Judge, 1931-04-11 · page 8 of 36
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# Analysis of Judge Page This page contains **satirical commentary on Prohibition-era organized crime** and government ineffectiveness. The top section ("Gangster Activities") reports on mob violence—assault cases, speakeasy closures, and murders—with dark humor. The cartoons illustrate the absurdity: judges conducting business while gangsters operate openly; a speakeasy disguised as legitimate premises; and a bootlegger proudly displaying undamaged bottles after a raid ("Hurrah! It's over and I didn't lose a single bottle!"). The "Very Proper" section mocks government farm relief bodies that "function indefinitely"—bureaucratic waste. The final jab questions Mayor Walker's hat spending while crime flourishes. **The satire's point**: Prohibition created profitable crime while authorities proved impotent. Government agencies persist uselessly while actual problems (gangsterism, corruption) go unaddressed.
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Gangster Activities Pz Zamnoon1, member of the Brooklyn Red Hook mob, is at St. Ignatz’s Hospital, where his appendix and thirty-two machine-gun slugs will be removed. “Gyp” Gunerossitto, on trial before Judge Muscussi for assault in the Café racket case, has succeeded in having the complainant thrown out of court, The Diviglano mob, of the lower East Side, closed the speakeasy of Mike Supfani, and the mouths of three members of his gang. Magistrate Snaggirizzo has resigned from the bench, because of ill health. “Big Joe” Suprilla, Harlem policy king, bumped off at the corner of 119th Street and Seventh Avenue, by several rivals in a closed car. W nesses were able to supply the last three numbers of the car. “Ah, business is better?” , it isn’t that. I just turned it sideways.” Cigarface Cornpone announces an increase of 0 per barrel, in the price of beer, owing to an increase in the Prohibition force operating in his territory. Joe Scavielli, king of the beer run- ners of Upper Westchester County, was crowned by the Gazzitini_ mob yesterday. The Taggiola gang, of Brooklyn, are rumored to be planning to take over the Chivviella wine busine The latest rumor exploded Tuesd evening, wrecking the doorway of the building. —Dana L. Cotte “Oh, come on—this isn’t a speakeasy “Well, sit down a little while—it will be, Very Proper ‘The government —an- nounces that its farm re- lief bodies will continue to function indefinitely. That’s the way most gov- ernment bodies function. Well, the Wickersham report is ended, but the malady lingers on. And, whatever else hap- pens, there at least ought to be an_ investigation : into. those hats Mayor “Hurrah! It’s over and I didn’t lose a single bottle!” Walker wears. Sy ~ 6 comicbooks.com