The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-05-26

oil MS county, and he mas no iund
at his disposal granted or allowed b
the county boards, to eXpend for pun
poses of this particular nature, there
! fore he demurs to eoing into his owl
pocket to pay expenses inyovs d
consequently delays acton at IN
very time nece sary TO capture tn
criminal or criminals or prevent tn q
escape by lapse OF hours, tefore an!
actual effort is started. | may So
generally, for reasons stated, tn
sheriff is Handicapped and not from
disposition on bis part to he dere' ic
In his duty to the public.
/ sugge that our protec tive con-
mittee tafe up for consideration
plan Of ALLIANCE with the Sheriffs 0
Illinois" Perhaps this can best b
done later through the state orgaoi
yation Of shtrffs | would sugges
that we pay to sheriffs, when active
" engaged in work Of this kind 70
hanks, who are members CT tie tate
Bankers Association, the eXpens
properly Incurred, also offer a spoci
fic standing reward for the arrest
and conviction of bank safe break
ers and brrslaries.
We have 102 sheriffs in the stats
of Illinois. each :heriff as rule alp
points a deputy in each precinct in
his county for the proper conduct Ct
serving papers and making arrests
So it is reasonable to assume thare
is six to ten deputies in each county
Thus we have seven hundred or more
men scattered over the State Of / ~
nois. composed of sheriffs and depu
ties
We have 1913 banks in the state
and all should be members of the
State Bankers Association. am
pleased to say that 1895 of These
banks are enrolled as member
would suggest that one person in
every bank. or one person in every
town or city where bank is located
shall be designated as a mea Der Of
this special protective committee
This can in N.Y. opinion be prop arly
conducted by having roster Of banks
in each group and where located, and
also Of the sheriff and his deputies,
and this roster placed in the hands
OF bankers, sheriffs and his deput rs
throughout the state of Illinois. We
then have a system inaugurated, that
by telephone and telegraph, we can
start a movement by every protective
man in the immediate district in
which a crime has been committed.
Every railroad line or other avenue
of escape, can be under the uryeil
ance of a large number Of men, anil
not merely one or two local parties
which is at tie present time now tie
case.
In a number Of cases of safe roo
berries it has been clearly proven that
if the sheriff of an adjoining county
had had information promptly at the
time. he could have placed mel on
guard to intercept or at least have
indicated or notified others the dt
rectfon the criminals took in leaving
the vicinity.
They usually make for some rail
road or crossing which is little fire.
quented, and the farmers If reached
by telephone, could admirably CO..
operate with the sheriff or deputies
in the matter, ANA messages could be
sent along the line of the railroad
or other highways to intercept the
men
| have been informed of one case
where gang of yeggmeD, after rob
bling a bank safe, went only few
miles from the place Of the crime
and camped some five or six hours
near railroad crossing, awaiting
the train. They were seen by farm
ers living in the neighborhood, but
not knowing of the safe blowing
gave the gang no concern, conse
quently they went their way unmo
Tested, and got beyond reach before
any of the farmers knew the men
were wanted for crime, and in
case We're lost track of and made
good their escape. For example: A
burglary has been committed at
Thebes in Alexander County. There
being a deputy sheriff located in that
precinct, he is at once notified by the
banker. Immediately he obtains al
possible information, how many men
if known, and the route taken OF
leaving Thebes. The deputy notifies
the sheriff of his county, also others
as may appear necessary, giving all
the information he has obtained. II
the Yeggman has started to the adj
joining counties, viz. Union or Pu
laski, the alarm Is given to those
counties by telephone, telegraph, 81
otherwise and the sheriff's deputies
and others are at once on the alert
Should the yeggman have crossed
the Mississippi river at Thebes golng
into the State of Missouri, the depu
ty sheriff of Alexander county can no
tify the adjacent Missouri county
sheriff to look out for Mr.. Robber.
You can readily understand by tn $
plaa of work an endless chain of men
are in pursuit, to say the least of CIV
ing Mr.. Yeggman a fat AMI close