| Show leniency c rt Toward I war J Criminals C. C I S P paws r G U S r O Officers Officer ricer s' s F. F Fire Ire I 1 to t 1 I i eau of Investigation n e on Chief lI Meth Methods Method s g Ir With Wit h Offenders Aug 1 The The y with which habitual criminals in n liberty liberty constitutes one of the i t o of pf the abuses which must be in order to make more mor ef ef- ef 1 warfare cUve-warfare on organized crime the he opinion of J J. J Edgar Hoover tor of the bureau of lI l Washington who prepared a aper aper per tr on the crime situ situation which Ilie read lead d for lor him tonight at the open open- convention of ot the International of Chiefs of oC Police at 11 the rhian hotel The he e. e proems problems of organized gang fare ie and the defiance by desper desper- armea criminals of yf the forces of jety and civilization may no longer he said A A recent illusion illus illus- U ion n of this armed defiance oc oc- rr EdUn don June 17 last at the union Ion n plaza at K Kansas City Mo No This a s but out one of many instances It is a challenge to law and order Il civilization lv l zat on itself and those of who represent the police forces be he e c country both state and national l e accepted i the challenge Those participated o-participated in this cold blooded der will be De hunted down Sooner later ater the penalty which is their wm be paid There here Is one condition of too ire ire- nl mt abuse which heeds prompt Too many habitual crim- crim li lit iare are at liberty Too many are aresing ming sing our str streets ts and highways in in- upon l v violence olence mur mur- murli Q li any crime that will enable themi them i millet afflict their bloody will upon so so- l If P. P liLY i MERCY Frank Yank Nash who participated in Kansas City murder is a of the costly merc mercy that to criminals of this type September 13 1913 he was reed re re- ed at the state stat penitentiary at Me Me- Iter Okla to serve a life Lenon Len sen- ct- ct on conviction of murder On 11 flO 1918 less than five years from ring ding this p penitentiary he was td a lull ardon On Ott December was vas convicted and sentenced 25 years in Oklahoma state dt nUa y for or bur burglary lary b by ec Nn In Dec December 1922 he was was was' dis dis- qed ked Something is decidedly wrong with it m be beso so abused as lace expressions of sentimentality ore Ire the proper protection of soI so so- y I Theories are pleasant compans compan Compan- Compan s in the study or conference room the he sentimentalist or the the the i ul III humanitarian but th these e theS the'S the the- S 'S have exacted a blood bloody toll of ant int police officers throughout the n 7 who have b been n compelled to front the recipients of mercy not armed or regenerated but with dealing th-dealing machine guns in theirs their ds s The place for tor criminals habit habit- criminals is behind prison walls e t suggested that it be made more for tor criminals to secure fires fire fire- s I j and and- that the police be b better armed It is not a time he said to tadi to di diminish Jt minish forces limit resources or T withdraw withdraw support w support f x- x If It It only a fraction of or the tribute r paid to racketeers were added to the rr r maintenance rt of adequate well t trained and properly equipped palice po pa police lice agencies he declared it It would be a farseeing economy and contribute contribute contrib contrib- u ute te to a more wholesome orpe national c ex- ex ADVISES DEFIANCE E EHe He advised sed c citizens receiving threatening requests ests or demands o cok communicate communicate immediately with the auth authorities and defy th these e sewer ra raw rats w who vho o pursue this ancient piratical game game ame The individual citizen he said should see sec that no political influence ence once plays a part in the election of members of law enforcing bodies bodles and th that t police officials ve are properly paid The federal goi go government Mr H Hoover Hoover Hoo Hoo- over o- o ver said m may y T render the local IDeal police assistance in t J cases and his asen agents 1 have hi Ve been instructed to act ct on the assumption that a fed fed- pr f law has been violated He pleaded plead ed for greater cooperation among po lice hee agencies I r want to pay tribute he said said to to those battlefronts representing the law enforcement agencies who have joined with this bureau in building up the largest reservoir of c criminal records based on fingerprints in the in-the the world More than fingerprint fingerprint fin fin- records are increased by 2200 each cach day with 45 per cent resulting In identifications With an exchange of ot 41 foreign countries countries coun coun- tries a single fingerprint file on 1600 known kidnapers and extortionists a n large increase in fugitives identified there there is Js progress along the line Inthis in inthis inthis this library of who in crIme J |
