The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-23

the first of the year. One man is in
jail awaiting trial for murder and
when we have tried him our murder
docket is over We have had con
siderable fewer nUnih er OF suicides
don't know what has caused it. /
K simply know that the facts show an
entir,iy different condition in this
city since prohibition went into eff
feet. and didn't vote for it,"
1t was Commissioner of Safety Nii-
bet talking. Mr.. Nistel has been
sheriff OF Denver since 1904. total
of twelve years. He has dealt with
crime in this city during the time that
the city has practically doubled in
population. The other day ! CHANGED
to wander down to his Office in the
city hall AID asked him :he question:
Sheriff. what do you think of pro
hibition and its effect on the city of
Denver?"
DO you mean commercial effects p"
he asked To which / replied: mo.
mean the effects on the criminal his
tory Of this ci y"
squarlng himself. Mr. Nisbet sat for
several moments and then said:
Il don't know anything about the
commercial side to this question. but
/ can tell you something about the
criminal side. snee this town has
heen dry, to begin with. we haven't
had man rolled" in the city. BY
that mean there hasn't been a man
gotten drunk and had his money
feeced from him hy those who got
him drunk We have about three
hf,hs as many arrests as we formerly
had. Our roiice conrt record for
drunks and disturbance have fallen
OF forty per cent. We have had sew
enty-hve cases OF boot-legging to date.
nineteen OF whom plesded guilty and
are doing time must say that the
general moral eject has been pretty
good
You know. sheriff. the charge is
made by some people that boot iegsing
is running rampant in this city. How
about it, asked him.
II it is running rampant and any
one knows 1t. defy them to give me
the information. We viii clean up
every boot-legsing joint in the city as
rapidly as It is located. We have
six men on what is known as the
boot-legging squad and their instruc-
tions. together with the instructions
of all our policemen. are to enforce The
law. We arrest every drunk we fni
and try to get them to tell us where
they got their liquor. In most cases
they refuse. but the law is being en-
forced in every way possible AMI !
don't believe, in fact. know boot leg
glng Is not rampant in this city,
! In what specific way has prohi,
bition helped penvers.
! First. the habitual ioafer has DIS.
appeared. The crowds that used TO
hang around the lower end OF the city
in free lunch counters have gone.
Where. haven't the slishtest idea.
Like last summers flies. they disap.
peared. Again. the wine rooms are
no more and the after the theatre
dinners are over. There is no place
to go except to the picture shows and
then for light lunch and then home.
unless they go to the pool halls. You
know IT doesn't take long TO get a
lunch after the theatre now. Few peo.
pie say. have another on glass of
water. And tine old slogan. Let's have
another is a misnomer in Denver,
Neither do very many people say.
Let's have another lunch and they
get through and go home"
/ What do you think of the POOL
room as wholeY" was the next ques-
tion put to him.