Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

The Miller Ccjh mty Liberal. W .A vol. xiv. ITII' APACHES f 1 OF MEW YORKc, By ALF RED HLNRY LEWIS ' COPYA/Wr BY P£4/?<X>/y POJ3. co. 'E was born somewhere on the banks of the Danube and. and came steerage-wise to this country about ten years t ago. In what circles he affected he was called The - Bottler.” He may have had another name in Austria; but ; since he is now dead and down under the grass roots, I “The Bottler,” as a phrase of identification, should serve well enough. ■ - The Bottler was round, inoffensive, well-dressed, as- c fable. He was also generous, as the East side employs the term. For bo it known that The Bottler was a money I 0 c > 4 maker and had Suffolk street position as among its richest capi tallsts What bridge whist is to Fifth avenue so is to the E.*st Mtde. No one save the dealer wins at stuss, and yet the device possesses an alluring feature. When the victim gets up from the table the “bank” under the descriptive of ‘ viggresh" returns his one-'entli of his losings. No one ever leaves a stuss game broke and that iiual ray of sure . sunshine- forms indubitably the strong attrac- Stuss licks up as with a tongue of-pre a round full fifth of all the East side earns, and to “viggresh” should be given the black glory thereof. The Bottler owned talents to make money. Morally careless, liking the easy way, with over all that bent for speculation which sets some folk to dealing in stocks and others to dealing cards, those money-making talents found expression in stuss. Not that the Bottler was so weak minded as to “buck” the game. Wise, prudent, solvent, be went the other way about and dealt it, his theater of operations being 135 Suffolk street. There are two great gangs on the East side. These are the "Five Points" and the “Monk Eastmans.": There are smaller gangs, but each owes allegiance to either the one or the other of the two great gangs, and fights round its standard in event Os general gang war. There is danger in belonging to either of these gangS. But there is still greater danger in not belonging to one of them. I speak of folk of The Bottler's ways and walks. The Five Points and Monk Eastmans are at feud with one another and the fires of their warfare are never permitted to die out. Membership in one gang means that, to the extent of its power, it will buckle you against the other while you live and avenge you should you fall. Membership in neither, however, means that you will be raided and robbed by both. The Bottler's stuss house was—like every other of its kind —a Castle Dangerous. To theJend that the peril of his days and nights be reduced to a minimum, he united himself with the Five True, he could not be counted upon as a "shtocker"’ or strong-arm; but he had money and would part with it,' and gang war like all war demands treasure. Bonds ipust be given, fines paid,, and Xh e Bottler would have his-uses.. Wherefore the Five Points opeffed their ranks tq receive, him. The Monk'-Eastmaffs bad suferei a disorganizing setback w hen the chief who gave the ’sejlr his* name went up the river for ten years. On the heels pf that sorrowful retirement it became a case of York and La'ncuster ~wo«rival claimants for the throne stnod/fo; both' with reput;< wJYist. botb of followers at their backs. Twist, in whom abode the rudiments of a savage diplomacy, proposed a conference. Fitzpatrick at that conference was shot to death and Kid Dahl, a near friend of Twist, “stood for the col lar.” , fSIII ' w? lOpib. z ' x W «»>\i A Xi jw-bL -W Ow z/ ''iW! // I l‘ll A3 777/T CLOCA' 57M/&C 7A‘£ /YCW?, Ass f//?£ff TW/CS The police, the gangs and the politicians are not Without a sinister wisdom. When life has been taken and to punish the slayer would be an inconvenience, some one vtho didn't do the killing submits to arrest. This covers the retreat of the guilty. Also, the yublic is appeased. Later, when the public's memory sleeps, the arrested one—for lack of evidence —is set fit liberty. Thus when Fitzpatrick was killed, to make clear the path to gang leadership to the aspiring 'Cent ,of Twdst,. the police took Dahl, who all but volunteered for the sacrifice. ’ Dahl Went smil ingly to jqil, while the real murderer of Fitzpatrick .attended that dead gentleman’s wake and later appeared at the funeral. This last, however, by the nicer tastes of the East side, was complained of as trenching upon vulgarity; Fitzpatrick was buried with a lily 1: his hand and Twist hailed chief of the Eastmans. Dahl rem; ined in