Show Rampant Crime n to Be Stopped Special Watchers Put on Duty Police and Detective Departments Depart Depart- Depart I ments to Check Thieves and Bandits Neither Uniform Nor Star Will Disclose Identity of Secret Force or bandits who observIng observIng observing T THIEVES ing that no uniformed patrolman is in sight attempt to operate in the downtown shopping district district dis dis- dis- dis may get a big surprise As an I additional precaution against the wave of crime now sweeping the country Chief of Police Joseph B Burbidge and Chief of Detectives Riley M. M Beckstead have selected four patrolmen who will wilt mingle with the crowds but will wear no uniform or star These men have been picked because of their knowledge of the the- habits of ot pickpockets and holdups and their memory for faces Several large cities have launched determined drives against the underworld and many crooks are fleeing to cities where they are not so well known according to the police Chief Burbidge and Chief Beckstead held a conference with several leading bankers Saturday and discussed precautions precautions precautions pre pre- cautions to be taken against robbery Information received by the local de department department department de- de from Eastern cities is to o the effect that bank banI messengers and boys bOj's employed by Jewelry houses have haye been frequent victims of thugs who operate in daylight The say that In Salt Lake boys have been frequently sent to banks from large business houses carrying large sacks of silver and currency and others have been with the delivery of large parcels of Jewelry Business houses have been advised not notto notto notto to send messengers unprotected and to camouflage valuables in order not notto notto notto to attract the attention of thugs The local police officials attribute Salt Lakes Lake's comparative freedom from big robberies to the fact tact th that t the patrolmen patrolmen patrolmen pa pa- and detectives do not allow suspicious characters to colonize here Roundups ere are made each night and the men who are brought in are carefully carefully carefully care care- fully Investigated |