Show A The city of Cleveland ha halo a chIef at Cf pone who bM belte in tM the t ot of the tM ml ride ta In the t it of 01 And AnU M as he ke hw has h tried hb hIs theory theary long enough nough to demonstrate te it Iw Its of general ml correctness It I Is II worthy 0 attention Chief of or Pollee Ired Nd Kehler In 1 ION following statement to an n made mad ade the assembly of or polio chiefs chief ch at Detroit It lt hue M been n wild said I as r yen JOI with 1 long experience In polio know that the lb police unwillingly and wittingly P rh p have haven In making crim crimInal been bean n a as aa Inal a as say any other Rage A 4 1 assocIatiOn Uon exempted excepted This 1 we have done clone by making these theae th numerouS offender by exposing lu arrests rt at t of tit fIrst ansi and branding th U them m with police polk c court r rami and ami prison records record AVe We W have hare dill dis men We VA have han driven young MIl men and weak wk taco men to the th haunt haunts and ani of ot habitual and I export crimInals criminal who have taught them the Ideals Idell and Anti the th practices practice of 01 crime We Weh h ha have ve we e have ave not prevented crime crt The time ha he hila MAle come to change nil 1111 iou this and nd I hIve believe that we In Olive Cleve Cleveland cr land have ha found a way to 10 do It What hAt I Ii Ia thIs thin w way y yAt At ChriStmas time Chief hief Kohler Kobler after mature malure consideration called hi ht himen his men mn together and them to In arrest ut fIrst fI t offender for tor ml demeanor but to warn them In 11 a friendly spirit and Inform them tm aa as to what the law Ian Ia to Is If It there the wa wall vas a cue dis disturbance II on the th streets or nr a R neigh neighborhood net h row ro the th they were to learn am the I can cause 11 and It If the trouble wa we trivial wind pend the men about bout their busIness When they the found a man trunk drunk they 1147 were re to send NI nd him lion home and to take taka him hI hon hem It If he wa was too tM drunk to get MIlt there then the himself It took some time tim be t tt fie t tI the th men mn realIsed what hat was Wall wanted or ot them but gradually they tbt caught on antI and now the th people have a kindly feel In lag Int for tor the policemen poU and ani thee the th feel 11 the th of ot their responsibility Frederic r C Howe no ha hae made medi the Ih golden rule rul police 11 regime In CT Oleve v land the lb subject of or a very ery interesting ArtI In for or June II H pa pays special attention to the In which child offenders are handled bandied They are never taken to t l the th police court they th are watched at Cl bonN If It found absolutely 17 they Ih are arent sent nt out to an sit attractive farm colony olony with thirteen cottages anti anil and schools hool sad and workshops where there are aill opportunities for lor both bath b th work ork and play fila There Is Iu I no 10 suggestion of ot a II prison here he There are A no nn policemen and no n no obvious reform school honl methods method hod Hy hi B these theM mean mn crime to is checked ked In It early 1 stages tit If Mr howe Hone sa save that for years vears there the have bIte hll be hr ben r no gambling house ho In Cleveland and nn no gambling paraphernalia pher nail nalia wa Will stamped out with Ith an n axe Ufo There Thre jorr no slot dot It machines machine In Inthe inthe the saloons loop and aad no pool rooms room Gamblers Gambler saloon 1000 keeper ke ra and An In the vicious classes cia generally l are lire controlled by police administration rather than Ihn by b crusades crusade d raids raid and wholesale ar arrests rte rests There I Is little or no street tr t and when arrest arret are lire mode made for men n are taken a as well wen a as women When Mayor John Johnson on was waa elected lel ted he II found lound the Ih city In partner partnership ahl ship hl with vice vies He Ife topped stopped this Ihl a as every police chief would do 40 If It he were wr lining doing hi his duty Mr howe Houe claIms claim that notwithstanding ing InK the th authority given each Individual Individual dual there tb la I no police polk po C graft aratt and and no 10 blackmail In Cleveland And Ui Ut the result a III as stated Mated by lay II the U Chief him hInt