INDEX.
Abortionists, The Police and, [147-149]
Adams, Charles Francis, referred to, and quoted, [168], [205]
Adams, J. C., quoted, [26]
Albany Legislature, [171]
“Alexander Woman,” [149]
All Sorts and Conditions of Men, [135-143]
American Commonwealth, see [United States]
Andrews, President, of Brown University, quoted, [38], [40]
Angelo, Frank, [103]
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science quoted, [166], [168]
Applegate, Wm., Evidence of, [108-115]
Appo, Evidence of, [115-116]
“Arabian Nights Entertainments” referred to, [18]
Area of Greater New York, [20]
Atlantic Monthly quoted, [172], [173], [174], [175], [176], [177]
Augustus, Emperor, referred to, [166]
Autocracy in Russia, see under [Russia]
Autocratic Government in Greater New York, see under [New York]
Ballot Reform Act of 1890, [152]
Baltimore, Maryland, Population of, [19]
Bartholdi’s Monument “Liberty,” [9-10]
Belial on the Judgment Seat, [145-149]
Birmingham Municipality referred to, [166]
Blood, Mrs., [132]
Blumenthal, [146]
Boroughs of Greater New York, [20]
Boston, Mass., Population of, [19]
Bowery Plug Uglies, [35]
Bradford, Gamaliel, quoted, [168]
Bradley, Daniel, referred to, [54], [117], [147]
Brooklyn:
The Charter of 1882 and Government by Tsar-Mayor, [166-167]
Population and Area, [19-20]
City merged in New York, [20], [26]
Borough of Brooklyn, [20]
Brooklyn Daily Eagle referred to, [173]
Brown Borough, [20]
Bryanism, [201], [207]
Bryce, James, quoted, [166]
Bunco-Steerers, see [Green Goods Swindle]
Bureaucracy of Greater New York, [176-177]
Byrnes, Superintendent, [83]
Cæsar, Julius, referred to, [165]
Cantor, Jacob A., referred to, [54]
Carnegie, Andrew, referred to, [159]
Cass, Miss, referred to, [139]
Century Magazine quoted, [58]
Charlton, Detective, [113-114]
Chicago, Illinois:
Population of, [19], [22]
Chicago and New York, [18], [21], [22], [24], [190]
Fire of 1871, [40]
Children, Protection of, [92-93]
Cincinnati, Ohio:
Population of, [19]
Brooklyn System of Government, [168]
Cisneros, Evangelina, and Cuba, [184]
Citizens’ Union of New York, [192], [197], [207]
Seth Low’s Candidature, [197-201]
City Vigilance Society of New York, [52]
Civic Centre of the City, [192]
Civil Service Examinations: How They were conducted, [70-72]
Cleveland, Ohio:
Population of, [19]
Brooklyn System of Government, [168]
Cochran, Bourke, referred to, [43]
Coleman, [81]
Colles, Mr., referred to, [205]
Collins, John, Evidence of, [88], [147]
Collis, C. H. P., Evidence of, [156-157]
Columbian Order or Tammany Society, see [Tammany], [New York]
Confidence Trick—Green Goods Swindle, [107-118]
Connolly, Richard B., and the Tweed Ring, [37-40]
Constantinople and New York compared, [9-10]
Contemporary Review quoted, [179-180]
Contents Table, [7]
Costello, Augustine E., Evidence of, [95-102]
County Council of London referred to, [171]
Craig’s Book on the Fire Department, [98]
Creedon, Capt., Evidence of, [73-77]
Crime:
Society for Prevention of Crime in New York, [49], [62]
Police Corruption, see under [Police]
“The Great Criminals of New York,” [98]
Croker, Richard, referred to, [33], [43-44], [67], [68], [98], [99], [121], [137], [139], [172], [173], [184], [187], [199], [201], [204], [205], [207], [212], [213]
Cuba: Rescue of Evangelina Cisneros, [184]
Daly, [84]
Day’s Saloon, [113]
Deas, Canute A., [156]
Democratic Government: Despairing Democracy in New York, [159-163]
Democratic Party:
Judge Van Wyck’s Candidature and Election, [197], [202-206], [211-216]
Henry George, Independent Democratic Candidate, [201-205]
Despairing Democracy in New York, [159-163]
Devery, Capt., [153], [156]
De Witt, C., quoted, [26], [169], [172]
Disorderly Houses, The Police and, [81-85], [95], [117], [125-133]
Dollar Gas, [206]
Duffy, Judge, [100], [102]
Edwards, E. J., quoted, [35], [36], [37]
Elections in New York, see under [New York]
Ellis, Israel, Evidence of, [153-154]
