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...Francisco. William or Jake Fleagle (alias Holden), 35, 5 ft. 11 in., well-dressed professional gambler, for a train robbery at Martinez and a bank robbery at Lamar, Col., in which four men were killed. Reward: $17,000. Warning: "Desperate...
Hyman Biller (alias Gill Biller), 42, 5 ft. 4 in., 140 lb., brown eyes, scar on left forehead, wanted for the murder of Arnold Rothstein last year (TIME, Dec. 24). A gambler and bookmakers' cashier, Biller frequents race tracks...
...Grover Aloysius Whalen; at Greenwich, Conn. Longtime friend of Mayor James John Walker, his college mate at St. Francis Xavier College and New York Law School. Mr. Warren was broken in health since he "resigned" last year (TIME, Dec. 24) after failing to solve the still unsolved killing of Gambler Arnold Rothstein...
...stocks is not any more gambling than the purchase and quick resale of lots. . . . The amount of margin upon which a man trades does not determine the gambling element. ... A man can buy stock for a small cash payment . . . and there is no reason to call him a gambler because he sells the stock shortly after at a profit. ... If the trading in stocks . . . is immoral, then the church should eliminate from her membership the heads of stock exchange houses, clerks, bookkeepers . . . the men and women who buy and sell stock...
...Gambler Marlow had been a friend of Gambler Arnold Rothstein, whose murder last fall (still unsolved) created a cloud of stories about the underworld entanglements of Tammany leaders (TIME, Dec. 24). Many a New York voter had begun to forget the Rothstein murder when the Marlow murder occurred. Grover Aloysius Whalen, the fastidious police chief who was inducted to quiet the Rothstein uproar, squared his handsomely tailored shoulders, sat up late seeking clues. His detectives swarmed spectacularly through the Broadway brightlight district making raids, seeking witnesses. Other detectives chased a trail leading to Boston. Said the Commissioner: "Actions speak louder...