| Show CRIME CAUSED BY VIOLATION T OF DRY LAW LAWr F r Retiring I Chief White hite Gives v. v Opinion as to Why Thy House Burglaries r Increase i PREDICTS AIRPLANE NE v FOR POR POLICE PATROL r r rr r of of Plane Valuable ill in 4 Preventing 0 Interstate j V f Bootleg Traffic v i v t M f On On the etc ec of oC his departure from Crom of- of C foa a chief of or police J J. J Parley larley White last ast night Issued a n. statement In which S r declared that a majority of or house the violation of ot burglaries from I Jh h prohibition law Jaw He lie predicted ap- ap I v adoption of oC airplane as 8 a a. n- n nc c vehicle Chief White lIa said ath d c My y observations d during n nearly tour four our bar years years' arf as QS police chief ha have convinced V to 15 mo that a majority of oC house burglaries h and nd especially the continued Increase In it type of crime cnn can be traced di directly dl- dl to 10 the tile violation of oC the t S S tF n lAw lw I J am ant that this thIt law laws s Indirectly caused ct many men to en- en a aM aK bun burglars lahl who i would nouM never have e tl done ne so The Thc fact enet that private ate Blocks of oC S liquor are aro known to exist In many man Households hia has In induced mon men n to brouk bruk th law Thc They reasoned that because there nr j no property rights In antl liquor the they could not be pun pun- l fJ for Cor the theft or Of on the other Ti nd their victim w would fear to rc- rc burglary tho-burglary because o of Its Illegal possession and the prosecution which k i l rn II n jL x 11 he lie t I I la certain that t man many men aried ar- ar r- r for burglary have O Insisted that or WR sa va tile original n of their alJ that the they J later er took monc money Ami nd nd other pIker valuables as a second thought J Is la also certain that a n. great many ris who have reported burglaries homes ernes Jui have hayo o suffered more morea Cm a depleted liquor supply than thanom om rn any ot other hr source Some have been frank ranI to admit this but others regarding regard regard- In ing whom I had Information have haveS S camouflaged tho the loss JOIS of ot proof ky or other alcoholic gems under ho guise of oC precious stones and metal au equivalent value S j thin number of oC such cases UlIch hl h have been Jeen called to m my attentIon atten- atten lion tIon T I would nay flay ay that only about 2 S per er cent of all house burglaries arc are committed originally original with tho the Intent Jewelry or money and we have o matr many cases on record where the tho I CB have havo pa pas passed cd ed up nn any amount of oC 1 e o valuables for lolice Patrol 5 Chief White said also that ho lie anticipated antici antici- t 1 the approaching adoption of oC the J airplane as a police pollee vehicle There ThereS S 15 no flO Que question said the tho chief but but tho tic use uto of oC airplanes would have haveS havel S c l proven oven of oL Inestimable value In preventing prevent prevent- J ing I interstate to liquor traffic which pro cd MO io o difficult difficult- to handle a few back These planes could have r In bootleg whisk whisky where an nn officer on land would woul have haveS S J missed them thorn S uThen Then too with the coming coming- of oC the theair air aTi 1 mall service this spring and tho thoS Vj S n development of ur air nil traffic l liot Jt will not ot 1 to long Ions before tho number of ot planes lanes In and out of oC the city dally daily x mal make malc c some sort of regulation Im- Im J and to t properly regulate this S traffic wilt will require ri th the use of oC similar Vehicles said Mid Chief White |
