OCR Text |
Show MORE CRIME IN NEW YORK. Again New York City is alarmed i over Its wave of crime Within the lat two days robberies, holdups and murders huc brought a reign of tor- 'ror. This outburst of crime is In one of the best policed cities of the world. nnd proves that lawlessness has no relation re-lation to ihe forces employed to keep J order. The spread of crime has been so great that Mayor Hylan. sometime ago, called on the citizens o arm and (assist the officers or the law l ivmployment seems to add fuel to I the flames of unrest and as the num ber of idle increase, th- tnunr is jfor crime to niultlph Much of the discontent at ihe bottom bot-tom of this upset is traceable to war times A percentage of the young 'men who were drawn from home became be-came hardened and returned io private jlife with less regard for the conveu itlonal. All elements of society he came disturbed and nerve disorders developed The result Is the whole population is In an abnormal atmosphere, atmos-phere, and those who have drifted far from right living have lent themselves to crime |