Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-23

all the other members might become &C.
quainted with him.
At the conclusion of the forenoon ses-
sion the police chiefs assembled In front
of the Shoreham and were photographed.
Forgers and Their Fate.
! Detective Chief William A. Pinkerton of
chicago read a paper on "Forgers and
Fheir Fate at the afternoon session yes
terday. He said that until recent years
there were many bands of professional for
gers operating throughout the United
States, realizing thousands Of dollars year.
ly whose leaders were practically immune
from arrest because of the insufficiency of
the evidence necessary to convict them.
by the support of the Bankers Associa-
ton, aided by the police officials he added,
I'VE have practically put the old-tfme pro-
fessional forger out of business, until to-
day there are only occasional forgeries,
mostly by amateurs and for small amounts.
In the past twenty-five years we have had
to do with the conviction of possibly 500
gle one of them out of prison who has any
money. Like a great many other profess
sional criminals. had they directed their
talents in other directions the majority
might be successful business men,
Chief Corey's Paper.
Chief Alonzo w. Corey of Brookline.
Mass, read a paper entitled Construction of
Justice" He declared that the constitu-
tional requirement giving the accused a
speedy trial has become mere legal fiction,
subject to the arbitrary caprices of the
prosecution or the obstructive methods of
the defendants counsel. In this connection
he cited the Tucker murder trial at Cam
bridge, Mass, and the Nan Patterson case,
saying of the latter that it well illustrates
how American Jurisprudence may impose I'M
necessary suffering on the prisoner. imperil
IF tat hi
OH the taxpayer, and defeat the ends of
justice, which should be to either convict
or acquit the prisoner within a reasonable
time and after an examination of all the
evidence He asserted that lynchings are
the natural and logical outcome of sys-
tenn OF cumbersome Jurisprudence.
Other Topics.
Superintendent Iona B. Day of Scranton.
Pa, presented a paper on 'Lawlessness
Among the Foreign-speaking Peoples in the
Anthracite Coal Region" He told Of the
working of the Malta there. and in this
connection said:
THE Malta organization of Old Forge, a
borough about six miles south of Scranton,
operated under the name Of the Mutual Aid
Fraternal italian Association. 1t will be
noticed that the first letter of each word in
the name of this society forms the word
Malta. This was brought out at the trial
in court. 1t was also pointed out that the
letters formed the initials for murder, ar
son, forgery, insurrection and anarchy the
array of crimes for which this organization
seemed to entertain special prediction.
The operations of this band did not cease
at the mere work of robbery and blackmail.
There are many well-defined cases (but fall
ing short of actual PROOF of murder and
arson for which they are responsible. Sew
eral houses were blown up by dynamite
(Which is easily obtained because of its ex-
tersive in the coal mines), where par
ho1 yof,. 70 ,Iy,,if TO fhnfr Tor
TONS"
Chief William Bennett of Braddock, Pa,
read a paper on Unity in Police Work. in
which he reviewed the work of bringing to-
gether in the working toward a common
end the various police departments of the
cities of the country.
An adjournment was then taken until 10
o'clock this morning.