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Show 'DEAD LINES' OF GOTHAM MOVED Criminals Warned to Keep Out of Theatre and Hotei District NEW YORK, Nov 1 4 New "dead lines" marking areas within whlc'i ! men with criminal records will be arrested on rdght, have been laid down for tho protection of merchants an J ( holiday shoppera It was announccj ; at police Tteadcjuarters Tuesday afti r , a conference of all police inspectors of Greater New York. The old "dead line" protecting thf financial district, wa known for years to crooks throughout the country. coun-try. By the new ruling, however. The criminal visitors to town will need to block off two more large sections as "neutral zones" on their pocket maps. The downtown dead 11ms Include In-clude both Wall street and Ifaldi lane, thus comprising both the financial finan-cial and the Jewelry centers. Tho up- town area runs two and a half miles i irom Ninth street to Fifty-ninth, and spreads out part ot the way to '.n-' '.n-' elude not only Fifth avenue and Broadway, but 1-cxlngton and Sixth avenues. this Including most of the ; department stores, hotel and theatre district hitherto regarded as the richest rich-est flel'd enterprisclng criminals could cultivate. 8ocnty-flvo patrolmen, in addition to many detectives, will watch the uptown area, the uniformed men being stationed on both sides of the street at four block intervals Twenty -five patrolmen, supported by a varying I number of detectives, will watch tho j downtown zone. |