The sun., 1918-07-30
AUTHORIZING
Big HELP TO POLICE
Has Enabled Them to Round
Up Known Safe Robbers and
Other Criminals.
HUNDREDS ARE ARRESTED
Some Win Freedom by Show
ing They Registered for
Essential Work.

Following out an order given at the
very beginning Of the enforcement OF the
anti-loafing Law by Commissioner En-
right and Inspector OF Detectives Cray
the police are continuing to bring In
known safe rippers"
The most recent arrest Is that OF John
Parish, who gives his age as "a and his
address as IS Catharine street. Par'si
10 charged with having Information In
connection with the burglary of safe
IN the leather and skin loft Of Abraham
Stein at 81 Gold street The burglars
GAINED admission by forcing a door In
the rear Of the building. Inside they
used nitroglycerine, or soup and got
away with $500 in Liberty bonds. War
Savings and postage stamps worth $a2s
and Sl64 in cash. Parisi was arraigned
In the Tombs court yesterday and re-
manded on bail Of $4,000 for a hearing
wednesday.
Precaution only, He Says.
Inspector Cray says there Is nothing
extraordinary or alarming about the
number Of safe robberies. Most OF the
active offenders are in the hands OF the
police or under surveillance. and SO are
not likely to cause any trouble. The
order to round up these Uen was not
on account Of an increase IN crime but
rather because the department wished
to take advantage Of the anti-loahns law
70 rid the city Of such offenders.
The police were given instructions to
arrest all known professional criminals
on sight and as a result about 400 have
already been accounted for by the de-
tective department alone. Some are
being held while others were discharged
on showing they had registered for neces-
sary work. Three men with especially
lurid records are included In the 200
brought In by the detective force.
Hughie Owens who gives his address
a. 400 West Fifty-eighth street, Is a
man OF past performances. On May
IL, 1916, he was sentenced to serve
time In the State penitentiary by Judge
RosalslSy for ripping the safe Of one
Of the United Cigar Stores In the Thirty
seventh precinct. He was arrested July
IS under the new law. His case IL
pending.
Andy" Morrison. alias William Rus
sell or Gus Mertx, was arrested Novem-
bsr I, 1915, and sent to Sing Sing for
VWO anu Hdu " uNe hiiu u Hoih
years by Judge Lewis of Brooklyn for
a safe robbery in Brooklyn. Morrison
first bound the complainant, Clementine
Brossi. 121 Tenth street. Brooklyn, they
blew the safe.
Little Alter" wins Freedom.
He was out of prison about six months
when arrested on July IL under the
loafing law. but was discharged on
showing that he had registered for es.
sential employment.
Little Alter" alias Benjamin Frank
Harry Cohen. Joseph Cohen and Lab
ner, Is another old timer dealt with
He was first convicted in 1907. wher
he was sent to Blackwen's Island fol-
ten months charged with burglary. 1r
1903 he was sent to Sing Sing for one
year and two months for safe blowing
In 1914 he was arrested in Rochester
and sent to Auburn prison for foui
years for blowing a safe. He was4gair
arrested here July under the loaf1ns
law. but was discharged on showing h,
had registered.
While the new law has aided the po
lice In bringing in a large number o.
men within the draft age 1t does no
bring any pressure to bear on the Grim
inals over the draft age. The Polio,
Department is. however. keeping II
touch with the men over so.