Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-22
MAYOR LIKELY
To TAKE ACTION
ON BURGLARIES
city's Chief Executive Has Mat
ter of Epidemic Under
Consideration.
CHIEF OF POLICE LONG
TELLS WHY THEFTS OCCUR
Declares Situation Not Unusual.
"city Best PoIiced in
Country"

Agitation continued today WITH re-
gard to the epidemic of burglary in
this city, which the Evening Star
called attention to Saturday, and the
consensus is that never before has
Newark been SO overridden by
thieves. Mayor Raymond has taken
cognizance of the situation and he
now has under consideration a line
Of action.
Chief OF Police Long, however, is
not unduly disturbed over the matter,
and although he admits that there is
more robberies in the city now than
usual and that they are due to the
fact that so many people are out of
work, and in need.
Chief Long thinks that the police
are doing as well as can be expected,
although he says he believes that 1t
is one burglar who Is doing most of
the work. He admits that the thief
has so far baffled his men, a state
ment which seems paradoxical with
the assertion that the police have
the situation well in hand.
Newark has better police protection
than any other city In the country is
also the assertion of Chief Long.
when times are hard there are al
ways more robberies than ordinarily"
said the chief, particularly at this
season of the year. Persons go out
to commit robberies who would not
otherwise do so, and others succumb
to temptation when II is placed in
front of them.
Says Police Protection Best Ever.
''I want to say that the police pro-
lection in Newark excels that in the
other cities In the country. Our rec
ords for the past year will show that
the number Of cases cleared up, the
number of arrests made and the
amount of stolen goods recovered ex-
ceeds all previous records.
"At the present time there are more
robberies in other towns. many Of
them much smaller than Newark,
than there are here. Reports come in
constantly fr6u-little- towns OF single
robberies where the amount stolen is
as great as that in many OF the petty
burglaries which occur here. I think
the newspaper statements OF the
number of robberies and hold-ups are
greatly exaggerated.
MANY of the burglaries are the work
of one man." said the chief. THE
man twice escaped police detectives
who chased him several weeks ago.
He had q run of good luck in his
narrow escapes with the police and on
other occasions with his victims"
Chief Long said that he does NOT
believe that burglars or hold-up men
are by any means running rampant"
in the city. He said that the police
investigation into the death OF Ed
ward Boyle, a watchman for several
families in the Forest Hill section,
who died in St. Michaels Hospital
several weeks ago, had shown that
the man did not die as a result of In
juries received when he was held UP
and robbed.
The record of the case is that Boyle
died of pneumonia after going to the
hospital for treatment from the at
tack. 1t is not unusual for pneumonia
to follow an injury, and this is con-
sidered the case with Boyle.
No Let Up In Depredstions.
Another burglary In the Forest Hill
section was committed last night
when thieves broke into the home of
Clarence z. Fisher, at $50 Highland
avenue. They climbed on top of a
conservatory at the Fisher home and
entered the house through a second
story window. Two rings, two
chains and a lavalliere, valued at
$500, and a wallet containing $40 were
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