The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27

In jail and support them there. Mayor
WhitlOck does not bslieve in jaila. and
90 he us@d HE tina and HE once. which
the people pay for. 70 dispose ~ thess
men in some other way.
IL 10 on record that the chief Of police
OF Toledo once stole q pair % shoes 20
give TO Q man Who hadn't any. They
keep shoee and clothes. particularly
shoes. &C the Toledo police headquarters
TO give away In winter. All the police
men bring in their old shoes and the old
shoes Of their relatives and their wives
relatives. when this source Of supply
fails the chief asks the reporters 20 cay
in their papers that another buahsl or
80 Of old shoes could be used at the head
quarters.
One day . POOR old darby shuftSed in
There WIS snow on the ground and his
/ hare heel waa In IL. Chief Knapp-every
Quo In Toledo calls him Perry-tOok one
look and then t0ddled 20 his cupboard.
Like Mother Hubbard's 70 was bare: not
shoe was therc.
! 4 few days before the shop Of a re-
ceivcr % stolen goods had been raided
and among other things q lot Of new
Shoes had been brought to headquarters
to await their owner. The chief took a
pair Of these and gave them to the negro.
first admon ishing one al his men 90 get
q pail IL water and shaw out that darly's
foot The owner Of the stolen shoes
read rho story in the papers and went
down 90 headquarters.
Hear you've been giving away my
shoes. said he.
| The chief xrunted. Well. the other
| fellow needed 'em more'n you do aaId
he IN Ray for en-" The owner laughed
NO said he. but guess I'll take EN-
away before they're all gone
Chief Knapp says this shoe distribution
reduces crime in Toledo. He says the
! r &c soup kitchen run there last winter
decreased crime.
There's always an increass in petty
thieving just a. soon a. cold weather
begins said he. in Toledo and every
city. II isn't likely people suddenly
become more criminal just bocsssss the
thermometer has dropped. They're cold.
that's what's the matter With them.
A man can stand a good deal Of hunger
/ in hot weather. and n good deal Of cold
on a full stomach: but no man living can
stand cold and hunger together. He'll
steal IL he can't get il any other way.
Grub and old shoes are a cheaper way TO
keep down the winter thieviAG than jails
and police courts
| Apropos Of the steps taken by tho
present Mayor Of New York to prevent
the clubbing Of oitinsns by the police
IL 10 interesting to find that for several
years the police Of Toledo have not car
ried clubs Jones took away their day
] k.tR ~. l.fe eks.sr lob
clubs and gave them canes to carry by
day Whitlock has taken away both
clubs and canes
From February -. 1905. to January 1.
1905 the last ten months Of the Finch
administration, which preceded Whit
locks. there were reported in Toledo
thirteen burglariss and sighty-seven Of
those burglarious attempts which the
police call house prows. From January
|. 1919. TO November /. 1907. under the
Whitlock administration. there we're re-
ported twenty seven burglaries and fifty
three proving jobs
Toledo has only 10000 inhabitants
! In the summer 81 1908 the q. A r held
its encampment there IL vas one Of
those occasions that attract hight fingered
gentry from all parts Of the country. and
( Toledo - on a great trunk line uear a
large CRY There was a parade two and
half miles long and there we're 10000
visitors in town The police handled
il With white gloves on and without a
club A. the end 81 the encampment
the ~ A z passed resolutions declaring
IL to he the beat managed parade and
best handled crowd they had ever seen
AZ any convention
Removing the clubs said Chief
Knapp. ia just like forbiddinG q school
teacher To use corporal punishment II
they know they can't club they Use other
means to preserve discipline Police
men are picked for size and strength
Each one has a revolver in his pocket
for use on a really dangerous occasion
On other occasions he can get along With
out a club IL he only thinks ~
~ marked IL Toledo's exemption from
criminal operations that IL has been de,
clared that the crooks Of the country
spare that city out Of gratitude 20 'h'
Mayor for writing novels in their defence
In Toledo. however. they say that thsy
don Z know whether u il because th'
crooks like Whitlock or are afraid q
silver Jack
OitNNr 5acA AAFtNs ~ Aauca ny FeaASbt
81 his silver locks. has been for twenty
FIVE years the chief u the Toledo detec
tive bureau He has a remarkable ac
! auaintAnce With the criminals Of TN
country by sight and a record for success
in catching one when he wants him. IL
, res-nts any sugEe-Si"h ihat ToieSi" ha
immunity from the crooks because 81 thei
adrnirati for the literary Mayor.
Toledo catches just a. many for
! Chicago and Detroit when they want 'en
az they catch for us. he grImbled whel
approached on the subject.
Although they have TO send people u
jAiI in Toledo the ideas Of the Mayor Ia VI
trickled through the prison system. A
: the city workhouse the inmates neithe
wear stripes nor have their heads shaved
You can't reform = Teller by Shawn
him. says Charlie Stevens. the warden
an old circus man.
, Until whitIock came In the rings in IN
ceiling st the workhouse. 10 which
: prisoner might be strapped up for hour