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ZZE EINSTEIN. THE NEMESIS OF BOOTLEGGERS,
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USES MORE DISGUISES THAN SHERLOCK HOLME$
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JVw Yer iW Sellers Tremble When
They See a Fat Man Because He May
Turn Out te Be Cleverest of Blind
Tiger Trappers
HAS BEEN DARKY LABORER,
A "MAN ABOUT TOWN" OR
GREEK TO GET EVIDENCE
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Most Fanciful Stories of Fiction Detec
tives Pale Beside Real Exploits of
, "Dry" Sleuth With Sense of Humer
and Leng List of "Victories"
aSTPHE Bartenders' Bane" "The Scourge of the Speak-easles" "The
Terrer of the Tenderloin."
These, and ether alliterative titles, are the reward bestowed by an
gppreciatlve public upon the mysterious individual whose activities in the
field of prohibition enforcement have mode him the most feared figure in
ill Liquordem today.
' In two years he has cut se wide a swath in the ranks of the moon meon moen
jMne merchants that a brisk trade has sprung up In the sale of an old
photograph of him, 20,000 of which have been bought by bootleggers and
saloonkeepers at a dollar each.
But Izzie Einstein for it is no ether laughs at such measures of
defense and pursues his indefatigable way, spreading jail sentences and
aonstematien in his path.
Fer be it known that Izzie is a master of disguise, rivaling in his
'exploits such renowned but hypothetical characters as Sherlock Helmes,
Arsene Lupin and Ferret, the Manf of a Millien Faces.
Up and down the confines of New Yerk State he flashes, here today,
tkere tomorrow, new placing in duress vile the proprietor of an exclusive
restaurant, new pausing momentarily in a quiet hamlet te annihilate
the local blind tiger.
And in all his ceup3 there is that subtle flavor of whimsicality and
etprice which endows them with a quality akin te genius. It is net enough
for an artist and Izzie is undoubtedly an artist te perform his duty in
the efficient but prosaic manner of the ordinary revenue operative.
Te satisfy the esthetic demands of hi3 soul, it is necessary that there
be injected in Izzie's feats of perspicuity some clement of humor, pathos,
novelty or mystery.
Otherwise it is net worthy of him and he lists it among his failures,
10 matter hew successful its material aspects
What, for Instance, would he mere
lubtly Ironical thnn bis raid upon the
Musicians' Union, above the Yorkville
Casine, en Eighty-sixth street. New
Tork City?
This place, which ran a email pri
vate bar for the benefit and conveni
ence of Its thousand -odd members, bad
luccessfully restated the attempts of
prohibition enforcement agents te get
evidence. Izzie was nsslgned te the
job and chose an his disguise the hnblll
tntn s of an unemployed and needy mu
ilclan. He lingered near the front deer until
le struck up n conversation with one
of the members.
"Where are you from?" he was
islced.
"I'm a native of Pittsburgh," snid
Izzie pltceuply. "far from home, and
out of n job."
"Maybe I could get you one," said
the e her. "What de you piny?"
"I piny the trombone," replied Izzie,
truthfully enough.
The musician took him upstairs,
Wither no revenue agent had before
penetrated, and found him a trombone.
"Shew me what you can de," he
ilrected.
Whereupon Izzie took the instrument
Md gave a very feeling rendition of
''Hew Dry I Am."
His newfound friend was pleased
'With his technique, and net insensible
te the delicate suggestion contained in
the theme of the selection. .
"Come ever te the bar," he said,
nmd we'll have a drink te clinch It."
Each had a glass of whtaky. Then
tele did his duty.
Se successful has he been in mask
ing his movements that nwny have re
fused te believe that any such person
jxlsta, declaring that his entity has
been fnbrlca ed In the fertile brains of
prohibition agents bent upon reducing
te a minimum the number of wide-open
tt sorts.
hzles Shadow Large
Enough te Scare Fees
But Izzie is n real personage, a re
sourceful, energetic human being with
tot hunter's instinct pulsing within
pry ene of Ills two hundred nnd for fer for
IJ'feur pounds of flesh nnd bone.