Emigrants to New York, see [Immigration]
Empire Club organised by Rynders, [35-36]
Endacott, P. C., referred to, [139]
Engel, Martin, [88]
Essex Market Gang, [88], [93]
Farmers-General of Houses of Ill-Fame, [125-133]
Finance:
Wealth of the Great Ten American Cities, [19]
Wall Street and the Currency Question, [22]
Financial Ascendency of New York, [22-24]
Financial Strength of Tammany, [46-47]
Bryanism, [201], [207]
Fire at Chicago, 1871, [40]
Fire Department, New York, [98]
Flower, Governor Roswell P., and the Committee of Investigation, [52-53]
Foreigners in New York, see [Immigration]
France: The Second Empire and the Government of Greater New York, [162-163], [176]
Fream, Miss Rebecca, Evidence of, [146]
Friend, Lawyer, [147-149]
Frink, Policeman, [147]
Galingo, [133]
Gambling: The Police and the Pool-Rooms and Policy-Shops, [63-64], [82-84], [119-123]
Gannon, Detective, [82], [83]
Gas: Dollar Gas, [206]
George, Henry, Independent Democratic Candidate, and His Programme, [201-205]
Germans in New York, [22]
Gilroy, Tammany Comptroller, [172]
Glennon, Wardman, [211]
Godkin, E. L., quoted, [18-19], [42], [58], [129], [169], [171]
Godwin, Parke, of New York Evening Post, Rynders and, [35-36]
Goff, John W., (Counsel), [54], [59], [61-62], [64], [69-70], [75], [76], [79], [93], [95], [104], [110], [117], [118], [136], [138], [148], [149], [152], [153]
Grace, Ex-Mayor, quoted, [176]
Granger, Gideon, Evidence of, [65], [73]
Grant, Charley, [80]
Green, F. V., quoted, [174]
Green, Deputy-Comptroller, [40]
Green Goods Swindle, [107-118]
Gwinnen and the Shoeblack, [88]
Haines, Walter, [111]
Hale, Nathan, Statue of, in New York, [14-15]
Hall, Mayor, [38]
Hamstrung Cæsarism as a Remedy, [159]
Hancock, John, referred to, [205]
Hanley, Detective, [112], [114], [115]
Harper’s Magazine quoted, [30], [31]
Harrington, Thomas F., Evidence of, [157]
Harriot, Lucy C., Evidence of, [117]
Harrison, Carter, referred to, [187]
Hastings’s (Georgiana) Disorderly Houses, [84-85]
Hawkins, Saloon-Keeper, [113]
Hearst, W. R., of the New York Journal, [180-187]
Hermann, Matilda, Evidence of, [126-129]
Hewitt, Mayor, referred to, [201]
Hoch, Policeman, [130-131]
Hochstein, Saloon-Keeper, [90], [92], [146]
Hogan, Judge, [140-142]
Hopkins’s (Matthew) “Satan’s Invisible World Displayed,” [27]
Hudson River at Midnight, [11-14]
Hummel, Mr., [102]
Hussey, Detective, [90-92]
Ill-Fame, Houses of, see [Disorderly Houses]
Illustrations (see also [Portraits]):
The City Hall, New York, [2]
Liberty Enlightening the World, [8]
A Misty Morning in New York, [12]
Statue of Nathan Hale, [15]
New York Post Office, Broadway, [16]
Printing-House Square, [23]
The Front Door of the New World, [25]
Union Square, [29]
First Tammany Hall, erected 1811, [32]
Tammany Hall, opened 1860, [33]
Tammany Hall of To-day, [187]
The Children’s Playground, Central Park, [47]
New York and Brooklyn Bridge, [66]
Brooklyn Bridge, [86]
Fourteenth Street, [97]
American Tract Society Depôt, [106]
Delmonico’s, [118]
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, [124]
Gansevoort Market, [134]
Oyster Row, [141]
Fifth Avenue, [144]
Wall Street and Trinity Church, [150]
Hotel Majestic, [155]
A View in Broadway, [161]
Riverside Drive and Grant’s Tomb, [185]
The Overhead Railway, [195]
The American Surety Company, [198]
Cartoon: Greater New York: An Optimistic Prophecy, [210]
St. Petersburg, [60]
Immigrants and Foreigners in New York:
Population of New York, [18-20]
The Police and the Immigrants, [35], [58], [87-93]
Inquisition for New York, [189-195]
Ireland and the United States, [10-11]
Irish Citizens in New York, [22]
Ivins, Wm. M., quoted, [73]
Jefferson Theory of Local Government, [169], [191], [201]
Journalism:
Government by Newspaper, [179-180]
The Chief Business of the Journalist, [189]
Investigation by Newspaper, [193-195]
European Correspondents in New York, [21]
Newspaper Area of the United States, [24-26]
