WAR AGAINST CRIME.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 31 August 1925, Page 8

WAR AGAINST CRIME.

“CLEANING UP” NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Aug. 13. A police campaign to “clean up”, Broadway is in prospect as the result of an orgy indulged in -by a stage hypnotist and two assistants, who hiir led 1 f roin a ninth-std rey win do w oi an hotel a waiter Avbq served them at dinner. The waiter is dying. The police realise that Broadway and' the- adjacent streets of the theatrical 1 district are infested with a horde of sinister characters and crooks of every description. . _ Detectives have beteii assigned' to clear the streets, restaurants and public places of thefee undesirables. Meanwhile the police are Avorriedf by reports that rival gangs in the city’s underworld, are arming for war. One gang, known as the “Neary Mob,” disagreed with the “Diamond • Mob.” Tliev have sworn vengeance on each other. It is reported that the “Diamonds” have imported a group of Detroit gunmen to help in the fight. After enjoying .a. swim in the pool at Starlight Park, four men in bathing suits were held up bv armed men.' Their attache cases were seized and money and valuables worth 5000 dollars (about £1000) taken. The bandits fled, shooting a policeman. Prohibition agents had put padlocks on the doors*of the Texas Guinaw Club, a popular night resort, for six, months, on account of the sale of liquor. „