Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-07 | Page 12 | Epidemic of Crime in U.S. Says Moran |

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Date	1920-04-07
Paper	Ogden Standard-Examiner
Language	eng
City	Ogden
County	Weber
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Article Title	Epidemic of Crime in U.S. Says Moran
Type	article
Date	1920-04-07
Paper	Ogden Standard-Examiner
Language	eng
City	Ogden
County	Weber
Page	12
OCR Text	EPIDEMIC OF CRIME j IN U. S. SAYS MORAN i SALT LAICK, April 7. Various I crimes within the Jurisdiction of the! United States secret service have be-' come so prevalent that they have al- most assumed the proportion of an ' epidemic, according to W. H. Moran, ! thief of the secret service, who wasfl In Salt Lake yesterday. Mr. Moran ' predicted no tcrmina-1 tion to the unusual' activities of criminals but said that the secret service was taking all possible measures meas-ures to tighten up on safeguarding measures. Forged checks have demanded considerable con-siderable atlention'of the department,; he claims,' the opportunity for forg-! Ing adn stealing cecks having been j given by the large number of these j instruments circulated by the pay- j ment of war risk Insurance pre-' inlums, allottments by the war de-j partment, and checks for the pay-1 ment of income tax. I Government securities have also been an aid to crime, he stated. I Mr. Moran left for "Washington, D. C, yesterday and was accompanied by Captain Thomas I. 'Porter of Chicago. Chi-cago. oo
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