The Detroit times., 1908-06-02
WH|PP|NG POST IS
THE THING, Says
ONE HEAD COP

crime
Chief ]. II. Hanger. OF Louisville, Is
just outside the district OF the Night
Riders. but has studied into their out
RACES.
Sentiment With Night Riders.
The Night Riders are not ignorant
or criminal men in the usual sense.
/ but the sons OF tobacco planters who
are using this method 10 fight the
| trusts" he says. Sentiment Is with
them, so that | do not look for con-
viction, even though many have been
| indicted. There will be a conference
soon between the Society OF Equity
and the tobacco buyers. al which
peace may be made. We have guard
ed the tobacco warehouses in Louis
Vile carefully
Chief George NJ. Shippy. OF Chicago.
4 Is a center OF interest because or the
attack made upon him by Leo Aver
| buch, an anarchist, some time ago. IN
which Averbuch was killed.
Anarchy is a great menace. de
clares Shippy Il do not care 70 talk
great deal about II. however. Our
anarchists are largely foreigners.
That It is not spreading appears from
the fact that the anarchist newspa-
pers in Chicago is failing from luck
of financial support
1T is a matter that must receive
the most careful attention. however.
and the strictest measures must be
taken, the federal law against anarch:
lists being a move In the right diree-
| ton"
Discusses Cleveland Riot.
That the street car riots which
have been CONFUSING Cleveland are
largely political. is the assertion CT
Chief Fred Kohler. OF that city.
1T is the unionists and not their
sympathizers who have done this
young, reckless fellows who were
urged on by other men," he states.
I'VE have arrested IS OF them. and
not one but was a striker and
local man. Public sentiment is not
with them. however. and their strike
has failed from its own violence.
They tried TO keep people from riding
on the cars and took TO dynamite as
last resort We will prosecute the
cases with the greatest vigor and con
tinue TO make arrests when any dis
order occurs"
From the only big town In the coun-
try that still has the whipping post
comes Chief George II. Black. Of VIII
mington. Del.
The whipping post is a good thing.
he says 1T keeps down petty crime
by soaring people We have popu-
lation that would naturally be trouble
some, there being many Negroes and
- - Iagt ..s.hl 10 OEf
But they fear the lashes. Ii is only
In the discretion OF the court that
whipping Is done. Men beg to take
two years Imprisonment rather than
40 lashes and six months In jail. Sit
uated between Philadelphia and
Washington and Baltimore, We would
expect TO get outside criminals. but
they shun us for fear OF the whip
ping post.
II thing II would be a good thing
all over the country but most OF the
other chiefs think differently. | wish
they could see how the system works.
Detective Pinkerton Here.
w. A. Pinkerton, one OF the famous
family, is here from Chicago.
The days OF the old time train
anu Ddu Uldu are PdSolHSs IL
says. I'VE do not have the desperate
criminals now OF a score OF years ago.
But there is still plenty OF work for
the Pinkerton men and do not ex-
pect TO get rusty from idleness."
Thieves are getting so that they
give Florida wide BERTH states W.
d. vinzant. OF Jacksonville. I'VE have
phosphate mines and turpentine
camps for our crooks, and these high
toned pickpockets and confidence
men would die rather than take that
kind OF imprisonment. We had quite
few OF them when the rich people
began TO come down winters TO the |
Florida resorts. but they soon found |
they were taking big chances. We
still have crimes, OF course. but the |
outsiders Just drop in and go back on
the same train"
A number OF the police chiefs are
from towns that have been hit by the
prohibition wave In the south and
their opinions vary greatly. Some say
that their troubles have been lessened
greatly, while others say that there Is
as much drinking as ever, but that
whisky instead OF beer Is the bever-
age and mighty poor whisky at that.
None of them like to be quoted on the
subject.
Mayor Welcomes Chiefs.
Mayor Thompson delivered o little
speech OF welcome In the Wayne hotel
pavilion, Tuesday morning. In which |
he told the chiefs that he was bred 10
their trade. his father having been
policeman for 80 years. his uncles Off |
GERS for 80 and 40 years. respectively, |
and another relative on the force for
20 years.
Superintendent Downey, OF the De-
troit force. was genial host 10 the
out-of-town men. and he was ably as.
sisted by Detectives Larkins. High,
Downey. Rogers, Fox and others. The
next convention will probably 90 to
Los Angeles. as that city is plugging
for II strongly.
The chiefs go TO a theater party in
the Temple, Tuesday evening.
One OF the most interesting exhibits
OF the convention is that by The De-
tective," a professional paper edited
by Phil Holland. OF Chicago. Ills
wife is the originator OF the thumb.
print system OF identification. W.