Nature him been generous te Izzie,
bath In brain nnd body. As regnrds the
former, IiIh Ingenious machinations in
Pursuit of offenders against the Ulght
tnth Amendment speak for themselves.
Rut few of the thousands who rend
Mlly of his spectaculur forays have
jay conception of the man himself, for
his enlv known pbotegrnph Is the one
urreptltjeiisly distriDiited among the 11
Wor purveyors, by whom it is treas
ured as one of the most vnlunble cle
awts of their stock In trade.
tiii jet this nm'ile physique of Izzie
sis been one of his greatest ubsets, for
ver man looked unlike a detective,
he Is the man.
In the f.rst plnce. Izzie is plump
Plump te the polnt.ef embonpoint. Ills
w&aew leeks like n solar eclipse, minus
j" lureim. jn the second plnce, izzie
ms n deceptive uppearunce of dull,
WPy nputhy which would disarm the
est suspicious barkeep. The ens
,. "mer, glancing nt Izzie com cem com
lertably ensconced in n tight-fitting
Jfmchalr would teke him for a Third
venue clothing mcrclinnt in the midst
01 Ms pest-prnndlal elestu.
Y,,u.n '"""or of fact, Inasmuch ns
"tie docs his most profound meditating
, "n,,lllH 'H-h closed, the probabilities
JnL i.at '.'ls hrnl t thnt very mo me
ratnt bUxlv nt work plotting the down dewn
j50pr . Keme hitherto uiibcuthcd cufe
gin and all in dangerous mood. Izzie
went te a corner table, littered with
dirty glasses nnd bread crumbs, nnd
asked the waiter te bring him some
beer.
"Beer!" said that individual, look
ing at Izzie contemptuously, "Beer I
You'll drink glnl"
Izzie assented without appearing te
take much Interest In the matter one
way or the ether. He nppcarcd te fall
asleep In his corner until the drink was
brought.
Then he rose, placed the waiter, bar
tender and proprietor under arrest,
marched them out of the building, dis
missed the awed patrons, and locked the
place up, te say nothing of its owner.
On his way te the police station with
his prisoner he was very nearly ar
rested himself by a suspicious patrolman
who thought he wns a bnndit trying te
held up one of his friends.
The Great Drought Gave
Einstein His Opportunity
Izzie has net always been a detective
Twe years age he wns nn obscure clerk
in the posteOicc, nnd had no expecta
tions of being anything else. Then came
the Great Drought, and many men were
needed, nt a geed walury, te enforce the
new law of the land.
Since that time Izzie has found the
true field for hi.s ren.nrknble tnlcnts,
nnd he hns excrciped them se nssldu nssldu
eusly that his arrests huvc numbered as
many ns sixty-four in a single day.
In these two years he bus planned
nnd executed 2000 raids, ranging in
importance from the most insignificant
"hole in the wnll" te the most preten
tious Broadway restaurant. Ne game ls
tee large or tee small for Izzie.
One night, suys Izzie, he and his
partner nnd two woman operatives
dressed themselves in the height of
fashion, took a taxicab, and had them
selves conveyed te ene of the most lux
urious reef gardens In New Yerk.
Their roles wcre these of two wealthy
out-of-town business men, bent upon
an enjoyable evening.
Impressed by their affluent appear
ance, the cafe captain placed them nt
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raftg3l!f33a T X "S:iBE5SS! 'm.
I 1 flll Bui IS 11 Izz'e Einstcjn as he is without any of his numerous disguises, and 0 I I NJ)k I UVHlll hMnfl'' 111
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(TlnA t lvna fnvnflrft nnrPfletfl Is
that of the diverting Fourth of July
which he passed in Brooklyn.
He crossed the East River disguised
ns himself this time and made-hls way
te n ccrtnin phnrmncy which had the
reputation of being a "drugless drug
qfnrn." If hnA n InrffA nml rosme-
pelitan patronage, which always seemed
te emerge from the place bnppler tuan
when It went in.
Izzie strolled In, looked at some
teeth brushes, bought a pnekage. of
razor blades, nnd asked the clerk hew
business was coming along.
