South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-22
Explain
The Leak and Other Mysteries
- GLAss.

Outside OF one poor night watch
ma nebich, Abe Potash said TO his
partner, Morris Perlmutter, the
only people which has really and
truly suffered from the goings-on OF
them anarchists Is the insurance
companies. M~awruss."
In a case like that. Abe. the in
surance companies amt liable under
their policies" Morris said. and
they wouldn't got 10 pay no losses
for the damage when them bombs
done II TO them buildings"
Who said anything about insur-
ance companies paying losses ?" Abe
asked. Il am talking about the in
surance companies paying lawyers
bills, Mawrus5. which I never read
any OF hat part Of my insurance
policies that IS printed in only such
letters as could have been designed
In the first place by them fellers you
read about who 20 blind from en-
craving the whole OF the constitu-
ton OF the United States on a ten
cent piece. y understand, but I have
no doubt, Mawruss, that il wouldn't
make no difference II the loss was
caused by anything so legitimate as
throwing a lighted cigarette in a
waste paper basket, understand me,
the only eason why an insurance
company pays any losses at all is
that they figure it's cheaper 10 let
the policy holder have the money
than the bunch OF murderers they
got representing them as their gen.
eral counsel"
NO doubt you're right" Morris
agreed, but in these here
bomb outrages Abe. the way the po-
lice amt been able 10 get a clue 10
so much as a suspicious red necktie,
understand, il looks as though this
bomb exploding was going TO be
such a regular amusement with an
archists as pinochle playing is with
clothing statesmen, understand me,
so the insurance companies would
got TO make a stand otherwise they
would be paying FOR new stoops for
the houses OF anybody and every
body who ever said an unkind word
in public about Lenine and Trotzky."
1T seems 10 me that the police
amt so smart like they once used
10 be. Mawruss." Abe remarked.
NO. nor never was" Morris said.
In fact. Abe. from the number of
crimes which has got into let-by-
gones-be-by-gones stage with the
police lately, clues amt OF no more
use TO them fellers at all. What
them d-etecatives need is that the
criminal should leave behind him at
= $500 "a - -
snappy. ~up-to-date advertising con-
tanning his name, address and tele-
phone number, otherwise they seem
TO think they have the excuse that
they couldn't be expectd TO perform
miracles and let it go at that"
I see where right here in New
York, Mayor Hylan puts the whole
thing UP TO the newspapers" Abe
observed. He wrote TO a friend
the other day one Of them strictly
confidential letters with an agree
ment on the side TO ring up the re-
porters as soon as 1t was delivered.
y understand. IN which he said the
reason why so many crimes was GO
ing undiscovered by the police was
hat the newspapers was unprin-
cipled enough TO print that a lot Of
crimes was going undecided by the
police. understand me, and the con-
sequence was that criminals read II
and relying on the fact hat the po-
lice wouldn't catch them If they
committed crimes. they vent TO
work and committed crimes"
And I suppose them criminals
confidence in the police wasn't mis-
placed neither" Norris suggested.
Not so far as I've heard Abe
said. but even II the ewspapers
wouldn't OF printed the information,
Mawruss. why should Mayor Hylan
assume that burglars don't write
each other letters occasionally, or
anyhow once in a while meet at
lunch and talk over business mat
ters2"
We'll. I've noticed that Mayor