Show Burtons Burton's April Sob Complex r IN IN THE springtime Commissioner T. T T. T BurI Burtons Burton's Burtons Burton's Bur Bur- I tons ton's fancies lightly turn to maudlin sympathy sym pathy for lawbreakers Exactly a year ago this month the headD head o D th the city's public safety department wrote a letter begging prosecuting officials officials officials' ls to let the wholesale apartment house burglar go free Citizens doubtlessly will recall Mr BurMon's Burl Bur- Bur Eton's Mons l ons on's sob behalf of the prisoner who had f 1 burglarized l thirty eight apartments His plea was as ignored Now Mow he is seized once more by this April I leniency He has appealed to the city commission Jo to to suspend of the fine imposed on former Patrolman William H. H Mitchell for manufacturing whisky The commissioner is sadly adly moved by the fact that his patrolman ex-patrolman imay inay not be able to pay his fine and may have to 10 go to jail even as d do ordinary law violators and criminals x Mayor John F. F Bowman n and Commissi Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- si ner Charles N. N Fehr were properly impressed impressed impressed im- im pressed with the ludicrousness of Mr Burtons Burton's plea Mr Fehr declared he believed Mitchells Mitchell's offense four times worse than had it been committed by any other citizen because of the place of public trust the officer held The mayor mayor said he thought the patrolman ex-patrolman should have received the stiffest penalty possible pos pos- sible for his violation Fortunately therefore Mr Burtons Burton's unusual Unusual unusual un un- usual b behavior for behavior for a law enforcement official cial is cial-is is not being taken seriously Perhaps it is merely his annual April outbreak and he vill vill be able to shake this springtime sob- sob complex and be a good law enforcement advocate for the balance of the year |