Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-30
n. Y. BANDITS SHOOT
VICTIM IN H0LD-UP
Man Sought to Defend Himself.
May Die--Broadway Throng
Sees Robber-Chase
JUDGES ASK LIFE TERMS

New York, Dec. S0.--Another hold
up and shooting that may cost life,
was added to the city's crime list to.
day Seeking to defend himself. CASTOR
Piro was shot through the temple by
one of two bandits. who attacked him
as he was cnteung his tailor shop in
the Bronx. Both assailants fled as
ncighbors answered Pros cries for aid.
Theatre crowds on upper Broadway
scattered right and left last night when
they saw tail man pursued by n still
taller policeman running in the direc-
ton Of Times Square. Two or three
men attempted to head the man off,
but he lodged from side. to side like n
halfback making a touchdown.
At Fifty second street the chase
turned east and AZ II crossed Seventh
avenue the tall policeman was about one
jump behind. lie reached out his night
stick and tapped the fugitive on the
head. That ended the race.
At the Forty seventh street station
| the man said his name was Leonard
Dewey. of 900 West Sixty second
| street, and he confessed he and another
man had Just stuck up Julius Margois,
in his tailor shop at 21S West Forty.
third street near Broadway. ThL
crowd was plainly disappointed because
the policeman had not shot the thief.
Thirty mine motorcycles with side
car attachments were delivered at po-
lice headquarters to be used by police
sergcants in three boroughs of greater
New York for night patrol inspection
duty.
Four armed men attempted TO hold
up Police Commissioner Arthur kcr-
win, of Fort Lee. on the highway sur
mounting the Palisades before daylight
today, exchanged shots later with two
parties of police who corncrcd them or
| the ,rivcr bank and then, outnumbered
escaped in the direction of New York
in motorboat.
| Eleven drastic amendments to the
state criminal laws, radically incrcas
ing penalties and aimed to check New
York's crime advance, will be proposed
simultaneously in the next Senate nnc
Assembly, with the Endorsement o
Greater New York's criminal court
Judges. This was announced here to-
day by the legislative committee Of thu
Court of General Sessions.
Judge Otto 4. Rosalsky. speaking fo
the proposed measure, said: II am il
! 1uNOr OF llIF lIUIlrlSo1Intul 1tI DuTsiHiI
and highwaymen. Tne man who CARRIE
a weapon while committing Il crime doe
not hesitate to use it when cOrneret
The time has come TO adopt extreme
measures for the safety of the public
Too much lcniency has been show
criminals. The Legislature should max
it possible to deal with them as we d
with wild animals--cagc them for life.
Judge Charles G.. Mott declared tha
life Imprisonment would rid society .
! the potential murderer who holds n
his victim with n pistol or blackjack.
Judge John +. Mcintyre said tn
proposed amendments mean that hero
after n crook will think twice bcfor
committing crime.
Il am in favor or sending all thoS
convicted Of robbery and burglary i
the first degree to prison for lite,' h
said. Under the present laws Il con
tirmd crook gets more lcnicncy tina
Il first offender
Chicago, Dec. 30.-(By A. p
Squads from the Evanston Tank Corp
and automobiles manned by city police
each armed with rifle. will guar
, Evanston, ChicagOS wealthy mort
: shore suburb, from the reign of mOtO
, bandits who have trrr0rized women {
: the town. according 20 the plans Of tn
l mayor. Hurry l.. PcarsOns. The mOtu
squads will tour the streets Throughout
the night. The tank unit is cquippe
with one tank.
. Two more robbcrics of women la,
night were added to the list Of mOr
than fifty attacks and rObberieS by ban
] dts in the fashionable suburb
Policemen, dressed us women, alS
, will patrol the streets with revolver
= concealed in handbags. They will |
instructed to shoot to kill if suspects at
, tempt escape.