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came when he tried to save ziolowsk
with a perjured alibi. And Big Kor-
ney went to prison for 25 years.
A business racket has never gained
foothold in Buffalo, although twice
attempts have been made to organize
the cleaning and dyeing industry, and
on anoth2T occasion the police raideo
an Office which was the headquarters
of gang engaged in forming what
vas called a Bootleg5ers' Protective
Union.
The worst of the m j. towns" is
Jersey City, which has not known a
gang since l912-two years before ma
tional prohibition-and where a olISi-
ness racket has never been known.
The building trades racket, which
Sprouted in all large cities a genera
ton before the dry victory-as it was
once called-h"S not overlooked jersey
City But 70 l2rgc city n the United
States is free from this evil. and 1t is
ingradicab,e while builders tolerated
crooked contractors and while trade
unionism virk5 at corruption in high
places.
Ignorant gangsters blunder into Jer-
sey City, But they are arrested the
moment they come across the city
lines In the three months ended july
80, 1882. more than 200 professional
criminals from all parts Of the coun-
try were picked up by the police of
Jersey City.
Avoid Jersey City.
One of the recent pick-ups was
Philadelphia crook. HIS companion
escaped in a car. The prisoner con-
fessed they were on their way to
BROOKLYN to do a Job, but he declined
to name his pal.
But I ought to turn him in Tor he
said he knew it was o. K. when l said
I thought we were going through Jer-
sey City" said the prisoner. And here
I am nailed"
Another was Harry Lewis, alias Noah
Berus a New York crook with 81 ar
rests and numerous convictions, in
Guiding one for grand larceny. But
why was he at large? And who pro-
tected him?
No gangSter taken for a Tide has
been tossed into a road in Jersey City.
The machine gun has never barked
in Jersey City, save when the police
are keeping in practice
There is not stock sWindlin9 house,
bucketShop or mail fraud establishment
in Jersey City.
These crooks, who take billions annu-
generally steer away from this IN. j.
town" About six of them annually
rent Offices in Jersey City and furnish
them Sometimes the furnishings are
luxurious But the morning after the
Offices are fully equipped the police
enter and the crooks depart. And the
crooks do not remove their belongings,
for nothing Is worth taking away after
the police make their visit.
There are bootleggerS and speakeasies
galore in Jersey City. But there Is not
a gangster in the industry. SpeakeasieS
are not moIested while they observe out
ward order and decency. The only pro-
hibition law in Jersey City forbids wom-
en- entering drinking places. A viola !
ton of this law is punished with pad
lock, which remains permanently locked. |
There is not an entertainer OF any |
sort in Jersey City speakeaSy, for
music and eli other forms of entertain
ment are prohibited wherever food or |
drink is sold. On several occasions pro- |
posals have been made to license caba-
rets. But all have been voted down on |
the order of Frank Hague, mayor of |
Jersey City and Democratic boss Of the |
State
Charges of political corruption have
been leveled at Hague and his followers. |
but no one could justly accuse them OF
being allied with the underworld, for |
organized crime is non-eXistent in their |
town.
The last two annual reports of the
statistics of the Department of Justice
show that Jersey City is the safest big |
city in the country. In 1881 the num-