Show Li NEWSPAPERS N w pAPERS AND ND CRIMINALS miHE T t HE D DD D NEWSPAPERS arc are arcy V y i after us and ald the police are fol folso L lpg fi 1 tiem so we wed cl better make a Y ThI line was found In a aletter alo letter lotter lo iw written by one of the New York swindlers to a fellow fellowS S blackleg and it tells teUs a great deal In a avery l lvery very few words lords So Sa long as aa the news newspapers newspapers newspapers papers paid no attention to them these bandits felt perfectly safe sq e They plundered dered the unsuspecting public at their fian will their operations op r being I limited only by byth the purges s of their vie tins i L For or m J hs they had been following their unlawful trade One day a little I f news n item te appeared lp eard fn fri ri one one pe ot of the tl news n wS 1 j i papers n pers about them t 1 m The next n day the 1 I story contained d more m re details Other I II newspapers newspapers took the matter up U Th n h I I the police busied themselves the with the t I affairs of the swindlers Nov Now they are rel running in every very direction Suppose the newspapers had kept quiet q l t about b ul the matter Would the police poUce have looked Into it U Hardly H for foi th have a little habit pi ot depending to a 8 considerable extent on the ih newspapers n for assistance in rounding up crim criminals crI The average aver ge criminal l fear tear the Ute police very velY much He does fear the newspaper r If it were w re not for the newspapers of the UnIt d States crime would flourish unchecked and crimin criminals n I II als would enjoy seasons I of prosperity The newspapers do more every day to protect the public against the fellows and their kind than the police depart departments d part ments can do in a year ear There really Is no excuse these days for tor the man vho who allows himself to o be victimized by any ny of or the old games game I Dally Daily newspapers cost c st from 1 to 5 cents each when purchased one oneat at a time They cost cost considerably less Jess than that t hat when subscriptions ns are paid in advance It may not be true that very every e vei man Who vho does not read a news newspaper newspaper newspaper paper falls a victim to the Uie wiles of f some ome s sharper but nearly every victim victims is i s a man Who read a ft newspaper newspaper newspaper per In the columns of ot o the newspaper aper are laid bare the last details of schemes for f or tapping the unwary The Th newer the t he scheme the surer l it is to secure wide publicity why the crooks hate hatO at the news newspapers newspapers papers papers Take the man who ho wants to keep his saloon open on Sunday in vio violation violation yb lation i of or the law Jawor or the man mah who is a professional gambler Those people dont like the newspapers either un unless unless uness less l ess the newspapers are silent about their heir t offenses The Th surest way vay to stop st p public public p gambling and Sunday whisky I selling elling s is to publish the fact that the evils are permitted to nourish flourish I The moral is obvious |