the Tombs a reasonable number of weeks and then res ’.med his position in East side society. It was but natural and o the glory of stum bling human nature that Dahl should dwell warmly in'the grate ful regards of Twist. Twist, now chief of the Eastmans, cast ibout to establish Dahl. There was The Bottler, with his stuss Golconda in Suf folk street. YVere not his affiliations with (he Five Points? Was he not therefore thd*enemy? The Bottler was an Egyp tian and Twist resolved to spoil him in the interest of Dahl. Twist, with Dahl, waited upon The Bottler. Argument was short and to the point. Said Twist: "Bottler, the Kid”—indicating the expectant Dahl—"is in wit’ your stuss graft from ffow on. It’s to be an even break.’’ The news almost checked the beating of The Bottler’s heart. Not that be was astonished. What the puissant Twist proposed was a commonest step in East side commerce —the East side, where the Scotch proverb of “Take what you may, keep what you can,” retains a formei Highland force. The Bottler bowed to the inevitable and accepted Dahl. For si> weeks The Bottler and Dahl set tled up, til ■ and-fifty, with the close of each 'stuss day. hen came a fresh surprise. Dab.l presented ;s friend, the “Nailer,” to The Bottler wit his terse remark: Bottle: ou can beat it. The Nailer is goi 'to b lie partner now. Which lets you out see?’’ 'he Bottler was at bay. He owned no stor < h for battle, but the sentiment of des peration which the announcement of Dahl pro,- voked drove him to make a staxd. To lose one-half had been bad. To lose all —to be wholly wiped out in the annals of Suffolk street stuss —was more than even his meek ness m'ght bear. No, The Bottler did not dream of going to the police. That would have been to "squeal;” and' even his friends of the Five Points had only" faces of flint for such tactics of disgrace. The harassed Bottler barred his doors against i>ahh He would defend his castle and /It pEjfeA; A.*... TW/ST MAOC PJOCGJ MP* 3 CM/7 of 77Y£ W//VOW get .vord to the Five Points. The Bottler's doors ha 1 ing been barred, Dahl for his side at once insti tuted a siege, despatching the Nailer meanwhile io the nearest knot of Eastmans to bring reinforce ments. this crisis a central office detective strolled int the equation. He himself was hunting a “loft w . ker" of more than customary industry and had n thought of either The Bottler or Dahl. Hap p ;ing, however ; upon a situation whereof the strik iu features were Dahl outside with a gun and The ' I- tier inside with a gun. he so far recalled his o; 'h of office as to interfere. With the sure instinct of his Mulberry street caste, he of the central office opened negotiations with Dahl. He knew the latter to be the dangerous angle and began by placing the muzzle of his own pistol against that marauder’s back. “Make a move,” observed the central office man, "and I’ll shoot you in two." The sophisticated Dahl, realizing fate, moved not, and with that the central office man collected his armament. Next The Bottler was ordered to come forth. The Bottler obeyed in a sweat and a tremble. He sur rendered his pistol at word of the law and the cen rral office man led both captives off to jail. The two were charged with “disturbance.” in the sta tion house, as on the way, Dahl ceased not to threaten The Bottler’s life. “This pinch. ll cost a fine of $5,” said Dahl, glar ing round the central office man at the shaking Bottler. “I’ll pay it, an’ then I’ll get square wit’ youse. Once we're footloose you won’t last as long as a drink of whiskey!” The judge yawningly listened, while the central office man told his tale of that, “disturbance.” “Five an’ costs!” quoth the judge, and called the next case. The Bottler returned to Suffolk street, Dahl sought Twist, while the central office man again took the trail of the loft worker. Dahl talked things over with Twist. There was but one way: The Bottler must die. Anything short of blood would unsettle popular respect for Twist and without that his leadership of the Eastmans was a farce. The Bottler’s killing; however, must be managed with a decent care for the conventionalities. For either Twist or Dahl to walk in upon that offender and shoot him to death, while feasible, would be foolish. Twist sent to Williamsburg for his friend and ally, Cyclone Louis. The latter was a bull-necked, highly muscled personage, who was a professional strong man—so far as he was profes sionally anything—and earned occasionally side-show money at Coney island by bending iron bars about his neck and