Judge — February 1, 1902 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This 1902 Judge cartoon satirizes **Rube Knickerbocker**, apparently a well-known figure of the era (likely a sports personality or public character). The caricatured figure is weighed down with labels referencing various scandals and vices: "blackmail," "gambling," "gold brick," and references to "Tammany" (the notoriously corrupt New York political machine) and "Treasury." The signs reading "NO MORE BLACKMAIL" and "NO MORE GAMBLING" suggest Knickerbocker's reform or rehabilitation. The cartoon mocks this supposed reformation, depicting him as still mired in corruption and vice despite claims of reform. The title "A New Cop On" (incomplete in the visible text) likely plays on Knickerbocker's surname, suggesting he cannot escape his reputation even with a supposed "new" clean start.