Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-09-30 | Page 4 | Salem-and a Printer

SALEM SALEM AND AND A PRINTER N it becomes apparent there is a aI I V breakdown in the police service and that protection ordinarily expected is quite conspicuous by its absence the protective in instinct instinct in- in of civilians naturally grows stronger and more resourceful as well as more tive Take Salem for instance The little Utah county town has no police force to patrol its streets to spot suspicious characters and to defend the security of its homes and business business business busi busi- busi- busi ness houses Instead when burglars entered a. a store a-store and plundered it the people of Salem were apprised of the fact and within a few minutes an armed posse had surrounded the place and captured the robbers All this was accomplished with neatness and dispatch There was no police alarm no long delay in waiting for the police pollee to arrive no shrieking of police sirens to warn the lookout The plain citizens of the town did dida a most effective job of grabbing the crooks and throwing them into jail In Salt Lake where there are also burglars burglars burglars bur bur- a printer ter encountered an armed robber in his home Instead of rushing to the telePhone telephone telephone tele tele- phone and notifying the police he cracked the intruder over the head caught him by bythe bythe bythe the scruff of the neck and threw him into an automobile Then he wheeled him down downto to the police station and delivered him to the j jailer aUer All of which leads to the suspicion that there are a good many excellent policemen in civilian clothes who are supplementing the work of the police pollee without even troubling the uniformed force And they are setting a fine example