The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17

utfH are criminal record az mugs Il
Htnnhia and hauFN were given to e
p-lcSDnckets, 50 confidence men and 2,
safe bios bra-wiih records In 0thel
rhl+s-but Wh6 bad not attempted the
fancy in Memphis,
Screams on duty include eight men
"uf The luc'-Canpie j. Hough, w. =
Harris, Claude puyall f. bum,
merle, w. T.. Adams, Martin NFsaFs w
E1Eers Ham. and T h. Wilson, IN
addition Tom Newell Is traffic sergeant
J. +. Olive Is sergeant in eharEs eI tat
enforcement Of automohtlc ordinances
with q gurps Of men under ats glFetuoI
and T. }. Cole combines the aAttes u1
court sergrant with the city PRISON
aav urnkev lob. SergesHts- major Of
the department are Joe Fitzgerald any
Tom G~wartney. formerly mayor Oh
Rugby. Tenn. who act tn the caVacilN
q desk sergeants,
There are we TeliafS NJ present on
the Memphis police department. h&teh
serves 10 hours Between tines' a uoS
watch Is on duty-copstStlng OF VET
cram patrolfnen. wh0 do s. four hour
turn twice a days 10 ~ and 70 ;.
Captains do Inside duty-Tcceiving
complaints by telephone. and taking
complaints made IN person. They IN
Cicate BY shat sectlon-rrsldence or
DOWNTOWN hurry cali shall be made,
I ne NAntAlA nAN uAAA g ~ A@t -" N"E A
be Is concerned. II the head OF the po-
hcc department. unoer him are iour
scrgeants downtown, experimenting as
asy districts, and "A sergeant In the
.stdence section, where the BarkSdale
station is located.
The detective department has % men
GA the payroll. including a chief clerk
anf ReTtiilon man. Frank ChiozLa,
ed tor OF an Italian paper, acts as in
teIpset-r In a community where q large
Pc centage Of Italian population live.
The residence section. from q liue OF
domarkation east Of the Mississippi
river is protected day and night by u
rcers from the Barksdale station, rid
ing in Ford caIs,
downtown, emergenc policemen are
on duty every hour in the day, with
fast racing automobiles, ready to speed
to the scene OF any crime or threaten
ed trouble.
Insurance Journal statistielAns In
times past have credited the murder
for the United States To Mem
phis-population proportion considered.
This has been unjust
Memphis IT, situated On the east bank
Of the Mississippi river, over whose
placid waters, a mile away. a be
seen the grey or green forests OF
Arkansas. Twelve miles below Mem
phis the Mississippi state line dots
ACROSS ille map
nplng the largest city In this vicinity.
with excellent hospital facilities, per-
sons injured H. violent manner are
sent 10 Memphis. If they die, the
homicide record OF this city shows an
other man dead by the hand Of his
fellJwman. Possibly 30 per cent Of the
deaths from cases that might legally be
considered murder, which occur inside
the corporate limits NJ Memphts, q
their inception IN another state, and In
more than half Of these cases the
wound which caused death was
inflated In another state.
A round of the circuit OF big cities,
with a view to studying how they cope
with crime, was made by John Il. Ed
gar just before he took office as fire
and police commissioner Of Memphis,
As a result great good has rpaulted for
the department. and many metropolitan
ave been introduced since Mr..
Edgar took charge,
4 mar of broad vision and wide
business experience, Mr.. Edgar already
Is looked upon by the police officers
them out OF the confusing maze OF polt-
lies In which they always have been
enveloped.
The result is law enforcement to the
letter. a tightening of the strings which
once hung loose, an attitude of decency
IN the city In places where once the
element held forth--and q re-
iuvenated police department, ready to
cope with n situation that may arise.
Police" and politics begin with the
letter. but the letter 20" which
Mr.. Edgar's name, was inserted
the two, and the resultant
pep" OF the finest OF Memphis Is graft
wing IN the extreme to the citizens
whose constant desire In TO see ''the
to the Southwest" forge to the
'front.'. The consensus OF opinion among
Ter citixenry In that Memphis at last
las come into her own.