Show WHIPPING POST A BARBAROUS RELIC Police Chief Disagrees With Pastor Who Advocates Its Revival The introduction of barbarism from the pulpit of an o au church by bya a rising rIs ng young clergyman Ju lii advocat advocating advocatIng ing lug a n whipping post for criminals Is most surprising said Chief Chiet of or Police poUce PoliceS S M r Barlow yesterday after he ho had perused the sermon of the Rev Fran Francis Francis Francis cis Burgette Short At the First Meth Moth Methodist Methodist odist church Sunday on the subject Our Carnival of Crime But it Is not strange that Dr Short took this unusual stand before hIs bis con congregation congregation congregation Sunday morning continued the chief I have been told that Rev Reverend Reverend Short has attempted to boast while on this side of ot the that he was born and raised in old od Dela Delaware Delaware Delaware ware where the whipping poet post was first introduced to America If Mr Short hort will go back Lack to Massa Massachusetts Massachusetts ho he will find that the tho whipping post was abolished so many years ago when whon civilization could no longer with withstand withstand withstand stand open barbarism that history pages which record it are brown with age The Tho stocks and the whipping post and the practice of ot throwing women in the tho mill pond to determine whether or not they thay were witches are not pleas pleasant pleasant ant things to recall when one reflects this country Is la the leader of civilized d lands The laws lawn of the country are be becoming becoming becoming coming more and more powerful to cope with the criminal situation The modern methods of dealing with crimi criminals criminals criminals nals are more successful than any pre pro previously preViously introduced Authorities who have made a study of criminal situa situations situations know this to be true truo In that event why should we W go back to bar barbarism barbarism 7 Chief of Police Barlow agrees agrees with the Kev Mr hOIt that the addition of ot numerous patrolmen would increase the efficiency of or his department This he ha advocated very strongly to the city council during the first of the year when he be recommended that at least twenty patrolmen be aIded added to his fOrce He has also urged the city council to purchase an automobile patrol wag wagon wagon wagon on that quicker responses may be made to burglar calls and also a complete system of call boxes bones which will enable headquarters to keep In closer touch with the men who walk the beats |