaper columns IS the American
representative Of Camera, the Venetian
There seems in this more than .
measure Of injustice. Demange never
has been 70 prison and MADDEN hsd
gentleman journeyman, has served por-
lions Of. not one, but two terms. The
flrst time he went TO Elmira and the
second time made . protractsd visit
Lest some one think that We are
wantonIy bringing up an old record,
let Us cite the rules Of the Boxing COM
mission. They provide that no man
who has been convicted Of felony can
be granted q managers license.
How, then, did Duty obtain oney 10
a. Gnxr eli
been convicted of o felony?" Duffy
blandly answered, mo" It was sworn
statement.
Madden's Troubled Career.
PERHAPS II would be wholesome and
Z antiseptic to let the customers look
into some records.
Owney Madden, who Il 20, was o
character 20 years ago. His crowd, the
dophers, ranged the West side water
front from Fourteenth street into the
Thirties in New York City. In 1919
Madden was accused Of shooting 70
death william Henshaw while Henehaw
was leaving . dance hall. Henshaw.
assaiiant and the charges were dis
missed
Later the same year Madden himself
was shot in the back during some
festivities.
In 1914 his activities came to halt.
william Moore, better known as Patsy
Doyle, was killed In q saloon. Doyle
was known as the leader Of . group
which was encroaching on the Gophers'
domain. For the actual shooting of
Doyle, Arthur Biehler and John Nc
Ardle. Gophers, went to Sing Sing for
10 and 10 years.
Later Madden was sent to Sing Sing
for 10 years, charged with instigating
the crime.
Madden's influence and drag appar-
entity survived his prison term, for when
he emerged from stir In January, 1923,
he was put to work by Q tsxicab feet
owner who later took up the night club
nlaf Go far ranliHa could find