twisting pokers into corkscrews about his brawny arms. Louis, Twist and Dahl went into council over mutual beer and Twist explained the imperative call for Thez Bottler’s ex termination. Also, he laid bare the delicate position of both himself and Dehl. Louis did not hesitate, but placed himself at the disposal of Twist and Dahl. The Bottler should die; he, Louis, would see to that. “But when?” Twist, replying, felt that the thing should be done at once, and mentioned the following evening, nine o’clock. The place would be The Bottler’s establishment in Suffolk street. Louis, of whom The Bottler was unafraid and ignorant, would experi ence no difficulty In approaching his man. There would be others present; but, practiced in gang moralities, slaves to gang etiquette, no one would open his mouth. Or, if he did, it would be only to pour forth perjuries and say that he saw nothing, heard nothing. COLQI LIT GEORGIA. APRIL 13. 1911. 1 I IBIROLa >LV ■ z W - JR® Wl z tW fRw "ft ap’ w “* ' g adjusted Us, Louis. Twi- and Dahl com 'A”' itches. Wai ? Certainly. s. Twist and Dt re all most 1 on&bly attired as became rn» sos a gang not y—singularly fu. 1 accurate 1* rnportant elemeu of a “front." videli that list ■p? onal adornments v'och includes scarf p Ing and wi Louis, Dahl and wist saw to it that time pe .greed This was ■ that Dahl and Tw might sjx; it'flly arrange their Ibis. ftge; the next evening At 8:55 o'clock Twiq vas ,o'l’ vifly in the Delancey sneet police s’ation, wrang ng ■ve desk sergeant over tlie release oi a follower v W h | fully brought about his own arrest. , • e," quoth Twist to ti e sergeant, “it’s Sext to r.il a . Fix up the bond, I’ve got a date over in Eas ; t at nine-thirty.” ? V,T.wias. £t£O(i thus enforcing bis whereabout attention, trf .tbet.desk. sergeant Dabl st 1 ’ ; cMt jh a ticjsWn z / a j .Ji it time have-yqu got?!' detmimjed Jal/ £ / wt>.b kept', the placq. , C /' . MnS (A'tu'y*;o Gc WjA s !' >h. ’tain t J no such time as • -n l - isjy. “That, clock’s drunk! Ca 1 up the telephoi e p ’Oi an fin out tor sure.” “Tl ■ 'phone people say it's nine o’clock,” repot tet' the ‘ Gijmai hanging up the receiver. Hul v Gee! I didn't think it was more'n lial r past eist!” nd Dahl looked virtuously corrected. - ~<h these fragments of talk were taking placef' he «as attending to his stuss interests. He 10 ed i*e a; frightened and his hunted eyes roved here nd Jre. ive minutes went by. The clock pointed to n y islot h-hat stranger entered. As the clock struck p Jur e placed the muzzle of a pistol against The 1Y ei Least and fired twice. Both bullets pierced the hi I >, LB< ler fell forward on his sac without a v ni’ h were venty people in the room When the police an: <1 fund nly the dead Bottler. I no e recalled those trade differences which had • {d in Hi? charge of “disturbance” and arrested Dahl u ain’’ got me right, ' scoffed Dahl to the police re cam the inquest and Dahl was set free. The L< v t Juried ;id Twist and Dahl sent flowers and rode ‘o law lent, a bat-eyed constabulary went its -it th. Ings 1 v. kttng “d among the chivalry of the Five Po! s an inoiviua: wn as Kid I’ieggi. Cnly a paucity ; s—he was nd hteen—withheld Pioggi from top’' lonors. Tn 's snovt me d into spring, sprit; -d into ■ earl? str It was : brilliant evening am tri' was dispetim. nsejf at Corev island. Also Twist >uis, fol- 10-. vi : j'an of relaxation, were themsel Coney islat Igg ,d leated himself at a beer table house of , f,,1 ’ < Ding Doug.” Twist and Louis c in. Pioggi, b. nos • Five Points, was recognized as toe by 1 'lst, who o . m. - me in mentioning the fact. 1 ing in a facetious mood, and byway c: .pressing his con m, r ! " that gentleman, Twist made Pic jump out of ti. I OV j ui i ami Twist sat down at the table in Di:;.- Dong's frer whi i Pioggi had been driven and demanded refreshment thefeu s? of wine. Pioggi, rage-swollen as to heart, busied hi . selta’ a learby telephone. Calling up a resort on the Bower afu ted by the Five Points, Pioggi got the ear of a Higher Infli enc of the elan. He told of his abrupt dismissal from Dint Joi; s and the then presence of Louis and Twist. The Highe i iflence instructed P'oggl to keep the two in sight. The ver 'O'er of the Five Points should be at Coney island as fast a ■tie cars could carry them. ’ioggi pitched upon one whose name and face were un nn-n to Twist and Louis. The unknown w'ould be the bearer blind message—it purported to come from a dancer in one f he cheap theaters of the place—calculated to bring forth Twst and Louis. ‘Stall ’em up this way," said Pioggi, indicating a spot within tot'ihing distance of that coupe. "It’s here we’ll put 'em over ’hj jump.” (“ioggi’e messenger did well his work and Twist and Louis mj/ed magnificently albeit unsteadily into the open. They were sweeping the walk clear of lesser mortals, when the voice of Piggi arrested their attention. "Oh. there, Twist; look here!” The voice came from the rear and to the right; Pioggi’s paition was one calculated to place the enemy at a double dis ;; (Vantage. Twist turned his head. There was a flash and a roar; a bul le struck Twist above the eye. He staggered. The lead now cane in a stonn. Twist, went down; Louis fcdl across him. T.ere were twelve bullets In Twist and eight in Louis. While tie crackling roar of that cannonading still alarmed the ears o men every gangster vanished. Only the dead Twist and the dad Louis remained. Pioggi went into hiding in Greenwich, where the Five Points h.d a “holdout." There were pullings and haulings and whis pirings in dark political comers. When conditions had been 'hispered and hauled and pulled into satisfactory condition oggi sent word to a favorite officer to come and arrest him. Pioggi explained to the court that his life had been threat i led; he had shot only that he himself might livv. His age aa seventeen. Likewise there had been no public loss; the oing of Twist and Louis had but raised the average of all espectability. The' court pondered the business and decided ,iat justice would be fulfilled by sentencing Pioggi to the Elmira eforma to ry. i feWkw ■ .„W : W *♦; photography? •»; Despite tha fact that so many *. ; are engaged tn it and that area- y ’ teurs have taken it up w'th such 'enthusiasm, here is an oc- J«' X cupation which stilt offers your »* C' hoy an excellent opportunity to *♦; >♦< obtain a livelihood and even to X accumulate a fortune. The pop- », : •*< ular competition nas not in- X Jured the bushteas. £< By C W. JENNINGS V »♦<, . z » Z V o*J*>*. K*Z*-*** K*. HE fact that photography is s profession of itself, and i If ’) that thousands of men .11 ! : IoBLe; over the worl>, re getting 1 ; rich by means of ' in spite , of the popular am ;eur corn. ■ petition, has been almost ’« ■ ;h c* I except by those still engaj, >' the . business. The more sclent;i nl ar i fistic improvements that hi.' com ■ i i up have enabled those followi it ih tography for their life wort ’ > keep ; 1 ahead, as tbej’ have always nor end then Is adw a better field that. er for the exercise of their talents It is quite likely that your bo’ en thus by the fair quality of iht pic tures he has been able to mak< wltn . his e‘: ap little camera, aspires to he bi, attainments shown by the man v has made photography his busi | ; ess. It is the purpose of thtt article | show him some of the steps he will • ■ have to take to reach the success he , craves. ! First he should apply to the prepri nt etor of the nearest lafge gallery for a job, telling him that he wishes to be come a first-class photographer. If the : proprietor has no vacancy, apply to ‘ another. The boy need not have had A more than a rudimentary education. M for academio training is not at all hi igcessary. Getting the job. he will Fz, kcoyq,r.Jl:.lt he is little more than a ~i otter or a roustabout, sweeping out tA*** .'Ustfi'n.i bottles ano <’- ’ .g £ 4 •TS? ’ a A'AS7x*“''' if an observam .. your boy will hegift soon to acqu re a p vague understanding of how various p things are done. His first glimpse of v this new knowledge will come in the dark room, where plates are removed o from the holders after tures are p taken" in the studio proper, and other manipulating is done. t) His first work of really professional ~ character will be to change plates in s these holders. Igarning that the least p bit oi light will spoil them, and to dis- j. linguish betweep the smooth glass ] side and the velvety feeling of the other. This must be done entirely b ; n sense of touch, in an absolutely dark i room, or where there is only a small red light. Then, as he has been watch -, Ing *he shifting and substitution of • t , rtous backgrounds as different expos ures are made, he will learn that for i a bust picture of a woman wearing j , her bat rhe background will be of r r certain kind, another if her hat is off still another if the picture is to be • full length, etc., and be will attend to ! , this tinder direction ot the operator. Then he will take, the negatives | t which have been made by an experi enced man, to the roof or light win t dow an 1 