One of the messenger boys refused to deliver his stolen securities for the small sum he wTas offered for them, and ran away to enjoy alone his ill-gotten wealth. His hiding place was discovered and mem¬ bers of a band of Harlem assassins were sent for him, with instructions to find where the securities were. If they were on the boy’s person, he was to be killed at once. This band entertained the boy with drinks and women for several days until they learned that the securities were sewed inside the lining of his coat. They took him for a “joy-ride” into the country, and his dead body was afterward found, typically slain, with about two dozen dagger wounds in his body.
In one instance a non-Jew was inveigled into the nefarious scheme, and the method was also typical. The Jewish principals wished for another clearing¬ house through which to dispose of their securities, and were “tipped off” that a young non-Jewish broker was on the verge of bankruptcy. He was “helped out” and given what appeared to him to be a very profitable piece of business. Once in the power of his “friends,” and deeply entangled in their game, he tried to get out of it. He was threatened with death. The Jewish principal said to him: “I don’t want any THE HIGH AND LOW OF JEWISH MONEY POWER 53 double-crossing here, or I'll kill you in a minute. If I can’t do it—if I am locked up—there are plenty of my gang who will do it.”
Upon the arrest and confession of this non-Jew, many of the Jewish principals fled New York, traveling, as usual, under their assumed Christian names. But their identity had at last become known, and although many of their messenger-boy dupes have been made to suffer the penalty for their crimes, the leaders are at this writing yet free, and the most powerful influ¬ ences seem to be invoked to protect them from the ordinary operations of the law. A few have been cap¬ tured, but although their accusers are the most power¬ ful banking, brokerage and surety companies on Wall Street, a power greater still seems to defend them from the treatment usually accorded known criminals.