The New York Journal, [180-187], [208-209]
Kelly, John, [41], [205]
Keltie, Ettie, Case of, [140-142]
Koch, Judge, [145-149]
Labour Laws of New York, [200], [208]
Labour Unions, [201]
Law: Belial on the Judgment Seat, [145-149]
Lefkovitz, Isaac, [90]
Lexow (Clarence) Committee of Investigation, see under [Police]
Lewis, Alfred Henry, referred to, [214]
“Liberty enlightening the World,” [9-15]
Licensing Question, see under [Liquor Traffic]
Lincoln, Abraham, on Government, [160]
Liquor Traffic in New York:
Number of Saloons, [46]
Saloons open on Sundays, [62-63], [83]
The Liquor Dealers’ Associations, [82], [119]
The Excise Board and New Licences for Closed Houses, [138]
The Raines Liquor Law, [202], [205], [207], [215]
Literary Primacy of New York, [24-26]
Long Island Townships, Area of, [20]
Low, Seth,
First Tsar-Mayor of Brooklyn, [166-167], [172]
Quoted, [167], [176], [200], [201]
Candidate of the Citizens’ Union, [197-201]
Lowell, James Russell, quoted, [43], [186], [190]
Lucas, [104-105]
McAvoy, Inspector, [83], [84]
McClave, Commissioner John, [65], [73], [189]
McClure’s Magazine quoted, [35], [36], [37]
McKinley, Wm., referred to, [207]
McLaughlin, Capt., and Mr. Costello, [99-103]
McNally, King, and His Police, [107-118]
Mahan, Capt., referred to, [206]
Mahoney, Julia, Evidence of, [57-58]
Manhattan Borough, [20]
Manning, Cardinal, quoted, [212]
Maps of Greater New York, [21], [177]
Marius referred to, [165]
Martens, Sergeant, [85]
Martin, Commissioner, [64], [68-70], [83], [84], [85]
Martin, Mr., and the Promotion of Captain Creedon, [75-76]
Martini, Shoeblack, [88]
May 12th, Tammany’s Saint Day, [30]
Maynard’s Gambling-House, [84]
Meakin, Captain, [112], [113], [114], [116]
Meyer, Inspector Louis, [90], [153]
Monopolies, [48]
Mooney, Wm., introduced Tammany Society into New York, [30]
Moran, Michael, Evidence of, [137]
Moss, Frank, referred to, [55], [61], [72], [88], [100], [101], [123], [147]
Municipal Government in New York, Brooklyn, etc., see [New York], [Brooklyn], etc.
Munsey’s Magazine quoted, [173]
Munzinger’s Mineral Waters, [81]
Murray, Capt., [99], [101]
Napoleon III. and the Second Empire, [162-163], [165], [176]
Nathan, Ralph, Evidence of, [156]
Nation (of New York) quoted, [38]
New England Magazine quoted, [26]
New York City and Greater New York:
The Statue of Liberty, [9-10]
The Gateway of the New World, [9-15]
The Statue of Nathan Hale, [14-15]
The Second City in the World, [17-26]
The Window of America, and the Door of the New World, [21-24]
Tenderloin or 29th Precinct, [80-81], [99]
Political Power, [22]
Literary Primacy, [24-26]
Journalism in New York, [21], [24-26], [179-187]
The Story of Tammany, [27-31]
The Substitute for Tammany, [33-34]
Tammany a Great Political and Democratic Organisation, [32-35]
Tammany’s Record for Dishonesty, [35]
Rynders’s Empire Club and Its Methods, [35-36]
Fernando Wood’s Mayoralty, [37]
The Tweed Ring, [37-41]
Samuel J. Tilden and the Committee of Seventy, [40]
“Honest” John Kelly, [41]
Tammany Rule down to 1894, [43-55]
Dr. Parkhurst’s Campaign, [34], [48-52], [55], [84], [128]
The Lexow Committee of Investigation of Police Corruption, etc., [53-157] (see under [Police])
Tammany, the Police, and the Municipal Elections, [151-157]
The Fire Department, [98]
Amalgamation of Brooklyn with New York, [20], [26]
Maps of Greater New York, [21], [177]
Population, Foreigners, [18-22]
Area, [20]
Five Boroughs, [20]
Despairing Democracy, [159-163]
The Charter of Greater New York and the Second Empire, [162-163]
Government by Tsar-Mayor, [165-169]
Provisions of the Charter, [171-177]
Powers of the Mayor, [173-174], [176]
Financial Control and the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, [173-175]
Eighteen Executive Departments, [173-174], [176-177]
Impotence of the Municipal Assembly, [174-176]
Distrust of the People, [173]
Why not try the Inquisition? [189-195]
The Common Council and Division into Wards, [191-192]