"Oh, bc-se," said the clerk. "By
the wny, aren't you the new butcher
who just moved in up at the next
corner?"
Izzie admitted unhesitatingly thnt he
was none ether.
Amicable relations having been es
tablished, the talk became intimate and
the new customer finally hinted the
possession of a burning thirst. The
clerk wns cautious, but at last agreed
te sell half a pint of whisky.
"Walt n minute," he said, "and I'll
wrap it Up se it won't leek like a
bottle."
Izzie received his parcel, paid S4 for
It, and put it in his pocket. Fer some
rensen which he cannot explain a sixth
nense of saving suspicion perhnps he
did net arrest the man at once, but
turned nnd walked slowly toward the
deer.
The clerk called hlra back.
"Take a leek at thnt bottle," he sug
gested smilingly.
Izzie did se nnd found that it con
tained nothing but wnter. He kept his
head nnd professed great indignation.
"It's nil right," said the ether, tak
ing back the bottle, "I just wanted te
test you out. New, if you had been a
revenue agent you'd have arrested me
at once, but you wouldn't have had any
. 1. 1. ....... T..t A.Atj a ilnfnnf I in I
I we thnt new. I'll Rive you some real
sum, iren irem mnaua.
He retired into the cellar and brought
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lid. .in!lll,bl,l('u tomenth their heavy
tit. i .,.". tl'l'n' iH nV Knt of the no ne no
Sennli el!'scl,L'0 wulc, hirks behind this
omnelcnt exterior.
tii ,t,.-n cu.riull clrcumstnnce that Iz
Iui. " double whose nnme Is ulse
tS i. :"' 1,0" le is en terms of
J Ktentest intimacy. Izzie Kaplan,
V bant. & x."(1 " miliar ligure in the
- Suitei NSw..Yerk newbpapcr men,
iSt. 'J pdlHttngulshed sleuth a siml
S,MVkJ'' wllll no' that of the
Ski. .. Lwe Vwn, ls at least that
iZ'"7 b,e assumed te exist between
Jnd a lima bean,
A ' eel" tbw en Im1
V&t. "t"
Kaplan has been mistaken for Izzie
Mnsteln, with results which were ludi
crous or alarming, according te the
nature of his surroundings. Hia ex
perience in n saloon lying hard against
the Five Points, en New Yerk's Lewer
East Side, ls told best In his own words t
"I'm down at Mickey the (Sreek's,"
says Izzie Kaplan, as he recounts this
episode. "I'm with friends.
"We are sitting there at a table,
and at the next table there are tw
roughnecks fighting about seme money
or something. I don't yet hear, see?
"I'rutty seen one says: 'Ten dol
lars nothing,' he Bays. 'Fifteen dol
lars it costs you for me te knock him
off. Fer ten dollars he gees in the
hospital only.'
"Geed night t It Is a place where
they kill somebody for fifteen dollars!
"Well, we sit there, me nnd my
friend, and pretty seen he says: 'Iz
zie,' he says, "I wonder could we gcu
here something te drink?
"Then I leek up, nnd there is the
bartender standing clese up te me.
He bus a picture in his hand, uud
he leeks at me, and then at the picture,
and then a me, and etcetra. I'rettj
seen he says :
" 'You're Izzie Einstein, ain't it?'
"He had heard my friend call me
Izzie. ,
The Other Izzie Lest
His Desire for a Drink
"Before I could say anything, up
jumps the two roughnecks and comes
and stands closer even than the bar
tender te where I am. One of them
grabs the picture and says:
" 'It's him, sure.'
"Then the ether grabs also the pic
ture and leeks at me. He i caches down
Inte his back pocket, but I'm out.
They catch me at the deer and give
me thp bummer's rush Inte the street,
where I tear n hole in my pants.
"It ls haul work, looking like Iz
zie." However, Izzie himself Is net the
sort te be routed se easily. He ls
always well armed, nnd seems te knew
no fear, going Inte resorts such as
Mickey the (Sreek's and relegating them
te the limbo of things forgotten with
the gi cutest tnseuclnnce.
