The chronicle=news., 1913-05-01

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missioner Waldo is considering a
plan for improving the identliica-
tion methods of the pole" depart
meni. which was recently suggested
| to him In y letter. The writer sug-
gested to abandon the present meth
0d OF taking front aud side views oi
, the features OF crooks and other
criminals for the rogues' gallery rec-
ord and 10 install IL moving picture
camera for the purpose OF obtaining
II more compete picture record show
ing not only the features but also
the peculiurities OF expression and
motion Of the criminals. II Is be-
lieved that five feet Of film. costing
about 30 cents. would suffice for
each lawbrezkers. Some OF the police
officials are favorably impressed
with the plan and II IL quite possible
that IL will be given u trial.
The opcnin; Of the trials Of the
four cx-inspectors OF police who
were indicted u short time ago for
conspiracy to '.obstruct justice" In
keeping George A. Sipp. an import
ant witness against Policeman Eu-
gene Fox. one OF the alleged police
grxftcrs. out Of the state. has been
set for next Monday and II In expect
cd that the 'cstimony to bc intro
duccd by the district attorney VIII
be- full of sensational interest. How
ever. the people OF New York have
grown 10 accuxt omcd, 10 these ever
lasting stories OF police Rrsf;Ing that
the evidence will have to b. uhus-
ually startling 30 caune more than
mere ripple Of public interest.
In the meantime the burglars and
other crooks gathered In this city In
Iurg. numbers. continue to follow
their profession unconccrncdIy ana
with remarkable success. Almost
daily some Of the elegant residences
In the most exclusive section OF the
city are visited by daylight burglars
In their professional capacity and
the aSrrcga;. value OF til. jcw"lry
and other valuabics s.olcn Is cs'im-
at.d At hundreds OF Thousands of dol
llrs. PawnshOps also receive conntd-
cradle attention from burglars lust
now and more than dozen pawn
shops In various parts Of the city
have been visited aud cleaned out"
by burglars during the last two
months.
For the first time In his career MS
IL public official Magistrate Levy was
called upon to perform u marriage
ceremony the other, day. Although
somewhat embarrassed. Ii" maSiz-
tratc went through the ceremony and
after II WINS all over he congratulate
cd himself upon the neatncs~ with
whis.. he hnd 0tficiatei nj his first
marriage ceremony. There was
rather peculiar expression upon the
face, OF the principals and of the
witnesses which led the incNpcr-
fenced magistrate to inquire whether
there hui been anything aniss At the
function. lie learned that In his
confusion he had pledged the bridc-
groom to love. honor and obey hif
i.-ycar old bride aud ,ha, tue groom.
under the strain OF the occasion had
given his promise. Well. said III.
philosophicaliy. "ncll
have to obey her anyhow. M why
shouldn't he promise it?"
\ few weeks ago :arry ~. Graves
Of Chicago. nm Intelligent ani well
educated man. but hopclcssly Grip
pied In his legs. cu',scd considerable
Ia. al, lrlv u IN n % n
commit suicide siioniG he not succeed
In finding employment In this city
Graves came to New York about nine
months ngU and tried To find en-
ploymcnt. but although he applied to
scores o. employers asking for help
in the advertising columns Of the
newspapers. not one of them was
willing to employ ,hc cripple. When
Graves made his public appeal n few
weeks ago. his sad ease was written
up in tho newspapers. Since then
several persons sent money to Ersves
which he promptly returned. but his
appeal for work remained unan-
swcrcd. II IL true. several jobs were
offered to Graves. but owing to their
nature he could not accept them In
his crippled condition. One OF the
Y. N. G. A. branches offered him a
position as crrand boy for IS u week.
which seems like mighty poor Joke
In view of the fac, that II was clear
iy stated in the newspapers ut the
time that Graves found II difficult
to move about even with the aid OF
crutches.
Shylock would have appreciated
the Quandary in which Samuel CO.
hen. the tailor In Brooklyn. found
himself the other day. Cohen had
done work for another tailor. Louis
Drncker. and when the latter failed
to pay him the Sla which he had