Show N Y CRIMINALS MOSTLY YOUTHS Dapper Sheik Bandits Do DoNot Not Hesitate to Kill Victims S By fly BRADLEY W V TRENT Special rr ut oC The Copyright 1926 by The Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated dated Press Association NEW YORK TORK April The IO 10 10 The bandits were youthful and well dressed dressed- S Behind that line which has lIas ha come corne to be almost II a a fixture In New York crime stories In re- re recent recent re recent cent months lies the story of of- of a anew anew anew new type hpe of ot criminal which the cities of at o the jazz age ago arc are devel developing young young sleek personable and audacious to the point ot of cold and Deliberate delIberate The shell bandit some sonic call caU I him but be he l Is at times beyond that classification Successful 1 gunmen nowadays frequently have havO aU all the tha appearance or of o prosperous business men as witness the te gang of ot nine suave sua well dressed t thugs rounded Uj recently b by the New York police Dapper perhaps Is the best word to describe the stick up man manof manof manot of today No 2 mor more Is he a a 0 fre Ire frequenter of dives es dives and dark places lie seeks the bright t II lights and there thre ho be finds his prey prey The slovenly threadbare crook living In shabby hangouts hangout l Is a back nUmber The up-to-date up bandit likes to pose as a among the ladles lie i is a good dancer and a 0 a ready spender and puts In much of his spare time in the nIght clubs MOSTLY UNDER 22 23 Eighty per pel cent of the crime In New York CIt City is committed by persons unde under 22 years of ot age This astounding Information from the Childrens Children's Aid society Is backed by a study the police have made of the new type of ot criminal The rhe youthful bandit Is a a product of the times The world war and drugs are ore blamed by some for tor his development Others say ay the tho ex- ex ex extravagant forms of ot modern lire life the growing wealth of ot the com corn community community and the love lovo of displaying riches and responsibility Still others see him as a product ot of prohibition that does not prohIbit Even more alarming than percentage of ot juvenile criminals In the opinion of Charles L L Bray Bray- Brayton Brayton ton Bray ton of the Childrens Children's Ai Aid society Is In the Increase In crime In Its more serious forms torms among the young you ng Where the young lawbreaker wu was once charged with petty thievery and and the Ule like h he now Is accused of ups hold-ups and burg lanes and even evan murder Mr 1111 said Statistics on oh on ju- ju juvenile ju juvenile venile venUe arrests fall fail to show the themore the themore more serious character of ot crimes now as contrasted with a few tew years ago b but bit t Instances of ot this trend multiply YOUTHFUL MURDERERS The members of the Whitte Whitte- Whittemore more gang most them of-them of th ni In their early twenties furnish a striking example of ot the tho criminal criminal- types that go 0 bad at an early age Richard Reese neese noW awaiting trial in Buffalo for tor or the hll killing of o two bank messengers messenger and accused in Baltimore his na- na native native na native tive city of ot a third murder Is only 28 and has has- hasa a criminal rec- rec record rec Iii 15 Jewelry ord from the age of o J store ups hold-ups In New ew York net netted ted this gang over be- be before before be before fore they were were- caught The case c so of Herbert Io Eo 18 dubbed the the cake ke eater cater ban ban- bandit ban bandit an- an dit Is now now o occupying attention In a L Long ng Island City court lie lieis HeIs Is accused of ot killing a a Jamaica JamaicaL L I restaurant owner In a a hold holdup up In which he was aided by four other boys the oldest 20 lie He appeared In c court urt Impassive and exquisite In a pear pearl gray uit with his dark hair plastered Into the semblance of of ot a gleaming skuli cap Three other boys under 18 have havo been charged with murder in the last few days In the metro metro- metropolitan politan area Two boys still In short trousers John trousers John Relan Regan 16 and William Kilbride 15 have been Indicted In Manhattan for Cor killing a grocer when he be reC refused sed to throw v up his hands and brandished a t knife at the boy bandits Acro Across the In Ralph Costello 18 con con- con confessed killing Mrs widow V Ido for lor forthe forthe ClowerY year 65 the sum Bum of 8 8 He Implicated all allun a aun asun un accomplice Lawrence Daniels 21 EAGER EGEIt TO KILL The police say Bay there thero w were wera re no such wanton murd murders ers In the old days as there are at present The lobe new typo type oC ot of thug has bas engendered rear fear In the community It Is known he will viii not hesitate to shoot If It he Is not obeyed obeyed- The bandit of o the young man about town type goes In Jot Jor up up sUck now It Is s quicker 01 work workHouse House burglary Is becoming more and more rare rare Too many people live In apartments and that s sort of ork ork is left lett to the sneak thief The daring young bandit finds moro more profit In holding up payroll messengers ers and jewelry stores lie He lieis Heis I is armed and he often oCten shoot without cause The sequel Is ix read In the tho grow grow- growIng growing growIng Ing list of ot cold blooded The youthful well dressed ban blin- bandit dit gets his man without even giving giving- the a chance |