Investigation by Newspaper, [193-195]
The Election of 1897; the Plebiscite for a Cæsar, [197-209]
Seth Low’s Candidature, [197-201]
Henry George’s Candidature, [201-205]
The Tammany Platform; Candidature and Election of Judge Van Wyck, [202-206], [211-216]
General Tracy’s Candidature, [206-209]
New York Evening-Post quoted and referred to, [35], [41]
New York Herald referred to, [96], [182]
New York Journal and Its Editor, [180-187], [214]
Quoted, [184-186]
The Journal and the Election, [208-209]
New York State Legislature, [171]
New York Tribune referred to, [26]
New York World referred to, [14], [180-183]
Newspapers, see [Journalism]
Newstafel, Anna, Evidence of, [119-120]
Nichols, Frank, [154-156]
North American Review quoted, [18-19], [58], [129], [152]
O’Connor, Edmund, referred to, [53], [61], [69-70], [80], [102], [129], [142]
Pandemonium of Typewriting-Machines—Central New York, [17]
Pantata Police, [119-123]
Parker, [82]
Parkhurst, Dr. C. H., and His Campaign against Tammany, [34], [48-52], [55], [84], [128]
Patriotic League of New York, [192]
Pennsylvania (see also [Philadelphia]): Tammany, Patron Saint, of Pennsylvania Troops, [30]
Pequod Club, [80-81]
Periodicals of New York, [24]
Perot, Madame, [132]
Petit Journal referred to, [180]
Philadelphia:
Population of, [19]
Brooklyn System of Government, [168]
Platt, Thos. A., [199], [205], [207]
Plebiscite for a Cæsar, [197-209]
Police of New York:
Down with the Police! [49-55]
The Bandits of New York, [57-60]
Powers and Impotence of the Police, [61-65]
Promotion by Pull and Promotion by Purchase, [67-77], [80-81]
The Case of Capt. Creedon, [73-77]
Capt. Schmittberger, [79-86]
The Police and the Foreign Population, [87-93]
The Slaughter-Houses of the Police, [95-105]
“Our Police Protectors,” [96]
King McNally and His Police, [107-118]
The Pantata Police and the Policy-Shops and Pool-Rooms, [119-123]
The Police and Houses of Ill-Fame, [81-85], [95], [117], [125-133]
The Police and the Poor, [135-143]
The Police and the Women in the Streets, [138-143]
The Police and Abortionists, [147-149]
The Police as Agents of Tammany in the Municipal Elections, [151-157]
Police Pension Fund, [96-98]
Police of St. Petersburg, [61-62]
Policy-Shops, see under [Gambling]
Polk, President, referred to, [36]
Pool-Rooms, see [Gambling]
Population of the United States and the Great American Cities, [19-20]
Portraits:
Byrnes, Superintendent, [65]
Costello, Augustine E., [94]
Creedon, Captain, [77]
Croker, Richard, [45]
Flower, Gov. R. P., [53]
George, Henry, [203]
Godkin, E. L., [42]
Goff, John W., [54]
Hearst, W. R., [178]
Hermann, Madam, [133]
Lexow, Clarence, [56]
Low, Seth, [164]
Moss, Frank, [123]
Parkhurst, Dr. C. H., [50]
Platt, Thomas C., [188]
Pulitzer, Mr., [181]
Schmittberger, Capt. Max F., [78]
Shaw, Dr. Albert, [170]
Sheehan, John C., [63]
Tilden, S. J., [40]
Tracy, General, [196]
Tweed, William M., [39]
Urchittel, Mrs., [91]
Van Wyck, Robert A., [158], [163]
Whitehead, Dr., [149]
Williams, Inspector, [105]
Wood, Fernando, [36]
Pound, Cuthbert W., referred to, [54], [129]
Preface, [5]
Prince, Frank, [95]
Proctor and Gambling Houses, [84]
Prostitutes, The Police and, [138-143]
Pulitzer, Albert, of New York Journal, [180]
Pulitzer, Mr., of New York World, [180-183]
Queen’s Borough, [20]
Quincy, Mass.: The Charter and Government by Tsar-Mayor, [168]
Raines Liquor Law, [200], [202], [205], [207], [215]
Reppenhagen, John W., and Capt. Creedon, [74-76]
Republican Party:
Candidature of Gen. Tracy, [206-209]
Seth Low, Candidate of the Citizens’ Union, [197-201]
Richmond Borough, Staten Id., [20]
Robertson, George W., referred to, [53]
Roesch, Ex.-Sen., [69-70], [129-131]
Rome, Ancient, and Greater New York, [165-166]
Roosevelt, Theodore, quoted, [58]
Rosalsky, Mr., [154]
Russia:
Russian Autocracy, [160], [163]
Tsar-Mayors of Brooklyn, Greater New York, etc., see [Brooklyn], [New York], etc.