self elf If I te Is teTh There Th I Is Ia I less crime erime In Cleveland less les 1 property properly stolen lolen In spIte flU of ot the th hard bard lime tit than Ihan there ever wa was 1 before tore The t of ot minor leaves leave the polite roll free fr to ar arrest arrest rest criminal We tc W made mad more mure arrest for lor crimes crime rIm In III 1108 1005 under the thO new nf than we w did In under the theold theold h hold old although the th total number of ot arrests for tol all an was but 10 OIl OIS In I 1 a as 1041 In 1101 The Tb Common I Hense Policy 1011 cut down loWA the number of ot arrests arrest the th year 1 b h br GLi 8 per tent cent Even Jen with this re rl dui lid lion Inn nearly parly one on nn half of nf tho Iho those ur or were discharged by the i and only one thoo of lit the wore ware for crimes rim Today Tody hut hilt hod one on ar Sr arrest r rest out of nr f ten n IK ho I for rime Under the old policy there met wa ws w only I one In thirty And I Kepe hpe to cut cat down da downUM UM the number of arr r U still lUll further What WItt gambler semen wileen 11 and the others other nth think of the th rule nal police pollee chief t is quite quit Mr Ir Howe how talked to one un of ot the owners of ot otan an underworld drink shop and slid ha he b bI said aid I I Golden Do you Ou nee as that pra over oYer yonder It If all hOarded boarded hoard up aint If It Got ant a for 1 or rent alga on na If It That flats Kobler Kohler Golden Gold Hate fluie doings d He 11 an anarchist a He dont t care nr ear for tr forno forno no laws lawn a Aint we w a right to I the law laws juat just the th Mm same M as any an on 01 one elee IM 1 Aint we w a right ht to 10 be arrested and d have our ay say Y In court colin T 7 We A ran an n per pay our oar An all 11 right And A that an alt the taw law silos allow em to give u UtI us Bat ut that aint Kohl way II n know knows we w dont care rare for line fine and nd can ran hire lawyers and ml delay the th rase cias c That dont hurt much Rn Kohler calls a patrolman and an soy sees You put an n officer In uni uniform uniform form lorm hi iii front of t Billys s saloon eloon and ad have hays him question everybody gob gobIn In Now who wha wants want anla tn to go Into Ito a saloon 1 when he hr h has haa h to t give III tit hIs lite name me and anti address addre to a policeman T Talk Ik about bout picketing end and boycotts They aint hi to It with this th game This fallow fellow wee wo particularly Indig Indignant nant at the th meaner Manner III In which gambl gambling ing tn wa Was discouraged He II 11 continued hIs hIssong song one of ot lamentation I Aint none Broke Brok that up In t the tb same am m way Vt did Id It with an ax He lie II broke broil Into the th room rooms and smacked makad the tables table It costs coat J 1600 1500 to 10 fit lit out nut a place pl Kobler told the boys boy that If they like Uk It they the could sue u him a se hed given em m warning wa rn I nr to get pt out nut He ite didat arrest the player players lie He smashed mulled up the outfit out outfit fit nl After Att he had done dOlle that a few fW times time the boys boy saw naw he meant bul bual n nd left let town Jim D fl fin an lien Idea a h he could queer that game gam a ah so 0 he h put pili Iron hire nn on hi doors door and windows But Hut the th thief put rut an of ot officer ncr fleer In front of the door same me as a I Iwa Iw Iwas wa w was tellin you of ot and nobody no would go In And It put the saloon loon down downtain downstaIrs wn staIrs tain tal out nut ut of ot business buln too toon Here n t te Is an Instance of nt an In honest of office t flee fice II holder doing dol hi duly to 10 the lh pie peo people II and honoring hi his hla call of office Date ft U Uwe we had more mr officer of nt that kind all allover allover over the country vice and ADd crime would uhl not flourish a all as they the do It may mil not be bf possible to all crime but It can Mn be held In tn check and kept down That this OIl I te is n oat net t done in is due du to the willful neglect of It eo so many to do tIo their duty anti ami till still more to the lamentable fact that many man public of ot officials otIal Ial are the pal gala of or criminals and their protectors because t they profit by their wrongdoing |