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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page (May 7, 1927) This page reports on a scandal involving **Harry K. Shaw**, a well-known Yonkers man accused of biting a woman named **Peaches Blacking** during a costume ball. The headline "Shaw Bites Peach! Dissolute Plutocrat Again Runs Amuck" presents Shaw as a wealthy man behaving scandalously. The photographs show Shaw and an injured woman, documenting the incident. Multiple women testified Shaw had acted "queerly and suddenly," biting Peaches Blacking while in costume. The article includes witness accounts describing Shaw's violent behavior and his removal by police. This appears to be straightforward crime reporting presented as sensational tabloid content—using wealthy misbehavior to entertain readers—rather than political satire. The "Plutocrat" label suggests class commentary on elite lawlessness.
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TABLOID NUMBER SHAW BITES PEA Dissolute Plutocrat Again Runs Amuck YONKERS, N. H., May 7.—jafterwards that he remem- Harry K. Shaw, well-known] bered nothing of the occur- man about town and alleged|rence and his lawyer mour of Sophie Pucker, | already entered a plea of in- ain ran amuck last evening| sanity in the third degree on the corner of 207th and|Among those injured are: Wall. — Bystande testified | Mrs. Carrie Whoofus, that Shaw had been acting} Houston, Texas, contusions of queerly and suddenly ran) the right ankle. Mrs. Gladiola | around barking like a dog and|Gookafritz, Elyria, | Kansas, | biting passersby. All of the|fatlen arehe Mrs. Sadie injured were women, with the|Slogoqitz, 36492 Euralemon exception of Osgood Gumpel.|st., Brooklyn. Gumpel stated afterwards he| Mrs, Gookafritz, of Houst was on his way to a fancy|said: “I had just stepped out dress ball at the Knights of|for a pack of Camels, when I Pythias in Montclair and was|saw Shaw coming around the wearing a costume given him|end. He tackled iow, but I by Peaches Blacking. Police-|gave him a good kick in the man O'Rourke, who has only | jaw which stunned him tem- been with the force 68 years, | porarily. I turned quickly and finally stopped Shaw in his|had the presence of mind to mad pranks. Shaw claimed] dive into a manhole.” SHAW snapped at the Fireman’s Ball with Mrs. Nina Ninr née Nonny, the well-known society matron and sportswoman. Read today's editorial on) "THE WEATHER “Should Our Dissolute Million- | aires Be Allowed the Freedom of the City?” Dr. Nicholas) saTURDAY, MAY 7 |Murray Murray, when asked | |by a TABLOID reporter wi he would do to prevent such crimes as this happening, tated that it could remedied by equipping generate millionaire false teeth and forcing them to | leave them at home before | going out. | . | | Congressman Thaddeus Tid- | VOCAL—Increasing fogginess laleberry, when interviewed by among TABLOID readers. MRS. OTTO GOOKAFRITZ, one of Shaw's vietims, as she |* TABLOID reporter, stated) Hols of wind tit There was snapped by a TABLOID photographer, standing at the |that there ought to be a law| hot air, in ge corner of Forty-second ‘Street and Broadway, during. the |Compelling dissolute million-| mayhem, larceny, man- eine aires to wear muzzles. slaughte nd assault. JUDGE, Volume 92. No. 2375. M: 1927. Entered as Second-Class Matter, October 21, 1881, at the Post-Offi t_ New York City, N. Y., under Act of March 3, 1879. Additional entry at Jamaica, L, 1.,N-¥. $5.00 a year. 1Sc.a copy. Published Weckly by Judge Publishing Coy Tne, 627 West dard Strect, New Vor No Ni. and copyrighted 1927. by them Ya the U.S. ind Great Britain; Fred L- Rogan: President; Norman Anthony. Vice-President; Josepiv T. Cooney, Aes't Treasurer and Assit Secretary, Williarn Mortis Houghton, Secretary, 027 West 43rd St, New Work, N. . he fact tist every ariicle and picture appearing in JUDaR is protected undes the pro} yright Law For advertising rates address E. R. Crowe & Company, Inc, New York: 39 Vanderbilt Aves Vhicago: 225 North Michigan A 1 comicbooks.com