The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
Up To Officers, People
Say, To Stop Slaughter
Disarm the Pistol Tote They UrgeDo Not Reduce Police
Force, They Petition-An Agree That Carnival Of
Crime Must Be Ended-Aroused Citizens Ex-
press Themselves On Vital Subject

birmingham bloody record has
aroused the people. They are prepared
to demand protection. The call for the
disarming of the pistol toter and his
sentence to seryitude. They protest
against the proposed cut of the police
force. They say, 1t is up to the Of.
ficers'
Some expressions of yesterday follow
Increase Police Department
L. NJ. jackson: Most of the murders
that have been committed in and around
| Birmingham have been done by ire
sponsble persons. There should be
law against the sale of deadly weapons
TO anyone except officers, and any po-
| liceman who carriers a gun should have
good moral character back of it. The po-
lice department should be increased
rather than lessened
Jail Pistol Toters
| The Rev. S. T. Station, pastor of the
| Norwood Methodist church: az believe
| that if a stiff Jail sentence We're given
to offenders of the law against carrying
deadly weapons 1t would help to a great
| extent in stopping the murders. The
police department should be made some
what larger"
Pawn Shop Windows
- Pase0' u ''e 40.
presbyterian church; Mean WHISKY ana
the laXity of the laws against carrying
deadly weapons are the two prime rea-
CONS fo, tha man.. ,,,,,,dors lox, s,oh
as "as 9,,'t'toa III ieii'essee sonieei,ie
tso s"ouiu ne brought INTO force IN Ala
,' aiia--i'roVloins AGAINST ,he sac Oh dead
meapons' II one taxes tne ,rouple
70 looh ABOUT MN as ne passes along
lhe streets ne VIII notlce negroes star
which are displayed an array of pistols
And the first time the negro gets so
cents he Will buy gun Then he gets
a little whisky inside of him and shoots
upon the slightest provocation. The po-
lice force is inadequate and should be
increased The sale of whisky and the
sale of pistols are main factors"
DI p
Denahu nei"euy
ffedeflck W. Mark, the constructor:
nave seldom oeen so pleasantly sit
nated as IN blrmingham, said Mr..
Mark. Inc climate is good. The city
IS progressive. Inc people are delight
lul lhefe Is only one real black SIT
uatioh mere ana mat IS that nine out
VIZ 'eii iiOSfoeS Ss'iis suns. i ne
Killings that nave occurred here dur
ing the past few days are enough to
astound the country and there is no
use trying , to escape the seathing cen
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W. ~ ''e
Something Is Wrong
Sidney Hitler: "When will we de-
clare the closed season on human be-
ings? We have closed season on deer
bears. ducks. quail, hooking birds, rab-
bits. squirrels and all other game, but
so far as L am able to discern there
is absolutely no closed season on the
lives of our citizens. The slaughter OF