The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-24
40 MURDERS In CITY
SINCE OCTOBER 1
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been vouched for by attaches OF the OF
flee Since then, however, the filing
system has been changed.
That article showed there were ten
murders in January which had derted
solution. During October there We're
twenty-five murders, in fourteen OF
which the police have made no arrests
In another an arrest was made but me
prisoner was turned out in the Magss-
trate's Court for lack Of evidence. OF
the forty murders since october l nine
teen occurred in Manhattan, sixteen IN
BROOKLYN two In queens and three in
Richmond. The Bronx has not had a
violent homicide since October J, al
though it has been the scene Of many
holdups, robberies and assaults.
Esvyeu Case Filed Away.
Although more than five months have
passed since Joseph b. Elwell. the turf
man, was slain In his home at 244 West
Seventeen street. the police have made
absolutely no progress toward a solu-
ton. In fact. II is said the police have
assumed a passive attitude toward the
crime The details of the murder can be
found In the police records If one had the
opportunity TO examine them, but Yir-
tually all of the detectives who tried
TO solve the mystery are now engaged
on other work. The District Attorney S
office also has discontinued the investi-
CATION by burying the facts in the
archives of an Assistant District Attor-
ney
The Investigations in the brutal MUIR
der of Miss Renie Constance HoXie Of 70
West Eighty-ninth street ON February 2
and of Frederick c. EcSert. the boot
logger in Staten Island on August ri
have suffered a similar fate. The Leeds
Vaughan Waters murder in the Plym-
outh Hotel on November 3 soon will be
relegated to the Elwell, Eckert and
Hoxie class. Detectives still are assigned
to the investigation, but they have got
Just about as far as their cohorts in the
other mysteries. save in this murder
they have a name for the supposed muir
derer which Is known to be fictitious.
Among the major activities of stick
up men in Manhattan in the last seven
weeks probably the most prominent was
that Of the fur store Of Max Rosenberg
and Samuel Cried at LenoX avenue and
119th street, which occurred on October
g. The robbers in this instance got away
with furs valued at $4,000 after they
had blackjacked a clerk. Another hold
up was that on October 1 Of messengers
of the American Cigar Company in East
Fifty-second street. between Second and
consisted of q $4,000 payroll-
Edward Swami, District Attorney, has
noted the increase in crimes of violence
since January /. but thinks the increase
has been no greater in this city than in
any other of the large cities throughout
the country The judges Of General Ses-
sions view the situation differently, how
ever, as on November l, Part 2 Of Gen
eral Sessions. over which Judge Thomas
c. r. Grain presides, was set aside ex-
clusively for the trial of prison cases"
to relieve the congestion at the Tombs.
Harry T.. Lewis, District Attorney OF
Kings County, declares there is no ques-
ton but that crimes Of violence are on
the Increase" Asked as 10 what he
would attribute the increase, Mr.. Lewis
said: That's something beyond me.
couldn't even begin TO guess"
Here's the List of Murders.
The murders that have occurred since
October l will be found in the appended
list. This list was obtained from the
records Of DR.. Charles Norris chief
medical examiner, and were checked UP
M the office of tho District ATTORNEY