The St. Petersburg Police, [61-62]
Rynders and the Empire Club, [35-36]
St. Louis, Missouri, Population of, [19]
St. Petersburg Police, [61-62]
Saloons of New York, see [Liquor Traffic]
San Francisco, Population of, [19]
San Francisco Examiner referred to, [180]
“Satan’s Invisible World Displayed,” by Matthew Hopkins, [27]
Saxton, Chas. T., referred to, [54]
Schillinberger, Policeman, [103]
Schlie, John, Evidence of, [72]
Schmittberger, Capt. Max F., [79-86]
Schryer, Sergeant, [69-70]
Scribner’s Magazine quoted, [174]
Second Empire, [162-163], [176]
Shakespeare quoted, [213]
Shalvey, Edward, [136]
Shaw, Dr. Albert, quoted, [33-34], [172], [173], [174], [175], [176], [177]
Sheehan, John C., [63-64], [80], [84], [85], [205]
Shephard, E. M., quoted, [169]
Shipping: Ascendency of New York, [22-24]
Slaughter-Houses of the Police, [95-105]
Smith, Silver Dollar, [135]
Standant, Thos. J., [102-103]
Stanley, Mr., and Mr. Costello, [99], [100], [102]
State Legislature of New York, [171]
Staten Id. Borough, [20]
Stranger within the Gates, [87-93]
Street Railways, [200]
Strong, Mayor, [172], [176]
Subin, Jacob, referred to, [154]
Sutherland, Wm. A., referred to, [54], [64]
Sylla’s Dictatorship referred to, [165]
Tammany, St.:
Origin and Early History of Tammany, [27-31]
Tammany in New York, see under [New York]
Tenderloin or 29th Precinct, [80-81], [99]
Thurow, Augusta, Evidence of, [129-131]
Tilden, Samuel J., and the Committee of Seventy, [40]
Tocqueville, A. C. H. C. de, quoted, [19]
Tracy, Gen. Benjamin F., Republican Candidate, [172], [199], [206-209]
Tsar-Mayors of Brooklyn, Greater New York, etc., see under [Brooklyn], [New York], etc.
Tweed, Wm. M., and the Tweed Ring, [37-41], [157], [212]
“Unctuous Rectitude,” [43]
United States (see also [Brooklyn], [New York], etc., etc.):
British Devotion to the American Commonwealth, [10]
Ireland and America, [10-11], [22]
Population, [18-19]
New York and the Presidential Campaign, [22]
Imperial Ambitions, [166]
Urchittel, Mrs., Evidence of, [89-93]
Vail, Detective, [81-82]
Van Wyck, Judge Robert A.:
Tammany Candidate, [197], [202-206]
Election of, [211-216]
Voorhis, Commissioner, and the Promotion of Capt. Creedon, [74-76]
Walsh, Mike, and Tammany, [35-36]
Warren and Costello Treaty, [96]
Walters, Flora, Evidence of, [145]
Weigand, Sergeant, [74-75]
Werner, Karl, Case of, [136]
West’s (Mrs. Sadie) Disorderly House, [84]
Westchester County, [20]
Whitehead, Dr. Newman, Evidence of, [147-149]
Whitney, Edgar A., Evidence of, [211]
Whitty, Ex-Convict, [157]
Williams, Inspector, [82], [83], [85], [99], [101]
Witches’ Sabbat, [27]
Women in the Streets, The Police and, [138-143]
Wood, Fernando, Mayor of New York, [37]
Worst Treason of All, [151-157]
Zimmerman, Detective, [103], [128-129]
LONDON: PRINTED BY WM. CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
Footnote:
[1] The following table of some of the rates enforced by the police may be found convenient for reference:—
Pool-rooms from £10 to £60 per month.
Policy shops from £4 per month.
Liquor dealers, 8s. per month.
Prostitutes, outside, from 4s. a week to 2s. per night.
Prostitutes, inside, 4s. per week.
Houses of ill-fame from £2 to £10 per month.
Ditto. Initiation fee on opening, from £100 to £400.
Price of Police appointment, £60.
"of a Sergeant’s post, £300.
"of Captaincy, £3,000.