The Glenwood post., 1916-03-25
tBy Alva A. Swain.)

tBy Alva A. Swain.)
Denver, March 1S.-"Denver hasn't
had a murder since 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 considerable fewer number
of suicides. I don't know what has
caused it; simply know the facts show
an entirely different condition in this
city since prohibition went into effect,
ad 1 didn't vote for it.'
1t was Commissioner of Safety Alex
ander Nisbet talking. Mr.. Nisbet has
been sheriff of Denver since 1904, \
total number of twelve years. He has
dealt with crime in this city during the
time that the city has practically dou-
bled its population. The other day 7
ehanced to wander down to his Office
in the city hall and asked him The
question:
''sherin, what do you think Of pro-
Aihition and its effect ON the city Of
DsAy4rf', .. ?
"Do you mean commercial eftsetsi'
he asked, to which replied: "No, !!
mean the effects on the criminal his
tory Of this city,"
64uaring himself, Mr.. Nisbet sat tor
several moments and then said:
"I don't know anything about the
commercial side to this question, but 1
ear tell you something about the criu.
inal side. Since, this town has beca
dry, to begin with, we haven't had a
man "rolled" in the city. By that I
mean there hasn't = been man gotten
drunk and had his money fleeced from.
one knows it defy them to give me
the information. We will clean up
every bootlegging joint in the city as
rapidly as it is located. We have sx
men ON what is known rs the bootleg
ging squad and their instructions to.
gether with the instructions of all our
policemen are to enforce the law. We
arrest every drunk we find and try to
get them to tell us where they got
their liquor. In most cases they refuse,
but the law is being enforced in every
way possible and don't believe, in
fact, know bootlegging is not ram
pant in this CITY,"
"In what specific way has prohibi-
ton helped Denverfo
'First, the habitusl loafer has disap-
peared. The crowds that used to hang
around the lower end of the city in
free lunch counters have gone. Where,
haven't the slightest idea. Like last
summers flies, they just disappeared.
Again, the wine rooms are NO more and
the safter the theater' dinners are
over. There is no place to 60 except
to the picture shows and then for q
light lunch and then home, unless they
60 to the pool halls. You know It
doesn't take long to get lunch after
the theeter now. Few people say
slavs another on glass Of water.
, And the old slogan, 'Let's have anoth.
a., 10 . misnomer in Denver. Neither
do very many psopls say, Let's have
assthsr lunch and they get through
ssd g home"
'"Waat do you think Of the peel
rssas q . s'wAelsi" was The lsxt ssss'
-tisa / put 70 him. A..
'.1 thiak thst = what thsy srs-
'AslsA' Next 70 the barrel house -
lesa, they ass The wsrst places NJ have
in "a, midst. They srS now the gath.
sSi1e places for tie sSinihAls Who ussd
: to Gathef in the sslsons, but they An
fass disappearing for many Of tlsPl
7 ~ not paying expensss.
'sThe amount Of liquor shipped into
Cs1Sfado does not surprise me. 81 ~
there has been NO crime from that NJ
!. hAyen't Aldss eass of murder siacs ~
4ilst .of thss ysss. Our ssasldts -
r. ~ - = ! sleas sztssti ~ ~ \