He went ene night te n greggery en
the water-front near the southernmost
tip of Mnnhuttun Island, dressed as a
roustabout.
It was a dive of the most nolsen.e
sort, frequented by foreign-born sail
ors nnd the scum of the shipping In the
harbor, and it bad a bad police record.
There wai a crowd of naif 'drunken
UTtderM la tht.pltce, tU drinking
en excellent location, and they pro
ceeded te enjoy themselves thoroughly.
After a time Izzie beckoned te the
waiter and breached the subject of
liquid refreshment.
Tht waiter was extremely sorry, but
It would be Impossible te serve the
gentlemen.
"But," protested Izzie, "I saw you
slip that mnn ut the next table the
very same thing I um after. Come, I
can't have n ceed time unless jeu fix
us up."
After seme further argument, the
wniter retired te consult the proprietor.
He returned smiling.
"If you will give me your card,"
he said, "something might be done."
Here wns an unforeseen difliculty,
nnd one that required some quick think
ing. He had no curds of his own with
him. but it occurred te him ut the last
moment that he had in his wallet two
cards left recently by cullers of his
office.
He accordingly produced a card, nnd
ns he handed it te the waiter he saw
thnt the nume upon it was that of n
prominent Jewish rnbbi. Apparently
the credentials were satisfactory, for
the man was been back, bringing with
hlin four tea cups, in each of which
wus n gill of very geed whisky.
Izile and his colleagues thereupon
tasted the evidence, and having assured
themselves of Its nature, were content
for the time being te enjoy the rest of
the evening
The bill was brought, and it was
found that the four cups of "tea" had
cost six dollars.
Iie summoned the proprietor.
Six Dollars for 4 Drinks!
He Ought te Be Pinched
"That's an awful price for en?
drink!" he said sternly,
"Yeu ought te be glad te get It nt
all," retorted the propilcter, "and you
won't in the future If you make se
much kick about it."
"Tlieie won't be any future," said
Izzie.
"Why net?"
"Because," explained Izzie, "you are
already pinched."
In the matter of disguises Izzie's
taste is catholic. He bus masqueraded
M rei7tbiag tyn a fireman te
football plnjer. The occasion in which
he assumed nn athlete's habiliments is
one of the brightest stars in his galaxy
of exploits.
Fer some time Izzie had looked with
envious eye upon a cafe facing upon
Van C'nurtlundt I'ark, which, while os es
tenMbly as dry ns the Kahara, con
tinued te enjoy a mysterious popularity.
All efforts te extract evidence from
the canny barkeep were thwarted again
nnd again.
At Inst Izzie hnd nn Inspiration. After
Reme difficulty hu procured n football
costume that he could get Inte, und
another for his partner. Thus at
tired, they lejmlicd te the park te cuiicr
about.
It wns hnrd work, but they stuck te
it. Tp and down they run. mixing
with the ether players already there,
and rapidly getting thcmseUes In a
statu bordering en collapse. After half
an hour of this they were sufficiently
het and exhausted-looking te satisfy
the most captious critic.
They then wnlked, puffing nnd blow
ing, Inte the giateful shade of the cafe,
threw themselves into chairs, nnd en
treatlcd the waiter, by nil that wns
him, te get them something te save
their lives.
The waiter was u man of mere mercy
thnn judgment. He gaed with com
passion upon the exhausted athletes
and agreed nfter some hesitation te
get them wlint they wunted.
The cooling drnughts were brought
nnd officially disposed of.
Then, us was his went, Izzie did his
duty.
He Surely Did His Duty,
But Paid His Pound of Flesh
This deed, be asserts, while lnstru
jqtaUi la- adding te. ids. fame, cost
him at lenst twenty pounds ovoitdu evoitdu oveitdu
pois. te any nothing of the outrageous i
charges of the tailor who shortened
sail en his clothing. i
'I wns the hu-Uy fullback that
we'll put the ether three bottles nwny.'
