Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-07 | Page 28 | Shiploads of Skull Crackers

I J j Shiploads Sh of Sk Skull l Crackers Cracke acke i s. s t MOST j of us realize pretty well that law j. j observance is is' is s h not t. t o one le of our dur our nat nations nation's ns n's reading leading virtues and that the police accordingly accordingly accordingly accord accord- are kept pretty busy but did yo you ever know that tl the e wo wood d out of which policemen's clubs are made comes omes into the country in full shiploads Well Wen it does The docks of the Bush te terminal minal in in Brooklyn receive ship after ship from tIle the West Indies loaded with lignum the the hardest heaviest wood obtainable whiCh which is is' is Shipped from there to the factories factories factories fac fac- tories where ni nightsticks ar are made This wood is is so heavy it will not flo float t in water It takes a fine polish and is so tough that it can make an impression on the thickest skull of the tou toughest hest criminal in the country And the country's cops are so busy that hat it comes in by the shipload A