make proofs, which are to ( r be submitted to the customer for a; - j a proval; will be shown how to put | j. ! prints into the water for washing and i v when 'hey have been cleansed of all , chemicals, how to put them into the a drying rack, how to take prints that , have properly dried and mount them y on ti e heavy backs, and, finally, w'ill r do printing and toning without hav- a fng to be watched constantly by his t boss. a Pretty soon say within a couple of „ year:- after he has started, your boy will be a full-fledged printer and earn- i c ing anywhere from sl2 to S2O a week, I according to the ability he manifests, i £ ■"his means that he will take the nega I , fives and make prints in proper expos- ■ s are and develop them without having . to be shown how , His next and last stage, which Is t most Important, will be that ot opera- , tor. This Is the man who poses the j rublect in the gallery, knows just the ] proper background and the ] lighting and shading to use, the cor ] rect lens and plate, and the exact ex- i posure to be made, whether of a tenth ‘ of a second or of a minute. The plac- ; Ing of the subject, the lighting and the , exposure are the things that deter- i : min» the grade of the pictures, for al most anybody can-make good prints 1 from a good negative, blit nobody can make a fine print from a poor one. The minimum pay for an operator is ‘ about. $25 a week, according to the standing and importance of the gal lery, and experts in high-class work | get as much as $75, or nearly $4,000 a year. It requires years of experience, j and probably the development of a specialty, for an operator to command $75 a week. It will require much attention and practise to become a successful oper ator. Suppose yovjr boy Is employed in a scientific institution, such as a ! museum. He may be asked to make ! a large picture of a skeleton, showing ■ even the finest of lines in the individ- I aal bones, with all their perfection of i XO. 35- T'-t* , r '7» '4 ■OH’i th:- •he ■ brine tl many a After <>■■. ■ ar orator _> e< alttor. f tograpbe - ment or er firm that rial particular pha*. museum or otb where he mu' f < s else he will y o it: self. In the latter .-.we “i ■ is >f opportunity. for . togra;.- every conce vab e tbit ». .; • from portraits :o X raj I hoaf'ltals are tn un -ers. dtir ".<! . also there Is Independent wcr iie j done . ',h •to-engre.vij p <:iec-:: ,uu- : iug, lit!:, raphlng ami < ther line:, ,t : mechanical photo reprnuncVoi: i’hd tographers htr-e grewt rich It nt ducting galleries for portru, »■ k aloue. There are persons ■-! ■ ?.re witl ing to pay an much'a sss $lO apiece for their portraits anJP’he .'iron’s are very large (Copyrtght, IPIG. by the kMoctaied i-it - erary Press) GREATEST OF LEGAL ORATORS Proud Pct; Aon ' bat Has Seen to Wllltam Pinkney ■< f' S-* -s -‘V H A -A ui purely legal t. z.tors >■ Pinkney cf Maryland His speeches were the beacon lights . ar. direcred the footstep: of the S ' r» :ur- *7 of the United State- in th< fnm.ii.v< period ot our government The great argument :. il* Ner<-:T» prize law case Is st-eped l.i a r. iu-: rhetoric than almost • y othc _>t h : speeches. The i. '.a figure of I’ rules crushing 'lm Nen,,- . io: • been referred tn as om. of tti limes’ In ou ■ Very Sold -m has at man be antly equipped 'or pl ;ys of eloquet. e it largely the "< ■ '-t hen ent r u . land he wa. phrase beim (I s< anil w- in. : • mhiated o < ing of ti > Then .m< th-. heter’nir n o; ar. and be'di't- ficient not lie the moder.i mi rd became and literar lee began to bear :; of mental super! His eloquence as well as the lo vocabulary ever and rounded exc rare degree, ye an almost perfec la%e philosoph; a golden style : a matter of ci i Marshall shorn' comparable" <■ the "boast o of the United much to say speeches be: and elsewhere would have h, the great ist whole world Isaeuy or Uysi.-i " broader aid m his powers of e poetical captive Contrary Caller i with a ... you think it wouk if you were to - sian to edit a , r .. y • devote I io ai > t g r- k questions snu a ' r eure themselve.-’ Wo ild’it many a poor family > om ; tn pay a doctor bill’ Editor (of Pai.;. Bream- ’ sir. think of the Tiousand; .. good doctors in tills town ' ho are jarc '■ keeping soul aidb< dy together'—< hi cago Tribune. No Reason for Pride. "We won’t print any such stuff as that!” said the editor, loftily, as he handed back the manuscript. “Well, you needn't be so haughty about it," retorted the Irregular Con tributor. You're not the only on» who won't print it." —Tit-Bils.