"With that hu opens n secret deer
nnd I n.is him tln tliren .,iiiin .. i,n.
he .caches way down in und slews th, b IhlmuTaV
i hem num. "hnn i. ., .... Ill(" uatinieuse ativ
time-," says Izzie, -hut before we had , opens the 'fourth bottle 'nnd pours me I '"tni jrarlt"
been runniiiL- around ten mlniitr-t mv out n diink. '" "" rtsiiiurniu, nt
up soma whisky, which the purchaser
tested en the spot.
And Izzie did bis duty.
Bathing Suit Is Geed
Disguise for Thirsty Sleuth
It being early yet Izzie decided te go
down te Hockaway Beach and hear
what the wild waves had te say. He
spent some time en the sands, and then
entered a restaurant and had dinner.
When it was finished he called the
waiter and asked for something stimu
lating. lie wns reft. ! flatlv.
Nothing dam. izzie went hack te
'te his bathing
returned
been running around ten minutes my j
partner, Mee Smith, was calling me,
the drnwback, and before we weiei
through tie was calling me ether tilings
I can't repent."
Indexible as he is In the discharge
of his ordered program, Izzie is net de
void of the milk of human kindness.
Up is always as considerate as ios ies ios
sible in his raids, and locks up his
victims with ns liule publicity ns pos
sible. On one occasion lie was se consid
erate us te help the proprietor of a
cafe open his shop for the du.
"It was this way," says Iz?ie. "I
disguised myself us a d( k laueier at.d
went up te u place en West street that
I hud hnd my eje en for some time.
"When I get up there the pu.ce was
net open yet, se 1 sat down en the step
and pretended te go te sleep. I'rett
seen along comes the owner with a big
parcel under his urm. He asks me
what I want.
" Must a nip before breakfast,' I
tell him.
" 'De j ou win Is ever here en the
wharves?' he asks me.
" '.Sure,' I sns.
" 'Well.' he telU me, 'If you enn
wnlt till I get the place open, I'll fix
,ou up.'
"Se lie unlocks the deer and we go
In. I open the shutters for him und
kick tile ('lit nil' tin. Inn- 'I'linu I uti
his bundle en the lloer und unwrups
ii. linn mem iirc ieur um ucs or
whisky.
" "Thl In nnn.l ciifl no .... ITH1
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id you, nave seme out eX uuabettUaw
out n di ink.
" 'This Is Friday and my luckr
day, he sajs. 'I picked up that liquor
dirt (heap.'
" 'Ne, it isn't your lucky day,' I
says.
" 'Why net'' he wants te knew.
" 'Itecuiise,' I mijh, 'jeu're pinched!'
nmi i ensen nun up,"
Ms an-
.lCO W8H
who had
no wince that the enlv .
at tin table of the same w.
served him before. '
Hewewr, he decided te chance it, and
sitting down he ordered near beer.
The waiter did net recognize him,
nnd Indeed seemed te take him for some
habitual patron of the place, for he
whispered that if the gent would like te
luue it tlie house could produce some-
v : i i , . i nine u me Heuse eeuiu produce Seme
!or is 1zie hiimn hr ,ii iin,,, .. .1. 1 .. 1 ..' .. , . ..
1 --..... ., ,,c 'iinur m linn, uuiiri iiiuii ueur-ucer ler nis eul
race or creed In his activities. Among iioutien.
the places which he has ratded haw. I Ivwie accepted tills offer, nnd was
l.cen several .Negro resorts, in which sened with geed brunih.
cases he alwnjs made himself up Ue Ther-upon he culled the proprietor
a 'y'Kr. I nnd arrested him, and us nn nfter-
He went one Sunday evenlns te n sa- I thought uriestcd the waiter also for his
loon innr l.T-'d street und Madisen live- stumdin .
nne und made tactful inquiries for 'l'ut' day was still young, se Izzy
Bin. I took the train back te Brooklyn.
After some parley, in the course of. t was growing dark us he entered
whcli it developed that he was fremi" wnull Oretk lestaiiriint near the up
Mobile, Ala., lie was sold a half .tilnt , Prem lies of the Wll l.imsbnn. itM.l....
tlnsk f gin Uzi,. tasted it and then , He had his hat tilted ever one eje, ii
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iw.u'd Idly us he leune
imr.
