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Show CHICAGO TO HAVE FOREIGN POLICE Chicago. March 0. Chicago is to have a forolgu.pclicoJcElon to york-with york-with the regular force. 'Iwenty-flve men will he examined In the Sicilian j language anil all who pass that test nnd the necessary physical examination examina-tion will be put to work. Thla plan of having a corps nf foreign for-eign policemen npart from the regular reg-ular force has been evolved by Chief of Police Steward to provide detectives to work on "Black Hand' and other Italian murder cases hitherto impossible impos-sible of solution. The chief and his inspectors believe be-lieve men who understand the Sicilian language and people arc necessary to clvnr up the mysteries, but the civil service requirements have proved a stumbling block when it came to getting such men on the regular force. As . a rule the Sicilians not only are lacking in regulation height and weight, but also are unable to pass the American educational test for patrolmen. The establishment of a new arm of the department will avcid this. |