New-York tribune., 1920-12-29
Enn'islnt g Urges
Sallliv an, Law
I on New Jersey
Continued from page cnel

use Of the gun was not so much in
evidence, but we had that sort of crime
just the same"
Referring to hope expressed by At
torney General Thomas T. McCran that
New York criminals would not be
driven into New Jersey, Mr.. Enright
declared that New York is not in the
business Of sweeping its criminals out
INTO the back yard; we believe in drag
gng them in. not in driving them out.
and we are doing that" He then urged
tnat at its next session the New Jer-
cey Legislature adopt & measure like
the Sullivan law.
Easy methods of obtaining bail, Mr..
Enright said, promoted crime.
"To my way Of thinking" he said,
"bail should not be granted TO any
criminal charged with felony for at
least twenty-four hours, or until he has
appeared in court and received his bail
from the court, and when that bail is
fixed it should be substantial bail, it
should be a bail that he cannot easily
obtain or that he will feel constrained
to obey, instead Of using it in order TO
gaIn his liberty and go out and commit
additional crime, as we have found in
countless number OF cases that they
o5taln the money to ray tho legal ex-
pcnses involved in the original of
fense, and for which they had been
arrested.
Denounces Surety Companies
"Now, another form of bail that is
very distasteful to the men of our de-
partment is that form Of bail that is
INDUCED in by many of The surety com
pan.es operating in the City Of New
York. Criminals who could not get
bail from reputable citizen anywhere
IN our city are able to 60 to surety
companies and obtain bail without the
slightest trouble. Tho surety COM
panies Will insure your house against
burglary. robbery, larceny and collect
fee from you because they have in
surcd your property, and when the
criminal IS arrested who has stolen it
ne cria ral Md 20 TO the surety COM
pany and get bail wnene he could not
get 1t IRON a reputable citizen: then he
wiz go out and commit additional
crime. and the surety company will get
1t coming and going
These are very serious times, the
most serious, perhaps, with which po-
lice DEPARTMENTS throughout the coun-
try have been confr .nted. There is i
great deal of industrial unrest, OF
financial troubles and commercial trou-
+ bles, that may not be solved for a
! year or two, OF maybe very much long
er. and III the mean time there is
going 20 be great deal Of suffering
and prlvatlon and a great many men
are going to be out OF work and they
are going to be hungry, and d great
many of them have been educated how
to use gun, and they have been edu-
Gated not to care for human life or
anything or any Of the old standards
OF society, and we nilst take extreme
steps to cope With this situation.
Now, then, | would suggest that il
be brought to the attention OF Congres 9
that bureau be organized in Wash
lngton whore we can collect all kinds
of criminal intelligence aud distribute
1t from there to the places that are en-.
titled 30 have it. The finger prints OF
every criminal in this country. those
that are now existing in every depart
ment, should be copied and forwardc ed
to this centralized bureau The rec
oros of criminals in jail and out of jai'
should be kept. and every police de.
partment ought to know when this man
was lherated and where he went, and
all about him.
Another thing: We could estsb.
lsh some connection with a very much
better agency, such as exists on The
other side of the water. The Londor
police, the Paris police, the Bcrlir
ponce, and all continental police de.
partments have q very much bette,
system OF intelligence than We have
They can get very little intelligence
from the police departments of thi,
country, and until we get ourselves ir