.ler seeial moments the bartender c'liss tielllleliin
rS.Vii-1 V.."" J-., ll,,t ""ily lii whh- "MMwi. h.i," he told the suu.thv
,. .1 I 1.1 . .'. " Ul" w,,lM" of Propneter, ".Jenes (u nutiiitiius wind
poi sne.i nickel, and his eyes steed out leaden knows me. Me and hlin Is
with teirer. fnends, see? He Wl.s jeu can l.x
lunched H.i.! n,8"'1"' ,nni1 y"'" "' I en some geed stuff. I.euwj me
pintiiPii, said "the customer from hmmi rtniii,ui
Alabama." , .1,.. .. .Y... .. ..
'im.. ..... 1 e . . " ..M-i.i.iii. ut nie Tieiuicai
1 he bartender fainted. sachem nil .l.mht ni,iM,,i t.l.'.'
stuff nnd was promptly arrested. laitff
took the violin case under his ana
and continued en his way.
Ills next pert of cnll was a small
cofe en a much frequented strest la
the business section. Izzie entered b4
sut down, ordering buttermilk' and
sanenvlchcs, and laying his case in full
view en the table. After a time h
made the usual request for liquor.
The waiter was dubious, but cea
scnted te ask the owner about It. Tha
latter came and looked nt Izzie, eon
placently munching en his sandwich. .
"Oh, he's all right," he said heart
ily. "I knew him well. He'e 'Jack
the Fiddler,' that plnys up at the movie
place. Give him anything he wants."
Thn drink tcn fnrthrnmlnir nt nnisa.
and Izzie continued te eat and talk with
the proprietor.
Bootleggers Learn Hew "
te "Pay the Fiddler"
"Play us a tune," suggested the
latter.
"I've get te go home," Izzie de
murred. "Aw, play us a tune," urged th
ether. "Be a sport."
"Well, all rleht ." said T.l.. "wh
shall I play?"
"Oh, anything lively," was the response.
"Then I'll play The Ilcvcnue Man'a mm
Mnrch'!" Bnld Izzie, and arrested hint wMft
forthwith. i&jKH
"It's a funny thing," says Izzie, In 4
concluding this reminiscence, "that Jm
this fellow never steed trial. He died Wi,
In inll fva .In.'a In,.. ..J -t ..... KV
justice. j
"But the funniest thing of all is
that the real Muck the Fiddler' came
in there about ten minutes after I left,
and( the waiters gave him the bun-
74 ,musiclnn hasn't been able te ret
a drink in that neighborhood since l"
At irregular intervals Izzie shakes
the dust of the city from his brogaes
nnd makes fbing forays into the coun
try districts in search of game.
He was en his wny te upper New
lerk htate one time en just euch aa
expedition when he left the train at
Albany, preparatory te going te a ho
tel for the night.
As he steed en the station platform
w-nitlng for a cab he noticed that one
of the loungers wns regarding him In-
"- '"je immediately nssumed a
guileless and trusting expression.
Stranger?" asked the ether, ap
proaching the new arrival.
chesfe Sa'd k "rm fr0m Re
"Hew about a HtUe eemethinf
?eal ltuff?"BeSted th n"Uve' "Sem
Izzie registered hope and delight.
C?u-Id J"ou W me some?" he asked.
Wait here!" whispered the ether
mysteriously. "I'll Bet it."
"Ne." whispered Izzie. "I'll com
with yeu: I want te see it.''
They repaired te a small candy rbere
up a Bide btreet, and the stranger
piloted Izz 0 te the rear, where h
,nt.m!l,!ce(.1 h.ira t0 th Proprietor.
.ilbl". Mr AIerris "eldberg, frtm
Chicago," he said, "and he Is k per
sonal friend of mine."
ibWner, efL.th.( Btere Produced a
pink flask of whisky, for which Izzie
paid Je.
Then Izzie did his duty.
Is Fire Laddie Beld
When Occasion Calls
Later en the same trip he get te Bir
mingham, where n firemen's conven
tion was in session. The local grog greg
gerles were doing a thriving business.
