Show CRIMS OF INDIA ADEPTS IN CRIME Skillful in Robbery Almost Beyond Beyond Be Be- yond Belief To step In where a n government had bad admitted failure to pit lIlt all his energies and long years of ot perilous work In a n fight against organized I crime was the tho task that Com Commissioner Commis mis- mis cr F. F Bo Booth th Tucker of ot the Salvation Sal Sal- army together with his wife set get himself l when ho he undertook to reform certain notorious criminal tribes In India The Tho Crims as the Indian crImInals criminals criminals crim crIm- are called consist of ot entire tribes of natives some of whom are descended from the ancient rulers of ot India They live almost entirely ely by robbery and rapine There are about CrIms In India banded together together to to- gether tether In a n see secret society whose sole solo business is to commit crime Both men and women take part In the robberies while their children are arc employed as scouts and guides n n The Crims use neither sword nor gun and Invariably carried out the raids miles away from their own village Then follows a n general share out of th the spoil spon which frequently frequently frequently fre fre- represents n a huge sum In one province rupees were reported as stolen In one year Of Ot this amount only the odd were recovered t Occasionally a tribe will keep a regular gang of perhaps 80 SO young men to do the robbery for the whole tribe The remainder live as agri agri- culturists If one of the gang pang Is taken by the police pollee his successor Is Immediately named by the tribal chiefs If he hesitates to go every ery woman in the tribe mocks him It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is a case of No robbery robbery robbery-no no wife wIte I One tribe specializes In Jewel rob rob- hence In India native women make their ears their banks and Invest their savings In Jewelry This they hang from rom the lobes of their ea ears which are artificially enlarged for forthe forthe forthe the purpose Each member of ot this particular tribe has a razor-edged razor blade strapped stropped to his forefinger un end and after creeping toward a sleeping Bleeping woman he makes a neat cut In her ear and relieves her of her Jewelry So skillful Is the cut and so hard the flesh that In many cases the sleeper I Is not disturbed One of ot the difficulties was to Induce In duce the Crims to believe that a po was not necessarily a n foe The ordinary Grim Crim Is adept at breaking Into native houses whose walls are usually of ot mud or wattle He does not force open the door he cuts a hole hole In In the wall |