| Show cram becomes es G giant bant in industry usa cry annual loot in united states reaches total of crime tins lias become a billion dollar industry lu in the united I 1 1 1 tilt V 1 before ar to in history tinei the I 1 gunman nud and ills his allies en lyv harvest harvest tn in 0 civilized na as during the war fatur 11 I 1 in 0 the richest country in alie ali world ot of tile the value ot the ug ng gi C gute loot of safe breakers jew jp viry clr thieves thie vesi dock and railway pit fer utitia vis bank robbers and others en w to in holdup and til thievery levery vary A known editorial writer re frindy ret itly stated that hat the big bu business of il crime had bad on an annual turnover of of which one half was profit 2111 f 4 murder for pay 4 lias has seized upon tills this west and richest american industry Ili ouro are gunmen who perform murder di r or lesser violence for pay ay tie fie i acting as guards in labor ills a in the larger renters denler ot ini iula ibm other gunmen engage to pro wt sect bootleggers aud and to prevent rival liquor sellers beliefs from rom invading their eni timers ers sales territory jewelry diores lut tract still another specialist st tl type iti Itle hInd tile the operations of mot mo t of active criminals Is the shad ow a of 0 tile the fence A fence Is a titan man possessed ot 0 arcady rt udy money to 0 o whom Is disposed for 61 tile loot obtained in robberies of tilt ul kinds 61 instances have been known as was ph t ajie je case with tile the richard reese 1 gang in new york where ura tt T 8 sti tl 41 ln e n at ihu point of tt a yun gun were disposed Z ased ut to it a fence within alij u tev ew hours of bf tile the robbery and while 1 theli hie police olive search for the robbers bure 1 l ly lv mid begun I 1 machine guns bombs thrown frum front and even from froin airplanes lauve in tho battles between becwel I 1 guards ot ol rival tn ili slid and i cago A popular 1 to llo locate allocate cate the lender leader of the gon chun ls Is encroach encroaching irig upon an others autasi breit en ills habits and the which he ts Is likely to up HI astr eiry ie ets t in wit weri S everill gunmen drive through the fie neighborhood until the file luterry lu tirrY Is noted foj A fusillade of revolver or iain liane gun alff bullets from the mo cilny vitila A car creates panic in the neighbor flood while nafle it Is killing the tinman game tile thy car ar speeds away an andern dever if the man shot tins has enough tife life left to talk it rarely happens thai liy lie will tell police officers who ilia his assailants were ItO revenge Is exacted evaded by the shot mans henchmen lien chinen end tile the feud le de fron time to time gut geninen illien are cap tind often they me fire hatigee d us werf cie gerald an ind others for tho most purl part these guil KUtini lilen cn exterminate themselves asli u ally dying in their twenties having on oil their it I 1 before I 1 their majority problem for uncle sam SUL sui ti Is 18 lie hie condition with which the united states Is confronted the crime commission which met lit in recently sought a ret remedy A number of contributory factors were i ere cited ahlet among them un tin appalling tangle of technicalities lind red tape in which the legal tern of tile the united states has become involved sharp lawyers law vers the commission was wa In could so weave the hie evidence of a criminal case caise that the trial judge almost would he compelled to coining some minor error requiring rt n higher til slier court to reverse him and tile thereby reby pliable enable dependants to obtain it new in hie file event of conviction delay the commission learned had become so great that e eien eu murderers li lind no ft fear nr of immediate pu court dockets 1 were overcrowded technicalities defeated justice judges frequently frei fitly were powerless to lend adequate direction to because of tile the limit priced upon their authority tho rity BO mid and lawyers of a certain type infested courtrooms exerting eNer in fluence tind and a know lefto of ties sometimes restarting ting to bribery to relieve clients of tile laws exactions with these 1 shortcoming k in mind tile the commission exposed eslo sed the structure of crime ns a big business with tin an annual turnover of f tremendous pro port portions dortlon lon |
