The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-03
Many Of tie Old Reliable Ones Ar. Nsw
Strictly Out Of Style
SOME new ONES ON TAP
Highway Robbery. burglary aud
Thussi>m Has Given Way to
Very Large E,t-nt to the SlicScr
Game of Pickpock-t>. For.ers and
Confidence Men.
Confidence Men.

In exact ratio TO the ability OF
the law TO discover and promptly
and es cieu;ly punish certain clsss
J Of crimes. will the criminals who live
by them be compelled to seek other
fields OF occupation :his Is the
statement Of Judge William y. Cen
mill. Of the Municipal court. OF Chic
ago. man who has made study OK
crime and criminals during the long
and honorable career he has had on
the bench in the Illinois metropolis.
There is no other n,aa> in Chicago
| that knows more about the under
world and its operations in tina: city
than Judge Gemmill. and he is re-
coguized as an authority upon mat
ters OF this sort.
Criminal statistics prove that the
crimes have increased or decreased
just in the poportion that the pun
ishmeats therefore have been swift
and cetain." continued the judge.
Highway robbery. for instance. IS
almost los, art and one does not
have to seek far for the reason. II
the roaoer escapes death a; the
hands Of the victim ne becomes IA
outlaw and is hunted like wild
beast. In Chicago arrests for rob
berry have decreased from 1900 in
1905 TO 7:o in 1909.
Twenty-Five years ago the bur
siar was more feared by the public
than any other criminal. Today
housebreakins in the night is al
mos, unknown. have OF had a
single case Of such housebreakiuS
in the 5000 criminal cases heard by
me during the past three years.
In Chicago arrests for burslay
aave deceased since 1905 from 1.1Se
20 1853. decrease OF "a per cent.
in five years What has brought
abou, the change? II is not that
the burglar has become more honest.
on, i, is because he has found the
business more dangerous and il:
punishment more certain and swift.
''Certaia crimes. however. are on
the increase We have in Chiaaso
not less than 500 professional pick
pockets II the criminoligists could
eramine their heads they might OF
taken Tor hank clerks. They are OF
The best dressed ard best looking
Young fellows in the city. They
travel in groups OF three or four
They haunt the crowds and ply their
calm. with skill scarcely elrailed
in any other profession. They hire
their lawyer by 'he year and send
him a Christmas present =; Christ
mas time.
Their number is constantly in
creasing. Why? Because they know
;ha, they have misc chances on, OF
ten 10 escape punishment. Seldom
10 their victims discover tae loss cf
their pockei1ookS before they have
| made good their escape.
'Coun:erfei;ins was ono. the be
setting crime OF the ratioas. The
coun;erfei,er has become rare. but In
his place. mas come the smooth con-
| :idenc. man The number OF these
.e!iows has increased 80 per ce::t IN
Chicago in FIVE years. II is the SAY
| -, crimina! business outside OF That
OF the pick pocket.
The same conditions apply 10 for
GER. and rs consequence the ar
rests for ,ha; crime have increased
! As per cent. in the last Ave years
There have been reformed robbers
and burglars. but 50 tar A. / know
rcver reformed forscr or conf
,;cRce man.
Much ;ha, is hopeful has been
accomplished in Chicago during the
las, few years. OF the 302.9:+ crini-
inal cases brought into the courts
OF the county 10 the last three years
so per cent. We're tried within ~
hours from their arreS: and s. per
cent. within ten days from the ar
rest
While crimes based upon fraud
ulen, business transactions have IN
creased. all o; the more serious
crimes have decreased This doc,
no, inciud. homicide. which has re
NAMED Amos; stationary. The mum
Der o; '.omicid.s in city is nc
criterion o: the crime Of city. The,
are usual" committed by men anc
women VINO had hitherto been Use