Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-21

New York, Dec. 20.-"RaldS by po- lice fail to stop crime wave
 Thus read headlines in New forK newspapers tonight after what was oe scribed as the first day of the most sweeping roundup of crooks In the hls- tory of New York"
 During the day, amid numerous minor robberies was listed on police recoros another murder by gunmen who invaded the Seamen's Mission on the waterfront and shot and killed one man while steal- ing s4Oo. But at roll call in police stations this afternoon were read two orders that ih- dicated Commissioner Enright intends to push the roundup to the limit
 The first command was for patrolmen 10 stop and question all pedestrians found between midnight and dawn on unfreouented streets, and if their actions arouse suspicion 10 search them for ire arms. - The second order revoked permission for policemen to take half an hour for meals while on duty.
 Revocation of the meal hour permls- sion came after the board of estimate had postponed until tomorrow further con slderation of a request by Commissioner Enright fir nearly 600 more uniformed members of his force.
 Meanwhile criminal courts cleared their calendars for action against robber bands. All cases against burglars and highway men were advanced, and heavy penal ties inflicted in cases where verdict of guilty was returned.
 While the municipal authorities were preparing to launch their official of- fensive on the underworld. the AmeriVan Legion. merchants association and oth- CT bodies met to lay plans of their own. New York posts of the War Veterans association. after their session, dispatch ed a letter to Mayor Hylan offering him 't'hs services of 500 to 5000 selected members of the legion to reinforce the regularly constituted police force of Greater New York at such time as you, as the chief executive of the city and responsible for the maintenance of law and order, may determine that their services are required"
 This offer is made recognizing the responsibility of the individual mem bers of the legion as citizens and does not contemplate offering the assistance of the legion in any matter involving in dustrial disputes" added the letter.
 Steps taken in other cities to check crime waves were discussed at the meet ing of the Merchants association, which appointed a committee to study the sit uation in New York
 Mrs Lucille Emma Brooks. who is under arrest with John Cavannaugh and Nicholas Loresch in connection with the shooting of Police Lieutenant Floyd Horton in a running fight with gang sters after a hold-up last week, today appeared before a grand jury.
 Before testifying, she was said to have declined daiver of immunity, accord ing to attaches of the criminal courts building. this presents prosecution of her in the present case. It was reported she had signed a statement, but it's contents were not made public
 Mrs Brooks was heavily yelled, but she appeared on the point of tears, when she entered the jury room. She was one of eight witnesses summoned by Assist ant District Attorney Dineen, who ap. peared before the legal body to ask fol first degree murder indictments in tht Horton case. Examination of witness es will be continued tomorrow.
 John Walter Brooks, a Chicago insur ance man who hastened here to his wifes assistance, accompanied her into the criminal courts building. In receiv ing newspaperRen he reiterated his con hdence in Mrs. Brooks innocense H, said she was 35 years old and a natfv, of Russia.
 Asked if he knew the persons witt whom Mrs. Brooks was alleged to hay, been riding in the car from whose run ming board Horton fell to his death witt a bullet in his lung. MT. Brooks sait that he believed he had seen Nichola Loresch deliver drug store supplies t the apartment the Brooks once occupies near Barnard college and that John Cav anaugh was the son of a janitress il another apartment house in which the had liver
 MT Dineen said that, under examina ton. Mrs. Brooks admitted having bee drinking the night of the Horton kill ing, but denied having any weapon wit her.
 According to the version of her ex animation given out by the district al torney's office, Nick Loresch was as sisting her to move by automobile t Brooklyn when they met Joseph Loresc and Cavanaugh, with whom she had sey erai drinks.
 She was quoted as saying that late she went for an automobile ride wit the party, heard a shot, saw a ma jump on the running board, realized ths she herself was wounded and becam daZed. The next thing she knew, al cording to Mir Dineen, was being take home by Nick"
 A statement issued by the woman attorney coincided in the main with M Dineen's version of her story, exce1 that 1t made no mention of the drinl ing.
 Demand for legislative investigate -- or the nnanclal condition Of the city ;. New York and of every municipal, bo ough and county department in the cit especially the police department, is col tained in resolution made public tonigl by Henry H. Curran, borough presidel of Manhattan. It will be submitted the board of estimate tomorrow for a tion.
 A crisis in the city's financial conditic which demands immediate investigation revealed, the resolution says, by the fai ure of the board of estimate and apo tionment to appropriate $27, 900 nece sary to conduct the public schools durir the last four months of 1921
 'eThe unparalleled peril to life and pro erty that exists today in every home, c fee, shop and public place in the city '' adds, "as evidenced by the recent reco of undetected and unpunished murder al robbery, demands a similar investig ton"
 Declaring that lie will vote for tte [ additional patrolmen asked for by Foli Commissioner Enright. President Curr declared
 T would vote for three times as Eal fl that alone would hei, Ls. nv - psw patrolmen, but tefore that We need r.CTs scc 9t V