Show CRIMS OF INDIA ADEPTS IN CRIME Skillful in Robbery Almost Be- Be Beyond Beyond Be Beyond yond Belief To step In where n a gO had admitted failure to pit all nIl his ener energies and antI long y cars of perilous v work ork In n a fight or crime was wis the ta task tak that Commis Commissioner F r Booth Tucker of the Sat Sal ration together Ith his Ills wife set himself elf when hen he undertook to reform certain notorious criminal trIbes The fhe Crims as ns the Indian cram criminals mals are called consist of entire trIbes of e l come of whom v horn are descended from the indent ancient rulers of India They Ih live e ilmo t entirely by robbery and antI rapine There are about 1000 Crims In India banded to together gether In a secret society whose hoce sole ole business Is to commit crime Both noth men mea and women omen tike part pirt In the robberies while their children are empo employed ed as scouts and guides The Crims use neither sword nor gun un and carried out the raids miles awa away from their own village e Then follows n a general shire sh out of the spoil poll which fre- fre frequently frequently fre frequently represents i 1 huge sum In one province pro 3 rupees w were re reported as stolen in one sear veir Of amount only the odd were recovered i t tribe will Ill keep n a regular gong ging of perhaps 30 O young men to do the robbery for the time whole trIbe The live is lS agri If one of the gong ging Is tai tal en bv T the police his successor Is Immediately named bv by b the tribal chiefs If It he hesitates tu to go every woman in the tribe mocks him It ItIs Itis ItIs Is a case of No robbery robbery-no robbery no wife One tribe specializes In jewel rob rob- robberies rob robberies In India native nath e women make their eats eais their banks and Invest their savings In jewelry This they hang from the lobes of their ears which are artificially enlarged for forthe forthe forthe the purpose Each Lach member of this particular tribe has bas a n razor edged bladd strapped to his forefinger and after creeping toward a n sleeping woman he mikes a n neat cut In heren her cos and relieves relle her of her ber Jewelry So skillful Is the cut and so hard the flesh that In many ninny cites the sleeper Is not disturbed One of the time difficulties was to In Induce Induce Induce duce the Crims to believe belle that thit a po- po policeman po policeman Iceman v was as not necessarily a n foe toe lime ordinary Crim Is adept nt at breaking Into native houses whose walls are usually of mud or wattle ITe He does docs not force open the door he cuts a hole In the wall |