Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1919-05-31

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BOSS. Is NOW A HEAVY STOCK
HOLDER AND BACKER OF THE
KENTUCKY RACING ASSOCIA-
TION,
1t was remarked in the col
umns of the Kentucky Irish-Ameri-
can six months ago that with the
gradual disappearance of the real
police the tough negro element in
this town would take advantage of
the mot0rmen and conductor police,
and this prediction is being verified
nightly. The negro gamblers and
crooks hold the Keystone police in
utter contempt, and in addition feel
like they are entitled TO rob, burgle
and gamble for the big aid given the
Republican machine in defeating
Swagar Sherley for Congress. Well,
the prediction has come through
with vengeance. Negro crooks
and holdup men have taken possess
sion of the streets at night and the
daily stoEies OF robberies. and as
saults by negro thugs are but a few
OF TIL MANY ALLOWED TO
GET OUT OF COL. ,PETTY'S OF
F1CE. Out Of i 400 arrests here
last month only 354 were negroes,
1885 being white, while it is an
established fact that in cities of this
size and the same proportion of ne
gro population the arrest of negro
offenders average so per cent in
stead of rs per cent, as here. 1t
proves conclusively that the Key
stone police are, afraid to arrest ne
groes and the colored gamblers are
looking to "Mr Chesley" for pro-
lection, as one of them said some
time ago.
In the handling Of the police de-
partment Chief of Police Petty is
making a remarkable record, not as
Police Chief but for his ability to
throw out a cam outage screen when
the public begins. to take too much
notice of the seedy cops. One day
the Chief throws out a lot of the
old bull about what dandy police
band we are going to have, hires a
musician to train the hicks and
thus far it is believed the band con-
sists of one turkey in the straw fid-
der" two "gittar" performers and
three boys from near Hardinsburg,
who are right smart performers on
that notable and tuneful instrument,
the jewsharp. Some band Then
when the pOpulace murmurs again
Petty lays down a barrage about the
wonderful school of psychology he
boys Of course, the poor chick"
ogy is something to eat or not. but
it furnishes copy for Petty's press
agent and doesn't hurt anyone,
least of all the keystone cops. Even
the near Mayor tried his hand at
quilting the comedy cops, and the
Herald tells us that Smith in
heart-to-heart talk in the Council
chamber, told the keystone boys
that ''he was constantly hearing cit
liens say that the police department
of Louisville is one i'm which they
take great pride, and ] hope before
this administration is through we
win have department that will be
a model TO ct&ff cities-of che conn
try" Can yoHeeat that? The near
Mayor is SOM sweet little kidder
isn't lie?
But right on top of Petty's bar
rage and Smithy's joshing. comes
the announcement from the detec-
tive office that Chief Deforrester had
out his entire force for
night work to try if possible in
stopping the epidemic of holdups
and robberies Then the negro
burglars engage in shoot
ing duel with the Keystoners,
getting away with it, and to rub it
in on Petty and Smithy the daring
and nasty shckers steal about 'steen
more automobiles. There's one cit
izen in business at Second and Guth-
rie that the near Mayor didn't have
in mind when he was telling OF the
citizens who praise the Keystone
BOYS, and that is Mr.. Mattmiller, the
tailor, and. by the way, lifelong
so his testimony can be
accepted without prejudice, as the
court would say. Mr.. Mattmiller's
show windows have been broken six
or more times by enterprising bur
glars, and in desperation he has had
placed in both store windows two
large placards reading as follows:
Burglars and Robbers, Attention!
Please do not break or smash these
windows again. These goods in the
windows are only samples, as our
real goods are locked i'm a safety
vault. No, dear reader. Chief Pet
ty will not publish this story in the
Police Bulletin.
Here's another little testimonial
that we will give free to Chief Pet
tvs press agent for publication, the
being taken from the
Charleston, S. c., News:
There are many fine policemen
on the Charleston force, and II
would be a pity if a Keystone re
gime such as exists in Louisville
should be established here. The
city will not always have the ma
rines to call upon in case OF trou-
ble."
The Louisville Herald or the Col
onels press agent should answer
this "smarty' and cite him one rec
ord that Keystone police have
been making the past week. From
one end of the town to the other
the motormen and conductor police
have been bringing in plumber that
they have obtained from law viola
tors. the plumber consisting OF bats
and balls taken away from kids who
dared play ball on their beats. Ne
gro burglars and crooks may fright
en- the Keystone police, but they are
not afraid for a minute to go after
these desperate offenders playing
bali. and one OF these efficient cops
AT sixth and Kentucky brought
offender to his home
and told the criminals family that
"By gum, II that boy didn't behave,
he'd put him In the town lookup
and see that he was sent to the De-
tention Home" At meeting OF
social conference workers the other
nieht a school teacher in address