Show NO REAL RAL CROOKS FOUND IN CUBA Petty Crimes Run Strong but Are Ie- Ie Pretty Safe By Lee J. J N N. N E. E A A. A Staff Correspondent HA HAVANA ANA March 12 Ills His name doeS doe not matter He has had many Probably the he most figure figure figure fig fig- ure In the Plaza lobby was that gray- gray haired laired bespectacled rogue who b boasts ts that hat since a farmer to whom he was bound out In Vermont horsewhipped him forty five years year ago he has haa not earned a dollar by toil toll Our acquaintance has covered many years and several cities He was wining win- win Ing ng to talk shop I I am taking a a. little rest down here he said The races are a weakness ol ot mine you know Of course if I worked anybody it would have lave to LO be these sports who arc are supposed to be the wisest in the world Really they are easy This Is Isa Isa isa a paradise for petty larceny artists sure- sure thing gamblers and con men who take th he the lonely American n for his s roll roll Evidently ide i nh there na a are no real roOks crooks in Cuba I can show you half halt a a. million dollars dollars' worth of pf diamonds in an unprotected window of a side street Jewelry tore store store and they tell me that no one ever pulls mils the kind of Jobs that jobs that are done ev everyday every evry rr day ay almost in the the- loop of ot Chicago And yet And yet the natives wont won't believe me when 1 tell them that an American newsboy newsboy news- news boy can leave his bis paper stand and that cust customers will make change for themselves themselves them- them selves elves put of his pile of ot pennies and nickels spread ort oft on a street corner Havana Havana Havana Ha Ha- vana thieves will snatch anything lying around loose but they never attempt a ajob ajob job ob that requires nerve A former New York detective reported that hat in one day he recognized fifteen noted American crooks Blackmail and fake ake gambling are the chief methods employed eni- eni loyed to se separate a t the tourist from rom his my money Ye Yet the the tourist Is safer in Havana than in any American city during the he present holdup epidemic lc |