Izzie obtained a uniform nnd mixed
freely with the delegates. He discov
ered nil the plnces in town where liquor
wns being sold and then devoted an
entire day te raiding them. Eighteen
scalps were added te his trophy list.
Continuing his devastating course,
Izzie entered the small city of Sprint?
Valley, N. Y.
"There were two places that sold
liquor there," says Izzie, "although
there aren't new.
"I went into a store and bought two
coffee percolators. Then I set one,
ns a traveling salesman, te get evi
dence. "At one plnce I offered a percolator
te the proprietor for seventy -five cents.
He looked it ever, said he didn't think
it was worth it, but he called his wife.
Pretty seen the whole family was ex
amining my wares. Then finally they
bought.
"When they had paid me my money
the mnn asked whether I would give
him some trade In return and offered
10 sei me a arinK. I accepted and
when he hnd served it I asked him hew
much tt was.
"He wild seventy-five cents.
"I didn't waste nny time in pinch
ing him, I enn tell you!"
The identical thing took plnce at the
ether saloon, except that the price of
the percolator and the drink was re
duced te fifty cents.
Te Izzie's ctedit ls charged the long,
deferred conclusion of the enreer of a
saloonkeeper in New Yetk City, whose
sagacity nnd caution had delied the best
efrnrts of the department for some
time.
"Izzie Docs His Duly"
and Anether Cell Is Full
There was net the slightest doubt
thnt liquor was sold at this nlace, ti
there were numerous complaint fro,
modiice met rhiniti ilmr rlmi. .1..1..J?
returned from this nelL-hberlimwl in
roistereiis and care-fiee mood, whlc
ilitcrfeicd with business.
Seeial raids liml fullml tr, ,li-i.
nn evidence of liquor en thn premises,
and mt aeent had succeeded in getting
11 .11 .UK um re.
I'nillstllrhC'l llV these nnnt.lei-.ftnn. '
Izie tool' the assignment and ussumed
Ins disguise.
He get u nondescript market wagon,
nnd swathed hiin-ej in tH, voluminous
white npinii worn by the drivers. Then
lie dl.iw his eqiiipiie te the Saleen In
question and went in.
"Cot a telephone here?" he Inquired.
The man behind the bur Indicated the
instrument in tin- 1 einer, the while his
giiuering eje toen in ewij detail of the
I'M
iffitt
.1
sted it and then , lie had tils hat tilted ever one eje, a . K'i'i'TwiK 'jf iiik 111 ewij detail of the
with which he cigar "1 the corner of his mouth, and 1 lhit"r1 appearance u.v pepped te
lied against the "'I expii'sfclen of great fweclty en hit. 1 ""' "'Icphuue. secietly placed his little
face. In appearance he was u third- ""C'T emt Him hook te keep It down,
ts the bartender '''n-s politician. and nla. ed the receiver at his ear.
Izilc reaeheil unrnu tl.n l,nM . Ai ....
a leda-water siphon and played it
hissing stieain ever the recumbent form
until Hint individual recovered con
sciousness. Then he took him uway.
Klvht lltlnilrMI hn1f.r.l.., I .l. ' .
lia ware confiscated then.
mind of the J reek He breuglit n chair
ami sioeii upon it, fium which p.rl
tiuii he readied nn nnclent Molln ense
en. a high sliclf. He opened it, revcul
Ing two quurts of whisky und several
decka of cocaine and herein.
Ue sold JaaU m aax auexaUa
'Wlieil1 ill. I ed! III. Ml. li.itntnn.O'l
asked l.zie with even evidencu of an.
I uewillce.
"What about them them three crate
of cantaloupes''" was his next query.
In each iiiiu) he listened Impatiently
te the iinaglnarj directlmiH being poll re
into his ear, uud when nt lust the dla-l
Iiigiic came te an end he uppreacbeeV
the bar ceiiiplaiiiiug bitterly of the
manifold linpcifectleiis of his box, y
t , ,mm". .'.'!".. """ii'thlng iulck,'' said
Izzie, "or I'll blew up, I'm that mad J"
111 WflM tinfxttxA ,.II.A.- l,.ultl -
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w wagaiaaan la jtiw.
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