The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . him! Shoot him! Drag him out in the alleyand give us all a kick at his face! Give us our moneyback! Lets take it out of his hide! These were some of the exclamations which causedthe swindler to tremble and cling to the officers terror was increased when blows were aimed at him,but he was too frightened to fight back or even assistWooldridge, who was having his hands full protectingthe man from blows which might have killed him. Thesympathy of the other policemen about was with the as-sailants, as was also Wooldridges, but he had
The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . him! Shoot him! Drag him out in the alleyand give us all a kick at his face! Give us our moneyback! Lets take it out of his hide! These were some of the exclamations which causedthe swindler to tremble and cling to the officers terror was increased when blows were aimed at him,but he was too frightened to fight back or even assistWooldridge, who was having his hands full protectingthe man from blows which might have killed him. Thesympathy of the other policemen about was with the as-sailants, as was also Wooldridges, but he had undertakena job and must see it through. Finally Wooldridge man-aged to shove his man out of the door and down thestairs to the street, thus giving him a chance to run,which he promptly accepted. The experience was too much for Livingston, how-ever. When beset by those he had duped he had shoutedthat he would pay them all back tenfold, but he forfeitedhis bond and fled the city. As usual, however, theswindler quit winner financially. OF A DETECTIVE 355. -.^ - j -/- There will be a Hot Old Time in this Town When I Catchthe Man who Vampoozilled Dad, 356 THE ADVENTURES AND WORK WOULD HAVE BLOWN THE SAFE. In Performing His Duty a Detective Comes NearPlaying the Role of Burglar. If the messenger which Detective Wooldridge sent onJuly 13, 1901, had returned earlier with a kit of burglarstools, the big steel safe in Powers& OBriens saloon,170 Madison street, would have been blown open and theofficer would have had another accomplishment placedto his credit—that of a safe-blower. Two days before that, complaint had been made onoath before Justice Prindeville, that there were concealedin the safe of Powers & OBrien, evidences of gambling,especially book-making on the races. Upon this informa-tion the justice issued search warrants and sent DetectiveWooldridge with eight assistants to raid the place andconfiscate the gambling paraphernalia. Detective Wooldridge demanded that the safe
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