Show I Disgraceful Conduct I officials who entered the Iho l home o e oC or Walker T. T 1 Gunter in search o of a shipment o or of narcotics should be he thoroughly ashamed of or their conduct Such an outrageous display of stupidity might be expected of or a wayside constable but it docs does not become the dignity dignity dig dig- nH of federal authority Tho The fact that the apartment was quarantined for smallpox alone should have prompted better judgment The only attempt to justify the action has been a statement tat ment to the eff effect t that the name of the occupant of the apartment was wm not revealed re in the search war war- rant Nevertheless s 's it was possible for the authorities authorises to obtain the aid of a city health inspector A littlemore littlemore little littlemore the id of the more inquiry might ha- ha have hae e revealed identity occupant without serious delay to the contemplated seizure No doubt these thes officers were clothed with tho the lull fun power of the law However the act savors so much of the cunning of the he correspondence school detective o that the public will be inclined to marvel that the power of the law is not placed in the hands of men with more more discretion and better judgment Ferrets of crime crimo will vill find enough to them in the underworld without without without with with- out disturbing the peace and dignity of respectable resi resi- resi dents |