Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-14
OFFICERS
STUDY jill JITSU
SKELETON HEAD AND CROSS
BONE WARNING
POSTED ON ALL HIGHWAYS
Belief That the Authorities Have Sue
eeeded In Kidding Los Angeles
Of Many Desperate
Characters
POSTED ON ALL HIGHWAYS

The skeleton head and the cross
bones sign of the professional thief
and yeggman has been posted on all
highways leading to Los Angeles, and
for time, at least, this city may he
immune from the more desperate
character Of criminals.
The condition is said to be the out
come of the work of the local police
officers and detectives, who have taken
foreign method of Kidding the city of
It's scourge.
Jiu- -itsu, the tricky wrestling science
of the Japanese race, proved too much
for the professionals and they have
retired.
"a professional criminal will spend
as much of his energy In forming his
getaway as in making his haul" said
local detective yesterday.
when the professional arrives in
town or city he locates the place he is
about to raid and then lays out his
plans. Everything is looked after
with as much care and attention as
theatrical manager would bestow on
his initial performance.
THE burglar or hold-up man takes
care of every particular before land
ing and will often wait several days
before completing arrangements.
How Professional Works
when the robbery is made, the pro-
fessional Is armed and ready to fight
for his life He may kill to save him
self This feature distinguishes him
from the amateur The latter is more
likely to get scared and kill, and for
that reason is to be dreaded, but the
professional kills only as last
resort.
by these men who make business of
robbing, and the unseasoned officer
who attempts to handle one is general
ly given a good argument.
For the past few weeks many of
us have been studying various jiu-
jitsu holds and in many cases these
have proven advantageous to us. AS
result, we have been arresting more
men and saving more clothing than
ever before.
"The criminal who undertakes to
break away from a local officer is
liable to have a fancy time before he
gets through with it. In the first place,
by simply seizing a mans fist, push
ing it backwards, then outward, and
putting a downward leverage on it,
the victim is either compelled to quit
| fighting and go along, or suffers a
fractured arm in two or three places.
Method a Success
"When we have gotten the man un-
der control and want to march him to
patrol box, or hold him, all we have
| to do Is to bring him close to us, slip
a hand down the side of his forearm,
press his elbow against our breast and
then with the hand push his hand up
ward and backward, and with a force
of ten pounds his wrist may be broken.
! The result is we have our man COM
pletely under control and can keep
him that way without any eXertion
and with only an occasional pressure
on the captured wrist to remind the
prisoner that we still have him where
we want him.
I'VE have had occasion lately to use
these holds on many Japanese pris-
oners taken to the police station.
Formerly it required five policemen to
control the little yelowmen without
hurting them, but now we use their
own medicine on them and one officer
is more than a match for Jap"
| 1t is proposed to introduce various
| holds of the jiu-jitsu method, an ad-
dition to the regular gymnastic train
ing of the police force.
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